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20 Jun 2023Developer post

Soulstice Free Content Update

Hi everyone! We’re excited to announce an all new free content update for Soulstice today! Check out the trailer below for all the info: New Content: Wow, lots of exciting new content to unpack. First up, players now have the option to play the game in Briar's Transcendent State!

Hi everyone!

We’re excited to announce an all new free content update for Soulstice today! Check out the trailer below for all the info:

Watch on YouTube

New Content:

Wow, lots of exciting new content to unpack. First up, players now have the option to play the game in Briar's Transcendent State!

You can unlock this playable form in Chapter 23 on your first run, or enjoy it from the very beginning if you are playing the game again after beating it.

We can’t wait to see you tear through the game in this badass form!

Mindfield Training Arena:

Next up - take your combat skills for a test in Mindfield, the new training arena designed to sharpen your techniques, and give you a place to perfect your skills.

Additionally, this content update also features a handful of small changes, fixes for the game. We look forward to seeing how you all enjoy this new update!

Check out the full patch notes below.

Changelog for update 1.1.0:

New content:
• Added playable Transcendent State. This new transformation comes with a new set of moves, attacks and special abilities. It is unlocked in Chapter 23, and upon meeting this condition it is available since Chapter 1 when commencing a new run. The Transcendent State is unlocked automatically for all players who have already finished the game, even if a new run is already in progress.
• Added Mindfield, a training arena where the player can test out their combat techniques. It becomes available from the Main Menu once Chapter 1 has been completed.

General:
• Updated draw distance of environment meshes
• Fixed collisions of certain level elements
• General performance improvements
• Tweaks and improvements of audio effects and music
• General tweaks to UI and menus
• General tweaks and improvements

Fixes:
• Fixed an issue that caused some attacks to damage the player even when countered
• Fixed some incorrect damage areas in some enemy attacks
• Fixed an issue that caused on-screen enemy indicators to disappear
• Fixed a rare crash in Chapter 25
• Reduced issues related to texture streaming that caused many textures to appear as low resolution
• Fixed the appearance of the Champion mini boss's armor in Chapter 3
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the enemies to fall in slow-motion

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30 Dec 2022Developer post

Soulstice Update 1.0.4

Hello Soulstice players! As we reach the end of the year, we wanted to push out one last big update for our great supporters and friends who have been playing Soulstice and all future players as well. Below you'll see the fully detailed improvements and fixes based on player feed

Hello Soulstice players!

As we reach the end of the year, we wanted to push out one last big update for our great supporters and friends who have been playing Soulstice and all future players as well. Below you'll see the fully detailed improvements and fixes based on player feedback that the dev team has been hard at work on since launch.

Soulstice Changelog for Update 1.0.4:

General:

Combat camera improvements
General performance improvements
Improvements and adjustments to audio effects

Improvements:

Improved combat camera obstacle management: now obstacles automatically hide without blocking the camera
Added an option to automatically change the combat camera lock when attacking a new enemy
Improved camera lock target selection to reduce the selection of enemies that are behind the camera
Improved camera lock target selection to avoid selecting targets behind larger enemies
Improved camera auto-lock behavior after an enemy is killed to avoid locking a new target that is behind the camera
Improved camera movement when changing the locked target
Improved camera rotation speed in Locked Mode
Reduced camera glitches when performing a synergy attack
Improved canceling timing of player's aerial hit animations
Improved performance in-game cinematics
(Xbox Series X|S Only) Improved rendering performance
(PS5 Only) Improved rendering performance
(Windows Only) Implemented ASUS Aura Ready support: light effects will adapt to gameplay state
Improved performance in the boss fight of Mission 16
Improved ambient sound in the Prologue
Tweaked final score evaluation for Mission 7
Tweaked damage when falling down platforms in Chapter 25
Tweaked teleport behavior of Repentant enemy
Added additional audio feedback to Berserk gameplay sections
Improved movement behavior of Preacher enemy
Improved canceling on Swirling Upburst attack of the Tearing Penance weapon

Fixes:

Fixed an issue that prevented players from unlocking additional information in the Preacher enemy codex entry
Fixed an issue with flying enemies staying at undesired height from the ground
Fixed an issue where the Preacher enemy could attack from the ground
(Xbox Series X|S Only) Fixed a potential blocking issue when suspending the game during the first fight of Mission 6
Fixed an issue where some sections of the Help menu showed an incorrect element count
Fixed a rare crash in the boss fight of Mission 11
Fixed performance issues during the Slasher enemy special attack
Fixed a rare issue that caused the game music to continue playing after returning to the main menu
Fixed a possible crash when returning to the Main Menu during Mission 16

Check it out in game for yourself now and let us know on socials what you think of the update!
-Modus Games & Reply Game Studios

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02 Nov 2022Developer post

Soulstice Update 1.0.3

Greetings brave Ashen Knights! We hope you've been enjoying the game, and are gearing up for the holiday season ahead. We are thrilled to inform you that Soulstice Update 1.0.3 is now LIVE! Update 1.0.3 addresses a multitude of adjustments and fixes. Please refer to the Changelog

Greetings brave Ashen Knights!

We hope you've been enjoying the game, and are gearing up for the holiday season ahead.

We are thrilled to inform you that Soulstice Update 1.0.3 is now LIVE!

Update 1.0.3 addresses a multitude of adjustments and fixes. Please refer to the Changelog below for more details.

For those with automatic updates enabled, there is no action needed.

Soulstice Changelog for Update 1.0.3:

General:

Updated draw distance of environment meshes
Fixed collisions of certain level elements
General tweaks to UI and menus
Tweaked cinematics audio
Minor text corrections
General tweaks and improvements

Fixes:

Fixed issue that might reveal certain character names too early, causing story spoilers
Fixed an issue that caused the amount of currency shown in menus to be different from the actual amount the player owns
Fixed a potential crash when loading a save game
Fixed an issue where certain enemies might occasionally spawn outside of combat area
Fixed an issue that caused Lute's kills to sometimes not count toward Challenge goals
Fixed an issue with additional score info being shown with wrong data
Fixed an issue that, in some cases, caused difficulty to attack an enemy, while another one was locked by the combat camera
Fixed an issue that caused a Codex entry to be unlocked early, causing story spoilers
Fixed issue that might prevent players from unlocking Achievement/Trophy "We can choose to fight" ("Complete the game")
Fixed an issue that prevented players from unlocking Achievement/Trophy "Chaos be Damned!" ("Perform all four Rapture finishing moves ") during challenges
Fixed an issue that prevented players from unlocking all entries in the Help menu section "Progression"
Fixed an issue that caused the change of camera lock target to have inverted vertical axis
(Xbox Series S Only) Fixed an issue that would cause the game to crash while reloading a checkpoint in Mission 1
Fixed issue that might cause the "Preacher" enemy to teleport on the roof of the arena
Fixed visual glitches when the player shoots arrows at the "Colossus" boss enemy
Fixed an issue that could prevent progression in Mission 17 by causing an elevator to disappear when reloading a checkpoint
Fixed an issue that caused enemies to appear partially inside the floor
Fixed an issue with Preacher's Ethereal Thorns damaging the player regardless of the active Field
Fixed an issue that might prevent players from reaching the crystal at the end of Mission 16
Fixed an issue that might cause the HUD to be visible during the intro cinematic of Mission 3
Fixed a potential blocking issue during tutorials
Removed a wall gap in Mission 3
Fixed collision issue in Mission 12
Fixed aspect ratio of camera in a cinematic during Mission 23
Fixed potential crash when returning to Main Menu after reloading a checkpoint
Fixed a rare freeze issue during combat
Fixed collisions in Mission 18
Fixed an issue that caused Briar's weapons to glow during a cinematic in Mission 23
Fixed an issue that caused some enemies to spawn again at the very end of the Prologue
Fixed a freeze during mission 21
Fixed a rare crash in Mission 9
Fixed issue with missing ambience sound effects in some cinematics
Fixed a rare crash that might occur when failing a Challenge
Fixed a text overflow issue in the shop UI
Fixed an issue that prevented Lute from countering one of Preacher's ranged attacks
Fixed an issue that could make Briar's model invisible in the Codex
Fixed a rare issue that caused Lute's active Field to be seen during cinematics in the Arrowhead boss fight
Fixed very rare crash when an enemy was killed

Improvements:

(Windows Only) Added an option that allows players to choose between different controller icon mapping (i.e. Xbox Series X|S or PlayStation 5)
(Windows Only) Added support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0
(Windows Only) Added a setting to allow players to customize framerate during cinematics (will be able to select locked and unlocked framerates)
Improved behavior of auto camera lock with possessed enemies: now the lock will automatically switch to a wraith when spawned from the possessed enemy
Added new option to automatically advance all story dialogues
Added new option to hide all subtitles
Improved hints during Echo gameplay sequences
Added a setting to manage visibility of enemy locators and camera target in the HUD
Added a different input mapping to the Sword's Piercing Lunge (now it can also be triggered with dodge+attack)
Added a tutorial for Memory & Echo gameplay sequences
Added a tutorial for Lute's Perfect Counter
Challenges are now unlocked in the extras menu after the player first interacts with them, without the need to play them from within a Mission
Increased player dodge invulnerability frames
Tweaked some player attacks to improve attack canceling
Sword's Piercing Lunge now prioritizes the locked enemy as target
Increased mobility of all of Briar's air attacks
Added settings to customize camera distance and field of view during combat sequences
Added a new checkpoint in Mission 21
Avoided undesired player attack interruption when a Possessed Enemy is hit by chance, while the player is attacking a different enemy
Updated keyboard input mappings for menu navigation to improve support for different keyboard layouts
Increased time limit in Challenge 8
Disabled the possibility to open pause menus while the inventory wheel is open
Improved performance of water planes
Added some support for Color Deficiency Modes on input device colors
Improved navigation of the Challenge Selection from the Extras menu section
Tweaked scoring parameters in a combat of mission 4
Tweaked configuration of a combat in Mission 17
Reduced auto-collect delay of rewards at the end of challenges
Restricted Void Crystals to spawn during combat
Tweaked some of "Colossus" boss attack damage values

Thank you for all of your wonderful feedback and continued support.
We hope that you enjoy all that Update 1.0.3 has to offer.

We love hearing from you, so please leave us a comment here, on your favorite social channels, or join the Modus Discord server and chat with us directly.

And if you missed it, click below to watch all of great things press are saying about Soulstice in the Soulstice Accolades trailer:

Watch on YouTube

Happy Holidays,
Your friends at Modus Games & Reply Game Studios ⚔👻

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15 Oct 2022Gamemag.ru

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Soulstice review

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20 Sep 2022Developer post

Launch Live Stream w/ Devs

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20 Sep 2022Developer post

SOULSTICE - Now Available!

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Release Date Announced, Plus Upcoming Demo Access!

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Despite the name, Soulstice isn't trying to be a Soulslike

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Soulstice Combat First Look

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Updates & announcements

This indie gem blends Devil May Cry and Darksiders, and it's only $1 right now

Be quick and get the underrated hack-and-slash game Soulstice for less than $5

The original Baldur's Gate leads Prime Gaming July free games roster

В Epic Games Store началась раздача мрачного экшена Soulstice о сёстрах со сверхспособностями

Free PC game - Devil May Cry meets Berserk in stylish hack-and-slash

Soulstice Free Content Update

New Content:

Mindfield Training Arena:

Check out the full patch notes below.

Soulstice Update 1.0.4

Soulstice Changelog for Update 1.0.4:

General:

Improvements:

Fixes:

Soulstice Update 1.0.3

Soulstice Changelog for Update 1.0.3:

General:

Fixes:

Improvements:

Что будет, если скрестить Берсерк и Devil May Cry? Обзор Soulstice

Soulstice review

Launch Live Stream w/ Devs

SOULSTICE - Now Available!

Release Date Announced, Plus Upcoming Demo Access!

But wait, there's more!

Soulstice is budget Devil May Cry, but I kind of dig it

Despite the name, Soulstice isn't trying to be a Soulslike

Soulstice Combat First Look

Soulstice - Ausführlicher Blick auf das Kampfsystem des Fantasy-Actionspiels

» Komplette News auf pressakey.com lesen

» Soulstice auf pressakey.com

Soulstice looks like it wants to be the next Devil May Cry, and gets an autumn release window

Soulstice - Frische Gameplay-Eindrücke zum Fantasy-Actionspiel

» Komplette News auf pressakey.com lesen

» Soulstice auf pressakey.com

Check out the new Sisters Trailer for Soulstice