The world is shattered.

You awaken. An anthropomorphic being, faceless but with a mission to restore some sort of order.

After a tutorial within your realm you are thrust in to the game’s ‘real-world’ where all manner of foes are running rampant and are yours to take down.

The story of Mortal Shell is vague at best, if you complete the game you’ll be left both wondering and wanting more as it appears that the creators have more instore for this title.

Mortal Shell plays similarly to Dark Souls and has about the same difficulty level.

Once you acquire a sword or two which are found throughout the game you’ll b able to take down a few foes, but until you work out a combat strategy in play, a larger foe just needs to hit you once and you’re done. So, if you feel you’re out-skilled by an enemy, there’s no shame in running.

Mortal Shell does have one major feature that is also it’s namesake that sets this game to be unique.

You can inhabit the bodies of fallen warriors – thus presenting yourself as something a bit more human.

Finding one of these meat-sacks can be both beneficial and detrimental to your play, depending on just how skilled or strong that particular warrior was in life.

Being that it is an RPG there are many a collectables to be discovered – some of which are beneficial to your survival or combat and they can be assigned to hot-keys on the D-Pad.

Developers; Cold Symmetry have created an ethereal realm and excruciatingly detailed fantasy world that would rival any of the larger studios.

While certain areas tend to be a little bit linear – or somewhat no-go areas until you’re character is built up enough, for the most part I would find myself exploring larger environments and strategising on how I would take down a group of enemies that were in my path.

There are checkpoints in the game, Mortal Shell is not permadeath as such, but the checkpoints aren’t around every corner, so expect a bit of repetition until you figure out a way to take down the enemy that’s blocking your progress.

Overall Mortal Shell is a super rewarding, tension filled game that I fully recommend to gamers who enjoy the steep and unforgiving difficulty levels and curves of the Dark Souls series, Nioh, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and the older Bloodborne.

Supernatural and fantasy mixed, get yourself in to the unforgiving and highly challenge-filled Mortal Shell.

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Mortal Shell is an uncompromising, authentic, and hauntingly beautiful action-RPG built upon the ruthless traditions of the soulslike genre and has been revealed for the first time by the newly announced indie studio Cold Symmetry and its publishing partner Playstack.

The eye-opening world premier trailer, featuring a sample of its exquisitely crafted worlds, fearsome combat, and menacing foes can be seen for the first time above.

Previously known as Dungeonhaven in its earliest days of development, Mortal Shell has been painstakingly designed by a prized coalition of veteran developers who are credited with working on some of the biggest AAA titles on the market. Produced by a core team of just 15 people, Mortal Shell was only made possible due to the team’s pedigree and burning desire to honor the painful majesty of the genre.

“For a small team like ours, developing this title in many ways felt like crossing an ocean on a paddle board,” the studio’s three co-founders; Andrew McLennan-Murray, Anton Gonzalez, and Vitaly Bulgarov said in a joint statement. “To finally announce Mortal Shell is one of the most exciting and terrifying experiences we’ve had in our lifetimes. The last two years have been a time of non-stop growth, full of shocking revelations of sheer complexity that goes into creating a video game that you, yourself, would really enjoy playing.”

Mortal Shell is scheduled for a Q3 release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One, published by Playstack, the London-based games company for all people and platforms. Fans who want to experience the game early can sign up to a limited closed beta.

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