Valor Mortis
What critics said
BaziCenter75Valor Mortis demonstrates One More Level's ability to branch out past Ghostrunner. By successfully combining first-person combat with Soulslike elements, the game maintains a unique identity, though lackluster music and art design hold it back from reaching its full potential.
Softpedia90If not for the occasional bugs, Valor Mortis could have been a true masterpiece and sit alongside iconic titles in the same genre including Dark Souls and Elder Ring.
Cerealkillerz80Valor Mortis dares to do something different by bringing the soulslike genre into first-person perspective. The setting, visuals, and animations are excellent, the level design is fun thanks to its many shortcuts, and performance is generally smooth aside from the usual shader stutters. However, the combat relies too heavily on passive parrying, enemy variety wears thin quickly, the parkour is more annoying than enjoyable, and the story could have made better use of its compelling setting. Still, fans of soulslikes looking for a genuine challenge will find a fresh and demanding experience here.
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Valor Mortis: Tips and Tricks to Survive the Crimson Plague
The Crimson Plague is ravaging Europe. Scattered across every level, echoes of the fallen and journal pages reveal the army’s secrets and the horrors of the plague. In Valor Mortis, you play William, a young Englishman disillusioned with the monarchy who joins Napoleon’s cause, drawn by the promise of a unified Europe. He dies for […] The post Valor Mortis: Tips and Tricks to Survive the Crimson Plague appeared first on XBOX Wire.
Valor Mortis Reviews Are Mixed Ahead Of Its Xbox Game Pass Day One Launch
Greater than the sum of its Bonepartes? We've had two particularly heavy-hitters joining Xbox Game Pass this month, the first being Gears of War: E-Day, and the second being Valor Mortis. From the creators of Ghostrunner, this plague-ridden battlefield is receiving a swash of favourable and more mixed reviews. The game seems to be reviewing much better with critics in Camp PS5, whilst PC players are feeling a little less convinced by its first-person soulslike gameplay. Read the full article on
Valor Mortis review
Valor Mortis plays a bit of a sneaky trick. For a while it keeps it straight. 'Yes', it seems to say; 'I'm definitely a Soulslike. Look at my bonfire equivalents, my healing flasks, my corpse runs, even my early impossi-boss feints. Look at my cautious action, my fog gates, the oppressive air of melancholy that lingers over these fields of mud and blood'. But jumpcut to a few hours later, and there you are: first-person wall-running, grapple-swinging, one-two parry slashing, quick-step-fire-ball
Valor Mortis review - this Napoleonic first-person swordfighter is one of the freshest Soulslikes in years
Well, I say "freshest." In its ickily up-close vision of Napoleonic battlefields, swapping the boring old bubonic plague for a fleshy, pustulating necro-blight, Valor Mortis is as horrid and grim as a standard Soulslike rulebook would compel. At the same time, One More Level’s first-person take on campfires and attack-pattern combat does feel like a game striking out on its own, and not just through its unusual choice of perspective. If anything, there are decisions here that might have FromSoft
Valor Mortis Review
A novel soulslike packed with interesting ideas, even if they don’t always work out super smoothly.
Valor Mortis Is A First-Person Soulslike That Tries Too Much
The soulslike genre has been around long enough now that it's easy to pick out its most recognizable traits. Whether it's managing stamina in combat, the risk of losing progression with each death, health items and enemies that respawn when you reach a bonfire, lantern, or some other recognizable checkpoint; all of the best in the genre adapt these in their own distinct ways. Valor Mortis is no different, but attempts to stand out through its shift in perspective. By moving the action to a first
Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Title Avoids 'Full Price' Launch Due To How Busy October Is
Valor Mortis is getting priced at $40 instead. We've already talked about how September and October have been ridiculously busy for new releases this year (primarily due to GTA 6 stealing the spotlight for November), and if the publisher of Valor Mortis is to be believed, it's actually led to them reducing the price of their upcoming Xbox Game Pass title to avoid getting lost in the shuffle. In a statement published yesterday, the team explained that they believe they can complete alongside many
Valor Mortis is only $40 because its developer knows you'll be choosing from a lot of big games over this "stacked" autumn
The Valor Mortis developer has announced the game's price and offered an explanation as to why the team picked this particular price point. Valor Mortis costs $40 / €40, which is notably cheaper than other games releasing around the same time. We've asked for clarification on UK price.
"We probably need a few more Expedition 33s to just prove them wrong" – the maker of Valor Mortis on why publishers should have faith in AA
Over the past 12 years, Polish studio One More Level has carved out a niche in the world of AA games with projects whose production values often approach those of AAA titles. Its eye-catching 2020 cyberpunk action platformer Ghostrunner launched to critical acclaim and commercial success, selling 5.6 million units according to Video Game Insights estimates, and it was followed by a sequel in 2023.
Valor Mortis Gets Short Delay to Avoid September's Onslaught of Game Releases
Valor Mortis has conceded defeat when it comes to the September gaming arms race and announced a short delay.
As games pile into September to avoid GTA 6, Ghostrunner studio's promising Soulslike Valor Mortis is shifting its release to escape the rush
It didn't take much of this year's Summer Game Fest to realise that, in racing to escape the orbit of GTA 6, the games industry has created a new problem: a September 2026 so packed with releases that it's going to take some dedication - not to mention time and money - for players to get through even a fraction of them all. So it was only a matter of time before someone blinked. Which brings us to Ghostrunner studio One More Level, perhaps the first of many to announce it's shifting out of the s
The First PS5 Game Delay Out of September 2026 Has Been Confirmed
Valor Mortis pushed back to October. It had to happen, and sure enough, it is: the first PS5 game delay out of September 2026 has been shared. Valor Mortis, from Ghostrunner developer One More Level, revealed less than a week ago it was releasing on 24th September 2026. That meant it would release on the same day as Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush, Control Resonant, and Silent Hill: Townfall, and only one day before Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Valor Mortis delayed to October 13
Publisher Lyrical Games and developer One More Level have delayed single-player first-person Soulslike game Valor … Source
One of fall's coolest games has been delayed to October to avoid a September crush
Exclusive: Inside a dramatic week of decision-making that led to a postponement for Valor Mortis. "We have no choice."
Valor Mortis' acrobatic new demo makes me want to believe it's a soulslike prequel to Ghostrunner
Update: A few hours after I posted this, One More Level announced that Valor Mortis is delayed from September 24th to October 13th. I'm leaving the rest of the article as it was, even though several of its jokes are ruined. I thought I was pretty up to date on Valor Mortis, the Napoleonic first-person fencing soulslike underway at Ghostrunner devs One More Level, but it turns out I’d missed the four seconds of flesh magic hook-grappling in this prior trailer. As such, the swinging and wallrunnin
Valor Mortis launches September 24
Single-player first-person Soulslike game Valor Mortis will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC … Source
First-Person Soulslike Valor Mortis Adds to PS5's September of Dread
You're already dead. The highly anticipated first-person Soulslike Valor Mortis is just another game you’ll have to contend with coming to the PS5 on 24th September. To put things into perspective: Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, and Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush are all currently scheduled to come out on the same day. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Valor Mortis Preview: A Soulslike Where You Die Again and Again in Napoleon’s Army
After playing the first-person soulslike Valor Mortis, I was left with more questions than I started with: what is happening in this world? Why is Napoleon in my head? Who is William? What makes him special? What is this corruption that touches everyone and everything? I can only guess at the answers. But I know I want to go back. And that feeling is more than enough to keep me interested, and hopeful, in what developer One More Level has up its sleeve.
Valor Mortis launches this fall
Single-player first-person Soulslike game Valor Mortis will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC … Source
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Game Pass adds Battlefield 6, Valor Mortis, Forever Ago, and more in mid October
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Coming to XBOX Game Pass: Battlefield 6, Valor Mortis, Forever Ago, and More
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