Valor Mortis Reviews
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Review in Italian | Read full review
With fast-paced, responsive first-person combat, a distinct visual style and a highly engaging level design, Valor Mortis is shaping up to be one of the most interesting Double-A titles of the year
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Fans of Souls-like games would be wrong to miss out on this adventure, which is as challenging as it is original.
Review in French | Read full review
One More Level’s first-person soulslike pairs slow parry duels with spells and guns in a plague-ridden Napoleonic Europe, with a few pacing and structure choices that may divide players.
Valor Mortis is a textbook soulslike, offering a fair challenge and a familiar experience for fans of the genre, yet none of its elements stand out enough to elevate it to the next level.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Valor Mortis offers a unique setting with some excellent performances, and it’s clear the studio has the skill to deliver a memorable Soulslike experience. You get an exciting adventure with a welcoming challenge. It’s a unique Soulslike idea that mostly pays off, but it has its issues. Thankfully, nothing that’s going to detract from the gameplay experience enough to push people away, but ultimately, when the core systems come together, you’re getting an experience that’s rarely been done before.
For the most part, Valor Mortis has lived up to my expectations. It’s a fast-paced, visceral first-person soulslike that manages to be both challenging and a hell of a lot of fun. A little more enemy variety and an extra layer of polish would have gone a long way, but these are relatively minor complaints in an otherwise excellent experience.
Valor Mortis is beautifully grim, the atmosphere is palpable, and there is an intriguing narrative to pick apart when it starts to reveal itself.
Valor Mortis succeeds brilliantly in delivering a first-person Soulslike experience, thanks to a deep and addictive gameplay loop built upon a combat system that combines swords, pistols, and magic, featuring a parry, dodge, and ultra-smooth movement. This is supported by a diverse arsenal of weapons where each one clearly differs from the next, excellent and varied enemies that push you to utilize everything you learn, complemented by a charming art style, a diverse world, perfect visual and sound effects accompanying every movement and strike, ingenious level design, smartly crafted exploration, and a high level of challenge. On the other hand, the game suffers from a weak story and characters, underwhelming bosses, forgettable music with no presence or impact, technical performance issues and frequent bugs, a limited character progression system, and a heavy, unfluid weapon-switching system.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Valor Mortis features one of the more interesting concepts in the Soulslike genre. The combination of a first-person perspective, challenging melee combat, and a dark reinterpretation of Napoleonic Europe gives the game a unique character. Above all, the precise parries, the variety of weapons, and the supernatural abilities show that the developers aren’t relying solely on familiar genre formulas.
Review in German | Read full review
Those who enjoy a challenge will find it particularly rewarding, provided the high importance of timing for parries and dodges generally appeals to you.
Review in German | Read full review
Valor Mortis is a flawed gem, but a gem nonetheless. It presents one of the most unique and interesting Soulslike formats in recent memory, with a compelling setting and superb interconnected level design. However, balance issues, baffling design choices, and friction that comes part and parcel with the first-person format hold it back from being a Soulslike hall of famer.
Valor Mortis is the kind of ambitious swing that soulslike fans have dreamed of for years. Witnessing the horrors of war through William’s eyes is one of the best stories brought to the genre in recent memory, and its dark setting of an alternate 19th century Europe carries as much weight as the narrative itself. The gameplay seamlessly grafts the brutality of the soulslike genre with the fast-paced fluid movement of the Ghostrunner series. Valor Mortis is a genuine triumph, and one every soulslike fan needs to experience.
Valor Mortis feels like the next frontier for the Soulslike genre. It is a massive undertaking to rewrite the language we use to understand these games, and One More Level succeeds in stamping its mark on it.
Valor Mortis offers a great mix of Soulslike gameplay and a first-person perspective, with fun combat and a constant challenge. It also tells an interesting story full of mysteries and secrets in a dark world that mixes history with fantasy.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Some frustrations with the first-person camera aside, Valor Mortis is a very capable soulslike that is well worth checking out during this busy season of game releases, even if there isn’t a whole lot of new elements that it brings to the table.
While a solid bang for your buck, Valor Mortis ends up done in by an overly lengthy campaign in a genre that already isn’t known for respecting your time. It looks great, has a decent story, and some solid acting. It is available Day One in Xbox Game Pass. For fans of From and the Ghostrunner series, it may be worth checking out regardless. For everyone else, at only $40, it will be up to you if this soldier is worth reviving.
One More Level's attempt at a first-person soulslike turned out great for the most part. Valor Mortis' visceral combat and engaging Metroivania-esque exploration make up for a satisfying and fun experience that I easily recommend.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Valor Mortis proves, how good the soulsike principles can work in first person. Personally I had higher hopes for the story, mixing fantasy horror with the Napoleonic Wars.
Review in German | Read full review
Valor Mortis sets out to be an enjoyable Souls-like by combining an FPS perspective with parkour mechanics, and succeeds as a solid Metroidvania by channelling the dark atmosphere of war throughout its levels. However, it is far from a flawless game. Its repetitive enemy variety, forgettable boss fights and technical issues are all hard to overlook. Despite all of this, it is a title that Souls fans should give a chance.
Review in Turkish | Read full review