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Morbid: The Seven Acolytes Review Thread | "..a competent and accessible souls-like experience..."

Dancrane212

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Releases tomorrow—December 3rd—on PC, Switch, PC and Xbox One.

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NoisyPixel 8.5/10
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a challenging game which generally incorporates both the good and annoying elements of a Souls-like experience. Still, it manages to stand out thanks to its strong dark fantasy presentation, rich Lovecraftian lore, and gameplay systems that offer methodical combat and plenty of features to make the adventure satisfying. It's a difficult game, for sure, but it doesn't forego quality-of-life features for the sake of being difficult, and so in this sense, many players outside of the Souls fandom can get something out of it.
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Fingerguns 8/10
Mornia is a top-down 2D pixelart world that is a gruesome joy to explore and attempt to liberate. It's difficulty will put some off, but Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a competent and accessible souls-like experience, that gives everyone a level playing field with its minimalist systems and simple move sets.
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Cublikefoot 7.5/10
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a solid take on the Souls-like genre. It's got some incredibly fun combat, nice enemy and boss variety, and some excellent graphics rounding it all out.
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Leanforwardgaming 8.5/10
Overall the game plays well, it is very well made and a lot of work has gone into the detail and presentation of all the elements that make this title the bloody beauty it is.
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ThePlayStationBrah

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Mentalist

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did they tweak the parry input timing?

Having parry and gun both be on RMB, but with different timed presses responsible for each was probably the most finicky part of the demo.

I do hope the final version has key rebindings.
 
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Dancrane212

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Morbid: The Seven Acolytes turned out to be a great two-dimensional soulslike with isometric view. The developers put a lot of care into creating the lore and soundtrack. Pad in hand, the game is a bit woody in the fights (but considering the genre of belonging, we can turn a blind eye). The blood flows freely and the enemy creatures shine for the excellent graphic and technical realization.
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Mentalist

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Got a response from the Steam forums.

No key rebinds at launch, probably coming in an update for next week.

Think I might wait a bit then, see if it shows up on GOG in the meantime.
 
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Dancrane212

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killapenguin 8/10
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes does have some shortcomings that become apparent the first time you get stuck in a labyrinthine mess of dark pixels that make it difficult to tell which areas you can and can't dodge to without hitting a wall. However, there are also some things that it does significantly better than other games in the soulslike genre, with its story being particularly noteworthy because of the way it combines abstract weirdness with enough actual information about the world and its villains that you won't need to consult a wiki to figure out what's happening.
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