The Lost Soul

Looking at the Lost Soul's store page, the striking, minimalist pixel art and beat-driven soundtrack immediately reminded me of two precision platforming classics, Fred Wood's LOVE and Kuso. While not quite on par with those titles, the Lost Soul remains a solid and enjoyable platformer. The soundtrack offers a nice variety of instrumental beats, cycling through tracks as one ends, often with a conspicuous fadeout...

6 found this helpful, 2018-12-17

The first thing you will probably notice launching the first level of the game is your “character” movement and how does the control feel. It lacks your usual precise and deft controls. There is also no way to control your pace and mobility and has only one possible way to pass a trap. You can’t gain more speed or let go “jump” button a bit earlier so that you could manage your height, and if you died, that’s because...

5 found this helpful, 2018-11-21

The Lost Soul is a bite-sized precision platformer designed to be completed in about an hour. This is definitely a minimalist experience, and in more ways than the art style. Your only ability is a basic jump, there aren't any extras outside of a handful of secret warps, and the difficulty selection simply affects your number of lives, the number of checkpoints, and the time limit. The minimalism isn't a bad thing...

0 found this helpful, 2021-02-28