Souno's Curse Reviews

I'll start by saying that overall, despite any issues I had with the game, I enjoyed playing it and think it's worth checking out. It's not an exceptionally ground breaking experience, but exploring the game world, finding secrets, and fighting the bosses was enjoyable. Combat is both satisfying and a bit frustrating. You have to be very close to enemies to hit them with your kicks, and the basic attack is stationary. You can be a little cheeky and press jump and attack at the same time to do the jump kick on the ground, allowing you to still move while attacking. There's nothing that's necessarily revolutionary about the combat, but boss fights are dynamic and reasonably challenging. There are a few movement upgrades, and they each unlock a new area. This is a very short game -- I completed it at near 100% in less than 4 hours -- but the secret hunting and general gameplay flow is decent. I wish there was more. https://youtu.be/DCdJ5JU9evg?si=_QQy7dCf9BHW1rzI

good metroidvania (light) game, pretty hard !the music is so cool ! i suggest to you to unlock most of the power ups accross the game. the art and animation are nice also :)

Don't even try to play it without a controller, it's tedious the qol is null, and you can't rebind key. Imagine spending all the effort on making the game, making animation and didn't let you rebind key. I'll keep playing with these awful key settings and see how it goes. I'll refund this game, I'd consider rebuying the game if it fixes all little qol that ruined the game

I wanted to enjoy Souno’s Curse SO bad, but honestly I just can’t recommend it. There is no denying it’s a beautiful game with a ton of personality. But there are some issues that make the game ultimately a no-go: -There is no map, this is absolutely unforgivable and borderline game breaking given the metroidvania elements that are a part of the game. -Combat is stiff, slow and inconsistent. You can pogo bounce off an enemy once (upgradable to twice) and that’s it. Combat is short range, you rely on your kicks, which in itself wouldn’t be an issue if it weren’t for the completely inconsistent hit boxes. I’ve pogo jumped right thru enemies with zero effect, taken damage from them while being out of range, and this leads me into my next point… -The bosses, while interesting and having creative mechanics, are an exercise in pure frustration due to the slow and clunky combat along with inconsistent hit boxes. Additionally, there are major inconsistencies as to when the second phase of a boss will trigger (if it triggers at all), alongside later boss encounter mechanics triggering at the start of a fight (imagine late fight super fast and overwhelming attacks being used at the start of an encounter). No rhyme or reason as to when a boss will die, you just have to get lucky basically. -Lastly, you have zero way to heal yourself. You read that correctly, you have what amounts to 5 HP, and no way to heal yourself in multiphase souls-level bosses. As the game currently is, it’s more frustrating than anything else and not one that I can recommend. Who knows, maybe over times with patches that rework the game it’ll become a must-own, but as it is I don’t recommend it.