Mortal Shell

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  • Summary: Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Your adversaries spare no mercy, with survival demanding superior awareness and precision. Possess lost warriors, discover hidden sanctums, and face formidable foes.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 44
  3. Negative: 0 out of 44
  1. GameCritics
    Aug 18, 2020
    90
    As a diehard Dark Souls fan I’ve played nearly every soulslike, and none have done it as well as Mortal Shell. Not only has Cold Symmetry nailed the fundamentals, but they’ve added their own spin to the formula without being coy about their influences. Mortal Shell is the only copycat that can stand toe-to-toe with FromSoft’s own work, and although it’s considerably shorter than their offerings, it’s no less beautiful, haunting and rewarding.
  2. Ragequit.gr
    Aug 19, 2020
    80
    With graphics that have almost nothing to envy from bigger budget productions, a sufficiently deep and vindictively compelling gameplay that keeps the interest high even for more than one New Game +, Mortal Shell is a great example of a qualitative souls-like game that does not come from the hands of From Software.
  3. Worth Playing
    Jan 8, 2021
    80
    Mortal Shell is an enjoyable title for those who are already fans of the SoulsBorne sub-genre, and it has more positives than it has flaws. The swamp hub world is bland and confusing, but the different biomes you eventually reach are gorgeous, even if they're relatively familiar. The lack of a deep leveling system has a very good replacement in the shell system, which ends up providing more versatility in your character build and the attack system. The relatively shorter length makes it great for newcomers, while genre veterans will find it to be a great debut effort from a small development team.
  4. Easy Allies
    Aug 19, 2020
    75
    While Mortal Shell may not stand at the upper echelon of the genre, there's still plenty to enjoy. The combat and world are engaging, and its swappable body system feels unique and fresh. Despite its shortcomings, Mortal Shell brings enough new ideas to the table, and with less pressure and investment required, there’s plenty of freedom to experiment with them.
  5. RPGamer
    Sep 18, 2020
    70
    Mortal Shell may be a modest product, but it surprised at nearly every turn with regularity. The lack of variety in the environments, weapons, and classes are more than made up by never overstaying its welcome. Whenever it feels as though its about to become stale, players will stumble across something new to try out. The lack of depth isn’t too much of a detriment as the game is short enough to ever feel tired. Better yet, what is there is good, a foundation with easy room to be expanded upon and a strong demonstration of Cold Symmetry’s understanding of core concepts that are the strength of the genre. Mortal Shell is a exemplary use of limited resources to make a tight, fun game, even if it only takes a weekend to beat.
  6. IGN Spain
    Aug 17, 2020
    70
    A great Souls-like with personality, new ideas, amazing battles but with problems in scenario design and world building.
  7. GameOver.gr
    Sep 11, 2020
    65
    The biggest flaw of Mortal Shell is how much it tries to be a Dark Souls game, especially aesthetically, something that makes all of its shortcomings so much more prevalent. Its world is quite small and restricted compared to other soulsborne games, and it lacks in terms of personality, by trying to present a dark fantasy setting so similar to what we have already seen. Nevertheless, it still is one of the most detailed 3D games of the indie scene in it still provides an entertaining 10-15 hours experience thanks mostly to the well-crafted combat system, albeit without deviating from established formulas, and a good variety of nicely designed enemies.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 191
  2. Mixed: 54 out of 191
  3. Negative: 58 out of 191
  1. Chumpie
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    I found out about this game a few months ago and joined the community instantly, it has been an amazing experience watching this game grow toI found out about this game a few months ago and joined the community instantly, it has been an amazing experience watching this game grow to what it is now. The combat hooked me when i saw it, a sword with actual weight to it . The voice acting paired with the atmosphere of the game is truly and experience… Expand
  2. TeneBriLuxs
    Aug 22, 2020
    10
    Чудова гра, в кращих традиціях souls-like. Шикарні анімації, шикарна оптимізація.
  4. PuriSpeedwagon
    Aug 25, 2020
    9
    This is by far the best game of 2020 for me so far, we still have Cyberpunk coming up. As a souls fan since Demon Soul's, this is the bestThis is by far the best game of 2020 for me so far, we still have Cyberpunk coming up. As a souls fan since Demon Soul's, this is the best Soul's-like game I have played. I hope they add more to the game through DLC in the near future because I need more.… Expand
  5. Buttcheeks69
    Sep 18, 2020
    7
    For 30 dollars, you get a good game. It's not dark souls, but I take it as the creators wanted to pay homage to it.
  6. episode
    Aug 24, 2020
    5
    It is a mostly good looking Dark Souls wanna be that doesn't get all of what is great about Dark Souls but bring some interesting gameplayIt is a mostly good looking Dark Souls wanna be that doesn't get all of what is great about Dark Souls but bring some interesting gameplay mechanics.

    The game lacks polishing, it is visible everywhere. Enemy AI is trash, the graphic assets are not cohesive, the story is basically non-existent, there are few enemies and even fewer varieties in their behavior. Other than that, the boss fights are not great either.

    But, the game DOES have some great points. The hardening ability, although breaks the gameplay and the sensation of powerlessness that a Souls like must have, is pretty fun and interesting, the graphics, although uncohesive in quality between different areas and besides being clearly mostly from bought assets they can look really good.

    Story wise it is really poor. The dialogs are shallow and over presumptuous filled with nihilist **** for the sake of trying to sound cool. But they do not. They sound cringy. Other than that, its a game about defeating bosses to finish it. Not much than that can be taken from its plot.

    Still about the plot, last boss couldn't be more predictable. And the trope of you creating a problem to then solve it is all it can give you.

    Overall, this is a cheap and quick game that can give you a few hours of a interesting gameplay and can give you some fun. But don't waste your time playing it if you haven't already played the games from software and other good souls-like games, like Hollow Knight.    … Expand
  7. Golden_Typhoon
    Aug 20, 2020
    4
    Прошел игру дважды. Косяков больше чем плюсов и сейчас объясню почему. Я понимаю что делала игру комманда из 15 человек, но эти костыли ониПрошел игру дважды. Косяков больше чем плюсов и сейчас объясню почему. Я понимаю что делала игру комманда из 15 человек, но эти костыли они запросто могли убрать из игры чтобы ее банально проходить было комфортно. Итак, плюсы:
    -Шикарный дизайн
    -Озвучка на высоте
    -Вес оружия ощущается и анимации отличные.
    Все, плюсы кончились. Дальше идут либо ну совсем спорные моменты, либо минусы. Итак, вот они:
    -Систему хила придумал какой то кретин, в игре нет аналога эстуса или другого быстрого хила. Есть грибы, которые почти ничего не лечат, а парировать в этой игре ради хила себе же дороже делать.
    -Боссы просто невероятно странные и тупые. У них мувсет состоит из 3-4 атак и все что ты делаешь это бегаешь по арене и ковыряешь босса минут 10, ибо полоска хп невероятно раздутая, как-будто Мидира бьешь. Да и сам дизайн боссов страдает, это просто увеличенные в размерах мобы. Раз за разом умирая тебя скорее будет босс бесить, а не как в дарк соулс заставлять менять тактику боя.
    -Проблемы с балансом. Две оболочки из четырех бесполезны абсолютно(Харрос, Соломон). Они настолько кривые и мусорные, что играя за них я испытывал боль и отвращение. Самые сильные это Тиль(бесконечные увороты и спам атаками) и Эредрим(миллиард хп и нормальный кувырок с перками). Первый меч что нам дают также бесполезен, огромный меч великомученика наносит крайне мало урона и жрет слишком много стамины, хотя должен быть номером один по урону. Огненная булава тоже почти бесполезная ибо удары невероятно медленные. В игре всего лишь 4 оружия!!! Как можно было просрать баланс я не понимаю...
    -Система чекпоинтов отвратна, "костром" является сестра Генесса, что дико неудобно, поскольку она стоит всегда в начале локации, и если ты умрешь, то до босса бежать опять пол километра. Благо локации не слишком большие.
    -Пустой мир, который не интересно исследовать. В дс был интерес из-за разбросанного оружия и брони по миру, здесь же ничего нет. Игра ориентирована на сюжет, хотя за 2 прохождения я вообще ничерта не понял касаемо происходящего. Единственный источник внятного лора это Генесса, однако ее реплики нельзя повторить если вы их случайно скипнули.
    -Последний босс это отрыжка как дизайнеров, так и сценаристов.
    Итог: это проходняк, который вы запомните только из-за визуального дизайна, разработчики мортал шелл должны в будущих проектах обращать больше внимания на геймдизайн.    … Expand
  8. ukidas89
    Dec 8, 2021
    0
    Dark souls fan here was quite excited when mortal shell got announced as a ps plus game for December.
    Oh, wait,it looks awful and plays at 30    Dark souls fan here was quite excited when mortal shell got announced as a ps plus game for December.
    Oh, wait,it looks awful and plays at 30 fps only cause someone is greedy.    … Expand

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