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Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
Mortal Shell is a souls-like, dark fantasy and action game
developed by Cold Symmetry
and published by Playstack.
Released on August 18th 2021 is available only on Windows
in 14 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian.
It has received 8,596 reviews of which 5,956 were positive and 2,640 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 14.54€ on Gamivo.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290
- Storage: 12 GB available space
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So, Mortal Shell. I am a huge souls(-like) fan and I played Mortal Shell for the first time June 22, 2022. But only for 73 minutes. That was it. I don't remember what it was that made me not want to play this, but apparently it didn't catch me. Fast forward to now (2026). Was watching the Iron Pineapple Video where he featured Mortal Shell II. I knew that it would be released but didn't really follow it too much. But IP's Video convinced me that Mortal Shell II will be a great Game. Combat looked fantastic, Graphics looked good, environments and bosses all seemed varied and I just had a feeling that I needed to play it. So I pre-ordered it on a whim. And I just had to play Mortal Shell and this time finish it, before I would even think about playing the second one. I am weird like that, I always need to play in chronological order whenever possible. And I did. Finish Mortal Shell that is. Steam says it took me 13.4 hours, subtract the 73 minutes and a bit of downtime in Game and it took me probably around 11 hours to complete. 19/37 Achievements. And yeah, the beginning was extremely hard. I didn't click with it. The first few hours were miserable. I am usually pretty good at those kind of Games but here I got my a** handed to me. I died many times and it took many hours for the game to finally click. But when it did, I had fun. It is certainly not perfect. Game looks and runs fine (though there seemed to be some fps issues in a later area), enemies would pop-in when you were 10 meter in front of them many times, lock on had kind of a short range, in some areas you could get stuck in the environment, I really dislike the healing System (there is ONLY healing over time and you basically have to farm those items; you can buy some at a vendor, but the main healing was from mushrooms around the world that took 5 minutes to respawn; also it doesn't heal that much and is way too slow even if you are familiar with the item) and the map and layout can be pretty confusing at first (although later on it was no issue anymore). When I finally settled on a Shell and Weapon to max out though, I actually had fun. I felt more powerful, the combat felt good and weighty, Sound Design was pretty good as well. Voice Acting ranged from amateurish to good. Some Achievements seem like a pain though (be it skill related or busy work related) so I won't even bother trying to 100% it. But yeah, overall I enjoyed Mortal Shell. It was pretty short which in this case I really liked. But that being said, I hope that Mortal Shell II will be way longer because it just seems to be a way better Game where the Devs just improved on everything. I will see for myself since I am downloading the Open Beta as of writing this Review (you will get a skin for playing it for at least 30 minutes). Kind of excited, ngl. And regarding Mortal Shell, if it's on sale and you can get over the first few hour hurdle (you need a high tolerance being frustrated) I can definitely recommend this if you never played this but really like soulslike Games... Small Edit: Just after finishing Mortal Shell, I tried out the Open Beta for Mortal Shell II for ~45 minutes. I don't want to play too much before the release but I can already say I really like it. Feels a bit AA'y (which it is) but really nice so far. Runs smooth, looks good, Combat feels satisfying. Hyped for the release now...
I feel the need to write this review in light of all the noobs that played the mortal shell 2 beta for free, and then played their older title and started review bombing the mechanics for not being a carbon copy OF THE SEQUEL. - Combat: -this game is GREAT. newbies dont know that you can actually bind weapon swapping to your consumables slot. why does this matter? it means that you can swap weapons for free mid-combo. this opens up build and moveset options significantly because ANYTHING GOES once you learn this. teil and harros make the best use of this bc high stamina means longer combos. -resolve system: guys. you are INVINCIBLE while casting weapon spells and spells are attack cancelable in this game. any amount of clunk that you are referring to is null and void due to this fact alone. -running attack is INSTANT and it chains into another running attack. thats not present in the MS2 beta and its huge for the combo system. Heals: -there was a comment on here complaining about no estus? bro. you can buy infinite rats and just bring infiniite heals with you everywhere you go. ederim + infinite rats is one of the top 3 builds in the game. --- now that thats out of the way, and my tits are calm, ill just leave a neat review here. MS is one of the better soulslikes out there. PROS: combat is smooth and you have more options than you think at first glance, the graphics are awesome, the story was immersive and mystifying, and the bosses can feel challenging at times. - CONS: nitpicking here, item variety, enemy variety, and replayability was outside of this games scope. what that means is i wish i could play this game more at the time and i beat it like, 3 times lol. its probably the best criticism a game of this scope can get, because the team was quite small at the time. but yeah, it looks like the sequel is definitely fixing this so im super excited. --- so yeah. as always. dont listen to the haters. this is a great game for what it was and just because we are all hype for the amazing sequel, thats no reason to review bomb the first game. the first game is even better than the beta in a a few specific areas. its defintely worth your time if you want to be immersed in the world theyve built over the years.
I can't BELIEVE this game isn't better than the second one!!! I tried the demo for Mortal Shell 2 and it was good, why is this game bad???? Why isn't the first game from the studio better than Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 combined?? I GOT SCAMMED!!!!! But seriously the game is pretty fun. Definitely flawed and a little short but I had a good time. The only unforgivable feature is the viewbotting Fextralife link at the main menu, yikes!
I would say this game is a fairly decent soulslike. It does not do anything particularly groundbreaking. However, the graphics are solid. The gameplay is competent enough. I enjoyed my playthrough. It has many of the features you'd generally expect of a soulslike, with the hub-based world and slow, methodical, weighty-feeling gameplay. The different shells are a nice touch as well, giving you some options about how to approach gameplay depending on whether you want a faster, lighter, more nimble character, or a slower, tankier one. The most notable aspect of the gameplay that you might find different from your bog standard souls like games is the hardening ability, which is essentially an ability that temporarily hardens you and acts as a shield. Getting into the groove of using hardening and parries effectively made for some fun enough gameplay. If you're big into soulslikes, you will probably like it. If you really need a game to do something profoundly unique or groundbreaking in order to be impressed, you may be underwhelmed, but it does everything it says on the tin just fine.
First of all ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the game is optiimized even i could get 35 40 fps WITHOUT STUTTERS at 1080p low , even my broke ass could run it. *NOW The Game it self is Good, unique mechanics and great voice acting and character, So would i recommend buying it? -Its Kinda 50/50. So before you buy know this (No spoilers) -The level design is confusing in early game and causes A LOT OF FRUSTRATION -(but you will get over it). -If you have patience the game is just on easy mode for you like its really easy -Limited WEAPONS (only 5) with limited Upgrades -Somewhat poorly explained item description; but that is this games "unique feature" -Short gameplay & lastlly -If you have played for a while this game WILL become repetitive STILL the game is beautifully crafted, Levels are absolutely homungous and grim Now as a person who spent 26 hours and completed his ascension and is NG+ i feel there are alot of things to be addressed - please add a little pop up for when you switch comsumeables its shows its function (if fimiliar) instead of having to consuem it. - NEW weapons and more upgrades - Adding passive abilities for infusion of seal because frankly i used parry for like 4 6 times in the ENTIRE game - Make the mobs faster by a tad bit - Make the boss arena kinda small too much room for running and dodging also make them a more hard "_" Also what the hell was the black whirpool kinda thing in fight against the unchained???????? I enjoyed the game it was fun and if there is one thing i absolutely abhoured was the need to grind for TAR like sh** man, but thats just me. overall 8.2/10
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Mortal Shell is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.
No, Mortal Shell is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Mortal Shell received 5,956 positive votes out of a total of 8,596 achieving a rating of 6.80.
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Mortal Shell was developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack.
Yes, Mortal Shell is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Mortal Shell is not playable on MacOS.
No, Mortal Shell is not playable on Linux.
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No, Mortal Shell does not support VR.
Mortal Shell is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Mortal Shell. Explore additional content available for Mortal Shell on Steam.
No, Mortal Shell does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Mortal Shell does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Mortal Shell is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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