Adventure RPG – Refreshing combination of Adventure Game elements and RPG mechanics.

Deep Combat – A variety of weapons, abilities and powers are available to the player in the pursuit of their quest.

Unique Aging Mechanic – Every time the player dies they age one year. Player’s must adapt to their advancing age as they progress their character; starting the game young, nimble and quick, and ending wise and more attuned to magic.

Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. As the remains of humanity wither and rot, zealous foes fester in the ruins. They spare no mercy, with survival demanding superior awareness, precision and instincts. Track down hidden sanctums of devout followers and discover your true purpose.

Possess Lost Warriors. The dead litter this tattered landscape, but not all are without hope. The lost remains of defeated warriors are yours to discover. Awaken these Mortal Shells, occupy their bodies and significantly open your understanding to diverse masteries of combat.

Face Haunting Foes. Your path is guarded by desperate adversaries, devoted to inscrutable gods. Behold creatures both pitiable and grotesque, but do not let fear halt your journey. Muster your courage and face them down.

Iron Sharpens Iron. Combat is strategic and deliberate. You must commit your sword only when an opportunity opens. Calculate your parries to unleash devastating counterblows. Temporarily entomb your Mortal Shell in stone to block attacks, or play aggressive and use your stone-form to add brutal weight to your own sword swings.

The Virtuous Cycle

The Virtuous Cycle is a game-altering roguelike expansion for the award winning Mortal Shell.

Prove your resolve once more, foundling. A blackened sky will be your only certainty as you descend once again through an ever-shifting and never forgiving landscape. Adapt, salvage, invest, and enhance to escape this unending abyss.

“Beware, upon death, a new cycle will begin…”

Carve your own path to deliverance in this self-altering world where no two runs are ever the same. Create your own combat discipline from upgrade pillars that are scattered across Fallgrim and beyond. More than 100 upgrades are yours to inherit, from exotic weapon enhancements to entirely new maneuvers.

Once your elusive teacher, now yours to master. Hadern becomes Mortal Shell’s fifth possessable Shell, playable within both Mortal Shell’s main campaign and The Virtuous Cycle. His unique skill tree unlocks a new domain of innate talents, from dagger mastery to a fearsome ability to absorb punishment.

Fallgrim’s most venerable weapon has been unearthed. In your hands the Axatana bends to your will, assembling itself into a supreme heavy axe when the moment calls, and detaching into lightning-fast dual katanas when you desire. Unique movesets for both stances are yours to unlock.

Humanity has been driven from the Earth by mechanical beings from another world. In a final effort to take back the planet, the human resistance sends a force of android soldiers to destroy the invaders. Now, a war between machines and androids rages on… A war that could soon unveil a long-forgotten truth of the world.

What do you get in NieR:Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition?

• The 3C3C1D119440927 Expansion DLC – Released after the original launch of NieR:Automata, the 3C3C1D119440927 Expansion DLC is included in the Game of the YoRHa Edition. It adds a host of new content to the game, including new story, costumes and arena battles.
• Three new outfits – the Revealing Outfit for 2B, the Young Man’s Outfit for 9S and the Destroyer Outfit for A2.
• A series of challenging battles in three very different colosseums, including literal boss fights with Square Enix’s CEO Yosuke -> Matsuda and Platinum’s CEO Kenichi Sato.
• New story elements that expands on NieR:Automata’s fascinating world
• New hairsprays and accessories – change the look of 2B and 9S with new hair colours, masks and more.
• New Jukebox tracks – critics fell in love with production company MONACA and composer Okabe Keiichi’s soundtrack for NieR:Automata. The included DLC pack adds even more songs to play on the game’s Jukebox.
• Pod Skins – includes pod skins such as the Grimoire Weiss Pod, Retro Grey Pod Skin, Retro Red Pod Skin and the Cardboard Pod Skin.

Game Features

• Action-Packed Battles – Players will switch between using melee and ranged attacks in battle against hordes of enemies and challenging bosses across a variety of open field maps. The tight controls and incredibly fluid combat are simple to learn for newcomers while offering plenty of depth for more experienced action gamers. Players can perform high-speed battle actions—combining light and heavy attacks—and switch through an arsenal of weaponry while evading enemies with speed and style.
• Beautifully Desolate Open-World – The game seamlessly joins together hauntingly beautiful vistas and locations with no area loading. The environments are rendered in 60fps and contain a wealth of sub-events in addition to the main storyline.
• Masterfully Crafted Story and Characters – NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their ferocious battle to reclaim a machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful weapons known as machine lifeforms.
• Elements of an RPG – Players will obtain a variety of weapon types, level up in battle, learn new combat skills, and customise a loadout that caters to their playstyle.
• Utilise the Pod Support System to Assist In and Outside of Battle – Pods can attack the enemy in both manual and lock-on modes. They can also assist outside of battle, such as allowing the player to glide through the air. Pods can be enhanced throughout the game, with upgrades including new attack methods and variations.
• “Auto Mode” Available for Beginners – Novice players can elect “Auto Mode” for easy attacks and evasions.

Includes the following DLCs:

• 3C3C1D119440927 Expansion
• Grimoire Weiss Pod
• Machine Mask Accessory
• Valve Character Accessory
• Cardboard Pod Skin
• Retro Red Pod Skin
• Retro Grey Pod Skin
• Game of the YoRHa Edition Wallpaper Set

I don’t like lossy compression, but this game proves, that sometimes developers have to use brains.

Most game videos in NieR are in 1600×904 resolution, not even proper FullHD. And developers used extremely high bitrate for them, up to 30 MBbit/second with 30 FPS. Even the July 2021 build still uses too high bitrate!

And I must add, that cutscenes (pre-rendered by game engine into movie files) take more than 50% of game files, occupying 19 GB.

That’s why I made an option for you to download much smaller archive with re-encoded videos.

They still look pretty good at bitrate of 5~6 MBit/sec. You can download this sample and compare:

Mirror 1: Anonfiles
Mirror 2: Zippyshare
Mirror 3: Pixeldrain
Mirror 4: Multiupload

If you don’t like the quality of re-encoded files, get original ones. Remember – the choice is always yours, not mine 😉

Visual side-by-side comparison of still frames from the sample above:

https://imgsli.com/NjE0NzE/

You can skip downloading of files you don’t need. Don’t download both video packs at the same time, choose one only. Here is the list of selective files:

• fg-selective-english-speech.bin (English voiceovers)
• fg-selective-japanese-speech.bin (Japanese voiceovers – make sure you have installed the pack before switching to Japanese in game settings)
• fg-selective-videos-original.bin (Original videos, 1600×904, 30 Mbps)
• fg-selective-videos-recoded.bin (Re-encoded videos, 1600×904, ~5-6 Mbps)

In example, if you want to launch the game with English UI/Subtitles/Voiceovers and re-encoded videos – skip all “selective” files, but download fg-selective-videos-recoded.bin, fg-selective-english-speech.bin & all main files (01-09).