Gold can be used to purchase health, damage, speed, and other upgrades from Ben the Blacksmith. The stick is that if you use one character too many times, they begin to suffer the effects of Corruption, which reduces their maximum health by a percentage, and need to rest by sitting out a few runs. This mechanic encourages you to play as different family members. For example, when Linda reaches level four, every Bergson receives a permanent boost to their movement speed. Leveling up gives you skill points that allow you to fill out a skill tree for each character that grant you damage-dealing and crowd-control abilities, but a really neat perk is that every few levels you open up a bonus that applies to every family member. Defeating all of the bosses in a given area releases a guardian spirit of sorts that sheds light on the history of the Corruption and points you towards your next objective.ĭefeating enemies in the dungeons gives you experience points and gold drops, as you might expect, but charms and relics are also present and can power you up for that run, making it easier to reach and defeat the end boss. The overall objective is fairly straightforward: take your chosen character from the starting floor to the end where a boss encounter awaits. Each gateway takes you to a world that contains two or three areas, with each of those divided into two, three, or four floors. The grandmother activates the crystal and uses it to bring you back to the house when your life meter runs out, which gives narrative purpose to the rogue-lite elements of the game.
Underneath the Bergson house is a chamber with a giant crystal surrounded by three gateways. You gradually unlock four other characters, and each one plays quite differently. The first person you meet is John, who fights with a sword and shield, but he is quickly joined by Linda, an archer who can fire arrows and move at the same time. You can also use the right analog stick to attack, which works well with the two ranged characters. The game begins with a brief prologue-like section that teaches you the basics: roll, jump, dodge with the B button while attacking with the Y button. You are given brief glimpses into the lives of the Bergsons and the relationships between different individuals in the family. Saying too much about the story would do Children of Morta a disservice, but it is touching and delivered in brief vignettes between dungeon runs. It’s a heartfelt, satisfying, and challenging adventure whose sheen is dulled slightly by some performance issues. As various members of the Bergson family, you attempt to discover the source of an evil corruption that is spreading throughout the land and threatening your way of life. Instead, Children of Morta is a rogue-lite action RPG that feels like a more narrative-focused Gauntlet with a little bit of Diablo mixed in. The limited looks I had seen made me expect something in the vein of Hyper Light Drifter or even a Zelda-esque, but it is nothing like either.
Children of Morta is a game that thoroughly surprised me.
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