Mortal Shell Review | The Next Dark Souls?

[@pphead4312]

I still find it crazy how one game created a whole genre named after it

[@SyntheticMan]

When Demon's Souls came out, there was nothing else like it at the time. Dark Souls took that foundation and improved nearly every aspect. Between that, the "prepare to die" marketing, and being on every platform catapulted its popularity. And its still a masterpiece to this day in my eyes.

[@V_For_Vigilante]

Dark souls is revolutionary

[@mlgenderclangaming5470]

It’s just sad the difficulty is retarded on some of the games in this genre. Sekiro felt like that at times, dark souls 3 felt like that every second of the game, and blood borne while the best game, still definantly got ridiculous occasionally, especially if you were a good player who didn’t need to soul farm.

[@darkdestructer]

uhm I mean I love souls but that is what happened with multiple game-genre. Metroidvania's got their name from the first 'Metroid' aswell as Roguelike's having their name based on the game 'Rogue'

[@darkdestructer]

@@mlgenderclangaming5470 as someone that platinumed all those games, I can say that is not true but difficulty is dependant on who you ask. as far as Sekiro goes it is way more timing-based. I played through all devilmaycry games multiple times, where timing is everything and I can say that I beat every sekiro goes blind on my first or second try. But to me platformers are way harder because Im just not good at them. Bloodborne on the other hand (while maybe biased because it was my first souls game) is pretty hard. Some enemies or areas are utter BS on your first playthrough or even afterwards.Like I played BB to ng+7 and still fear that cave in the nightmare frontier with the 2 winter lanterns(singing brains) Personally I wouldn't call any souls difficult, because if u are cautious and never rush in you usually won't die often, that said I personally would like even more challenge. Maybe not on your first playthrough but like additional harsh mechanics in ng+ or something

[@mirrorblade6268]

The game felt like a very generous demo. High quality portfolio game. Maybe in 20 years theyll make a full proper game if nuclear war doesnt end humanity first.

[@stonewill9664]

I got this game on sale for 10 bucks and was totally surprised by it. Prob my favorite souls like game so far just wished it was a bit longer of an experience and that the swamp area was smaller honestly. Everything else is good with me

[@Mr.BlurryEyes]

New huge DLC just announced!! Check it out

[@KirkWilliams300]

I definitely appreciated the move sets of the weapons. They were fun to do in real life and they have a historical basis

[@alexico909]

Real life?

[@KirkWilliams300]

@@alexico909 yes, in real life

[@alexico909]

@@KirkWilliams300 Real life as in playing the game and watching it on the screen in real life?

[@KirkWilliams300]

@@alexico909 real life as in recreating the weapon move sets and talking about how relatives they were

[@alexico909]

@@KirkWilliams300 sorry I'm really not trying to be an ass here I just need some clarification lol so when you say real life you just mean playing the game?

[@lurpi5631]

Cold Symmetry's first game and still best framerate/framepacing comparing to the Souls series and Sekiro...

[@ajpend]

I agree. There was something incredibly smooth to all movement that I think is exactly what the genre needs.

[@Blingbling496]

Thanks for the review, this game is still on my Playlist.

[@heroicgangster9981]

I want to support this game so that the devs can make a sequel with just MORE. Even if it involves Epic giving them exclusive bucks (I play on console anyway lol). And what I really find mesmerizing about this game is that the combat looks like a very intense dance. There is commitment to the moves you do but the game seems to allow attacks -> attack/dodge transition to be accessed very easily. The lack of coherent lore or characters to attach to is a bit of a bummer when watching this video becuz other souls-like try to approach that and allows you to be a fan outside playing the game pfft but it is cool for now cuz I dig the style and look of the player character esp with the armor and the environments are cool (even if I see them as too wide sometimes). I feel like a meme for this game could be.... something very hard. The hardening souls-like game hehehehe...

[@SyntheticMan]

Makes-me-hard Souls

[@heroicgangster9981]

Synthetic Man not too hard but still pretty hard souls-like game to which I get mad hard from in game.

[@fightermage5024]

Towards the end of the game, i started to use solomon and thought he was the strongest of the 4. having the ability to use the special moves a lot is pretty broken, and his stats are very good across the board.

[@agbrenv]

18:00 that depends, old-school type of shooters (Doom, Serious Sam, Dusk, Amid Evil, Quake, Wolfenstein, Half-Life) have a lot of enemy variety, COD like shooters on the other hand fit your description

[@HansDampf1911]

My question is: Is it better than Remnant? Because Remnant was pretty dull and not really engaging imo.

[@SyntheticMan]

Haven't played Remnant yet, but it's free on Epic so I'll get back to you on that.

[@amirhb7531]

@@SyntheticMan did you play it

[@bazitube390]

I think its a very good game considering the price and how small the team behind it is. Art design is specially good because the same guy who did the CGI elements for alita battle angle and Ghost in the Shell movies, worked on it.

[@lowang9708]

I really loved that forest, I'm a huge fan of the bohemian forest I've been there many times, this game really captures that vibe, especially the fact that branches hides stuff even the sunlight is hidden by branches, the moss, the thick water and the lute was just the cherry on top of it all

[@F_Yale]

Game looks better, has better animations, models, and combat looks more animated and historically anchored. I'd love to see these devs make another game like this, but not in a dying world a la Dark Souls.

[@Gungrave123]

Solomon is the strongest shell, because of max resolve.

[@Mr.BlurryEyes]

Offer the big toad certain items and you get new armour sets

[@Mr.BlurryEyes]

New huge DLC just announced!! Check it out also there is now different armours for each character

[@mjgrf2309]

Looking at this game I see it is a labor of love, visually it looks pretty like any UE4 game, but from pure gameplay perspective I don't see why would I want to play this game when there are 3 Dark Souls games. Maybe If I was souls junkey? I see Remnant From Ashes being mentioned, I don't think Remnant should be compared to Mortal Shell. Mortal Shell is copy/paste Dark Souls, while Remnant is a mashup of various design elements that also include some Dark Souls elements. I would like to see what do you think about Remnant. I went trough the game on various difficulties with various builds and weapons and game has 3 glaring issues: 1. No shooting from hip (ADS flat out doesn't work well as a design choice). 2. Difficulty spikes on bosses caused by unholy levels of cannon fodder spawns. 3. Armor or tank builds are useless in end game. Good review! :)

[@maiqtheliar3502]

11:33 battle of Perseus theme from gow2 🧐

[@demonicdude1328]

The best souls-like game not made by fromsoft is Nobeta. It's basically entirely designed around magic and 3rd person ranged combat where rolling through attacks is how you get your mana back.

[@lordphill807]

28:49 RIP Metroid Prime video

[@jayden.exe420]

it’s on game pass free

[@JackFrost-kf1qv]

I really enjoyed this game even with the lack of story. Cool mechanics but alot of jank

[@leto1178]

I have mixed feelings about this. I don't mind the 10 hours or the low variety in enemies, not per se anyway. What I'm worried about is that it plays more or less like Dark Souls 3 combat wise. How is it compared to DkS3, does the combat feel different to you, or like what's the Souls title that it reminds you the most of, combat wise? Thanks for checking out this game and sharing your thoughts. If only it would have been a bit more daring, I just can't get enthusiastic about the Souls games anymore. They could have at least changed the rolling mechanic to a sidestep animation or something, it's about invincibility frames anyway for the most part.

[@SyntheticMan]

It's definitely closer to DS3 and Bloodborne than DS1 or Demon's. No shields (though Hardening is kind of like blocking), and combat is more focused on 1v1 knight fights than a group of demons or hollows. The 2 balanced characters have a sidestep, which is functionally the same as a roll but faster.

[@andrewstencel]

I really like your videos, but you should take easy on saying "right?" after pretty much every phrase. Just a friendly advise.

[@gamer2101]

Right? 🤣😂

[@amirhb7531]

So I hadnt played any dark souls game or from software games back then started my souls like with this game although a good game I never finished but now that I have finished ds3 I know nothing comes close dark souls 3 is incredible

[@Xdawsen]

Dank souls

[@Snowfox572]

No, it isn't.

[@leto1178]

Totally disregard this suggestion, but I was just thinking how funny it would be if you were to give your impressions (not really reviews) of games which you most likely won't enjoy nor like because of the genre. Kind of like a rant video in a comedic fashion, embracing the right to dislike something that you openly state as being not your thing. You make good rants, you know, if you go over-the-top with them and make it your "thing" then people might also be less bu77hurt about the whole affair because those who don't like to hear it can easily dismiss it as "not serious", while you can share your honest views.

[@SyntheticMan]

I could talk about Borderlands. I really don't get why people like those games.

[@leto1178]

@@SyntheticMan Because totally generic looking green gun has higher damage numbers and that makes it such great shiny loot. Yeah, I don't get it either. I played it for a couple of hours because the shooting mechanic was solid in the beginning but then it became tedious rather quickly. It has all those casino like gambling hooks it tries to get into you with the looting mechanic and so on but it was not enough to bind me. Aesthetics and characters didn't help either with keeping me interested.

[@V_For_Vigilante]

@@SyntheticMan Borderlands is a cod rip off. FPS games are all the exact same trash

[@naytny5819]

@@leto1178 I loved the game because there is alot of unique weapons in the game to choose from, and the skill tree's really change how your character plays as you progress especially if your playing Zero, or krieg

[@naytny5819]

@@V_For_Vigilante borderlands is nothing like cod

[@Gruntvc]

Like CoD/Doom clones, I'm getting tired of Souls clones. Add indie games and the amount of these games... Still annoyed Sekiro wasn't a real Tenchu game lol.

[@SyntheticMan]

Yeah, same. I've purposely avoided playing Souls games for a couple years until now. After a break from them they feel more fresh, but I know if I play Surge 2 and Nioh 2 I'll be sick of them again.

[@Gruntvc]

@Synthetic Man, I can understand that. But I'm as tired of Souls games as I am of Open World FPS games with RPG elements and crafting. Any thoughts on the Call of Duty Black Ops reboot reveal? Think this one might actually be good or is it an other bait and switch like they pulled with MW 2019?

[@SyntheticMan]

@@Gruntvc Bait & switch politically, story-wise, or gameplay? I'm not sure that I know the controversy with MW 2019. Though I would take the safe bet and not trust Activision.

[@Gruntvc]

@Synthetic Man, Story wise, Infinity Ward promised no politics in the game, but it actually was political and woke too. Plus the shill/activist gaming media attacked the game, prompting fans to think it wasn't woke. One of the biggest controversies was MW 2019's depiction of Russians. I know they've been villains in the original MW trilogy, but the reboot went even further. They basically depicted them like they were WW2 SS. Gameplay wise, it was fine and their actually was a few good moments, plus no season pass baloney. The last CoD campaign I liked was Infinite Warfare lol. Do admit Titanfall 2 had the better campaign though. Btw, might check out Mortal Shell given its lower price. But, kind of want to wait for a used copy 1st.

[@V_For_Vigilante]

Cod and doom are both garbage games , they are the exact same thing over and over. These souls like games are all just generic souls clones. Soulsbored franchise has been milked to death

[@V_For_Vigilante]

Soulsbored franchise has been milked to death

[@Setteri_]

This game to me is Lords of the Fallen done right, with a bigger budget their next game could be great.

[@dante19890]

indie or not I found this to be a very mediocre souls game.

[@alexico909]

😴

[@thegamewin100]

This game is slower than the old souls games and I mean SLOWER holy crap also it’s boring not worth my time honestly

[@rossl5908]

This looks a steaming pile ashit

[@streetfighter2471]

Ah then it fits right with the rest of the souls games. Overrated trash

[@rossl5908]

@@streetfighter2471 What are your favourite games then?

[@streetfighter2471]

@@rossl5908 Halo ce, mhw, war thunder (admittedly ass), skyrim, metal gear solid 2 and 3, just to name a few.

[@OdiOneKenobi]

@@streetfighter2471 Souls games are not shit but definitely overrated. I still don't agree with Elden Ring becoming game of the year