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Larva Mortus

By John Walker on May 13th, 2008.

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Seeing the phrase “action horror” immediately conjures the image of yet another third-person Resident Evil clone, and not a lot of enthusiasm. However, seeing that Larva Mortus is a retro-styled top-down shooter/RPG makes me much more interested. Playing it made me even more so.

It’s available now from developer Rake In Grass’s website, along with a demo to be found here. Below are thoughts and a video of game footage.

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