

The world is just as satisfyingly labyrinthine as you'd hope, the bosses just as fiendishly difficult as you'd expect, but there's simply a bit less of everything. As tough as it is, it shouldn't take most players more than 15 hours to finish. What makes Mortal Shell a little less intimidating than a Dark Souls game is its scope.
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And it should have enough originality - the ability to harden the foundling's skin to weather a hard blow, the use of fallen warrior shells as a different kind of class and character progression system - to hold the attention of players craving a bit of innovation. Death comes frequently, especially at the start, and players will need to be possessed of a certain doggedness to win as they refight respawned enemies in order to make it back to the scene of their most recent slaughter. It isn't quite as graphic as you might expect, but it's just as stressful and extremely tense. The combat will feel familiar to those who've played action role-playing games, demanding a keen eye and precise timing in order to avoid damage while landing blows. Mortal Shell isn't necessarily any less challenging than FromSoftware's vaunted fantasy series, just a bit less sprawling and more manageable to play in smaller chunks. Think of this difficult little action RPG (role-playing game) as Dark Souls lite. Revealing all the mysteries of this forsaken world while avoiding death will be challenging, but with caution and tenacity, it can be done. The more they're used, the more your familiarity with them will grow, potentially increasing their strength. Providing some assistance are curious items you'll discover along the way, many of which need to be tested in order to determine their use. Players use a variety of bladed and piercing weapons in their attacks, watching enemies for telltale signs that they're about to strike in order to successfully dodge, block, or riposte before moving in to take advantage of the opening. And that's bound to happen a lot, since combat's exceptionally challenging. It's a handy skill, but if you take enough damage, the foundling will be knocked out of its current shell and be left with only a small amount of health. The foundling is essentially just a withered and mummified body - he can harden his skin like stone and use it as protection from incoming attacks - who has the ability to inhabit the bodies of fallen warriors (called shells) in order to use their combat skills. Few answers will be found looking inward.


Spurred to do the will of the Dark Father, your real goal is simply to survive the onslaught and push forward through dead, murky woods and decrepit structures as you attempt to reveal this strange land's mysterious secrets. MORTAL SHELL lets players inhabit a foundling - an empty humanoid vessel - in a ruined and desolate world populated with fearsome and aggressive creatures that will attack on-site. It requires some tenacity and perseverance. Parents should also be aware that this is an extremely unforgiving game in which players are bound to fail frequently. In-game text contains occasional mild profanity, and bottles of alcohol can be used as restoratives. The mostly unexplainable story provides only enigmatic clues as to the protagonist's personality and true motives, but the creatures he fights are clearly aggressive and cruel and mean him lethal harm. Combat is intense, but it isn't as graphic as in many similar games, such as those in the Dark Souls series. Blood spatters with successful hits, and enemies moan creepily as they crumple to the ground and die. Players take on the role of a withered "foundling" who inhabits the "shells" of defeated warriors, using these bodies to fight humanoid and monstrous enemies.

It's meant to thrill players with gritty and challenging medieval-style melee combat and violence.
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Parents need to know that Mortal Shell is a fantasy action role-playing game (RPG) available for download on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PCs.
