I Finished Mortal Shell Twice! | My Favourite Souls-Like Game (Review) 

This would of been the only game where prism stones would be useful

For an indie scope, this game looks really impressive! I'm glad some good indie teams are trying to pull something a little fresher out the bag!

"Short things can still be impressive, right guys?"

Is it just me or would both the "everything looks the same" and the "you can't tell which leaps of faiths will kill you" concerns have been fixed if the devs just added Legally Distinct Prism Stones?

let me know what your favourite Souls-Like is, I know there's still a couple good ones I haven't tried yet. Maybe I should review more! 👀

"This one has more health than midir on new game plus 7" Omg I am dying 😭 😂😂😂😂😂

Pixels the final bossfight to avoid spoilers only to show the dead boss' body minutes later in the NG+ screen. Classic SLB 😂

"Annihilation" soundtrack... Nice touch.

That's not platforming, that's falling with style

On Skyrim the effects of the alchemical ingredients r hidden until you use them several times.

The black metal soundtrack from rotting christ from the Halloween update also make the boss fights so much more fun. Especially tarsus

Boy I refreshed the home screen at the right time

Your editing was firing on all cylinders with this one. Thank you for the video 👍🏼

Such an underrated gem, I had a great time playing this.

1 thing I don't like about this game is that its HP & stamina bars kind of lie to you; their length aren't propotional to actual number. I felt betrayed when I found out that Tiel's health was 1/4 of Eredrim's (60/258), but Tiel's stamina was only twice as much (150/75). Tiel's strength isn't that strong, but he's even squishier then you might realized. Another thing is that I feel NG+ isn't well balanced? Player's strength basically peaks halfway through the 1st playthough. Weapon damage barely increases after +5; most abilities do fixed damage. Your output is hard capped by your stamina if you use a shell at all. So in NG+ and on, you either run pass most enemies or the gameplay slows down tremendously due to their massively increased health. Hitting corpses to farm resolve & staying back to wait for stamina regen aren't challenging; they're just boring. Weapon summoning/moveset swapping, and no shell with basically inf. stamina kind of alleviate the NG+ problem; but still, a lot to be desired.

This was just an amazing review. Gonna have to try this one.

Great review! I was thinking I would get it, but this convinced me. Loved the editing style, made me laugh :)

1:58 given the state of game journalists today, a "sterile science report" would be a massive improvement :p

Your editing style is both hilarious and unique. Subscribed!

Hardening? Hmm seems like havel "the ROCK" did that first.

love this format! gg man

For a small development team this game is amazing, look forward to see more from them

Keep up the grind Lightningblade Much love

really cool. thanks for the review! 8:42 i feel the same way. i need to just start using up my consumables! im playing DS2 right now and i am probably gonna be hollow forever because i feel like human effigies are gonna be super hard to come by!

Love the editing

Mortal Shell is awesome considering its indie, but its not my favorite due to low customization. Customization and build variety, are what I praise the most in souls likes. The games atmosphere is really nice, that lonely feeling classic to dark souls.

Not using consumables because they might be scarce... That's so me...

I think my favorite thing is NPCs having different Dialogue options depending on what Shell you wear, with one NPC having 2 sidequest options between 2 different shells. Its a shame there's only 1 NPC (that I know of) that has a quest like this.

I still go to the forest when I’m drunk. Nothing has changed. Just waiting more

really awesome review! i need to try this gem now :3

First video i watch, 100% genuine meme energy. Subbed.

playing it today. thanks for the review

For some reason the edits are a nice change of pace for you IMO, but the amount of 2010-2013 edits are way too many :P

really good review! ty sunbro

Exactly what I needed during quarantine

This was great, please consider doing more

This video is great! An amazing mix and funny, informative a nice review that doesn’t rely on nothing but other game references/comparisons and quite “kid friendly” I guess? Like I’m all for swearing and adult/crude humour however to have a breathe with some good jokes and a nice review that isn’t relying on only crude vocabulary! Hope these guys open a patreon or some other donation website/resource Have a great day you true blue individual

Even though I'm one to over-rely on over-leveling in soulslikes to make things easier for myself, I like that Mortal Shell doesn't allow that much. Really enjoyed Tiel with the Hammer and Chisel.

Just started playing. Never played dark souls or any game like it, and I'm enjoying Mortal Shell quite a lot.

Every time I start my ps4 up I check for dlc or updates, I enjoyed this so much I'm gutted there's not more,I'm sure I'm not the only fan that feels like this,please make moooooooore ,we want more.its brilliant!!!

That was an amazing terrorizer sound clip you used 🤣

You missed something.... If you play with good headphones the sounds of this game are 10/10... The sound design team made a something amazing !

Your editing has gone from good to feckin fantastic man

8:35 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey does something similar. The more you use or collect an item, the more intelligent your primates will become on what they know of it and how to use it, leading to you even being able to use the item in new more advanced ways.

I think it’s a pretty daring game, because they explain so little that some people don’t even understand the basic mechanics of the game because a little was explain. I ended up watching a guy get all the way to the twice born Yet he had never use the red mushroom once or any item for that matter

nice, your editing improved

Honestly this game is my favorite souls like it was a short but sweet game. I honestly didnt know it was so short going in but it was bittersweet since it was still an amazing experience. Even the issues it has are understandable, theres a quite a few bumps but they made everything Els so great you dont even notice them most of the time. And now......... I started a no shell run to platinum the game and well its terrifying lol

I want it to be on steam so i can get acheivements. It feels like if i would do a no shell run and have nothing to show for it, it never happened.

It's hard to deny that Mortal Shell is a great game

That mysterious annihalation track in the beginning always gets to me.

The graphics in this game blow my mind. It looks more realistic than most big budget AAA games.

Superb editing

0:50 Nice Terroriser reference, made me laugh several times

I loved how good at the banjo you could get. Some of those songs were really cool.

I really enjoyed this game too. I loved the world and atmosphere. Solomon, with the hammer and chisel, is boss.

This game was a super fun lil ride, I only wish they release some extra or dlc content which explores more into the 3 zones we navigate, more of the same in a way

I love whatever that first couple seconds of opening music was. Sounded like the soundtrack to the lighthouse scene in annihilation

Sadly even with the sensoring the final boss was spoiled for me but I will definitely still play through the whole game great vid

Annihilation!! 🤌 one of my favorite books/movie AND score! Ugh 😩 And the fact that they had some Moderat at the end there just...🤌🤌🤌🤌 You, sir, have excellent taste. Thank you.

Great video. The only other game ive played that had familiarity was nioh (1 and 2) where stats on equipment were raised as familiarity was gained.

Legit almost crying when you said "bunkum" 😂 haven't heard that phrase used in, I'd say a decade at least, and this reminded me what an amazing phrase it is and that I should use it more 😂😂

I love this game. Need more content in it though because Ive beat it about 4 or 5 times now

Good review. I really enjoyed the game too

cant wait for it to release on steam in 2 years

Wow a Hot Fuzz outtake? You Sir are a true man of culture

That music was AWSOME i loved bag heads ending

I thought Mortal Shell was great. Just wish it was about twice as long with more shells and character customization. I love your idea of a lantern or marker system so you can better navigate the world.

I think this game got the familiarity system idea from Nioh. More of it will unlock more special traits and some of them can transfer to other equipment too.

I watched this video with the audio off. Thanks for recording.

The music at the end from the game owh 😊👍

Claptrap twaddle is my new curse words near children lmao.

:O that’s it ima finally get this!

I enjoyed the bosses. I'm not particularly great at souls like because my play style is more hack and slash. So the bosses gave me a good challenge. But I definitely see how they aren't too challenging for better players. But like you said with the items changing your play style, using the great sword, or whatever it's called, made me slow down a bit and time things more. So this game really changed my play style too.

Nice video here m8! You´ve inspired me to finally play this game and give it the chance it deserves. What about that music name playing at 15:09? Anyone knows?

This looks fucking incredible. Once I've got the spare dosh, I'll be giving it some weighty consideration as a purchase option.

I really enjoyed this game, though it has to be said that hardening in the middle of a jump attack seemed to be a pretty powerful technique for kicking much ass. Look forward to what they bring out next: if Deck 13 can go from LotF to The Surge 2, these guys can surely also learn & grow.

I'm hardening just remembering my playthroughs of this game!!!!

This game really reminds me of a game still not out yet called scorn, from the character design to the creepy ambient music and sound design

I loved the best-friends-forever ending.

You should review all the souls games, only just noticed weve never really gotten your opinion on each one yet

When you gonna upload top ten plunge attack? Really miss your top ten vids😊

My biggest complaint so far is that all the of the weapons have exactly the same base damage even though the massive 2h sword is slower and heavier it still does the same damage as the starting sword, same with the other 2 weapons.

Casually starting off very strong with the Annihilation song intro

I learned my way around the place from checkpoints I used while farming

This feels like a slight departure from your usual style but I like it!

I really liked the game it was amazing But it was short. If the creators do more ill definitely be interested

annihilation music fits pretty well to this game

Appreciate you blurring the final boss, but even without playing this game ever, I recognized him as the old prisoner. Good video though!

Ohh I have this game in my wish list!

I just picked this up with Playstation Plus, now I can’t wait to play it

Wake up babe new lightning blade video

Hearing the Arnold voice from Brian in an old vanoss video made me act up

I need another Souls like where you can play an instrument. Gimme sick lute riffs!

The trailer featuring Rotting Christ is what sold me to try Mortal Shell.

Enemy tracking is a nightmare, indeed. Enjoying the game so far, I'm so utterly hooked by its dark gritty art style though, I believe I would even say I'm ' liking ' it. However, hardening is really not my cup o' tea, I'm terrible at both parrying & evading, so I'm usually a ' shield guy ' in these games, so it's quite hard to get the hang of it here.

This one really so nice. If there will be second absolutely great.

I’m just started playing today and I like it for my first soul’s game

the learning more about items as you use them is similar to elder scrolls alchemy. you learn what ingredients do when you consume then.

Looks cool

The first hour or so is challenging, after that it becomes quite easy, considering how short the game is they couldn't maintain that challenge throughout the whole thing.