However some 4-5 hours in, 5 chapters or so, I had still only barely entered the city, and I still knew next to nothing about who these two are or were. There are plenty of plot twists in each of its many chapters, all of which kept me wanting more and more as I sunk hour after hour into it.

But it’s also a little counterproductive – you can slow a move, but you’ve still got to dodge it before it comes crashing down. Like two scorpion Possessed boys showing up alongside other basic Possessed and Corrupted enemies; or two (different) enemies that were used as mini-bosses on the field with Possessed and Wraith enemies.As you explore the camera is locked in position, pointing you in the direction you need to go to progress. However, its predictable somber story and uninteresting world work hard to drain the fun out of things and its camera wants to be more enemy than friend. Explore a striking, fantasy-inspired world brimming with hidden mysteries, master a diverse combat system, and inhabit the dual forces of two sisters in a coming-of-age fantasy story with fast-paced action, vicious enemies, and spectacular boss fights. Wraiths corrupt their victims and can even possess their bodies, turning into unstoppable, vile beings that prey upon the living.

Gets boring in the middle where the scenery and enemies are very repetitive with the game having you fight in the same town from start to finish. In a world where every AAA game has to patch this in later, never learning from this mistake, it’s refreshing to see Modus Games and Reply Game Studios be smart enough to have it from the start. I’m glad the level design is linear, at least it does that part for me — I just need to work out how to do everything else. Soulstice's overwritten story and repetitive second half somewhat dull the catharsis of its glorious throwback hack-and-slash combat, but it's still great fun.Despite the flaws, it does an excellent job setting up a sequel and I do expect that one to improve on combat and enemy variety. If Briar is low on health when you activate Rapture, she will instead go Berserk and you’ll have to do a quick minigame so Lute can bring Briar back before she dies. Briar is a character you would imagine, and see, in other edgy stories, as she’s moody and pessimistic. The most important aspect of the game is the gameplay however, which is pretty much exclusively based around battles. Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you.

The balance of the Holy Kingdom of Keidas is compromised when powerful, feral creatures known as “Wraiths” invade from the other side of the Veil, threatening to consume the living.

Some ten hours into Solstice I realised I’d barely noticed the music, so unintrusive and generic it was. To break the mood sometimes would have been great – revealing some sister bickering or banter, and convincing me they even knew each other. Soulstice’ combat is fun, but it’s also too unrefined and doesn’t soft lock-on enough for the demands it then makes on the player.