Mortal Shell is a worthy successor to the Souls-like genre, but is hampered by clunky controls and pacing issues. What it is - Mortal Shell is an indie Souls-like with innovative new features, a grim ...

Peter Grimm has been playing video games for as long as he can remember. Since 2011, he has channeled that passion into writing about games, culminating in his current role as a writer and editor for ...

Mortal Shell, the Dark Souls of Souls-like games, has just received its first content update, and unsurprisingly it's Halloween-themed. Everything in Mortal Shell is Halloween-themed, really. But this ...

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Glimpses are Mortal Shell’s currency for unlocking your various Shells’ abilities. You’ll also need Tar, but Glimpses are the more important — and rare ...

Cold Symmetry’s Mortal Shell gets its next expansion, The Virtuous Cycle, on August 18 – but if you're quick off the mark, you'll be able to get it completely for free. Mortal Shell’s next DLC sounds ...

There are so many games created with direct influence from FromSoftware's action RPGs that a new genre has been created from projects similar to Dark Souls, Elden Ring, Sekiro, Demon's Souls, and ...

Yeah, I know, everyone's sick of the term "Souls-like," but few games are more like Dark Souls than Mortal Shell. It tries so hard to capture the precise tone and feel of Hidetaka Miyazaki's vision ...

The "souls" phenomenon has swept the world and left its indomitable mark in gaming history. The technical melee gameplay style has spawned a whole new genre that's inspired titles even decades after ...

Mortal Shell is an extremely loyal Dark Souls homage with just enough clever new ideas to make fighting through its gorgeous world feel like something more than a rehash. The First 16 Minutes of ...