Mortal Sin

Item: Mortal Sin
Rating: 89
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-22

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Summary

Exceptional first-person melee combat
Addictive and satisfying gameplay loop
Dedicated developer with consistent updates
Highly recommended for roguelike fans
Lacks depth and variety over time
Enemy encounters can be overwhelming

Emotions

Satisfaction32%Excitement14%Frustration7%Joy7%Disappointment6%

Reviews (sample size): 1388
Helpful reviews: 70%
Unhelpful reviews: 30%
Protest reviews: 0%

89%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
11%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3148
Negative points: 919
Gameplay points: 806
Perf. points: 13
Rec. points: 510
Misc points: 283

Point	Description	Importance
Exceptional First-Person Melee Combat Description The first-person melee combat is consistently lauded as exceptionally fun, fluid, and impactful, with a high skill ceiling. Players particularly enjoy the satisfying combo system, parry mechanics, and the visceral gore and dismemberment, often comparing it favorably to games like Doom or Berserk. Importance 82%	The first-person melee combat is consistently lauded as exceptionally fun, fluid, and impactful, with a high skill ceiling. Players particularly enjoy the satisfying combo system, parry mechanics, and the visceral gore and dismemberment, often comparing it favorably to games like Doom or Berserk.	82%
Addictive & Satisfying Gameplay Description Players overwhelmingly praise the game for its addictive, satisfying, and unique gameplay loop. They highlight its fast-paced, brutal combat, high replayability, and overall polished feel, making it hard to put down and providing immense fun for both short and long sessions. Importance 71%	Players overwhelmingly praise the game for its addictive, satisfying, and unique gameplay loop. They highlight its fast-paced, brutal combat, high replayability, and overall polished feel, making it hard to put down and providing immense fun for both short and long sessions.	71%
Dedicated Developer & Updates Description The developer's dedication, responsiveness to feedback, and consistent delivery of significant, high-quality updates are a major highlight. Players are impressed by the frequent content additions, reworks, and improvements, especially given that it's often a solo development effort. Importance 71%	The developer's dedication, responsiveness to feedback, and consistent delivery of significant, high-quality updates are a major highlight. Players are impressed by the frequent content additions, reworks, and improvements, especially given that it's often a solo development effort.	71%
Unique & Customizable Art Style Description The game's art style is frequently described as unique, striking, and beautiful, contributing significantly to its atmosphere and identity. The developer's inclusion of multiple visual options, including a 'realistic' mode, is highly appreciated for improving accessibility and catering to diverse player preferences. Importance 40%	The game's art style is frequently described as unique, striking, and beautiful, contributing significantly to its atmosphere and identity. The developer's inclusion of multiple visual options, including a 'realistic' mode, is highly appreciated for improving accessibility and catering to diverse player preferences.	40%
Diverse Classes & Build Variety Description Players highly value the extensive variety of classes, weapons, and build options available. Each class offers a distinct playstyle, ensuring high replayability and allowing players to experiment and find approaches that suit them, keeping the gameplay fresh and engaging. Importance 37%	Players highly value the extensive variety of classes, weapons, and build options available. Each class offers a distinct playstyle, ensuring high replayability and allowing players to experiment and find approaches that suit them, keeping the gameplay fresh and engaging.	37%
Deep Content & Polish Description The game is noted for its surprising depth, extensive content, and polished feel, especially for an Early Access title. Players appreciate the layers of mechanics, build synergies, and the overall thoughtful design that makes each run interesting and rewarding. Importance 28%	The game is noted for its surprising depth, extensive content, and polished feel, especially for an Early Access title. Players appreciate the layers of mechanics, build synergies, and the overall thoughtful design that makes each run interesting and rewarding.	28%
Top-Tier Roguelike Experience Description The game is celebrated as one of the best and most unique first-person action roguelikes/dungeon crawlers on the market. Its blend of genres, challenging yet rewarding progression, and high replayability make it a standout title in the genre. Importance 23%	The game is celebrated as one of the best and most unique first-person action roguelikes/dungeon crawlers on the market. Its blend of genres, challenging yet rewarding progression, and high replayability make it a standout title in the genre.	23%