Mortal Shell Review (Epic Games Store)

Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Your adversaries spare no mercy, with survival demanding superior awareness and precision. Possess lost warriors, discover hidden sanctums, and face formidable foes.

Pros:

• Gorgeous graphics.
• 11.18gb download size.
• Controller support.
• Graphics-fullscreen, resolution, v-sync, frame rate (30/60/90/120/144/unlimited), motion blur, film grain, indie mode, resolution scale, quality preset, shadow/texture/view distance/effects/post-processing/anti-aliasing quality.
• HDR support.
• Rebind controls for both mouse n keyboard and the controller.
• Controller icons-Xbox One or Playstation 4.
• Loading is faster than the PlayStation 4 version.
• Visual effects-motion blur, film grain, and indie mode (pixelates the game).
• Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
• Damage numbers-on/off.
• 3 save slots.
• Action RPG gameplay.
• Dark Souls-like.
• Enemy health bars-always/upon hit/never.
• Shells- you take on the person, you get more health.
• Stamina based system for running, dodging, and attacks.
• Harden-instead of block you can harden for a short time, you can combine harden with attacks. When in harden the enemy will stagger if they hit you.
• Death-you drop everything but have one life to reclaim it.
• Shells-each one is different but another cool trick they have is, when taking lethal damage, instead of dying you get ejected from the suit and have a small window of the enemy being frozen to getaway. Or grab the suit again whatevs. Only X amount of uses so use it wisely.
• Difficult.
• A dark grimy yet beautiful world to explore.
• Play how you want, the world is open enough that you can choose a path of your own.
• Learn enemy patterns is key.
• Familiarity-everything you pickup or can use is unknown until you use it a certain amount of times, then it is revealed to you.
• Lore is scattered throughout the world.
• Anvil-find unique parts and embue it to your weapon to increase its damage.
• Shells-you find out the shell’s name and unlock its own unique skill tree using tar and glimpses to unlock them.
• Tar and glimpses-currency for the world.
• Enemies can drop random loot.
• Picking mushrooms (healing item) will cause a spawn ring to appear around it so you know when it will respawn.
• Secret routes and shortcuts to find.
• Cinematic camera angles when triggering certain events or finding particular doors or items.
• Big boss battles.
• Gruesome combat animations.
• Jump scares aplenty.
• Can swap weapons mid-combo.

Cons:

• Long loading times especially noticeable after death.
• Loading between areas.
• Difficult.
• Got stuck on scenery a few times.
• Not sure what to do sometimes.