Active XP - Mortal Shell Review

In this episode, Joseph Yaden, Axl Bosso, Steve Vegvari, and Jared Eden give their impressions of the new action RPG, Mortal Shell. It's a fantastic game that newcomers might gravitate towards. 

Joseph Yaden -- @JosephYaden

Axl Bosso -- @Axl_Bosso

Steve Vegvari -- @SVegvari

Jared Eden -- @Ragevirus_X

A review code was provided to Active Quest by the publisher
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Music
Theme Song made by Novila. https://soundcloud.com/novila-edm
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Synopsis
Mortal Shell is an action RPG developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack. It follows a similar formula as Dark Souls, but features stark differences that make it stand out on its own. 
In it, you play as a faceless character who can inhabit Shells.These Shells are one of its main features, which are sort of like costumes that all include their own unique abilities. There are four of them that are found throughout the world and you’ll want to experiment with all of them to find one that suits your playstyle. 
The game’s story is as ambiguous as you’d expect with it being a Soulslike, so don’t expect a narrative that will hold your hand. You’ll find some environmental storytelling here and there, but for the most part, the main focus is on the combat.
General Impressions
At this point, we should discuss our general impressions of the game, without going into too much detail. We’ll get into all that further down. 
Shells
Here, we’ll discuss the Shells, their mechanics, and our overall impressions of them. 

Harros, The Vassal -- Middleground, all around Shell.

Tiel, The Acolyte -- Stamina Shell

Solomon, The Scholar -- Resolve Shell

Eredrim, The Venerable -- Durability Shell

We’ll discuss the Harden technique, along with Shell abilities, and how the Shells work when you die. 
Combat, Bosses, and Mechanics
This portion will focus on the game’s other mechanics, like weapon usage, Resolve, combat (parrying), its controls, items, leveling up the Shells/weapons, the Tar system, and how the game feels, overall. 
We should also discuss whichever bosses stood out to us, if possible:

Imrod, The Unrepentant

Tarsus, The First Martyr

Crucix, The Twiceborn

The Unchained

Exploration of the World
During this segment, we’ll discuss everything about the world, like the fog, enemies, Sesters, and the locations themselves.

Fallgrim

Shrine of Ash

Seat of Infinity

Crypt of Martyrs

We’ll also talk about which locations stood out the most and what we liked/disliked about them.
Final Thoughts
Finally, we can cover our overall thoughts about Mortal Shell at this point before we end the episode.
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In this episode, Joseph Yaden, Axl Bosso, Steve Vegvari, and Jared Eden give their impressions of the new action RPG, Mortal Shell. It's a fantastic game that newcomers might gravitate towards. 

Joseph Yaden -- @JosephYaden
Axl Bosso -- @Axl_Bosso
Steve Vegvari -- @SVegvari
Jared Eden -- @Ragevirus_X

A review code was provided to Active Quest by the publisher

You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and Google Play. You can also subscribe through our RSS feed. 

Follow us on Twitter @ActiveQuestShow

Email us @ [email protected]

Rate us on iTunes so we can continue to reach people, go to E3, get more review codes to provide coverage to you all and more. Reviews are so helpful for discovery and opening doors in the industry for us!

Get our official shirt!

https://teespring.com/active-quest-shirt#pid=2&cid=566&sid=front

We are proud to be a part of the HP Video Game Podcast Network!: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtistSeeAll?cc=us&dkId=4&section=0&ids=1482427275

Music

Theme Song made by Novila. https://soundcloud.com/novila-edm

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Synopsis

Mortal Shell is an action RPG developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack. It follows a similar formula as Dark Souls, but features stark differences that make it stand out on its own. 

In it, you play as a faceless character who can inhabit Shells.These Shells are one of its main features, which are sort of like costumes that all include their own unique abilities. There are four of them that are found throughout the world and you’ll want to experiment with all of them to find one that suits your playstyle. 

The game’s story is as ambiguous as you’d expect with it being a Soulslike, so don’t expect a narrative that will hold your hand. You’ll find some environmental storytelling here and there, but for the most part, the main focus is on the combat.

General Impressions

At this point, we should discuss our general impressions of the game, without going into too much detail. We’ll get into all that further down. 

Shells

Here, we’ll discuss the Shells, their mechanics, and our overall impressions of them. 

Harros, The Vassal -- Middleground, all around Shell.

Tiel, The Acolyte -- Stamina Shell

Solomon, The Scholar -- Resolve Shell

Eredrim, The Venerable -- Durability Shell

We’ll discuss the Harden technique, along with Shell abilities, and how the Shells work when you die. 

Combat, Bosses, and Mechanics

This portion will focus on the game’s other mechanics, like weapon usage, Resolve, combat (parrying), its controls, items, leveling up the Shells/weapons, the Tar system, and how the game feels, overall. 

We should also discuss whichever bosses stood out to us, if possible:

Imrod, The Unrepentant
Tarsus, The First Martyr
Crucix, The Twiceborn
The Unchained

Exploration of the World

During this segment, we’ll discuss everything about the world, like the fog, enemies, Sesters, and the locations themselves.

Fallgrim
Shrine of Ash
Seat of Infinity
Crypt of Martyrs

We’ll also talk about which locations stood out the most and what we liked/disliked about them.

Final Thoughts

Finally, we can cover our overall thoughts about Mortal Shell at this point before we end the episode.

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