"We ended up kind of cornered there": Mortal Shell 2 devs say they didn't intend to "lock everybody out" by disabling achievements for Slayer Seal "easy mode" users
Formidable fantasy soulslike Mortal Shell 2 has been getting it in the shins from certain players over the decision to 'lock them out' of Steam achievements when they equip the Slayer Seal. Trailers have characterised the Slayer Seal as an in-game 'easy mode' – as Jeremy summarises in our own Mortal Shell 2 revie...
Formidable fantasy soulslike Mortal Shell 2 has been getting it in the shins from certain players over the decision to 'lock them out' of Steam achievements when they equip the Slayer Seal. Trailers have characterised the Slayer Seal as an in-game 'easy mode' – as Jeremy summarises in our own Mortal Shell 2 review, it gives "you a pulverising punch and your ranged weapons the ability to deal Break damage", which goes a fair way in a game as vicious as this. Not being able to earn achievements with the Seal equipped (or even after you unequip it) has attracted a few Reddit threads of people protesting that they are being punished too much for declining to punish themselves… while other people (hello!) wonder why anybody cares about Steam achievements at all.
Original reporting appears on the publisher’s site.
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