The next big RPG for PlayStation 5 (and PC), Lost Soul Aside, has finally been released after a 10-year development cycle, and the game has debuted to a mixed reception. Fans are praising the depth of the combat system, but seem to be harshly criticizing its characters, story, voice acting, and a surprising aspect that has rendered the Steam version of the game "unplayable" in some cases.
On Steam, Lost Soul Aside currently sits at a "mixed" reception, with a particular criticism of the game's ray-tracing performance. Some fans are reporting stuttering, crashes, and graphical glitches when the ray-tracing options are on.
Lost Soul Aside has had a troubled development. What started as a one-person passion project turned into a larger-scale game with support from PlayStation, but the quality is now in question. In addition to the ray-tracing causing severe performance issues, there has been some criticism aimed at the lead character, Kaiser, and other characters being one-dimensional, as well as inconsistent lip-synching with the English voices.
On the flip side, fans praise the game's intense action combat and compare it favorably to other action games like Devil May Cry 5 and...