{"rewrite":{"id":"r_01a0594030abfce820a66525","clusterId":"c_ea0f765159490fea04c1c123","slug":"valor-mortis-brings-the-soulslike-into-first-person","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Valor Mortis Brings The Soulslike Into First Person","summary":"Valor Mortis launched on October 14, 2026 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with Game Pass support on Xbox. One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner, built a first-person Soulslike set in a plague-ravaged 19th-century Europe where the resurrected soldier William fights monsters with swords, firearms, and supernatural powers. Game Spark's review finds sharp parries and a strong Japanese localization, but notes sliding movement that makes precise platforming hard.","whyItMatters":"The review places Valor Mortis between the parry-focused combat of Sekiro and Lies of P and the first-person powers of BioShock, with the studio's Ghostrunner movement carried over into a genre usually played from third person.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eGame Spark\u0026#39;s review also covers the exploration and upgrade systems, framing the game as a blend of melee parries, gunfire, and powers rather than a straight Soulslike transplant. The October 21 update adjusted enemy and boss attack hit detection and damage timing, so the reviewed build is not the current one. The controls hold up in first person, with fast parry and attack response, but the review describes a sliding feel to movement that makes judging distance during precise platforming difficult. The Japanese localization avoids a machine-translated tone and matches the dark alternate-history setting.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Valor Mortis is out on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S from Ghostrunner's One More Level. Game Spark's review finds sharp first-person parries and a solid Japanese localization, though sliding movement hurts precise platforming.","twitterPost":"Valor Mortis review: One More Level's first-person Soulslike pairs sharp parries with firearms and powers. Game Spark praises the localization and control response, but flags sliding movement during precise platforming.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Valor Mortis arrived October 14 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Game Spark's review weighs the first-person Soulslike combat against Sekiro and Lies of P and finds the parry response sharp. The localization holds up; movement has a sliding feel that complicates platforming.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/31/174347.html\",\"title\":\"Game*Spark Review: \\\"Valor Mortis\\\" - How Does a First-Person Soulslike Change Things? A Distinctive, High-Difficulty ARPG Where Swords, Guns, and Superpowers Intersect\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5219,"outputTokens":711,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793445421,"createdAt":"2026-10-31T11:13:09.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-31T11:15:56.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T11:15:56.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ea0f765159490fea04c1c123","canonicalTitle":"Game*Sparkレビュー：『Valor Mortis』─「一人称視点」でソウルライクはどう変わる？剣と銃、超能力が交錯する異色の高難度ARPG","representativeArticleId":"a_7998ddc16e096e0325bbbf43","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Valor Mortis\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"review\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-31T10:30:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-31T10:30:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T11:15:57.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/31/174347.html","title":"Game*Sparkレビュー：『Valor Mortis』─「一人称視点」でソウルライクはどう変わる？剣と銃、超能力が交錯する異色の高難度ARPG"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Valor Mortis"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"review","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Valor Mortis launched on October 14, 2026 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.","The game is developed by One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner.","Players control William, a resurrected soldier, in a 19th-century Europe shaped by the Napoleonic Wars and a mysterious plague.","An October 21 update adjusted enemy and boss attack hit detection and damage timing.","Game Spark found parries and attacks responsive in first person, but movement slides during precise platforming."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["valor-mortis"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"valor-mortis","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":24,"overall":"unverified","story_count":9,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}