Void Sols News

• Ruby Phial recharges when stunning bosses as well
  
• Shield no longer blocks status effects
  
• Overall improved hit registration on primary weapons
  
• Added quick restart option on death screen after you have died at least once, allowing you to respawn outside of the checkpoint menu

• Fixed softlock if player dies next to light spark with enough Sols to level up (as seen on PirateSoftware!)
  
• Preventing soft locks caused by pausing after the player has died
  
• Preventing soft locks by exiting the game while viewing the map
  
• Fixing player deflecting thrown projectiles back at themselves
  
• Resetting scrollbar when switching tabs in settings
  
• Fixed broken sprite on patch notes button
  
• Replaced mentions of "Kindling" with "Potions"
  
• Improved contrast of keyboard icons
  
• Fixed crafted Sols crystals being spent on only one loadout. These should give you an extra stat point across all loadouts
  
• Fixed being able to remap lock on on keyboard
  
• Minor improvements to lock on behaviour
  
• Throwing dagger should not spawn on other side of small enemies if thrown right next to them
  
• Preventing players from launching into broken states by pressing multiple buttons on the main menu
  
• Fixed Watchers disappearing in Supermax prison

• Improved UI for Switch Pro Controller
  
• Improved readability of locked nox trials levels
  
• Improved readability of mobility tutorial
  
• Fixed some UI not reacting when control rebinds are reset
  
• Fixed not being able to see light sparks on supermax prison map

Since Dark Souls exploded, adding a whole new chapter to the RPG playbook in 2011, soulslikes have been a dime a dozen. Every man and his dog has taken a swing at the formula - where the game world's friction goes against the player any way it can, with no care for how they'll react - and quite a few games have done a decent job. Lords of the Fallen, Nioh, and Lies of P are just some of the bigger examples. But when we talk about soulslikes, we're almost always looking at them through a lens of third-person action roleplaying games. So what would happen if we removed an entire dimension from the genre: how would it play, and would it even work? This is a question Void Sols wants to answer, and it's the most unique spin on soulslikes I've ever played.

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Exciting, unique new indie soulslike game launches free Steam demo

You know me and Soulslikes. We're not particularly best buddies most of the time. We've had a couple of successful outings over the years with the likes of Death's Door and Hollow Knight and company, but anything with pure FromSoft blood running through its veins has always left me cold. Void Sols, however, is an upcoming Soulslike that feels like it might be able to satisfy both sides of the 'git gud' camp, appealing to nervous dodge-rollers like myself while also giving hardened Elden Ringers a run for their money. It's all down to its plentiful supply of approachable customisation options, allowing you to ratchet up the difficulty if you're finding things a bit easy, or knock it down, reapply your stat points, and even create whole new loadouts - each with their own individual stat combinations - to win the day. It's all wonderfully considerate, and having played the free demo that's just launched on Steam, I'd strongly recommend giving it a go if you're feeling in need of a little training ahead of Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree coming out.

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