
As you grab a rusty sword and some flimsy armor, you’ll need to find your adopted Dad, but doing so won’t be easy with a Goblin onslaught trying to make their way to the surface and escape their underground prison.

They find a portal to another world called the Moon Gate, able to transport you between the human world we know and the underground Goblin’s land. This is where their world gets turned upside down. The mysterious locked door is finally open, so naturally you go in to explore and see maybe he’s down there. Life is boring for the duo until one day when the professor disappears without a trace. Naturally the siblings are curious but he professor never lets them in or tells them what’s behind the door. The multilevel house has some secrets though, as there’s a locked door that you’ve been told to never go inside. While they’re grateful to have somewhere to stay, they don’t call him Dad and hate being stuck doing errands for him all the time as he’s always in the basement doing his work. As orphans, the siblings were taken in and adopted by the town’s scientist.

It might be because I’m a bit older now, but the introduction to main characters Jenn and Tristan emphasize how restless and bored they are sitting at home doing nothing. So grab a controller, hopefully a friend to play alongside on the couch and get ready to smack down some goblins, level up and sort through dozens of weapons and armor with challenging combat. Better yet, it’s on Game Pass, so if you’re a member you can go play it right now. Developed by 1P2P and published by The Arcade Crew, Young Souls is the latest action role playing game that is not only gorgeous to look at, but addictive to play. Classics like Double Dragon, Battles Toads, Streets of Rage, Fatal Fury and more are some of the staples in the genre, so whenever a new game releases I’m generally intrigued, more so if its artwork is beautiful. I’ve been a fan of beat-em-ups for many years.
