Soul Mates

I think there's a plethora of problems in this game. Especially when it comes to both the gameplay and the writing. Sometimes puzzles don't feel intuitive or like they're fair and when it comes to the final bits of the game, a lot of the puzzles just become "go to point A and hope you know what point A is." At many points I would use the Ouija board to help, because I wasn't having fun with the puzzles and most of the time I was just given a hint that just told me something I already knew or it told me exactly where to go in a way that didn't really feel like a hint. This game was frustrating and kind of boring. As the game goes on, the character get more and more stale, becoming just the plot tool for exposition. They don't feel like they have personalities. Idk, the last three girls (including the final boss) just feel so rushed. Even the music. Compared to what I've heard you guys cook up in other games it just feels... bland. For example, the final boss music. It doesn't feel bombastic, or scary, or a final fight against this big bad built up throughout the entire story... It's just kinda boring stock music to go along with this villain I was just told about 5 minutes ago. (Though I have been keeping up with the Early Access updates and have forgotten some details as time went on, so I might be wrong on that). I like some of the animations though and the more monsterous ghost designs look pretty good. The visuals, while in my opinion, need polishing, I think they're quite well done. Though I understand this game is still in Early Access, so the polishing is not much of a criticism, however wouldn't that make a lot of what I'm criticizing right now a little unjustified? It would, but according to that last annoucement, it sounds like you guys aren't really planning to do much overhaul to the game. Which is fine, but disappointing. I've been playing Crush Crush for over 7 years at this point. Found out y'all made other games and I played them and loved them! I think you guys can tell some great stories! So it only makes me wonder if this game was rushed or perhaps you guys just lost interest in this game and wanted to just get it over with? I respect you guys as developers so much, but unfortunately this game was not it. Especially when I paid like 13 dollars to play a game for not even two hours longer than Cabin Fever, which was 5 dollars- wait hold on. I swear it was 5 dollars??? I just checked the price and it's 10? Curious if I'm just not remembering the price, but honestly 5 dollars feels perfect for Cabin Fever, but I guess if Cabin Fever's always been 10 dollars, then Sould Mates being 13 makes sense (even though I swear it was 20???) Anyway, Tbh I probably could do a whole video review on this game ;-; I apologize for the negative review and wish you guys a good day.

8/10 it is just a nice simple game about finding ghosts and loving them so they can get into the afterlife. Only complaint is that it is sometimes not obvious where the items are and searching for them in every room/area can kill the mood. They have a ouija board that gives you hints on where to use items, but not where to find said items. It is in no way a deal breaker, but can be a spot of bother, at the end of the day it is still fun to find the ghosts and learn their history.

as always, Sad Panda Studios knocks it out of the park. the puzzles can be a little confusing at time but nothing major. my only major gripe is the gallery. you have to play the whole game three times over to get all scenes with all three gender options.