Co-op roguelike and Soulslike hybrid Mortal Rite for PC launches in Early Access on November 7
Early Access period expected to up to two years.
Five-player cooperative roguelike and Souslike dark fantasy game
The Early Access release will feature a complete game loop, three playable characters, 18 enemies, five boss battles, two skill trees per character, cooperative multiplayer, and player-versus-player. Over the Early Access period of “one-to-two years,” the game will be updated with additional characters, enemies, bosses, levels, items, game modes, and other improvements.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
The core of Mortal Rite is a fast, action-based melee combat system that allows players to trade blows with enemies and rewards strategy over button-mashing. Choose from a variety of characters to embody, each with their own lore, fighting style, and abilities. Overcome enemies by using different skills, strategies, cooperation, collecting and crafting items to stop the encroachment of the king. Play solo, or in multiplayer from the very start of the game, with a maximum party size of five. Duel with your friends in the refuge for additional rewards. Be wary, as a larger party size will attract additional enemies.
Key Features
- Evolving Combat and Progression
- Find ability points and items scattered throughout the world to unlock new strategies in combat.Items can be traded between players, and ability points can be spent in the refuge to customize your playstyle.Each area is guarded by a gatekeeper, upon their defeat, players can revisit the area for an additional challenge. When revisiting an area, players will traverse through an updated map, face new enemy compositions, and find new items.
- Unique Characters and Abilities
- Each character has two built-in play-styles through the stance system, with player customization through ability swaps, ability upgrades, and items.
- Cooperative Play
- Multiplayer is available at the start of the game, so you can jump in with your friends right away.
- Alternate enemies and layouts will also appear during multiplayer.
- Combat
- Fast, responsive melee combat with an emphasis on breaking enemy posture to interrupt attacks.
- Chain different attacks together seamlessly as characters have different light, heavy, and charge attacks.
- Adapt to different enemies by utilizing unique sprinting, dodging, and air attacks.
- Counter attacks with each character’s specialty of parrying, deflecting, or blocking.
- Enemies
- Encounter a variety of aggressive enemies, each with different methods of taking the player down.
- Factions influence fights. With factions being hostile to each other, players can force enemies to fight each other instead.
Watch a new trailer below.