{"rewrite":{"id":"r_36b689f15fc1be41be908fd1","clusterId":"c_029ed93a68cba14596db2d33","slug":"valor-mortis-opens-at-78-on-metacritic-critics-split-on-boss-quality","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Valor Mortis Opens At 78 On Metacritic, Critics Split On Boss Quality","summary":"Valor Mortis, the first-person soulslike from Ghostrunner developer One More Level, released October 14, 2026 for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5, and its review scores have landed at a 78 Metascore on PC across 53 reviews and 79 on PS5 across 16. Critics agree on the combat and disagree on bosses, story, and technical polish, with scores running from 88 at LevelUp down to 60 at GameSpot.","whyItMatters":"The reviews and the spread of scores put the genre's core tension on display: critics credit the first-person combat and the Ghostrunner-style level design, and fault the boss fights and story, which is exactly the split that keeps the game at a mid-70s score rather than at the top of the genre.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe platform split is narrow: 78 on PC and 79 on PS5, a difference of one point. The price is $40, which Game Rant argued works in the player\u0026#39;s favor given the quality of the combat. One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner, is credited with carrying that game\u0026#39;s level design into the soulslike format, and Saudi Gamer called the level design excellent and strongly Ghostrunner-influenced. What separates the high scores from the low ones is the same set of questions: whether the boss fights match the combat, whether the story earns its place, and whether the technical roughness is forgivable.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Valor Mortis splits critics between 88 and 60 while agreeing the combat works. The spread lands on bosses, story, and polish, the parts One More Level builds around the fighting.","twitterPost":"Valor Mortis critics agree on combat and diverge on bosses, story, and polish. The 88 and 60 pin the same three parts.","threadsPost":"Valor Mortis reviews agree on the combat, then scatter. Scores run 88 at LevelUp down to 60 at GameSpot, and the split sits on bosses, story, and technical polish, the parts One More Level builds around the fighting.","newsletterBlurb":"One More Level's first-person soulslike Valor Mortis released October 14 with a 78 Metascore on PC and 79 on PS5. Critics agree the combat is the draw and split on boss quality, story, and technical issues. The $40 price drew praise from Game Rant even as its score landed at 80.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/25/174054.html\",\"title\":\"It Proved That First-Person Perspective and Soulslike Are the Ideal Combination - Overseas Review High Score for 'Valor Mortis'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4709,"outputTokens":621,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792902136,"createdAt":"2026-10-25T04:17:24.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-25T04:21:12.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T04:21:12.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_029ed93a68cba14596db2d33","canonicalTitle":"「一人称視点とソウルライクが理想の組み合わせであることを証明した」海外レビューハイスコア『Valor Mortis』","representativeArticleId":"a_6197ba081cea93ab35c59367","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":"2026-10-25T02:30:14.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-25T02:30:14.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T04:21:13.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/25/174054.html","title":"「一人称視点とソウルライクが理想の組み合わせであることを証明した」海外レビューハイスコア『Valor Mortis』"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Valor Mortis"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"review","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}