5/11/2023 0 Comments Mortal shell ps5 reviewNow, after six months, Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition aims to bring the game to the PS5 bigger and better than ever. As The Foundling, your goal is to defeat The Unchained and the many difficult bosses in your way, all while inhabiting new shells and upgrades to change and upgrade your playstyle. Healing items seem to be at a premium as well this time around, and I always seem to run out of mushrooms too early.In an era where Souls-like games have become increasingly popular, Mortal Shell on PlayStation 4 gained a cult following for its expansive world and dedication to its Dark Souls roots. Yes, the combat is as brutal and unforgiving as it ever was, and literally every enemy can kill you – even the suicide frogs in the swampy bits if they poison you too badly. Even dying to the weakest kind of bandit enemy is not only a distinct possibility it’s also somewhat embarrassing to go from downing one of the massive axe guys to be given a clip round the ear and knocked out of the shell you’re currently in. They are rarely alone though, so be ready, as getting swarmed in Mortal Shell is a surefire way to get killed. Of course, it’s nothing a quick sprint and jump attack can’t cure, and getting up close and personal is a good way of dealing with them. It’s here where a pro tip comes to mind: if you hear a whistling noise, dodge quickly, as the archers have seemingly got telescopic sights on their bows this time around, able to hit you from a ridiculous range. Well, the fog has lifted, you can see enemies a long way away again, and they can see you too. The big difference is in draw distance, doing away with a kind of mist or fog that previously curtailed the draw distance. The previous generation game wasn’t exactly ugly, with a nice hand-drawn vibe to it, but now with the Enhanced Edition it looks even better. The graphics have had a lovely tickle over with the shiny HD wand as well, and for a ruined world, that of Mortal Shell doesn’t look too bad at all. It’s so much of a difference that I managed to defeat one of the early bosses – a massive sword-armed monstrosity called Grisha – without getting hit once, parrying every attack and using it to launch into a riposte, something that I again found too difficult to pull off the last time around. Now, with the increased frame rate, parrying is a viable tactic again, as the lead up to the enemy attacks can be seen much more clearly. You see, in the original version of Mortal Shell, I could never get on with parrying attacks, as the window of opportunity to successfully perform a parry seemed to be over in the blink of an eye. Much as it did in the remake of Dark Souls that was released a while ago, the increase in frame rate makes the game a whole different kettle of fish. Now, personally, I wouldn’t know 1880P if I fell over it, but the 60FPS inclusion is a game changer. A little research will show there are a number of videos showing the differences between the two next-gen versions of Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition, and while I have no interest in virtual willy waving, it does appear that the the Xbox Series X is somewhat better at running the game, with 60FPS achieved at a claimed 1880P resolution. The headline figures are pretty good on the new hardware, it has to be said.
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