![]() ![]() You are a brave agent (without a name), experienced in both exorcism and combat and you have to defeat hundreds of supernatural monsters, black magic and to save the world from these forces of the dark.Īctually, the gameplay is the part that matters most, not the story. Lava Mortus, presented as an action- horror game, takes you back to the 19th century, to fight against the most horrible and horrifying forces of the dark. Maybe that's the casual feel for hardcore games. What makes it even more enjoyable is the fact that, actually, you have played a few more games similar to it and you had great fun with them, too. A real joy to play, a challenge to master, this little game is definitely addictive and mind blowing. It just happens that this week's game responsible for all the "during-breaks" fun is called Larva Mortus, coming from the Czech developers Rake in Grass. Otherwise, it’s just a pretty good indie adventure: the difficulty and pacing are absolutely spot-on, even if the visuals lack the ostentatious fireworks we’re used to these days.Every now and then, a small little game gets released and it offers you a few unforgettable hours: lots of fun, mad mouse clicking and countless enemies to destroy. What was definitive about it was its co-op play, and that’s clearly the special ingredient Larva Mortus lacks. Of course, we are old fogies, with many troubles and long memory: for us Alien Breed was a shooter that defined gaming. ![]() These days it’s hard to say how many readers will remember age-old shooter Alien Breed, to which Larva Mortus is akin. While there’s a core set of story missions about the search for an evil artifact, you find yourself playing in an RPG manner, performing side missions to get suitably leveled-up for the challenges ahead. You level your character as you progress, spending points to boost various attributes according to how you want to play, but what’s most interesting is the open campaign structure. This demon-hunting room-to-room dungeon-crawler is essentially an arcade game - its power-ups dropping from enemies and crates - but the extra details make all the difference. ![]()
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