The Cursed Soul

"The Cursed Soul" is a low key asset flip, a bunch of other people's assets assembled badly to make a basic game. Typically this kind of thing is done by amateur developers without sufficient budget, talent and/or staff to do the job of game development professionally. It's then quickly rushed into Steam Direct. And, unsurprisingly, this never results in a product with any quality, interest, or value for gamers. This is yet another first person horror jumpscare simulator as you wander around an asset flipped environment and get jumpscared by Unity assets. It's poorly assembled, un-fun to play, and was just an attempt from another amateur developer to get YOUR money for someone else's Unity assets. So the visuals might look halfway decent at first glance, if mismatched looking in places. But that's only because the "developer" is using other people's assets. When a dev is too lazy or untalented to make their own art, they usually aren't capable of competent coding or game design either. That is exactly the case with this dumpster fire. There's thousands of these Unity asset flipped horror jumpscare games on Steam, and yeah, they're all awful for the exact same reasons. This i…

If you have 1 hour or less and want to play a horror game, this is it. PS. Fix the hole in the ground

The Cursed Soul is the kind of horror game that starts with a pretty simple setup but does a decent job of making me want to explore the house and figure out what happened. I wake up inside an old house with no idea how I got there, and things quickly become clear that this is not somewhere I should be. I liked the mystery surrounding the place, especially as I started finding diaries that explained what had happened to people who had been trapped there before me. The exploration is probably the strongest part for me. I spend a lot of time searching rooms, picking up useful items and trying to work out where everything fits. There are puzzles to solve along the way, and the inventory system gives the game a little more to think about than simply walking from one room to another. I enjoyed looking around carefully because the environment can contain clues that help me understand what I am supposed to do next. There is also combat, which gives the game a different feel from a purely helpless horror experience. I have access to weapons, but ammunition and preparation still matter, so I cannot just run around treating every monster like an easy target. I also liked having lockers ava…

Starting again from the start is not helpful and not good for gamers especially if you’ve been playing for 20-30 minutes. Maybe add checkpoints or a manual save or a retry so it puts ypu back to the last checkpoint if you want gamers to like your game. Not bad but not good. If you die due to the horror in the house, no retry button, only start again from the start meaning find all the notes again, find the codes again, do the electric puzzle again, which was a pan as no clues so it's just a guessing game. I solved it by accident. found 3 fuses, didn’t hide in time so i died. Start again...No thanks. Unnecessary loud noises, but guess a free horror game will do that. Maybe give it another shot 2nd playthrough got further but by the time you get the blue ball for the maze you don't stand a chance or get a second before the horror kills you, No warning at all, thor horror just turns up and kills you, no sound etc, so you die and right back to the very start. Nah hard pass but good try. Needs a retry button or a save game.

Screw this game. It's nothing but cheap jumpscares and having to run around back and forth finding items. Then, if you get caught and killed, there NO CONTINUE option. You have to start all the way back at the beginning. That's bullsh!t. Rating: 0/10

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