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Souls of the Wind

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63%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
63% User Score Based on 52 reviews

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Souls of the Wind is a single player role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Wandering Spirit Games and was released on May 11, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

As the Guardian of the Four Winds, use your unique wind powers to complete the trials of the Wind Temples and free the Souls of the Wind from corruption. This is a tale of a world full of wind magic, through a beautiful 3rd person puzzle-adventure game crafted by Wandering Spirit Games.

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63%Audience ScoreBased on 52 reviews
graphics5 positive mentions
stability8 negative mentions
  • Beautiful and charming art style with a relaxing soundtrack and good atmosphere.
  • Interesting and enjoyable puzzle mechanics involving wind powers that add a unique twist.
  • Free to play, offering a decent few hours of gameplay and good diversity with a POC protagonist.
  • Numerous bugs and glitches including crashes, getting stuck, disappearing items, and game-breaking issues interrupt gameplay.
  • Clunky and unpolished controls with problematic camera movement make platforming and object manipulation frustrating.
  • Poor optimization leading to performance issues even on medium settings, and lack of proper save/load system reduces replayability and convenience.

  • graphics

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics feature a charming art style with beautiful aesthetics and lighting effects, particularly in water reflections, contributing to an overall visually appealing experience. However, the graphics are unoptimized, requiring a decent graphics card despite the moderate visual demands, which can cause performance issues for some players.

    • “The art style of this game is beautiful, especially the pretty lighting effect of water reflection.”
    • “Overall it's a charming, calm adventure puzzle game with stunning visuals and a lot of heart!”
    • “Beautiful aesthetics and soundtrack, and absolutely love the fact that the protagonist is a young black person showing some great diversity in an oversaturated market.”
    • “Wish I could play more of it, but the graphics make me so sick that I can't play it, unfortunately.”
    • “Also, this game hasn't optimized graphics very much which means you need a decent graphics card even though the visual quality isn't that demanding.”
    • “Of course my graphics card isn't good, but for a game that simple, I don't expect it to have to do so much work.”

  • gameplay

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers a unique and charming puzzle-platforming experience with simple controls and enjoyable mechanics, but it is often hampered by clunky controls, unresponsive physics, and frequent bugs that affect platforming and puzzle-solving. While visually appealing and featuring a nice soundtrack, the game’s lack of polish and frustrating glitches, especially in later stages, detract from its overall playability.

    • “I loved the aesthetic and gameplay of this title.”
    • “I'd recommend this game, it is a nice platforming puzzle game with simple controls but effective gameplay.”
    • “It has some different mechanics that I was not used to but I figured it out quickly and enjoyed playing.”
    • “But unfortunately what could have been a great puzzle game is instead a big pile of issues, glitches, and bugs that I came across during my gameplay.”
    • “The controls don't feel snappy, the physics system is broken (e.g., if you put a fan on a platform and jump on it, the fan disappears), and the gameplay is not very polished.”
    • “Souls of the Wind is a short 3D puzzle-platformer, the charm and beauty of which are matched only by the clunkiness of gameplay and frustrating proliferation of bugs, particularly in the last stage.”

  • story

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is generally described as charming, endearing, and enjoyable, with a quaint setting and intriguing quest involving spirits and temples. However, it is also seen as simplistic and lacking depth beyond the main quests and collectibles. Some players found the narrative engaging, but technical issues and gameplay frustrations affected overall interest in the story.

    • “This was such a quaint and beautiful game, I really enjoyed the story and exploring the village.”
    • “We step into the shoes of the latest guardian of four winds who, appropriately enough, embarks on a quest to piece together just what is going on at four temples and why spirits are failing at their job so the corruption has begun to seep out.”
    • “The story was really fun to go through.”
    • “Therefore, I was actually unable to complete the game and see the final story outcome because I was stuck on the mountainside with no way forwards or backwards.”
    • “Simplistic storyline with cheeky little collectibles all over.”
    • “- Outside of the main quests and collecting relics, there doesn't seem to be much substance to the game.”

  • music

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is consistently praised for being relaxing and fitting the game's charming and diverse atmosphere, often described as gorgeous and distinctly non-western. While the soundtrack enhances the visual and cultural aesthetics, some users note that external hardware noise can hinder the full enjoyment of the music. Overall, the soundtrack contributes positively to the immersive and peaceful experience.

    • “Souls of the Wind has a visually cool design with an awesome color palette and a relaxing soundtrack.”
    • “The game design and music selection are gorgeous in a distinctly non-western fashion, with environments that pay homage to indigenous civilizations, greatly enhancing the experience despite some clumsy gameplay.”
    • “The game has a charming atmosphere complemented by a relaxing soundtrack.”
    • “The music could be quite relaxing, but despite setting everything to the lowest, the fan of my GeForce GTX 970 runs so loudly that even with headphones on, I can hear it and cannot enjoy the music.”
    • “Decent graphics and music, but the music is not fantastic.”
    • “The game has a charming atmosphere with a relaxing soundtrack.”

  • stability

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is hindered by numerous bugs and glitches, particularly with physics and spawning, which significantly impact the gameplay experience. While it's free and playable enough to complete, these issues detract from full enjoyment and achievement hunting.

    • “But unfortunately what could have been a great puzzle game is instead a big pile of issues, glitches, and bugs that I came across during my gameplay.”
    • “I played for about an hour and experienced so many glitches.”
    • “The game is also very buggy at present.”

  • optimization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features impressive visuals but suffers from subpar optimization, occasionally causing performance issues that require a decent graphics card, though these problems rarely impact overall playability.

    • “The game looks visually awesome, but it has some optimization problems that appear sometimes (don't worry too much, they don't make it unplayable).”
    • “This game hasn't optimized graphics very well, which means you need a decent graphics card even though the visual quality isn't that demanding.”
    • “So, it's not a very optimized game.”
    • “Also, this game hasn't optimized graphics very well, which means you need a decent graphics card even though the visual quality isn't that demanding.”

  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a charming and visually appealing atmosphere, enhanced by a relaxing soundtrack that complements the overall mood.

    • “It is really atmospheric and beautiful to look at.”
    • “It has a good atmosphere and relaxing music fitting it.”
    • “Game has a charming atmosphere with a relaxing soundtrack.”

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game starts off amusing, particularly with the inability to jump on interactive objects, but quickly becomes frustrating as it leads to unpredictable and chaotic character movements.

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is often seen as unnecessarily tedious, requiring excessive and repetitive tasks that can detract from the overall experience.

    • “It makes you go through a lot of unnecessarily tedious maneuvering throughout the game.”

  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional impact of the game’s conclusion is generally appreciated and seen as rewarding, but technical issues with cutscenes hindered the experience for some players, detracting from the intended emotional closure.

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Souls of the Wind is a role playing game with fantasy theme.

Souls of the Wind is available on PC and Windows.

Souls of the Wind was released on May 11, 2021.

Souls of the Wind was developed by Wandering Spirit Games.

Souls of the Wind has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Souls of the Wind for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Souls of the Wind is a single player game.

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