Lost Soul Aside Reviews
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There's no getting around the fact that Lost Soul Aside feels like it belongs in the mid 2010s and honestly that would be fine were it not the fact that the game feels so compromised in so many other aspects of its design that it's difficult to shake the feeling that it just feels outdated, rather than a heartfelt love letter to the past. Though the soundtrack is frequently excellent and the combat reliably exciting, neither are enough to save Lost Soul Aside from tumbling into a deep abyss of rank mediocrity, which is a shame; especially considering the sheer amount of graft that has gone into the game since its inception all those years ago.
From the perspective of a traditional action game, Lost Soul Aside is solid. It offers players around thirty hours of pure, exhilarating action, retaining most of the strengths found in classic high-speed action games.
Review in Chinese | Read full review
Lost Soul Aside's combat is a lone warrior to carry this whole package, the story and dialogue are poorly written with a voice acting that drives you away from these characters
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Lost Soul Aside is a game that can impress with its spectacular combat system and impressive boss battles, but otherwise it is full of simplifications and unfinished elements. The plot often loses its logic, exploration disappoints with its corridor-like structure and technical errors, and the graphics are stuck in the PlayStation 4 era. Advertised and priced as a AAA title, the game is actually closer to a mediocre AA title. It's a game that may satisfy fans of dynamic action, but in a broader context, it's hard not to call it a big disappointment.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Lost Soul Aside is an experience with ups and downs, where some elements work brilliantly and others fall short. On the negative side, we have a forgettable story, flat characters that are impossible to connect with, and a world that, in the end, we don't really care about. On the positive side, there's platforming with good and bad moments, lots of madness, and fast-paced combat full of clever mechanics that you'll enjoy more as you progress through the game.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Lost Soul Aside isn’t soulless, but it truly is the definition of a mixed bag. Meant to be seen as the “Final Fantasy of China” and a potential new PlayStation flagship alongside games like Astro Bot and Stellar Blade, it ultimately falls short of those lofty ambitions, leaving behind a lingering sense of wasted potential.
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Review in German | Read full review
Passion and ambition don't always equal quality. Lost Soul Aside has plenty of ideas, but no vision to put them together. Instead, it settles for a muddled selection of borrowed mechanics, tied together by disastrously bad writing and acting.
Lost Soul Aside is a game of two halves: a phenomenal action core with enjoyable platforming, wrapped in a bargain-bin story and a sprinkling of half-baked RPG fluff.
We're torn on Lost Soul Aside. On one hand, it's a very intricately made action game, full of interesting combat dynamics backed by an impressive degree of player expression. But on the other, it's a pseudo RPG with a really poor story, crappy characters, and a forgettable world. Right now, it's looking like a cautious recommendation for action afficionados, but we'll have to see how the rest of the package shakes out.
Lost Soul Aside impressively demonstrates what can emerge from the vision of an ambitious developer, even if outside help eventually became necessary. Unfortunately, the title lags behind the competition in many areas, and although it has borrowed well from the giants of the genre in several aspects, the numerous flaws and the generic use of elements in the story and sound overshadow the otherwise solid foundation
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