The emphasis the game places on the presentation of its story, though, is impressive. Still, this is a character action game we’re talking about at the end of the day, and while the story in Soulstice is far better than it needs to be, it still isn’t overly ambitious and didn’t twist or turn in ways that wowed me. The amount of dialogue is higher than I was expecting given the genre as well, and what starts out as a straightforward plunge into chaos eventually gives way to an emotional story about sisterhood and moving past trauma in addition to the mysteries surrounding the Order of the Ashen Blade. I found myself consistently impressed with the writing of the dialogue it’s interesting and even thoughtful at times without devolving into purple prose. He’s a regular fixture of Soulstice given that he’s also a means of spending currency to acquire new skills, but he has unique dialogue each time you come across him that expands on the lore of the game’s world and provides additional context to Briar and Lute’s history prior to their becoming a Chimera. He serves as an occasional relay of information and middle man between the Chimera and the Order of the Ashen Blade, sharing developments as the situation in the city worsens and pushing the sisters toward their next objectives. Briar and Lute arrive to find the city sacked and in flames by the creatures from the other side of the rift, leaving them no choice to to fight their way through the city themselves.įollowing Briar and Lute on their journey is Layton and his very adequately named crow, Corvo. They’re sent to the city of Ilden to investigate an ethereal tear in the sky above the city’s center that let loose an army of twisted wraiths and monstrosities. Once a pair of ordinary sisters, Briar and Lute are now two halves of a Chimera-a living weapon employed by the Order of the Ashen Blade.
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