Valor Mortis Brings The Soulslike Into First Person
Valor Mortis launched on October 14, 2026 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with Game Pass support on Xbox.
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Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Why it matters
The review places Valor Mortis between the parry-focused combat of Sekiro and Lies of P and the first-person powers of BioShock, with the studio's Ghostrunner movement carried over into a genre usually played from third person.
Key Facts
- Valor Mortis launched on October 14, 2026 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
- The game is developed by One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner.
- Players control William, a resurrected soldier, in a 19th-century Europe shaped by the Napoleonic Wars and a mysterious plague.
- An October 21 update adjusted enemy and boss attack hit detection and damage timing.
- Game Spark found parries and attacks responsive in first person, but movement slides during precise platforming.
One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner, built a first-person Soulslike set in a plague-ravaged 19th-century Europe where the resurrected soldier William fights monsters with swords, firearms, and supernatural powers. Game Spark's review finds sharp parries and a strong Japanese localization, but notes sliding movement that makes precise platforming hard.
Game Spark's review also covers the exploration and upgrade systems, framing the game as a blend of melee parries, gunfire, and powers rather than a straight Soulslike transplant. The October 21 update adjusted enemy and boss attack hit detection and damage timing, so the reviewed build is not the current one. The controls hold up in first person, with fast parry and attack response, but the review describes a sliding feel to movement that makes judging distance during precise platforming difficult. The Japanese localization avoids a machine-translated tone and matches the dark alternate-history setting.
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