And bloodshed there is. In fact, the absurd violence isn't nearly as disturbing as a lot of the voice acting. The look of the game is only slightly better. The lighting effects are pretty, but a lot of the surfaces, especially up-close, look eerily like the corridors in the original Doom . One really cool effect, though, is the snow.
Flakes float down slowly and gracefully.
But get used to the snow, because it's almost always falling. And it's almost always night. Even indoors with the candles lit, a strange gloom darkens everything just outside your immediate area. This weird black backdrop makes for a realistic and kind of spooky atmosphere when your outside, but inside, it makes it look like everything was designed by the same guys that do the sets for low-budget repertory theater. Soulbringer could have been a better game.