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To house these squads, Gig can generate rooms that feature a random number of spaces for dominated characters to occupy. If a squad leader is killed, the entire squad is defeated and removed from battle. As each leader travels across the battle grid and engages with other units, the perspective shifts to a side view of the opposing units where players observe them engaging in largely automated combat. Before battles, these dominated characters are arranged into squads that are then summoned into battle and represented on the map by their squad leader. In battle, players must rely on Gig’s dominion ability, which allows him to subjugate other units who can then be summoned into battle.

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The gameplay loop will be familiar to fans of Nippon Ichi Software games, albeit with some changes to the method in which battle units are formed and trained. Gig is so over-the-top that other characters feel flat.

While other story personalities attempt to strike a tonal balance, far too often the game suffers from this lopsided dynamic as well as stilted, dated humor. Instead, players are forced to deal with hyperbolic caterwauling from Gig juxtaposed with silence from his counterpart. The duality of Gig and the player character, as well as their struggle to work with and against each other, would be compelling if the player character had any personality of their own. However, the story too frequently suffers imbalance from overemphasizing Gig’s character arc and underemphasizing the supporting cast, especially the main protagonist. Gig’s polarizing character is certainly interesting and he’s the most memorable part of the game.

Players travel the world and attempt to quell the carnage of the World Eaters all while Gig loudly announces his diabolical machinations to the player. While the story is appropriately bleak, it isn’t particularly thorough or engaging. To Soul Nomad’s credit, players are given the option to stave off or indulge Gig’s blood thirst from the onset, with a separate path dedicated to those who wish to spread disorder throughout the land. Facing the ethical quandary of utilizing Gig’s power against his own monsters to save the world, the protagonist also risks succumbing to Gig’s dominance to destroy the world. Although Gig and his World Eaters have long been dormant, the giants have since re-awakened and the player is forced to rely on Gig’s powers to defeat the World Eaters. This malevolent being called Gig happens to be the foul-mouthed master of three gargantuan World Eaters who was defeated in battle 200 years prior, upon which he was sealed away within the sword and has since eagerly been plotting his revenge. Players control an unnamed silent protagonist who is given a black sword, which turns out to be possessed by an evil spirit. Soul Nomad begins in a hidden village tucked away in the land of Raide, where two young villagers have their coming of age marked by being entrusted with weapons from the village elder to protect the land.

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Unfortunately, this release of Soul Nomad is simply a bare bones port of the PS2 version with little to no quality-of-life or graphical improvements, leaving this unusually grim tale firmly rooted in the past. The title features some interesting, if not entirely successful, tweaks to the SRPG genre. While RPGamers had additional opportunities to try out its compilation companion Phantom Brave, this marks the first time Soul Nomad has been ported or released elsewhere. First released for the PlayStation 2 in 2007, Soul Nomad & the World Eaters is now available as the second part of the Prinny Presents: NIS Classics Volume 1 compilation.