Mortal Shell 2 is battering bulbous skulls next year

The deluge of video games quality begins with a large screech and large guitars. Mortal Shell 2, sequel to the rocky soulslike of 2021, has been announced astatine Summer Game Fest. It's precise dense metallic by the looks of its trailer, which sees rather a batch of disfigured monsters getting battered successful the bulbous face. It's got a merchandise day of immoderate clip successful 2026.

"Mortal Shell II’s compact open-world connects implicit winding footpaths guarded by the hopeless and fanatical," says the blurb connected the Steam page. "Those who rotation are rewarded with caller communicative elements, Shells, almighty and unusual weaponry, upgrades, curiosities and more... Scattered betwixt these mislaid landmarks are much than 60 dungeons, each providing a formidable situation to the talents and weaponry you person accrued connected your way."

Ed was a spot chill connected the archetypal Mortal Shell. "Mortal Shell volition marque you privation to headbutt your show retired of sheer frustration," helium said. "The puzzling quality of the map, the repetitive placement of enemies, the deficiency of options each coalesce into a large limb that holds the crippled backmost from being truly good, to conscionable good." Hopefully each that hoarse metallic screaming volition marque this one... better?