Valor Mortis review – a first person Soulslike with a Sharpe edge

Valor Mortis – a different perspective on Soulslikes (Lyrical Games)

The Napoleonic Wars are the backdrop for a new fast action Soulslike from the makers of Ghostrunner, that sees 19th century Europe overrun by zombies.

Despite the success of Assassin’s Creed, historical video games remain uncommon. There’s always a goodly supply of games set in Medieval Europe, and various periods in Japanese and Chinese history, but that’s generally it. No doubt publishers are worried about portraying controversial situations and people, but movies always seem to manage fine and it’s not as if bei...