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Reviewing Saint Seiya : Soldiers' Soul, publisher Gamekult criticizes Bandai Namco's title as a meager upgrade over its predecessor, plagued by rigid controls and arthritic pacing. The reviewer notes that the game includes the Asgard saga characters for the first time, which serves as the primary justification for purchase.
According to the review, the combat mechanics feel stripped down, requiring players to build a Cosmos gauge for repetitive super moves or break enemy guards with stiff avatars. Visually, the reviewer describes the character models and staging as poor, with animations bordering on stop-motion.
The review points out that developer Dimps failed to deliver a lively experience despite the source material's potential for classic fighting games. The author argues that blind submission to Masami Kurumada's repetitive original narrative restricts creative adaptation, contrasting it with the fresh twists found in Shiori Teshirogi's The Lost Canvas.
Concluding the assessment, the reviewer states that console adaptations of the iconic franchise have historically struggled, leaving mobile gacha games as the sole recent alternative since this release.
