Mortal Shell has the look and atmosphere of Dark Souls, but more importantly, it separates itself from its inspirations with interesting new mechanics.

That's a no Shell, no damage run, which is pretty impressive, especially as bosses will smite you in one hit if you're going Shell-less. You can watch all the boss encounters in the video below.

Cold Symmetry's action-RPG wears its Souls inspirations on its sleeve while finding fresh ways to recombine From's formula.

Mortal Shell is a Dark Souls concentrate, a much denser, more challenging reconfiguration of the Souls-like that jams more traps, ambushes, and intense duels into a single arena than the whole of ...

Mortal Shell centers on equippable shells you can embody, much like suits of armor. She also comments about not being easily killed, a nod to the roguelike nature of the expansion.

At a basic level, Mortal Shell is what happens when you slow down the pace of the original Dark Souls, from visibly slower swings and thrusts to areas that want you to navigate them like you do ...