Via Mortis

One of the most baffling examples of how not to make an rpg, and a true shining gem that gives rpgmaker the reputation it has. Level design is just mazes and corridors. I hope you like getting lost in nausea inducing first person labrinyth setups because thats it for maps from what I've seen. Monster sprites are beautiful. Nothing quite like taking clip art and just coloring it a solid red or blue for 80% of creatures Story I barely gave a ♥♥♥♥ about, theres nothing there that grabs you even slightly as interesting. Combat is however the worse I've ever seen in a game ever. Regular mook enemies encounters vary between a single enemy that you and your collective creatures wail on, or having to deal with around 7-10 bloated turn orders of enemies that just mass heal and buff each other all the while being able to likely deal 50% of your heal in specific attack, others having the chance to use these attacks multiple times in a row meaning even if I wanted to buff my creatures to be able to avoid instant death I'd only be able to save one before literally instant death. But combat is virtually pointless since you can just spam the very cheap monster capture cards to capture creatures …

*sighs* RPG maker game that lets you go through all the super tedious intro story BS, only to HARD CRASH on you right when you're about to get into the game. Totally worth the $15 USD asking price, right? //end sarcasm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gArgxopYutA NOT RECOMMENDED. "$15 for a broken game, easy thumbs down."

RPG Maker strikes again! Via Mortis is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. The difference here is the use of RPG Maker's 3D engine for this asset flip, which is seldom used (it's worse than the old Final Fantasy ripoff 2D engine we're used to) that pushes out a really crap type of Might & Magic first person orthogonal block perspective (but considerably worse than the 1990's Might & Magic games). As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer. The point can be made that the intention of RPG Maker is to make demos and small games to pass around friends, and shouldn't be used for "professional" game development. Like most RPG Maker shovelware and asset flips,…

After getting all of the endings on this game after many hours, I think it's worth the price. Multiple endings depending on the choices you make and who you side with, you can capture enemies and have them fight for you, side quests to get hidden skills from npcs, as well as challenging bosses that require strategy to beat. The maze in this game isn't as bad to navigate through compared to The legend of Azarias, although I did have a bit of trouble finding the door to the final area at some point. Overall, it was a challenging game for a fair price,

Via Mortis is an ambitious indie first-person role-playing game that blends traditional dungeon crawling with monster capture, tactical combat, and an unusually somber sci-fi–meets-dark-fantasy setting. Developed and published solely by Michael Richard Lannon, the game positions players as a soldier drafted into a desperate anti-demon initiative, tasked with venturing into a hostile otherworld where infernal forces threaten humanity’s survival. Rather than relying on cinematic storytelling, the game communicates its premise through atmosphere, environmental details, and mission structure, creating a slow-burn sense of dread and purpose that unfolds naturally as players push deeper into demon-controlled territory. Exploration forms the backbone of Via Mortis, with players navigating labyrinthine environments filled with branching paths, hidden rewards, and ever-present danger. Movement through these spaces is deliberate, encouraging careful observation and preparation rather than reckless forward momentum. Each new area carries the promise of powerful loot, lore fragments, or encounters that can alter your progression, but venturing off the safest route often means facing significa…