Grissallia<p>November 14, 2023 - Day 318 - NewPlay Review<br>Total NewPlays: 337</p><p>Game: SCP: Secret Files</p><p>Platform: Steam<br>Release Date: Jun 2, 2022<br>Installation Date: Nov 14, 2023<br>Unplayed: 0d <br>Playtime: 20m</p><p>Souldiers is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania Soulslike platformer, and the last of this months unplayed Humble Choice bundle games.</p><p>It has a fantasy setting, which involves being saved from death due to machinations within the kingdom by a Valkyrie only to have to fight in the land that you're taken to, and I didn't get much further than that in 20 minutes.</p><p>The devs have put a lot of thought and effort into the backstory, but it's not one that grabs me.</p><p>Once again, I'm staring at a fairly average Metroidvania in a year when I've played such excellent Metroidvanias and Soulslike platformers, that a game really needs to bring something different to the table to grab me.</p><p>Unfortunately, Souldiers didn't, and it's just kind of:</p><p>2: Meh</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Souldiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Souldiers</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2D</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Metroidvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metroidvania</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Soulslike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soulslike</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Platformer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Platformer</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/HumbleChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumbleChoice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365ONG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365ONG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewPlay</span></a></p>