DEATHBOUND REVIEW

I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Vicarious PR @VicariousPR Publisher Tate Multimedia @TateMultimedia Developer Trialforge Studio @trialforgestu

This is released in the UK on the 08/08/2024 and in the UK is priced at £24.99.

INTRODUCTION

Deathbound is a one – of – a – kind party based soulslike set in a callous world where faith and science clash. The Forbidden city Akratya is an unforgiving land that cannot be conquered alone.

FEATURES

THE ESSENCE – Gain the skills, memories and identities of fallen warriors throughout the world. Combine their unique personalities and combat styles and switch between them seamlessly.
PARTY SYSTEM – The essences you absorb form your party. Deathbound features a robust party system that allows players to craft a playstyle through talent trees. Seamlessly switch between fallen warriors to harness their skills and abilities. Each party member’s affiliation in life will affect their synergy in death.
DYNAMIC MORPHING – Unleash the combined powers of fallen warriors with devastating Morphstrikes. Utilize different attack styles to pull-off powerful combinations and finishing blows to defeat all who oppose you.
BRUTAL WORLD – Ziêminal is a world that mixes a technological past and a medieval present, home to diverse cultures. The city of Akratya is rich in lore and dangers. Explore a city falling into ruin under the shadow of a grand crusade. From the body-filled streets to arenas and places of worship. With its imposing brutalist architecture and melding of technology, it’s a city bound for oblivion.
UNFORGIVING MONSTERS – Face challenging enemies crafted to push you to your limits. Their very nature is based on the five stages of grief, with each new encounter commanding the attention of any soul who dare face them.

FAN ART

Story is cool and found it interesting.

Controls are easy to understand and pick up as not loads of combos to learn.

Items are cool as alot of them all have own uses such as in combat can use items to freeze enemies and use items to buff yourself and even use to heal yourself and much more.

Enemies all have own look and all have own attacks to learn in order to beat them.

Ability to swap between characters is cool and different and fun as all have own look and feel to them.

Nice sci fi future dystopian setting is nice and different compare to all the dark gothic settings you see in other games.

Combat is clunky and feels stiff when it comes to combat and exploration which is annoying as not as smooth as hoped for.

Very challenging as easy to die as often get mobbed by enemies and can be frustrating.

Camera can be annoying and fiddly as easy get pinned in corner by bigger enemy and make it hard to see.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall story is interesting, controls easy pick up with cool items that all have own uses which can be used for attacking such as freezing a enemy to giving you temporary buffs or heals and enemies all have own look and own attacks to learn in order to beat them and the ability to swap between characters is cool and different also like the sci fi dystopian future compared to all the gothic dark games similar. However for £24.99, the combat is clunky and the characters have stiff movement to them when exploring and when in combat not as smooth as hoped and camera can be fiddly especially when big enemies pin you in corner and is a very challenging game as easy to die as get mobbed often by enemies and can be frustrating.

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Story is cool and interesting. 
Controls easy pick up and learn.
Items big variety own uses.
Enemies own look, attacks.
Ability to swap between characters cool.
Nice sci fi future dystopian look.

Combat is clunky and stiff movement.
Very challenging easy die especially when mobbed by enemies.
Camera can be annoying and easy get pinned in corner by bigger enemy.