Valor Mortis · published
In our new game, Valor Mortis, you will take the role of William, a former soldier of Napoleon’s Grande Armée. While the Emperor seeks conquest in his campaign across Eastern Europe, you won’t just find the horrors of war, but the horrible abominations that were once loyal soldiers like yourself. The mysterious substance, Nephtogolobin, has corrupted your comrades but granted you supernatural powers and the ability to return from death.
We know that melee combat is hard to pull off in first-person. There’s a reason why combat in most first-person games focuses on guns and shooting. But after our experience making two Ghostrunner games, we wanted to take that challenge in a new direction. This game is built around first-person melee combat. Like other soulslikes and our previous titles, this won’t be an easy game. Bosses are especially punishing and will require precise timing to overcome. Some segments will harken back to what we’re best known for, acrobatic platforming and flashy combat. But now we’ve added a wider variety of tools to engage your foes. Tools that will allow you to quickly switch between melee weapons, guns, and the supernatural. Throughout the game, you’ll build William’s kit to optimize for each encounter.
If you are attending gamescom in Cologne, Germany or PAX West in Seattle, Washington, you can be among the first people in the world to play Valor Mortis. We’d love to show you our new game and hear what you think of it. That’s why we will also be hosting a playtest, here on Steam, very soon.
This is a genre that many of you are very familiar with, so we want to hear your feedback. Your input will help us make Valor Mortis the best game it can be. Please go to https://valormortis.firstlook.gg/ to sign up for the playtest! Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/valormortis
As for the full release, it will be some time next year. It is a bit far away, but that will allow us to consider all the feedback we receive from this playtest.
Enlist in the Grande Armée now. Glory, valor, and victory await.