As a Duelist, in contrast, I was nimble and could dance around enemies with quick dashes. I had to make sure I timed my blocks and dashes well, otherwise I'd die pretty quickly despite my chunky armour. My Fighter was clunky, but powerful slow rolls followed up with big swings. Combat is punishing, as even standard goblins are capable of cutting you down in just a few hits. Still, the game's classes all felt rather distinct, at least in the early portion I played. Perhaps your drunkenness or arson has different consequences later? I started multiple playthroughs, selected all sorts of misdeeds, and it only altered some text in the intro sequence. Although, what difference your crime makes is unclear. My crime? Brigandry, because highway robbery seemed fitting for this build. I went down the Fighter route, which outfitted me with some heavy armour, a sword and shield, alongside some weighty throwing axes. Get so much as a whiff of a mage in this game and you'll go after them. You're an indebted criminal, you see, and therefore doomed to be a Marked Inquisitor, which is fancy speak for someone who hunts mages.

Here, you can select one of eight classes, customise your appearance, and decide what sort of crime you've committed. Start a new game in Salt And Sacrifice and you'll be faced with a familiar character creation screen. Of which I had many in the hour or two I spent in the game's earliest areas.

We're talking crumbled castles and misty caverns, littered with wretches feasting on corpses, or ultimately, looking for a fight. To set the Soulslike scene, Salt And Sacrifice is a 2D sidescroller that riffs heavily off Dark Souls and its gothic, perilous world. The punishing enemies, the smooth combat, the vast skill trees, and the interconnected world are all still doing good things, but this time around they've just been joined by a few new additions, or seen some tweaks to keep things fresher, but no less difficult.

I got hands-on with an early portion of its sequel Salt And Sacrifice, and it seems set to deliver all the things that made its predecessor tick. If you liked Dark Soulsy side-scroller Salt And Sanctuary, I have some great news.

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