SummaryFor the first time, Mortal Shell: Complete Edition brings together all content updates and DLC into one formidable package. Included in Mortal Shell: Complete Edition is the game-altering Virtuous Cycle expansion - an entirely new roguelike mode that brings random and repeatable savagery to Fallgrim. Also present is Hadern, once your elusiv... Read More
Rated Mfor Mature
Developer:Cold Symmetry
Mortal Shell: Complete Edition
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Dec 19, 2022
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Jan 3, 2023
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Mortal Shell makes a decent transition to the Switch, and if there are Dark Souls fans out there who only own a Switch, need something else in the same vein, and don’t mind dropping a decent chunk of change, this might scratch the itch. Outside of that particular scenario, things get shakier. It doesn’t drop the ball in any serious ways, but there are lots of little things that add up to a game that just doesn’t feel as good to play as the game it wants to evoke. Worth a shot for the Souls faithful, but others should probably stick to the real thing.
Jul 30, 2025
60
Mortal Shell: Complete Edition is a competent soulslike with flashes of brilliance in its shell swapping and atmosphere. Its ambition is held back by shallow systems, inconsistent difficulty, and technical rough edges. It’s a worthy attempt for fans craving a grim challenge, but it falls short of the genre’s best. The technical performance was an utter disaster on the original Nintendo Switch, but fares much better on Nintendo Switch 2. It will still be a haggard-looking and rough game with subpar image detail, but at least it plays significantly smoother.
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Jan 20, 2023
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"Mortal Shell is a great attempt at an indie version of Dark Souls, with its tight controls and beautiful aesthetic wrapped up in a smaller scale world. Its unrelenting difficulty will still prove gruelling to those who aren’t a fan of the Souls series due to death setting you very far back, although the difficulty here certainly isn’t quite as brutal." ****/2023/01/20/mortal-shell-complete-edition/
Jun 18, 2025
6
The game itself is pretty good, the switch port isn't. A lot of things are not working properly (for instance, in virtuous cycle, the red pillars will never be usable, which fcks up the whole point, and the progression).
Still, since the company is basically giving away the game for free at this point, it can be fun for a couple of hours on switch...2.
And again, the game itself is really good, considering everything. If you have other options, don't play it on the switch. And if you only have access to the switch version...skip the game.
Jan 9, 2023
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Mortal Shell: Complete Edition has the bones of a good Soulslike, but falls into the trap of being too ambitious for its own good and giving the impression that it's a lot more expansive than it is in reality. It does some things very well and is worth playing, but doesn't hold a candle to the game that it draws so much inspiration from.
Sep 25, 2023
6
Oh well, there is a lot to like for fans of the genre i guess but in comparison to say Dark Souls this lacks in precision of control and the environment just didn´t have that same appeal and atmosphere.
The game pretty early on makes it very clear that you will have to master the timing and tactics of the fighting to succeed but i much rather make that effort in a soulslike game with a world building that pulls me in more. An alright game for fans of the genre, everyone else has better options.
