![]() We strongly recommend you stop using this browser until this problem is corrected. The latest version of the Opera browser sends multiple invalid requests to our servers for every page you visit.The most common causes of this issue are: They don’t feel quite as impressive as the best of Psikyo’s bosses (largely because the player character is so chunky and big that large waves of attacks would be impossible to avoid), but it’s a ride watching to see what comes up next.Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests. The bosses tend to be mythical creatures writ large, as you fight minotaurs, hydras, mummies, small dragons and big dragons. At the higher difficulties, Sol Divide has an ebb and flow, where you just about survive a battle and then sweep up enough life potions to make you ready for the next one.Įnemies and bosses are an odd old mix, with life-like humans mixing it up with wacky cartoon jellyfish and griffins, but that only adds to Sol Divide’s appeal. Herbs that increase max life, life potions, mana potions, spells and others gush forth, and it’s satisfying to hoover them up and see your character improve. Virtually every enemy slips one out as they die. Finding the three or four spells you like and then mastering those LB/RB selections becomes something of an art, and a fun art at that. You can save up a Time Stop for a boss, for example, and just sit there leathering them with your sword as they’re frozen in place. The spells are completely overpowered, for one. And the mana bar fills up so slowly that the spells at the tail-end of the bar are rarely, if ever, used – mostly because it’s not worth waiting for them.īut for all the rough edges, the system is a lot of fun. You don’t want to be cycling through spells in the midst of battle, so you are often locking onto the one you like (Freeze in our case). ![]() In typical, hokey Sol Divide style it doesn’t work perfectly. With an LB or RB you can tab through those spells and cast the ones you want. Gather enough Mana Points (again, delivered as drops), and the Mana bar fills up to make certain spells available. Instead, you get spells, delivered as power-ups and shown in sequence across the top of the screen. Gone are the usual power-ups that stack to make you a force to be reckoned with. It’s the shooting, though, that’s the most interesting. It’s not the best melee system we’ve ever grappled with. All you can do is perform figure-eight movements around the arena, firing as you go, hoping they fall off. The melee combat isn’t complete enough to offer blocks, dashes or parries, so you can’t stay and fight, for risk of having your life points lopped off. These barnacle enemies are an utter pain, and it’s sometimes hard to know what Psikyo wants you to do. It takes a while to switch between the two, and that delay in a game of this type is critical.Įqually, Sol Divide shoves melee enemies down your gullet, locking them to your character so that they follow you round the screen. For one, Sol Divide lacks anything approximating flow, as it won’t let you fire and fight at the same time. At least not in the way you hope it would. You can tap B to unsheathe your sword or spear and start jabbing enemies in the throat. ![]() Its foundations are as a horizontal shooter, as you auto-fire at enemies, so that is the same, but then Sol Divide layers on some hand-to-hand combat. It’s the only one of the Psikyo re-releases that does. And then, oddly, fighting their general as the last battle of the game.Ĭombat eschews the Psikyo template completely. Largely, you are moving from ravaged city to ravaged city on tracks, chasing the warlock and finally facing them. But this is the sole choice of the game, moved to the opening moments. There’s a point at the start of the game where it looks like the story might skirt Game of Thrones-esque levels of world-building and political intrigue, as you are given a branching choice to petition for reinforcements or attack the enemy forces head-on.
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