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adopted and fathered by a local

scientist, but are largely rejected

by the local community and are

considered outcasts. One day the

duo’s father goes missing, and

while searching their home they

stumble upon a mysterious portal

in the basement that leads to the

underworld, where goblins live. Putting

two and two together, the twins come

to the conclusion that their guardian

has been kidnapped. They begin to

mount a daring rescue mission, where

they discover that the dastardly

goblins are trying to invade the earth.

Double trouble

You won’t spend all your time

adventuring. During the daylight hours,

everything seems normal and you can

chat to people in the streets, some of

whom may offer you quests. You can

go shopping for outfits, or even head

to the gym to level up and become

stronger. At night time, however,

you risk your lives to prevent the

destruction of the town, and protect

the unknowing citizens.

With sword and shield in hand,

you’ll hack and slash your way through

up to 70 dungeons in either single-

player or two-player local co-op.

Before venturing into each dungeon,

you have the opportunity to gear up,

selecting which weapons or armour

to use. Although you can mix and

match your equipment, you’ll need

to be quite tactical in your choices

as each item is weighted and affects

how you play. Select a heavy sword

with a full suit of armour, for example,

and you’ll be able to hit hard but your

movements will be sluggish. Clad

yourself in lighter protection and pick

up two daggers, however, and you’ll

be able to zip around the playing field,

but the enemies will require more hits

to go down.

A lot of love and attention has

gone into Young Souls, particularly

its animation. Not only does each

character possess a lot of expression

and personality, but the transition

animations whenever you go from

scene to scene are beautiful. No

release date or targeted platforms

have been confirmed just yet, so we’re

keeping our fingers crossed for a

release on Xbox One soon. Q

You’d be forgiven for thinking that

this side-scrolling RPG beat-’em-up

is a family-friendly romp that takes

you to strange and unusual lands,

thanks to its cartoon-like hand-

drawn aesthetic... but you’d be wrong.

Granted, you do get to travel to an

outlandish world, but you’ll do so with

two particularly sweary siblings.

Young Souls takes place in a sleepy

town where not much happens,

at least above the surface. The

game follows the lives of two young

orphaned twins named Jenn and

Tristan. Both brother and sister were

The story is being written by Matthew Ritter, one of the writers from TellTale’s The Walking Dead

ABOVE The combat
plays out like
an old-school
beat-’em-up, like
Streets Of Rage
or Golden Axe.

You ng S ou ls

A couple of foul-mouthed

siblings gear up to save

the world

Adam Bryant

PUBLISHER THE ARCADE CREW DEVELOPER 1P2P

ETA TBC

“You risk your

lives to prevent

the destruction

of the town”

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