Larva Mortus
{{short description|2008 video game}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Larva Mortus
|image = Larva mortus.jpg
|caption =
|developer = Rake in Grass
|publisher = Meridian4{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamevortex.com/gamevortex/soft_rev.php/4592/larva-mortus-pc.html|title=Larva Mortus}}
|series =
|engine = Torque 2Dhttp://www.garagegames.com/best-of-torque/torque-2d#larva-mortus
|platforms = Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
|released = 13 May 2008
|genre = Top-down shooter, role-playing
|modes = Single-player
|director =
|producer =
|designer = Frantisek Chmelar
|programmer = Pavel Tovarys
|artist = Frantisek Chmelar
|writer =
|composer = Borislav Slavov, Victor Stoyanov
}}
Larva Mortus is a 2008 top-down shooter video game developed by independent developer Rake in Grass. The source code of the Torque 2D based game was made available by the developer under non-commercial usage terms in 2009.{{Cite web |date=2013-02-02 |title=Rake in Grass |url=http://blog.rakeingrass.com/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202173410/http://blog.rakeingrass.com/ |archive-date=2 February 2013 }}
Plot
The game is set at the end of the 19th century. It follows an agent who was recruited by a group which specializes on exorcism of various supernatural evil creatures. He is forced to face an evil from ancient times as it plans to capture a powerful artifact of black magic. The artifact was discovered by five adventurers and broken up between them. The agent has to find all pieces before the evil does so.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/games/larva-mortus/pc-14253834|title=Larva Mortus - IGN|access-date=28 January 2014|archive-date=23 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223074114/http://www.ign.com/games/larva-mortus/pc-14253834|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.giantbomb.com/larva-mortus/3030-26940/|title=Larva Mortus (Game)|access-date=28 January 2014|archive-date=19 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219121037/http://www.giantbomb.com/larva-mortus/3030-26940/|url-status=live}}
Gameplay
The player controls a hunter of monsters. Their task is to kill all enemies in a level. There are 30 types of enemies. Missions are randomly generated. There are role-playing elements, such as the player gains experience by killing monsters.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiegamemag.com/larva-mortus-review/ |accessdate=28 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124184744/http://www.indiegamemag.com/larva-mortus-review/|title=Larva Mortus Review |archivedate=24 January 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.realmofgaming.com/reviews/pc/larva-mortus/836.html |title=Larva Mortus Review {{!}} PC |website=www.realmofgaming.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201230002/http://www.realmofgaming.com/reviews/pc/larva-mortus/836.html |archive-date=2014-02-01}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.byttenreviews.co.uk/gamereview.php?id=292|title = Bytten}}
Reception
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The game received mixed to positive reviews.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/larva-mortus/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title = Larva Mortus|website = Metacritic}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/946341-larva-mortus/index.html|title = Video Game Reviews, Articles, Trailers and more - Metacritic}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/larva-mortus/mobyrank|title=Larva Mortus (2008) MobyRank}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://larvamortus.rakeingrass.com/}}
- {{MobyGames|id=/larva-mortus|name=Larva Mortus}}
Category:Video games developed in the Czech Republic
Category:Video games set in the 19th century
Category:Video games about exorcism
Category:Dark fantasy video games
Category:Video games using procedural generation
Category:Commercial video games with freely available source code
Category:Torque (game engine) games