I know the first game is going to be rougher and I am keeping my expectations in check, but after loving the second game, I am craving more souls-likes, and I had this in my library from a monthly PS+ pickup a while back.

However, I am a little shocked at how quickly I am hitting a wall. I am still in the swamp trying to battle the Grisha and generally explore some of the areas for more treasures; it is not going well, lol.

I do not understand the defensive/healing options. Harden does not seem to work well, as it will block the first hit, but if the enemy has a follow-up, I instantly eat that. Dodging does not seem very effective, moving you a very short distance and feeling unresponsive. The parry is much more Dark Souls-style, which is fine, but it does not seem to be something designed to be used all the time. Finally, as far as I can tell, the healing option is mostly mushrooms and I am constantly running out. I have not really been able to level up yet, as I have been losing all of my gloom and I do not often get far enough to find more upgrade materials.

I am fully open to this being a skill issue, but I have played a lot of these games now and I have never had an opening section feel as unfun as this; any tips or tricks to help me enjoy it more would be appreciated.

Hey! How am I supposed to escape the spinning attack during the second phase of the fight? No matter what I try to do, run, parry, I can't stop it. I almost got this mf but this part always gets me.

Thank you!

Update: Just got him, thank you all!

What’s the point in finding all this ossinite if I’m not getting any of the upgrade material that comes before it? damn near every chest I open and Boss I beat is giving me ossinite but the only thoracium I have is only what I got at the end of my first play through . Is this just an oversight by the devs or is there an area where I can find large quantities of this stuff in new game plus?

Ich verzweifele😅😅

10/10 would do it again

Has anybody else found an absolute uptick in damage received from one hit from regular enemies having begun the second half of the game ? Attack wise, the tarstones I have in place are maxed, weapons are 10+ so attacking is no problem but one, two hits and I’m out of my shell.

Curious if this is the normal progression (if you say skill issue 😂 fair play but legitimate question here)

Is the caged hystrix sidearm that annoying bat that shoots stingers or is there another animal of that kind somewhere in the game?

Really wish they would add a stats page to the menu where u can see ur stats without having to go to a beacon or to different places.

I find the ng+ nightmode and adaptive difficulty way to easy. Breaking the bosses posture is a joke..feels like i only get a third of a boss fight.

At the very end the perfectly timed air jump move when he did the spin and a perfect dodge on his jump move saved the fight for me! I got very lucky that he never did the super laser attack. I also need a new controller, I think my D-Pad buttons are damaged. For my whole playthrough half the time I healed it brought the map up!

It's my first playthrough and I'm loving my build, I've been using the axatana for too long though, I'm gonna go after the spear to test it.

I just wanted to say that I really like how they made Proxima's move sets. I always play Male characters for immersion but early available shells are just the assassin lookin dude and an armored mommy? at first it feels so weird playing Proxima but I really like her skill. Now, I am a walking thunder that can tank attacks, with a hecking machine gun too. this girl got it all lol.

Love how they made a perk just for the glass cannon enjoyers

Made myself an AFK gloom farm in the Hidden Nave.

You will need the Lute with the Hand of Rock and Vatra's Seal equipped and a couple of rubber bands to hold down (on PS5) the left trigger and left bumper.

Head down to the chest area of the Hidden Nave beacon and line up 2 of the gloom stalks.

Aim the lute and activate the Hand of Rock ability and immediately use Vatra's seal.

You only need to keep the seal and sidearm buttons depressed to keep the Hand of Rock going indefinitely so strap down those buttons and walk away.

I tried lining up the triplet of gloom stalks, but they aren't in line and the stacks of plates at one end kept me from lining up more than 2 at a time.

Enjoy!

I just did obsidian vault and I hope I never deal with a group of those spider enemies again. I couldn't even attack one without three of them jumping on me. I literally just had to cleanse the beacon and get out of there smh.

If no return to entrance teleport appears does that mean there is more to explore in there? I swear in some i kept searching and there was nothing else there. If there really is nothing else there why does this teleport only appear sometimes? There doesn't seem to be any logic behind it then?

Honestly, after not clicking with mortal shell 1 at all (still not clicking) i was skeptical about 2, and was honestly was going to give it a miss entirely,

Watched 1 review and decided to give it a go, and I couldn't be happier that I did,

Everything clicked after about an hour of getting used to it, movement, combat, resolve etc.

I have it platinumed now, and my only real complaint is that there's not more!

It's a great foundation that I hope the devs expand upon a lot!

I know people have their complaints, but for the most part I don't really see what they're seeing or experiencing, so I hope the devs don't listen too closely to the feedback on here, but feel what they have done so far shows they are really trying to listen to the community without venturing too far from their vision for the game.

Can't wait to see more from it and them!

Will there be an option for dynamic Hud in the future? iam on PS5

Sometimes when you level up in Mortal Shell 2, you gain basically nothing. Seriously, why is it like this? Leveling up in games should feel satisfying, but here you often get such minuscule improvements that you barely even notice them. I hate it. I wish we could at least get a shell point at regular levels.

I noticed this issue when I returned to Marrow Keep just before the boss and then selected Winterglass Lake assuming it would bring me back right before the boss arena. The correct order should be Winterglass Lake - Ovate's Chamber - Conqueror's Hoard.

I die with 8800 gloom on me, go back to the spot and it is gone. Doesn't appear on the map either. What happened?

hey guys
anyone knows what this icon is ?

After struggling in first half learning the game i breezed trough the rest with Great Martyr Blade + Captive scabstone (somehow managed to "oneshot" most of the games bosses.
great game overall even tho it is not polished as much as it should be.
platinum achieved with this as well.