What’s especially interesting about this, though, is that multiple types of enemies will attack you at once, meaning you may need to make quick decisions to address each enemy type at the right moment. It’s a pretty simple mechanic: your red field corresponds to red monsters and objects, making them corporeal so you can bash them to pieces, while your blue field does the same thing for blue objects and monsters. Making things more interesting, some of these monsters are incorporeal until you activate one of two different “fields” by pressing the left or right triggers.

This dynamism is deepened through the design of the world as well as its demonic inhabitants. The interplay between Briar and Lute is definitely worth calling out as a clear positive, notably the fact that Lute has the ability to pacify Soulstice’s many, many enemies mid-attack so you can leap in (as Briar) to deal serious damage. You’ll spend quite a large chunk of time in Soulstice playing as Briar, who is followed around by Lute in her ghostly form as you hack and slash your way through hordes of foes as you move from mission to mission in a linear fashion, though at times you may also find yourself playing as Lute during key story sequences.

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