Players even have to consider the weight of their gear as a heavier set means slower movement in and out of battle. For instance, the demo featured three pairs of shoes: one that granted a higher max HP, one that increased running speed, and one without any status effect boosts. Everything from hats and shoes to swords and shields can be changed, and while some clothing items are just for show, many come with buffs that can be taken advantage of. Beyond serving as a change of pace from the dank goblin world below, however, Portsbourgh is also home to an array of shops where players can buy cosmetics to deck out the siblings and a gym where they can train in-between dungeon diving.Ĭustomization seems to be central to the experience here. Portsbourgh is a pretty yet unremarkable town replete with a litany of colorful characters brought to life with some incredibly sharp writing. The half-hour-long or so introduction to Young Souls does a solid job of establishing the primary settings players will find themselves traversing around: the overworld of Portsbourgh and the mysterious underworld of the goblins. Image courtesy of The Arcade Crew Deep Customization It isn’t long after that the siblings discover a portal to another world that’s filled with benevolent goblins, hordes of violent monsters, and possibly the key to their guardian’s sudden disappearance. Now living together in a mansion on the outskirts of town, the trio seems to be living a calm yet uneventful life…until the professor mysteriously vanishes one day after what seems to be a home invasion, that is. Jenn and Tristan are two scrappy orphans who were without any type of support until they were suddenly adopted by a kindhearted–but quirky–scientist. After going hands-on with an hour-long demo, I came away optimistic that the team at 1P2P will be able to add to this recent deluge of releases rather than get swept away by it. Enter Young Souls, an upcoming beat ’em up/RPG/dungeon-crawling hybrid that’s been making noise for years and is doing a whole lot to stand out from the crowd. Be it critical darlings like Streets of Rage 4, fan favorites like River City Girls, or highly anticipated throwbacks like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, the genre hasn’t been this healthy in a long, long time. There’s been something of a beat ’em up renaissance in recent years.
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