Over on the Kickstarter page, Dead Mage takes the time to lay out the enemies you’ll encounter along the way including some of the more intimidating bosses, such as Jariuth the Goblin King and Scorpital. When you combine this together in a big pot - coupled with the insane amount of characters to pick from and a promising story narrative - it means you should never go for lack of content. Procedurally generated content is also a welcome inclusion, promising a significant amount of replayability. Like any good (and unforgiving) roguelike, permadeath is a given. Grandma Margaret is not one to be ignored either, being quite accomplished in the art of alchemy. Joey, on the other hands, wields a massive hammer with a rage and smash ability. For instance, Kevin is the nimble one of the bunch with a dagger throw and roll ability. Each member comes with their own backstory and unique abilities. The Bergson family is quite a large one - like some twisted version of the Brady Bunch - with John and Mary, Mark, Linda, Kevin, Lucy, Uncle Ben and Joey and Grandma Margaret. Now the land’s only hope is for the Bergsons to find the seeds of life and use them to cleanse the corruption.”
As a tragic event in Morta corrupts the roots of life deep in the mountain, all the creatures turn into furious, mindless monsters. “The family have lived on the outskirts of Mount Morta, guarding it for many generations. The game itself revolves around playing as members of the Bergson family. The art style brings to the surface nostalgic feelings of games of yesteryear, with a 2D pixel art aesthetic mixed with more contemporary effects. Dead Mage has just launched a Kickstarter for its game, which is already well on the way to being funded.Ĭhildren of Morta is being billed as a story-driven hack-n-slash game with roguelike elements, citing inspiration from games such as Binding of Isaac, Rogue Legacy and Risk of Rain.
It’s also a reasonably short game, lacking some of the replayability of many of its contemporaries, so where I’ve put quite literally hundreds of hours into Binding of Isaac, you could probably see most of what Children of Morta has to offer in ten to fifteen hours.Back in September, we rather excitedly shared what little details we had on the upcoming project from Shadow Blade developer Dead Mage, called Children of Morta. Each character has their own personalities and how this affects both gameplay and the wider narrative is impressive, especially when you consider just how developed and comprehensive the gameplay systems are. Watching the family develop as they fight back the approaching Corruption is genuinely fascinating and engaging. Narrated by a third party from a top-down perspective, the story is interwoven between runs and throughout the randomly generated levels. It is very much a trial-and-error game though and you are likely to die a lot before making any real sort of progress.Īll of that said, Children of Morta’s biggest selling point is still its narrative. The difficulty and roguelite design of Children of Morta may put some people off, but the learning curve is much more reasonable as characters level up.
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It’s something I enjoyed in the Binding of Isaac series and it’s a welcome addition here as well. The number of collectables combined with the variety in the cast of playable characters makes for some really interesting builds.
Divine Graces give you passive abilities, Relics are active abilities that you can hold one at a time, Runes are character specific special modifiers, and so on. Split into six different categories, these help add some variety to your runs, ensuring your character plays ever so different on each run. There are also a number of items to be found throughout each level which can modify your character’s attacks, defence and stats. There’s a lot of customisation to be found here, all of which can be customised to specific play styles. Levelling up provides players with a number of advanced attacks that can range from large-scale AOE attacks to player stat buffs and debuffs for enemies. Depending on which character you play, Children of Morta’s combat is a mix of melee, long range and special attacks.
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