SoulHunt Demo

Hide & seek was around long before video games came to be, and it’s something almost every child in the world knows about. The premise is quite simple, but it obviously depends on the location, because it’s a lot more exciting outdoors than it is in a small apartment. Naturally, the concept is often borrowed by video games as well, and in a virtual world there are many more possibilities.

SoulHunt is a multiplayer hide & seek game in which players hunt each other down in an attempt to score more points. There’s a small twist, however, because instead of hiding in the usual way, you have the power to possess objects and disguise yourself as a prop. In case this sounds familiar to you, that’s because the idea comes from a Garry’s Mod map called Prop Hunt.

There are some differences, however, mainly when it comes to the way the players can elude each other. To begin with, you do not actually clone the objects in question, but you possess them instead. This makes it way harder to detect changes around the map, but the hunters have some new abilities as well. Thus, they can use these skills in order to see through the disguises, at least in theory.

In order to confuse those who are searching for you, you can also use telekinesis to move objects around without actually possessing them. Thus, you can throw the hunters off your trail by faking movement somewhere near you, which is a handy trick. Unfortunately, there are not many players online at this point, so you may need to purchase it together with some friends in order to play.

Since this is an early access title at the moment, there are quite a few bugs as well, mainly in the form of collision issues. The graphics are not bad, but the textures can get a tad repetitive sometimes, especially when it comes to small maps. All of these are to be expected in an early development build, but you might want to wait for a full version if you do not like to deal with bugs.

SoulHunt may borrow most of its ideas from somewhere else, but there are enough new concepts as well. Thus, it’s worth a shot, but only if you have a few friends to play it with, because the servers are rather empty at the moment.