Oddworld: Soulstorm Reviews
Oddworld: Soulstorm is a good platoformer that could have been even better if the developers had maximized it's potential, but it still can definitely entertain the fans of the genre.
Review in Persian | Read full review
It was very nice to return to this universe, but you can see from the palm of your hand that the creators either ran out of budget or time to fasten everything to the last button.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Oddworld: Soulstorm refines a lot from the previous games, but it comes at the cost of adding in new mechanics that never really click. The core element has improved, and it's easy to see the franchise continuing to improve going forward, without needless additions. Soulstorm just falls that little short of great this time around, sadly.
Oddworld: Soulstorm is a good puzzle platformer with a heavy emphasis on trial and error. Most of the game’s puzzles are very well-designed, but some frustrating ones could have been designed better. The game is still considered a challenging game like its predecessors. Unfortunately, some control issues and technical bugs prevent it from being a perfect game. All and all, despite some problems, Oddworld: Soulstorm is a good game that I can recommend to fans of platformer games.
Review in Persian | Read full review
This flashy remake of Abe's sequel is gorgeous to look at, but it rarely captures the excitement or feeling of the Oddworld forebears.
Oddworld: Soulstorm is Oddworld at its best. It's creative, clever, funny, enjoyable to play
Oddworld: Soulstorm is the best 2D stealth puzzle adventure game ever made. From its variety of well-crafted gameplay elements to its sprawling levels that beg to be replayed; it's an incredible journey and with quite a touching story, too.
Abe and the Oddworld series feel like they’ve hit a new stride with Soulstorm, but there are also some losses
There are few games out there that wear their heart on their sleeve quite like Oddworld does. The clue is quite literally in the name with this franchise: it’s a rather odd world. Since the late 90’s, Abe has featured on our screens no matter what the era or the console generation. The gameplay and mechanics may have changed somewhat, but at its core, the Oddworld premise has remained constant.
Oddworld: Soulstorm is an advancement on previous games in the series in every way, but that’s both its biggest achievement and the source of its problems. The complexity and variety in its locations is commendable, as is the wealth of tools at your disposal for dealing with its many tricks and foes. But many of its systems don’t work together reliably, or don’t respond with the necessary speed, which leaves an experience that’s rarely as entertaining as it promises to be.
Soulstorm is an updated and highly enhanced version of Abe's Exodus. Its new additions bring depth to the gameplay but also a lot of irritation, mainly due to a poorly designed save system.
Review in Greek | Read full review
I can’t say that what I played is a bad game, but saying that the audience for this isn’t somewhat narrow in scope would be doing it a disservice. Then again, Inhabitants just wanted to make something that’s serviceable, and I feel safe in saying that it succeeded on that front. It’s not very often you find yourself doing stealth in a 2.5D game these days, but it’s here and it’s doing its thing with reckless abandon.
Oddworld: Soulstorm is an undercooked product with clunky gameplay but gorgeous visuals. It's clear that Oddworld Inhabitants really tried to revolutinaze the series, but only succeeded half-way.
Review in Czech | Read full review
Perhaps the whole point of the Oddworld games is that they’re supposed to be difficult. Perhaps the fun is supposed to be derived from overcoming seemingly impossible odds, even if it means beating your head against the wall too many times to get there. Unfortunately, this kind of fun feels dated and cumbersome to me, which is particularly hard to rationalize against the backdrop of an otherwise loving and carefully crafted re-imagining of a beloved entry in a beloved series. I expect the die hard fans will enjoy Soulstorm a great deal, and I’m really happy for them that this game exists. Speaking as a longtime admirer of the series who was hoping to finally be won over completely, I’m still left waiting for that magic moment.
Oddworld: Soulstorm may not exceed your expectations, but it’s a nice reimagining of Abe’s Exodus. There’s a couple of hindrances like the throwing and stealth mechanics, but that doesn’t overshadow Oddworld: Soulstorm good feats like challenging levels, its nice visuals on PS5, and its amusing sets of characters.
Oddworld: Soulstorm might not be the Dark Souls of platformers, but it’s still a hard game. I strongly advise you to think long and hard if patience is something you don’t have. I’m not one to recommend easier games, but I don’t like to promote games to people who don’t manage to finish or enjoy them.
The remake of the second part of the odyssey of Abe offers great new graphics, new gameplay mechanics and a high level of difficulty caused by the absence of quicksave and unfortunately placed checkpoints. Be prepared with a plenty of patience.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Oddworld: Soulstorm gives us the impression of being a PS1 game running on a PS4 or PS5. Despite the interesting story and beautiful graphics, it is repetitive, tiring, dated and with inaccurate gameplay that makes some challenges more difficult than it really needed to be. Crafting and rescue systems don't work very well either. For older fans of the franchise, and anyone who added to the PS5 library on PS Plus, it's worth a try. For those who want to have a good platform experience, skip it.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
It is one of the most special games, combining plot, characters, world, mechanisms and production quality that few indies have.
Review in Greek | Read full review