By now it’s become a lazy cliché to compare an RPG game to Dark Souls. But sometimes there’s no way around it.
Mortal Shell is like Dark Souls. Just as the game’s skinless grey protagonist melds with the bodies of deceased warriors, its core is encased in the trappings of FromSoftware’s classic.Mortal Shell does have some original ideas beneath this outer carapace.
Yet, it never quite shakes its air of predictability. From the design of its opening menus and loading screens, developer Cold Symmetry seems intent on flagging its source of inspiration.
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