Mortal Shell

I love "souls-like" games. And "Mortal Shell" was no exception. I got a lot of pleasure from the game.

Pros: great atmosphere, high-quality graphics and excellent technical execution. Cons: not very interesting leveling of the character, the game is short.

Take it from a die hard SoulsBorne fan - if you love the genre like myself, this game has everything to keep you fat and happy for a quite some time. The world design is breathtaking, and the ideology stands out on its own. Bosses are a lot of fun, meaning they're challenging but due to nimble controls, figuring out their patterns and finding windows to deliver your blows becomes so much fun.

I personally loved unlocking platinum for this one. Even compared to genre's best entries, this game deserves solid 10 out of 10, and the metacritic rating is utterly unfair - they should've rated Mortal shell at least 85-86%.

One of the achievements comprises beating the game without any shell, meaning you'll most likely die from just one blow, like in Evil within's Akumu difficulty, but again - the controls will make the challenge entertaining. Not many games out there can boast having this quality.

Must play!

Probably the closest to straight plagiarism, Mortal Shell offers challenges but it is considerably quicker to master the mechanics than similar games (fromsoft/teamninja). The parrying is satisfying, telegraphing is easy with most enemies. The dodging feels like it has to be done a micro second earlier than what would feel like the usual timing but maybe that's just my experience. Overall I'll ignore the flaws, and if you do too , I'm sure it will be a both fun and challenging game. Impressive for a small development company and great system mechanics for a modest cost of 200k