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Void Sols is a pure distillation of what makes Dark Souls special
It's hiding around the corner. What? You don't know yet. But something is there. It's waiting for you, waiting as you p…
It's remarkable how evocative a set of angular lines can be, really, but when the bright white outline of an enemy comes charging out of nothingness, Void Sols feels akin to a horror game as much as a Soulslike. That's also testament to its atmosphere: the gloomy prison hallways and shadowy forests of its still-available Steam Next Fest demo are heavy with silence until the clash of tiny weapons where colourful sparks fly. It's a generous demo too, and it left me itching to explore more of its murky, sombre world - a freezing mountain and the depths of a decrepit mine lay tantalisingly out of bounds.
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