Soulcaster has really exceeded my expectations in critical reception.
“This is an absolutely amazing little action / strategy game that isn’t easy to categorize. It combines the best elements of Shining Force / Final Fantasy Tactics with dungeon crawling and tower defense games, and it all comes together with great results.”
“Soulcaster was a pleasant surprise: a mash up of an 8-bit RPG and Tower Defence, thereby ticking virtually all of the right boxes for anyone who’s ever ordered pizza for a night in with their Nintendo controller…”
“Everything from the level design, item names, graphics, sound, gameplay, and little in-jokes, Soulcaster harkens back to the day of retro-RPGS and is a great buy for anyone with the points.” (8.5/10)
OK so this game has gotten much more attention than I ever imagined. There’s not much more I can say right now so I’ll just put up some pull quotes.
“I got to say I really enjoyed this one and if you are looking for a top-down action adventure role playing game with a retro look and feel it would be difficult for me to not recommend Soulcaster.”
“I highly recommend action and strategy fans alike to check out Soulcaster, there’s good a reason why it has already shot up into the top 20 rated Xbox indie games.”
“The soundtrack for the game is as amazing as it is fitting and makes me hope this guy is successful just so I can hear more songs by him in his games. The shopkeeper’s song is the most epic 8-bit metal song EVER and yes, I’m kinda serious about that.”
“With a shop to upgrade, multiple paths through each stage, and a ‘hardcore’ mode, this is pretty much the best Tower Defense game on XBLIG OR on XBLA, rivaling even Defense Grid for sheer amazingness.”
And for the ultimate press any developer could ever hope for, still leaving me in a state of shock:
“I caught a trailer for an Xblig called “Soulcaster” that took me a while to parse, but it’s out already, so discerning the truth of it is a straightforward matter. It’s lovely. It plays for all the world like a combination of Bomberman and Tower Defense, and I hadn’t considered it previously, but them’s two things what might benefit from juxtoposin’.”
GameTrailers users respond to the official trailer. The hype is almost uncontrollable!
“The graphics in this game is OMFG, it’s like OVER-PAINTED PIXELS or what? Disgusting.
Gay(m)play is like ugly breed of Tower Defense and mindless exploration.
Who the hell requested this game to be ever created? Don’t those guys have anything else to do?”
“Tower defense version 354. Nothing new and executed poorly, move along nothing to see here.”
“Well if this isnt a lets make a Quickbuck developer team! If u guys make money off of this Gem… upgrade to Snes platform. Good Luck Guys!”
“retro, sure. but seriously, it looks worse than a cell phone game.
better be cheap.”
“This looks like it sucks big time … even for an indie game. “
