Mortal Shell
Developers | |
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Cold Symmetry | |
Publishers | |
Playstack | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 18, 2020 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
OpenCritic | 75 |
IGDB | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, RPG |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy |
Mortal Shell is a singleplayer third-person action RPG game developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack. The game uses Unreal Engine 4.
A closed beta for the game was announced on June 11, 2020 and was available from July 3 to July 10, 2020.[2] The beta has generated significant interest, resulting in the developer opening it up to everyone which has led to 350,000 players ending up playing the beta.[3][4] The game was released on August 18, 2020 as a one year exclusive to Epic Games Store, scheduled to be released on Steam and GOG in Q3 2021.[5]
General information
- Official Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Includes a poster and an artbook.[6] | |||
Epic Games Store | [7] | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\MortalShell\Dungeonhaven\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1110910/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\MortalShell\Dungeonhaven\Saved\SaveGames\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1110910/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Field of view (FOV)
Use the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Console Unlocker to force any FOV value[8] |
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Change FOV scaling to vertical[8] |
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[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Custom anisotropic samples[8] |
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[SystemSettings] r.MaxAnisotropy=16
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Disable TAA through a configuration file[8] |
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[SystemSettings] r.PostProcessAAQuality=0 |
Enable FXAA through a configuration file |
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[SystemSettings] r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=1 Notes
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Chromatic aberration
Disable chromatic aberration[8] |
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[SystemSettings] r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0 |
Depth of field
Disable depth of field[8] |
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[SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0 |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Available as a slider between 0.2-2.0. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | "Invert mouse X" is also available. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Movement options, bumpers and triggers cannot be rebound. | |
Controller sensitivity | Available as a slider between 0.2-2.0. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | "Invert controller X" is also available. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | The game allows to choose between Xbox and DualShock 4 prompts with a toggle. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Works natively when used wired. When using bluetooth, manual setup of DS4Windows is required. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | The game allows to choose between Xbox and DualShock 4 prompts with a toggle. | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) |
Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Adjustable with a slider between 0%-120% and referred to as "Force Feedback Scale". | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sliders for Master, Effects, Music, Dialogue, Ambient, and UI Volume. | |
Surround sound | [9] | |
Subtitles | A subtitle scale option is available as a slider from 50-150%. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | Vorbis, Ogg |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-4590 AMD FX-8350 |
Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 7 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 GB [10] | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.24.3.0[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1110910/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1110910) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-08-16
- ↑ IGN Expo: Mortal Shell First Gameplay Trailer, Beta Announced - last accessed on 2020-08-18
- ↑ Mortal Shell's beta had over 350,000 players - last accessed on 2020-08-18
- ↑ Action RPG Mortal Shell opens its beta due to player demand - last accessed on 2020-08-18
- ↑ Mortal Shell Set For Release This Month - last accessed on 2020-08-18
- "A Steam version for PC will be made available, but not until later in 2021."
- ↑ Physical Release Delay - last accessed on 2020-09-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-08-15
- Tested for DRM by closing the EGS launcher, renaming its app folder and the entirety of the config folders containing Denuvo tokens. Checked for Windows Credentials and found none.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-08-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-08-015
- Tested with custom Surround Sound with Razer Surround.
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-08-15
- Actual installation size 11 GB