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Try the Souls-y action of Mortal Shell in its free open betaIt’s good!
It’s good!
“We expected demand but nothing like this,” developers Cold Symmetryexplained. “We really didn’t want so many people to feel left out.” So now everyone can grab the open betafrom the Epic Games Store.
The beta has trimmed out story spoilers so you can still go in fresh at launch. A lot of its land is off-limits too. But you do get to posses two Mortal Shells (the trick of the name is that we inhabit others' bodies, not our own, and they sorta function as classes) as you go whack things. As for how large that actually makes the beta, well, it’s complicated. Cold Symmetry said it’s made with serious Soulsers in mind, so “It will take the best among you around an hour to complete it. For everyone else, expect your progress to be much slower.”
If you need persuading, here’s Matthew to tell you about what he saw:
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Mortal Shellis due to launch in full later this yearon the Epic Games Storeas a timed exclusive, priced at £25.
“Epic’s financial support, for a small studio like ours, was clearly going to help us achieve those goals so it was something we had to consider earnestly,” the 15-person team explained. Fair play to ‘em.
