Centuries ago, humans imprisoned the Old Gods in the ancient Citadel, and humanity prospered. Great and mighty kingdoms rose from the now-abandoned temples of worship. However, these victories and successes were short-lived. In revenge, the Old Gods have released a plague known as the Desolation on the world, turning farmlands to deserts and rivers to dust. The armies of the Second Great Crusade were sent to Citadel to slay the gods, but they all perished, and the human kingdoms lay in ruin. Then came a lone Crusader, journeying to the citadel to slay every last Old God.
Eldest Souls is a Souls-like action-adventure role-playing game developed by Italian video game development studio Fallen Flag and published by United Label. You play as a lone warrior, set in a Dark Fantasy setting inspired by the Dark Souls series where you must fight and destroy gods to halt the desolation in epic boss battles. Each battle against the Old Gods will be life-threatening, as you engage in fast-paced and challenging combat.
General Tropes
- Boss Rush: Outside of a few simple item puzzles, the only gameplay is killing the 12 bosses.
- Captured Super-Entity: The Old Gods have been imprisoned in the Citadel for centuries.
- Crapsack World: The Desolation has caused widespread famines, and reduced the world to this. Things don't get much better in most of the endings.
- End of the World as We Know It: The Desolation caused by the Old Gods has resulted in widespread famine and decay, bringing humanity to its knees.
- Fantasy Pantheon: A particularly shattered and broken version, with most of the original gods either dead, driven mad, or Turned into Watchers.
- God-Emperor: The Old Gods used to be this, until humanity revolted and sealed them within the citadel. The Crusader can become this in the Path of Slaughter ending.
- Jerkass Gods: The olds gods weren't particularly nice before, being cruel tyrants, but after they were defeated and imprisoned, they got even worse, actively seeking to bring the world to ruin through the desolation.
- Kill the God: The goal of the entire game is to annihilate all the Old Gods.
- Late to the Tragedy: By the time that the player arrives, the Second Crusade has already been slaughtered by the Old Gods, and the world is on its last legs.
- Power Copying: When a boss is slain, the player can get the remains of that boss known as a "Shard", which they can infuse into their weapon to augment their abilities.
- Weird Moon: The moon of Eldest Souls shattered eons ago so that its fragments could spawn Mankind and the Gods. It's also implied to possibly be sentient.
