Soul Axiom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LooH9VBKHOw Set in the same universe as Master Reboot, Wales Interactive Soul Axiom continues embroiling players in a strange

In conclusion then, Soul Axiom is a slow burning game, but one that satisfies if you engage with the world and its lore. The pacing won't be to everyone's liking, as it isn't a fast paced, reaction based experience, but it is compelling more because of this than in spite of it. Add to this the numerous monkeys to be found, as well as three possible endings and the game has more longevity than the average puzzler. If you fancy having your grey matter teased, you could do a lot worse than this.

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As a fan of titles like Valve’s Portal and Croteam’s The Talos Principle, I really wanted to like Soul Axiom, but I struggled. There are flourishes of enjoyment to be had when the game throws the odd interesting environment your way, or even a puzzle that is surprisingly ingenious, but they’re too few and far between. Poor visuals and performance, combined with lengthy load times and formulaic gameplay that relies on simple puzzles made even more lackadaisical by heavy hand-holding and trial and error, leaves you with an experience that bores and disappoints more than it thrills and engages. T...

Frictional Games' SOMA, last year's sci-fi horror follow-up to Amnesia: The Dark Descent, explored the idea of creating a copy of a human being and downloading it into a virtual "ark", thereby preserving mankind in case of global disaster. It proved to be an engaging central conceit, which touched on ideas of identity, morality, and the reliability of one's memories. Wales Interactive takes the idea of a digital heaven and makes it the main setting for Soul Axiom, though it lacks the polish of Frictional's submerged chiller.

Soul Axiom has a few fantastic puzzles and some lovely environments. Sadly its also full of boring puzzles, an uninteresting story, horrid cutscenes, and some of the worst glitches I've seen in a video game.

Having played a few of Wales Interactive games, Soul Axiom is a disappointing release from a studio that is capable of better. Muddled in with the disjointed story and an uninteresting cast of characters, there are a few glimpses of genius design that only serve to highlight the lacklustre moments that surround them. Soul Axiom tries to discuss the subject of the soul, but doesn’t have one itself.