<s>
Slashy	B-Application
Souls	I-Application
is	O
an	O
endless	B-Application
runner	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
Entertainment	O
as	O
a	O
GameStop-funded	O
promotional	O
tie-in	O
to	O
Dark	B-Application
Souls	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
February	O
28	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
critically	O
panned	O
for	O
its	O
shallow	O
gameplay	O
,	O
with	O
reviewers	O
expressing	O
dismay	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
more	O
fleshed-out	O
idea	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
strong	O
source	O
material	O
of	O
the	O
Dark	B-Application
Souls	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
an	O
endless	B-Application
runner	I-Application
in	O
which	O
players	O
must	O
attempt	O
to	O
survive	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
possible	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
automatically	O
scrolls	O
ahead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
occasionally	O
has	O
bosses	O
styled	O
after	O
those	O
from	O
the	O
Dark	B-Application
Souls	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slashy	B-Application
Souls	I-Application
received	O
negative	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
connection	O
with	O
the	O
Dark	B-Application
Souls	I-Application
series	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
"	O
expecting	O
something	O
better	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thomas	O
Ella	O
of	O
Hardcore	O
Gamer	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
negatively	O
to	O
other	O
tie-ins	O
like	O
Fallout	B-Application
Shelter	I-Application
,	O
saying	O
that	O
the	O
idea	O
could	O
be	O
good	O
if	O
executed	O
well	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
instead	O
a	O
"	O
soulless	O
cash-in	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
antithetical	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
Souls	O
formula	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
main	O
series	O
games	O
punish	O
players	O
for	O
blindly	O
running	O
into	O
danger	O
,	O
while	O
Slashy	B-Application
Souls	I-Application
emphasizes	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
bother	O
to	O
duplicate	O
core	O
mechanics	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
corpse	O
run	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
attempt	O
to	O
retrieve	O
their	O
Bloodstain	O
.	O
</s>
