Children of Morta

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Children of Morta

Developer(s)	Dead Mage Inc.
Publisher(s)	11 bit Studios
Platform(s)	PC / Mac (Steam, GOG, Humble Store) PlayStation 4 (PlayStation store, physical box) Xbox One (Online store) Coming soon to: Nintendo Switch (eShop, physical box)
Release date	PC: September 3, 2019 PS4, Xbox One: October 15, 2019 Switch: November 20, 2019
Genre(s)	Action-RPG, Hack and Slash, Rogue-like, Fantasy
Rating(s)	T

Children of Morta is a roguelike hack and slash game where you experience the events and lives of the members of the last remaining family (the Bergsons) who live close to the now corrupted Mount Morta. This game has a novel way to integrate narrative and adventure into an action roguelike game where you will feel the joy and sorrow of the family members, slay the demonic creatures and follow their story helping each other to find a way to cure the corruption and reveal the secrets.

Background

The family have lived on the outskirts of Mount Morta, guarding it for many generations. As a tragic event in Morta corrupts the roots of life deep in the mountain and since the corruption of the god of Mount Morta, his rage and anger has turned all the Creatures into sick, furious monsters. The Bergson family, guardians of Mount Morta, live in their house at the mountain side. They try to reach the peak of the cursed mountain to find out what happened to its god and how they can change his doomed fate! Now the land's only hope is for the Bergsons to find the seeds of life and use them to cleanse the corruption.

The game has a unique art style blending the old-school 2D pixel art aesthetics with a few modern lighting and rendering techniques bringing to life a world of fantasy and mystery. The game music is based around orchestral renaissance tunes with many variations to please your ears while taking this journey with the Bergsons.

Reception

Children of Morta received "generally favorable" reviews on Metacritic getting a metascore of 82/100 on PC,^[1] 79/100 on PS4,^[2] 80/100 on both Xbox One^[3] & Nintendo Switch.^[4] On whatoplay.com, it receives an aggregate score (playscore) of 8.69 on PC,^[5] 8.47 on PS4,^[6] 8.25 on Xbox One,^[7] and 8.27 on Nintendo Switch.^[8]