Restless Soul Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

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Our Restless Soul Review has us taking on the adventure of a lifeti—er, afterlifetime! We try to help a wayward soul return to the land of the living in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure that pokes fun at life, death, video games, pop culture, and everything in between.

Restless Soul Review Pros:

  • Decent pixel art graphics.
  • 297MB download size.
  • Own in-game achievements.
  • Adventure gameplay.
  • Twin stick shooter combat.
  • Excellent writing with a lot of humor and relatable situations.
  • Tutorial signs as you play.
  • 3 save slots.
  • A really cool black and white graphic style.
  • Multiple choice encounters.
  • Big boss fights.
  • Accessibility options – change your shots’ power and God mode (invincibility).
  • Camera mode with a gallery to view images.
  • The map fills in as you play.
  • The tutorial app on your phone shows the controls.
  • Actions available to you are – shoot with the right stick, dodge, and heal.
  • Letters can be found all over the current world to spell out a phrase or word.
  • Fast forward option on conversations.
  • The narrator is actually a character within the game and has excellent dialogue.
  • It’s 2D sprites in a 3D world.
  • Very slight puzzle elements.

Restless Soul Review Cons:

  • Slow pace overall.
  • Plays more like a go here and go there game with a bit of shooting action.
  • Not always clear where to go or what to do.
  • A lot of dialogue and fast forward makes it too fast to read and not using it makes it slow.
  • Empty feeling world.
  • No replay value.

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Restless Soul:

Official website.

Developer: Fuz Games

Publisher: Graffiti Games

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  • 7/10
    Graphics - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Sound - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Accessibility - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Length - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Fun Factor - 7/10
7/10

Summary

Restless Soul is an adventure game with excellent writing, funny jokes, and relatable encounters and predicaments with a touch of Shmup action. It is a slow game but it is an engaging game because you always want to read what’s next, whether it be the story or the sarcastic narrator throwing shade at you. The Shmup stuff is basic but it works. I like Restless Soul but I have to be in the mood for it as it is slow and full of fetch quests with a lot of stop-start action. You buy the game for the writing and stay for the writing, gameplay is alright as well.

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!