Considered by some to be one of 2022's best gaming experiences, Soulstice is a AA hack and slash game that's been made by a relatively unknown Italian studio called Reply Game Studios. And whilst Reply Game Studios only numbers around 50 people, it is actually part of a much larger Italian company called Reply Group that that boasts over 10,000 employees.
Developed over nearly 5 years, Soulstice harks back to a time when games like Devil May Cry were part of the zeitgeist and considered to be major system sellers. And whilst the genre might have fallen out of relative favour since, it still gets relatively high profile games from major publishers - such as Nier: Automata (from Square Enix), and Devil May Cry V (from Capcom).
I spoke to Fabio Pagetti (Creative Director) and Samuele Perseo (Writer) about Soulstice, and got to ask them as to how the IP can carve out a bigger niche for itself, as well as what Reply Game Studios' future plans are. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrGNdsux8Uo
Soulstice... I really like that game... I've only played about an hour of it, but I really like it. And I think it's one of those games that deserves far more attention than it's actually getting thus far... Given the fact that Bayonetta 3 wa...