The Chosen: Well of Souls Reviews

Games Radar and RPGWatch both add their $.02 about Rebelmind’s recently released action RPG The Chosen: Well of Souls. RPGWatch gives it a 3/5 and notes it separates itself from the normal pack of Diablo clones through its unique setting.

There’s no doubt a large part of the charm as well as the effectiveness of The Chosen lies in it’s expertly rendered 19th century setting. You begin the campaign headed through the small town of Kamienec , an isolated village in a mountainous and lonely desolation very reminiscent of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. With a little help from the locals, who briefly join you for your undead-killing mission here, you soon find your way to the secret headquarters of The Society of Alchemists.

Games Radar agrees with a 5 that this game executes the setting well but offers boring gameplay.

Unfortunately, this genre requires a lot more panache and even more addictive gameplay hooks, something The Chosen fails to accomplish in its quest to push you that much closer to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. At its best, this is a pretty game that seems to understand the target it was aiming for but fails entirely to hit the mark.