![]() ![]() Upon booting the game up, it’s immediately clear that you’re in for a visual treat.The design and detail are just ever so lovely: from the way firelight gives a soft glow to its surroundings in the twilight, to how fog wafts lazily over cobble stairways in a musty dungeon, it’s all just so utterly gorgeous to look at. But while the scale has increased and the combat and visuals are as slick as ever, there are some growing pains that only just manage to hold the game back from its full potential. Like Ska Studios’s previous outing, the game features difficult combat, extensive equipment options, and hulking bosses to slay. Magic is corrupting the land, giving rise to monstrous creatures and ravenous undead, and the source of all of this destruction, Mages, must be hunted and their hearts devoured if the Kingdom is to survive. Salt And Sacrifice is a 2D metroidvania hunt-a-thon that casts you as a condemned prisoner in an imperiled kingdom. ![]() For more Soulslike goodness, we've made our Elden Ring cover story available for free.A sidescrolling metroidvania with beautiful art and rewarding exploration, kept just shy of greatness by some frustrating design decisions Salt and Sacrifice will be available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC on May 10. Sprinting and sprinting attacks along with spell-like Runic Arts will also diversify the threats at your and your opponent's disposal. Inquisitors will have tools like grappling hooks to zip and flip around the environment or negate nasty falls and knockdowns. It is super fun, but is also certainly not for everyone, and we respect that." And it really does sound fun, especially with the improvements to mobility and combat that look to make for more dynamic PvP encounters. Silva made it clear PvP won't be a necessity during Salt and Sacrifice, saying, "we know a significant number of players have less-than-zero interest in PvP. Because of this, Salt and Sacrifice director James Silve highly recommends getting rid of these troublesome invaders posthaste. ![]() Bluehearts are tasked with hunting down "haze-tainted creatures" that spawn even more dangerous monsters from rifts, making life even more hellish to the player who calls that gameworld home. Those who take the oath of the Blueheart Runners will invade for a very different reason. ![]()
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