Mortal Shell 2

[w35t]

I'm not super far (I've had limited time to play) but I think it's tougher than the demo. I think I'm taking more damage per hit and enemies seem to take less.

Glad to hear it’s not just me. I wonder if they drop less gloom too, I had a really cohesive level 15 build at the end of the beta, felt pretty strong. Pretty much everywhere feels seriously dangerous, at level 18 even a clean shot from the bats will one shot me lol.

 

[Domingo]

Jeez. I figured I'd put in a few minutes on my lunchbreak. The game crashed when I was picking up the Thief's shell. Like 20K gleam = gone when I restarted the game. A couple things I'd cleared out earlier = incomplete, too. At this point I'm actually thinking of just starting over.

EDIT: I just remembered I did an image backup of my machine last night. Macrium to the rescue. My glimpses are back and saves have been restored.

 

[mQzz]

Glad to hear it’s not just me. I wonder if they drop less gloom too, I had a really cohesive level 15 build at the end of the beta, felt pretty strong. Pretty much everywhere feels seriously dangerous, at level 18 even a clean shot from the bats will one shot me lol.

levels dont really do shit in terms of damage and HP. levelling the shell is where its at. which sucks, cause you can only do 2 shells per playthrough, because you cant refund the glimpses. so you gotta really commit.

beat the 3rd gate tonight, that last boss was a bitch and a half. had to really redo my build to have a chance. heavy weapon stagger was the way to go, dagger and axe just dont stagger enough. battleaxe and the guy was on the ground more than upright.

 

[w35t]

levels dont really do shit in terms of damage and HP. levelling the shell is where its at. which sucks, cause you can only do 2 shells per playthrough
Yeah but leveling gives you Shell points which matter a great deal.

I figured I’d just stick with Tiel for the first run so only put points in him so far, will invest in another once he’s maxed. Hell I’ve only upgraded the axe and dagger as well, gets super expensive. Haven’t upgraded a sidearm at all. I’m in need of glimpses more than anything to get his bond to level 4.

 

[mQzz]

theres tarstones for gloom and gold, might be a good idea to get them early.
proxima has a skill which gets you a good amount of gold, but you can never have too much of that it seems

 

[Vega]

Is there a way to make the game super easy for us old guys that just like the combat and scenery and don't like the sweaty stuff?

 

[mQzz]

Is there a way to make the game super easy for us old guys that just like the combat and scenery and don't like the sweaty stuff?

yeah, there is an item.

but i think its perfectly fine without too.
i generally suck at soulslikes, thats why this one appealed to me tbh. everything feels doable, no stamina makes it more action-y.

 

[Absalom]

Sir Isaac, the Scholar-Prince, boss fight is going to be the first brick wall for most. The Malenia, Blade of Miquella, of this game. Fortunately, you can skip him. I hear the final boss, Zmey the Unbidden, is the hardest.

 

[TwistedMetalGear]

This is one strange game. I'm digging it though. I've seen more enemy variety in one hour of this than the entirety of Nioh 3. Also how cool is that heavy attack combo where you grab the blade of the sword and hit the enemies with the handle?

Only thing I don't like so far is that your character doesn't face the camera when you run towards the screen. I'll never understand the decision to force a rear view of the character.