Void Sols review

Our VerdictA beautiful 2D soulslike with enough bright ideas of its own to stand out.

Our Verdict

A beautiful 2D soulslike with enough bright ideas of its own to stand out.

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Need to Know

You play a little white triangle, which I like to imagine is the ship from Asteroids after a very unfortunate crash landing. Because a sinister collection of bitter shapes occupy this land, seemingly having deserted the Geometry Wars to spend around a dozen hours trying to slay you instead. Thanks to this game, I now know what a hexagon hating me looks like. So that’s fun.

(Image credit: Finite Reflection Studios, Modern Wolf)

A fight in a red-lit room in Void Sols.

Combat is all about dodging, though you can find shields later if you want to mould it into a more traditional block/parry experience. In fact, the more time you spend scouring Void Sols’ areas for secrets, the more tools you’ll find to fit your favoured soulslike. I found a relic that restored lost health Bloodborne-style when I hit an enemy back in time, and then could never bring myself to take it off. Your starting sword is a decent shape-slayer, but katanas, hammers, maces, oh my, all have vari… varied playstyles that are fun to… to… zzz…

…Huh? Oh, sorry! It’s hard to stay awake when writing a paragraph that could describe, well, practicallyanysoulslike. This is yet another game where you lose all your levelling up currency when you die and have one chance to get it back. Where combat is all about carefully watching enemy behaviour and waiting for an opening. Where god damn multiphase boss fights are somehow still seen as acceptable game design. Void Sols is more a lick of paint over old staples than something truly revolutionary.

But it’s a very pretty lick of paint. Prisons, forests, mountains—I’ve explored these videogame locations countless times, so it’s to Void Souls’ immense credit that they look so striking and feel even somewhat novel again here. The cold, dark mountains, where occasionally you’ll see the distant orange glow of a bonfire, but more often be only able to make out your immediate surroundings and a plummeting red bar as the cold digs into your health, are wonderfully atmospheric. Nice to be reminded that a mountain should be a hostile challenge again, and not just a pointy bit on a world map.

(Image credit: Finite Reflection Studios, Modern Wolf)

A triangle facing an enemy in a dark dungeon in Void Sols.

(Image credit: Finite Reflection Studios, Modern Wolf)

A death screen that just says DEATH in big letters in Void Sols.

It recovers in its final stages, presenting a still meaty but fairer challenge that remembers what the game does best—sticking you in a pitch black maze and watching you fumble around, slowly solving its secrets. I can’t wait to scour it properly for everything I no doubt missed as I embark on my next run. Void Sols? More likeVoid So-Worth-Checking-Out-ls!HA!

The Verdict80Read our review policyVoid SolsA beautiful 2D soulslike with enough bright ideas of its own to stand out.

The Verdict

80Read our review policyVoid SolsA beautiful 2D soulslike with enough bright ideas of its own to stand out.

80Read our review policy

Void SolsA beautiful 2D soulslike with enough bright ideas of its own to stand out.

Void Sols

A beautiful 2D soulslike with enough bright ideas of its own to stand out.

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