My copy of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is currently “out for delivery”, and expected to arrive sometime this afternoon. It is now afternoon, and there’s still no sign of it. To save myself from twiddling my thumbs while staring mindlessly at the wall, I decided to check out Flappy Souls.
Flappy Souls is a new, free release on Steam. It is marketed as being “a mix of Flappy Bird and Dark Souls”, hence the name. The premise is remarkably simple – you have to fly around as a baseball cap-wearing bird while dodging obstacles. Smattered through these obstacles are souls that you have to collect, and as you progress you level up. And that’s it. Easy, right? No, not right. This game is HARD!
Now, before I get too into it, let me ask – are you the kind of person who ducks a little when you go under a low bridge in a car? I am. For some reason, I have it hardwired into my brain that physically ducking will somehow ensure safer passage. Logically, of course, I know it makes absolutely no sense. If my car isn’t going to fit, me ducking, or breathing in when I pass another vehicle on a slightly narrower stretch of road, isn’t going to change that. And yet, I still do it.
