Grand Soul Story - A New Old-School RPG for PC
119Developer: Jeremy Reineck
Publisher: Moon Soul Games @moonsoul5925
Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2830250/Grand_Soul_Story/
Release date: 19 Mar, 2024
Genre: Adventure, Indie, RPG
Grand Soul Story - Trailer: https://youtu.be/JlZDMaj_9L4?si=6LKrBwU8P2qqP4Ez
You are a refugee, recently landed in the turbulent city-state of DuPont and seeking passage to the distant port of Yerdan where your family waits. Get lost in a mature JRPG adventure featuring an immersive world, character-driven narrative, stirring original soundtrack, and tough battle system.
The Story
After narrowly escaping a violent insurrection in your country, you are thrust into the underworld of nearby DuPont, a crumbling city-state ruled by technocrats, competing drug cartels, and a mysterious cybernetic superpower called “The Eye of God.” Joined by a scrappy crew of smugglers, alchemists, and wanderers, you venture westward to Yerdan, a distant port-city where your surviving family awaits you… hopefully.
Features:
- Dynamic, character-driven storytelling touching on themes of addiction, human connection, grief, choice, spirituality, cybernetics, self-actualization, and the nature of reality.
- Multiple endings, hand-crafted NPC interactions, and meaningful character development.
- Open quest structure encouraging exploration in a fully realized semi-open world.
- Stirring, original score comprising 40+ compositions inspired by JRPG classics.
- Deep, yet accessible turn-based combat with an old-school challenge.
- Nostalgic pixel-art graphics
- 30+ hours of gameplay.
- No random battles.
- Highly interactive world with detailed descriptions.
- Steam Deck compatible.
- Inspired by the graphics, music, and gameplay of Final Fantasy VI and the semi open-world narrative intrigue of Baldur's Gate 2.
- Created by solo-developer and composer, Jeremy Reineck.