I Love Rock ‘n Roll!—or, “Lute is Life”: Thoughts on Mortal Shell (2020)
He’s using you so he can live Where is the honor in this? . . . . End all the cowardice now! Boy, I know you’re there; you hide behind a wall of men - Unleash the Archers, “Ten Thousand Against One” (2017) This post is a long analysis of the action-adventure game Mortal Shell . I had mixed feelings about this game for a while since I’d only watched other people review or play it, and I saw a lot of praise for it while I felt that it wasn’t quite so remarkable-looking from a distance. When I was looking for something to play this summer, however, I ultimately settled on the game since it was pretty reasonably priced and wasn’t supposed to take too long to complete. Mortal Shell is a sort of Double-A or middle-shelf game. I think it caught a lot of people’s attention initially with its visuals, which aren’t always Triple-A quality when you see it in motion and up close but are still good enough to allow it stand...