As if out of nowhere, the development studio Cold Symmetry announced Mortal Shell, a new Soulslike, the From Softwares top dog Dark Souls contest the territory want. In a first trailer, the developers are already showing what to expect. And that looks pretty impressive, at least visually:
What is Mortal Shell about?
Typical of the genre, the story circumstances remain rather cryptic: You are supposed to fulfill orders for a certain "Dark Father" in a time after the fall of humanity. Who exactly it is, you will have to find out for yourself. However, you do not play as a noble hero or fearless knight, but as the eponymous empty, "mortal shell". In addition, the story is not meant to be linear expire.
Picking up souls is elementary in Mortal Shell, both for gameplay and for the story. If you find the bones of fallen warriors on your travels, you can absorb their souls and thus gain new powers. Because the special skills and their knowledge of certain martial arts then pass into you and are supposed to generate a varied gameplay.
Beta and release 2020
By the way, the developers already have one Beta promised. If you log in to the game's Discord page, you may be one of the few players who can test Mortal Shell in advance.
The game's Steam page has already been set up, but a release date is not yet mentioned here. According to the developers, Mortal Shell should will appear in 2020. If you ever want to prepare for it, you will find statements by the developers on Steam as well as the system requirements, which are moderate.
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