- September 16, 2022
- Ash Game Studio
Ninja Soul
Platforms
About
"Ninja Soul" is a roguelite action game with procedurally generated levels. Players can choose from different combat styles, focusing on speed or treasure matching, and can collect powerful skills and properties. Exploration is rewarded with hidden treasure boxes, and unique customs clearance rewards can be permanently fused to the player's equipment for use in subsequent games. The game features a challenging and replayable experience.
- The weapon and gear system is engaging, allowing for interesting combinations of attributes and skills.
- Once players master the movement mechanics, the gameplay becomes fast-paced and fluid, especially in horizontal movement.
- The game offers a fun experience with a nice gameplay loop, making it easy to get into and hard to put down.
- The controls feel unresponsive and floaty, detracting from the overall gameplay experience.
- There is a lack of in-game guidance, making it difficult for players to understand the mechanics without external resources.
- The game feels unpolished and rushed, with bugs and clipping issues that can disrupt gameplay.
gameplay12 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe gameplay features a solid loop where players start runs, defeat enemies for health and gold, and collect loot from chests and bosses, with a focus on speedrunning. While kunai become essential as players progress, a counter mechanic allows for strategic stuns, though its tight timing can be challenging. Overall, the game offers a satisfying experience with opportunities for skill customization and a rewarding progression system.
“Also, there's this counter mechanic where if you throw one of your projectiles at an enemy when it flashes red, you'll stun them for a while which allows you to do massive damage by either delivering a critical blow with a dash or simply attacking them normally while they're defenseless.”
“Basic gameplay is to start a run, kill enemies for health and/or gold, find chests to get loot, and kill bosses for double loot. When done in a timely manner, chests are not locked in the next hub (not mandatory, but helpful when trying to speedrun; in the hub, the time stops). You then do the same for each level until the final level is beaten, after which a choice is given from six different item slots, with only one being able to be taken per timeline. The quality of the loot is determined by the timeline level.”
“Game feels like it has a nice gameplay loop.”
“Seems a bit counterintuitive to me since the window for this is pretty tight, so it's hard to pull off casually. The whole thing seems unnecessary when you can just kill enemies in a few seconds using normal attacks or skills. Thankfully, the mechanic doesn't go completely wasted as there's a talent tree passive that allows you to trigger the dash critical blow with a button press and another passive randomly found in equipment that automatically triggers the stun when you simply dash through any enemy (even bosses!).”
“Basic gameplay involves starting a run, killing enemies for health and/or gold, finding chests to get loot, and killing bosses for double loot. When done in a timely manner, chests are not locked in the next hub (not mandatory, but helpful when trying to speedrun; in the hub, the time stops). You then repeat this for each level until the final level is beaten, at which point a choice is given from six different item slots, with only one being able to be taken per timeline. The quality of the loot is determined by the timeline level.”
“It's possible to change the item's stats and skills, but the extraction mechanic for skill and stat fragments is needed first.”
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