You can finally play the Ghost of Yotei animator's dinosaur Soulslike, where you carve through dinos with a giant sword between your teeth, thanks to a Steam demo I can't believe I'm recommending

(Image credit: Team Spino LLC)

To say I'm not a Soulslike guy is an understatement. I kind of hate Soulslikes. I generally seek out cinematic, emotionally resonant storytelling, fast-paced action, and games that don't make me hate myself. Soulslikes offer none of that. And yet, here I am, recommending a Soulslike.

But this one's different! Dinoblade, a game that started out as a joke from Sucker Punch senior animator Jean Nguyen, has a fresh Steam demo where you're a dinosaur inexplicably duking it out with your fellow dinos. Gripping a giant sword between my blade-like teeth, I dodge-rolled around vicious dinos, timed out my parries just right, and hurled projectiles at my enemies. I died a lot. I didn't know what was going on. The game crashed twice. And still, I had a good time... wait, do I like Soulslikes?

From no intention of being a game to releasing it next year, Dinoblade demo is now available on Steam. #dinosaurs #indiegame #ComingSoon https://t.co/jqrudj4m6y pic.twitter.com/4N5WUO2pSHFromSoftware regularly nails. In Dinoblade, I appreciate how developer Team Spino was able to make the most out of its limited resources. It looks like a PS3 game and runs like shit on my RTX 3060 laptop, even at low settings, but it still perfectly captures that foreboding atmosphere and massive scale so often coloring Soulslike worlds.
I think the ticket really is the dinosaurs here. I suppose I'm a simple man. Give me a dinosaur with a big sword in its mouth, and I'm all ears, even if it means I have to deal with that nauseating rhythm of poking, dodging, parrying, and suffering at the hands of giant lumbering monsters in a confined space. You do it for the dinos.
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