{"id":1608334,"date":"2026-06-16T14:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uyUDQv7yBYX7wNMUUtvbwA"},"modified":"2026-06-16T14:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:40:26","slug":"mistfall-hunters-demo-might-finally-convince-me-a-souls-sicko-to-give-extraction-games-a-proper-go-even-if-its-more-modern-god-of-war-than-nightreign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/mistfall-hunters-demo-might-finally-convince-me-a-souls-sicko-to-give-extraction-games-a-proper-go-even-if-its-more-modern-god-of-war-than-nightreign\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistfall Hunter’s demo might finally convince me, a souls sicko, to give extraction games a proper go\u2014even if it’s more modern God of War than Nightreign"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mistfall Hunter is a promising, if curious little creature of a game\u2014with a playable demo for Steam’s Next Fest<\/a> available now, it seems to market itself as an extraction soulslike. Well, the Steam page says it’s a “dark fantasy extraction ARPG,” but it’s clearly trying to capture soulslike vibes. There’s a shrine maiden equivalent, combat is deliberate and positioning-based, its inspirations are on the sleeve, the forearm, and right up to the elbow.<\/p>\n

So colour me surprised when I get stuck into a match and I’m having flashbacks to 2018\u2014in practice, <\/em>Mistfall Hunter plays a lot more like a slower-paced version of the God of War (the 2018 reboot) than something like Elden Ring Nightreign<\/a>. Movement is slow and methodical, your camera’s over-the-shoulder, and environments are a claustrophobic series of rooms and corridors.<\/p>\n

I don’t hate it, though! I especially don’t hate the fact there’s no lock-on system, because the intent of developer Bellring Games becomes pretty clear: Mistfall Hunter is a game about positioning. Most of my attacks lunge me forward in some way, tasking me with playing footsies and stringing my abilities together. <\/p>\n

Which means that PvP is a heck of a lot more interesting than their soulslike equivalents, which I’ve never enjoyed\u2014I know some people love it, but the lag-laden backstab roulette of games like Elden Ring has always felt so irritating that I’ve never been able to get into it. Not so here.<\/p>\n

It helps that all the fighting feels very competently designed, if a little slow-paced. Everything has a sense of weight and impact as I shield-slam and carve up the NPC zombies that litter the map. And while the baseline’s simplistic and relatively non-punishing, I get the sense I’m far too early-days to actually pass judgement on the game’s complexity.<\/p>\n

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