Mortal Shell 2 Is A Fresh And Exciting Shake Up Of The Souls-like Formula - Review
Cold Symmetry's sequel improves upon its predecessor by continuing to deconstruct familiar souls-like mechanics.
Cold Symmetry's sequel improves upon its predecessor by continuing to deconstruct familiar souls-like mechanics.
The short version
- Mortal Shell 2 features most of the familiar hallmarks of the souls-like genre: It's set in a dark fantasy world and incorporates gothic, medieval, and otherworldly themes into its aesthetic.
- Its combat is deep, challenging, satisfyingly hard-hitting, and will punish you for being overzealous.
- There are bonfires (called beacons) where you can rest and recover lost health at the expense of respawning enemies, and you also drop the level-up currency each time you die, forcing you to retrieve it in the next life or lose it completely.
What to watch for
On the surface, Mortal Shell 2 might sound like your standard run-of-the-mill souls-like–quite possibly too derivative for its own good–yet developer Cold Symmetry's sequel is more than just a safe and simple copycat.
Why it matters
It manages to stand out in an overcrowded genre by taking familiar aspects and transforming them in a multitude of meaningful ways. Follow our curator page on steam:.
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