![]() ![]() We weren't entirely sure what half of the cryptic conversations between characters meant as we blitzed a grisly trail through the campaign, but it has got some interesting ideas packed in there at points. Yes, to be perfectly honest, the story here is mostly total bobbins. Which is handy when you're making a Soulslike, innit. The action here is set in a grimdark world where flesh and clay intertwine, giving its inhabitants the power to shape and shift their bodies, to possess their foes, and to resurrect from death continuously. In Moonscars you assume the role of Clayborne warrior Grey Irma, a seemingly unstoppable force of nature, who's on a hyper-violent mission to locate a mysterious character known only as The Sculptor, in order to ascertain what happened to both herself and her now missing band of warrior comrades. ![]() Let's keep our collective fingers crossed that Black Mermaid can get this stuff patched up ASAP because, if these problems can be ironed out, you're looking at a super slick and stylish action game that looks fantastic and has some very clever gameplay wrinkles tucked up its blood-soaked sleeves. However, there are some pretty persistent frame rate issues present in this Switch port that have put the brakes on us scoring it exactly as we'd have liked to. Well, it's a bit of a banger all things told, an attractive marriage of excellent presentation and punchy combat. But how does all of this lovely-looking murder actually play? This is a deliciously dark 2D slasher with Metroidvania elements that reminds us a little of Motion Twin's dazzling Dead Cells, albeit with much starker environments housing its meticulously animated combat. However, Black Mermaid's Moonscars has been turning heads since it was first announced due to its rather exquisitely detailed pixel art style. ![]() Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)Įverybody up for yet another Soulslike? Yeah, we thought as much. ![]()
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