Larva Mortus is a 2008

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video game developed by independent developer

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. The

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of the

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based game was made available by the developer under non-commercial usage terms in 2009.

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

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of various supernatural evil creatures. He is forced to face an evil from ancient times as it plans to capture a powerful artifact of

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. The artifact was discovered by five adventurers and broken up between them. The agent has to find all pieces before the evil does so.

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

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elements, such as the player gains experience by killing monsters.

Reception

The game received mixed to positive reviews.

References

External links

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