

Soul Nomad is a grid-based strategy game, so that means moving units around, attacking, and using special techniques and such to triumph over the opposing forces. The gameplay mechanics are surprisingly unclear and the incredibly quirky terminology may throw some people off. Soul Nomad is, first and foremost, somewhat hard to understand. Although we've seen somewhat similar stories of threatened worlds and great power before, it's somewhat rarer to have a God of Destruction sharing your body, so that's pretty rad. The dynamic between your hero and the encased soul of a God can be pretty entertaining, considering Gig's hopelessly cocky personality. That's actually one of the more entertaining aspects of Soul Nomad. Let's just say that this game has a very interesting premise. If you're a little confused, that's okay. He's a hyper sarcastic God and he's not too happy about his current situation. So your body has a visitor, and that visitor is Gig. When you're only a few minutes into the game, your character is fused with the soul of that same sinister being in hopes that, with his power, you can destroy the World Eaters that still remain. At the game's beginning, you find out that long ago three World Eaters, commanded by a single dark figure, completely ravaged the land, but went silent when their leader was sealed by the forces of good. In this manner, despite the fact that most of the dialogue trees are linear, you still feel like you're taking on the role of the hero, which is a nice touch.

From then on, you usually select every line of dialogue that your character speaks, even if you only have one choice.

Soul Nomad places you in the shoes of a hero, either male or female, that you name. And while this game does a lot of things well, considering its well-versed developer, it carries a number of pretty obvious flaws that hurt the overall experience. Very much in line with other NIS titles, Soul Nomad is extraordinarily deep and undeniably quirky, and offers itself in a simplistic, old-school format that will please some people and completely turn-off others. Developed by Nippon Ichi Software, Soul Nomad is a strategy RPG that generally revolves around the idea of divine power and how it could be used to either conquer the world or save it.
