Soul – Review

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By: Kydos Studio

Version #: 1.1

Date Released: 2010-03-02

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Price: 1.99

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Your race has been run, and your soul is finally ready to shuffle off this mortal coil. In the deviant minds at Kydos Studio, death is just the beginning with their indie game Soul. This game has made quite a splash in the xbox live realm and now is is poised to win the hearts of the iPhone gaming public. With hand drawn artwork and horrifiying style, this is one title you wont want to play in the dark.

The game takes place in a building that looks like it would fit as a scene in the movie Saw. You exit your body and from then on out, everything you see is hostile to your mission of escaping the building to reach heaven. Not only must you avoid all walls, elevators, and even stalagmites, but you must also be ever vigilant to avoid the evil creatures that will lunge from the walls to put an end to your journey.

Each level holds its own challenges, from dark caves where you can barely see in front of you, to air currents and rising water that chases you through the tunnels. Touching anything will cause you to die, but you can re-attempt each screen without any penalty. There are three levels of difficulty, and the only control is the accelerometer. The game offers an option to calibrate the accelerometer, but I found that any other position beside the default suffers from difficulty in moving either up or down. This bug does make playing the game more difficulty since the device must be held facing up. This one annoyance is not enough to detract from the wonderful artistic vision that the developers have created, and is certainly something that can be resolved in short order with an update. If you enjoy immersive atmosphere and great indie games, you will certainly enjoy everything Soul has to offer.