All reviews Mortal Shell 2

A pretty good Souls game with animations and atmosphere that have improved since the first game. I definitely recommend it.

A crooked Souls replacement from people who still seriously believe that hardcore is a 5-minute marathon from checkpoint to boss through 20 ambushes and carefully placed explosive barrels around every corner. The developers pompously cut the stamina bar, forgetting to warn that swing animations here take forever, and any ragamuffin in rags doesn't care about a stunlock from a huge axe and glides on invisible skates across the entire location with a 180-degree homing strike. Leveling is a whole other clown show: you farm the local currency for hours to get a hefty 1% damage boost or one hit point, and then they'll fleece you for resetting weapon leveling resources, completely discouraging any desire to experiment with builds. In tight spaces, the main boss becomes the camera, joyfully bumpi… Read full

I played the beta, finished it in one sitting, and I don't regret it at all. The lore is interesting, the atmosphere is cool. The game mechanics are seamless. The opportunity to have a musical duel with Baba Yaga is 10/10.