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The Surge 2
Developer Deck13
The Surge 2 is a 2019 action role-playing video game developed by Deck13 Interactive and published by Focus Home Interactive, that is the sequel to The Surge. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 24 September 2019, while an Amazon Luna version released on 20 October 2020. It received positive reviews from critics. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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56 of 56 · most liked firstSomehow this game looks & feels more awful than the original. The graphics look like it was baked inside a potato, and the combat just feels..wrong. I don't know how to put it. Compared to the original, this is a huge downgrade.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Should've been an expansion for the first game. Just more of the same but lower quality than the first game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After trying twice now to get into this game I am simply at the point where I don't think that I will ever really enjoy this game and am recommending that others should generally avoid it. The game opens with an overbearing tutorial. The set/visual environmental design is mostly uninteresting, looking like a generic "futuristic prison," similar to how you've probably seen them across so, so many different "modern" video games. And it just hits you over the head with big popups telling you what…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Considering how much I loved the first game, this one surpasses it in every way. Many aspects have been improved, such as combat: it’s more agile and fluid here, with better moves, more attack options, and directional parries. I’d say the parry is the biggest defensive innovation, since you can block in a specific direction to launch a devastating counterattack if you time it right, something that’s very satisfying to master. There’s a greater variety of environments, moving away from the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sigh, I've said it once for The Surge, and I'm gonna say it again for The Surge 2: Great concept! Poor execution. I LOVE how The Surge 2 understood what makes Dark Souls so good this time, even if they're shallow compared to Dark Souls proper: You have character customization, you can backstab enemies, parrying is a strong & viable strategy, your gear can be upgraded to 10 levels, permanent stat upgrades by simply leveling up, better weapon variety, and ONLINE CONNECTIVITY that allows…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have tried many methods to get this game to launch and have found no solution. I love this game back on xbox and was excited to play on PC. If anyone ever comes up with a sure fire solution I would willing to try again!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decent souls-like marred by bugs, annoying camera, poor map design in later stages and some poorly designed or overly bullet-spongey bosses that take far too long to kill (I like short, fast, lethal boss battles in which you can be creative and fight a duel, not drawn out multi phase slogs where you chip a boss to death or need to hit a 'weak point', and there are far too many of these latter bosses in the game). Oh, and in the later stages the checkpoints and shortcuts are stupuidly far…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun Game, Not as serious of a learning curve as other soulslikes. Overall fun experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved the first Surge when I played it on console. Sci-Fi Souls-like which was fairly unique at the time, considering that the game was functional, and scratched that itch. Then a few years after the sequel's release, I finally got my hands on the Surge 2. It is indisputably a better game. The "dismemberment = loot/upgrade mats" thing is the same, the bosses are more interesting, but there's more enemies, loot, and the levels have a higher quality feel to them than the first game's. Not to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Surge 2 is a challenging sci-fi action RPG with really solid combat and a unique limb-targeting system that keeps fights interesting. The story is pretty average but the gameplay makes it worth both playing and replaying. P.S.: This was harder than I expected. 🎚️ Difficulty 🔲 My grandmother could play it 🔲 Easy 🔲 Normal ☑️ Hard ☑️ A challenge to be reckoned 🔲 In the heat of confrontation, (Only PVP games) 🗺️ Graphics 🔲 MS Paint 🔲 Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲 Normal ☑️ Very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do yourself a favor and don't play this game. Unless you would like some more grind for your grind. With a side of grind. Did I mention there's grind? You will walk through the same area 10 times, and then come back to that area later and walk through the same area 10 times again, only this time with more obnoxious environment lighting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Completed 100% Playthroughs : 2 Overall Grade : 7.5/10 This is the definition of a game that didn't really need to exist. The original Surge game had a lot of charm for being a lesser known game and it was for the most part a unique and polished experience. This game improved on a few things while making some strange and disappointing choices. The positives : The combat was improved from the original, it's overall faster and less clunky. They also added a cool directional parry that you are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a good Soulslike game but a dire sequel to The Surge, and it is such an incredibly bad sequel that shares so little DNA with the first that its impossible to recommend imho. I'll talk a lot about the narrative and writing as thats my biggest gripe by far, before turning to mechanics and gameplay. First though; if you never played The Surge (I recommend it) and enjoy or tolerate generic Marvel-like millennial quirky dialogue and are looking for a soulslike, this is a decent pick for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is awesome. Combat is solid (those of you crying about the blocking, git gud), overall environment is good, music is decent and the enemies are pretty cool. A bit easier than the first one but I think its better.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So The Surge 2 introduced blocking mechanics with indicators from which direction you should block. Unfortunately this new machnic is MANDATORY to use, but only after a certain point. I've spend hours to kill a boss and got wrecked by mechanics that I clearly dodged, but since I have to block it, it hit anyway. I am in favour of adding new mechanics but not if they are mandatory and flip the entire gameflow from the first game (and 10h of this game which I went easily without blocking) on the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wasn't a great sequel, now it seems even more broken with the removal of the online servers, code isn't coding.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Surge 2 delivers polished gameplay, rewarding progression, and some of the best melee combat in the Souls-like genre
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is quite possibly the most un-fun game I've ever played. If you enjoy cliche sci-fi stories, monotonous combat and bland apocalyptic environments... Knock yourself out I guess. I however am gonna re-evaluate whatever life choices led me to spending 19 hours playing this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Muddy visuals while also being shiny all the time, walking everywhere for the sake of "level design" and while the combat isn't tough the real boss is the camera. Even when you're not locked on your camera will still swing wildly as if you are. Interesting concept but I understand why this game is consistently 90% off.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I first played Surge 2 a few years ago, but on an old comp that really wasn't up to the task. I have a newer machine now and decided to replay it and I'm glad I did. I liked the first Surge and this one expands on it, it's bigger, with more environments and more bosses. But it retains the essential Soulslike mechanics from the first game and that's it's best feature. The story here is pretty thin, typical for a lot of these games, but the combat and looting are the real draw and make up for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not a bad game in itself but the surge 1 was much better. This one has bugs where some quests cannot be completed and they lock you out of the good ending. I even lost hours of progress once because the game didn't save despite telling me it was saving, multiple times. Story wise, it's so much worse. Graphics also have a ton of issues with lighting. Gameplay is also much much worse. You will also spend half your time backtracking, lost, having to look it up on google like hundreds of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Released before Jedi Fallen Order, yet people said TS2 was trash because it "stole" the limb cutting system, even tho this game did it first. The best smaller budget souls game of all time, even with its mistakes. Decently packed map, LOTS of weapons and armours and an infinite choices for your build. LITERALLY. Tho the difficulty should be lowered a bit, its actually absurd how hard this game is. After 27 hours of playing TS2, this game still remains a masterpiece in my heart and id say it was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better than the first in just about every way. Very tight Sci-fi souls-like. Interesting combat, world design is sick, overstays its welcome a bit in the last act, but easily worth playing through. Good F****** Food/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's pretty incredible how The Surge 2 can look so different from the first one, when it's actually so similar. The game repeats the same mistakes trying to fix them, which results in something that is new, but feels familiar. Thankfully, this sequel can also rely on the strengths of its predecessor. Everything that was good about the first game is back, and has sometimes been improved ! Armor sets and weapons are still unlocked by targeting specific limbs of the enemies carrying them, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The games story and mechanical improvements make it well worth the playing especially if you enjoy challenging skill based action rpgs, fights feel intense and deliberate, but also fluid encouraging you to stay on the offensive side of things rather than playing too cautiously, its unique and challenging at the same time 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is my favorite game of all time. I have well over 200 hours on it on console since its release. The story is engaging, told through in-game cutscenes, audiologs, and environmental details which draw you into the story of Jericho city and the nanites infesting it. The city itself is a fantastic setting, with extremely varied locales, including a swampy derelict port, a vibrant park, a police command center, and the incredibly active city center. You get to see in real time how the nanite…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not without it's flaws, but I enjoyed The Surge 2. It's a pretty casual-friendly soulslike with, what is for most of the game, a relatively fun gear-farming mini-game. Dismembering enemies for access to new gear feels novel and fun for the first 2/3s of the game, but just as the novelty of the gear system begins to fade, so too does the pacing and rhythm of the game. It offers New Game+ which would be really cool if the general game loop begins to fall flat as you run out of new gear to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent Dark Souls like experience set in futuristic dystopia. Everybody runs like crazy in Jericho city, tearing each other limbs for upgrades. Despite that game have interesting levels and satisfactory progression system. Unlocking new path by getting through obstacles - shortcut to the next area can be open for easy access. Boss fights are merciless. Some fights can be avoided - drone can be used to shoot enemies from distance dealing some minor damage but after upgrading it's actually…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is dogwater
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its fine I guess and has some cool things but is a lot sillier and less unique than the first game, I don't really not recommend it but there's no neutral option and between the two the first game I'd recommend over this one so there you go
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, it's all about the core gameplay loop of running around killing stuff, upgrading gear, killing more stuff, finding new gear, etc. It's great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Surge 2 has some features that are nicely polished, but overall I felt it lost it's identity in comparison to the 1st. The 1st game was very sci-fi horror focused in a setting that made you want to explore, investigate, and learn about the story. The decision to make the 2nd one more "open world" was a poor one. The setting was boring, uninspiring, and frankly lame in comparison to the 1st. The parry mechanic change was an interesting one. In the 1st, you can definitely abuse parry and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The atmosphere of the first game completely hooked me and made me want to finish it right away. I started the sequel immediately after but it was a bit disappointing cause it lacked the environmental horror vibe that made the first game so memorable. The sequel definitely has more unique weapons and gear but overall, I still prefer the first game.......
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another decent soulslike. Far from perfect, but still a good pick for short play sessions. The standout is the map design—shortcuts looping back to bonfires are well thought out and satisfying to unlock. Combat against humanoid enemies feels great, and the limb-cutting mechanic never gets old. Weapon design is also solid; each weapon type feels unique and fun to use. Armor looks fantastic too, letting you stay stylish throughout the game. The downsides: Boss design is easily the weakest…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review after getting 100% of achievements. The Surge 2 is what I think a pretty underrated sci-fi themed action-RPG, significantly improving on the original with faster, more brutal combat and improved, intricate world design. I especially liked the tactical limb-dismemberment system and customizable character builds. Its not too easy but also not very hard. If you play story only you'll be trough everything in about 20+ hours, 50 hours if you wanna get 100% (skill dependend). Key…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun sci-fi action rpg with a unique setting. The gameplay is slow, tactical, and methodical in the best sense.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A weird sequel. While initially I wasn't liking it, it eventually won me over. Starting with a weaker, less cinematic introduction — you can only see the actual introduction in New Game+ for some reason — it is immediately evident how unimpressive its graphics are compared to the previous game. While having a nice visual variety, I would say this game is rather ugly to look at. I imagine this is mainly caused by how the gamma and contrast in this game work, everything is either way too dark or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6/10, A pretty alright souls-like with some neat ideas, poor executions and also suffers from very questionable design choices. POSITIVES -Has an almost perfect version of claws -limb cutting for parts means you can easily farm necessary materials and pieces you're missing instead of chancing it on rng -the executions are satisfying for the most part -combat can actually feel really good since every enemy feels like fighting a silver or black knight from dark souls -double duty weapons…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game plays like it was made before The Surge 1, not after. Combat system in 2 is sluggish, less flexible, and feels like it was made on a clunkier engine than 1, rather than the other way around. A sad implementation of the mechanics established in 1.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Surge 2 is seriously fun, especially once you get the hang of its combat system. What really makes it stand out is its unique limb-targeting mechanic, it adds a layer of strategy that keeps every fight intense and rewarding.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cyberpunk sci-fi souls-like, and its great
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first Surge game was somehow a hidden gem — unpolished and rough around the edges, but at the same time quite fun and engaging experience. I liked that game, despite its inequities, especially when we taking into consideration, that Deck13 overcome impossible and be able to crawl out from the steaming heap of garbage called Lords of the Fallen (and yes, I am going to ♥♥♥♥ on this game every time I have opportunity, because it pleases me). From the second game I expected the golden standard…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game. I gave it multiple chances, kept telling myself "it'll click eventually." It never did. It has this weird ability to make everything feel like a chore. Even when something interesting was happening, it somehow felt... flat. The combat is decent but the level design is boring, but I can see why some people enjoy it... for me it was just painfully boring. I lost the battle long before I lost my scrap.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If surge 1 is a 7, this is a 10. Takes everything 1 does and does it better. Fantastic soulslike.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can not in good conscience recommend The game in it's current state, the game consistently crashes every 2-2½ hours, always the same 'Vulkan' issue, I have tried EVERYTHING I could think of and still it keeps crashing. Other than that, when the game is not crashing then it is a decent enough product, not as fast as it's predecessor, (with that I mean that the main character moves much slower than warren did during regular traversal, such as jogging, sprinting and even out-of-combat dodging,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would give it a 5/10, based on recent experience. It's got the pieces of a good soulslike, namely: 1. Combat is relatively fun, active directional parries feel like a really powerful reward for "fighting correctly" 2. The weapon variety is small enough to be manageable, while being interesting, although the attack "combinations" (alternating attacks, etc) don't feel quite as predictable or good as other souls games 3. The gear upgrade system is simple but sensical, although the set bonuses…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First half is more enjoyable than the second, interesting mechanics but poor execution, and you should read and listen to everything to know where you should go i prefer intuition over wasting my time , mapping is not that good But the combat really satisfies you If it's on sale get it 6/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After not finishing The Surge, I never even gave this game a glance until a friend of mine streamed the entirety of the first game to me and suggested that we play the second game at the same time. That's how I discovered The Surge 2 on sale for like 3 bucks and thought yeah sure why not? This game is one of those rare cases where the mixed reviews almost kept me away from an amazing experience, but I'm glad I gave it a shot. The only two negatives I can think off are the fact you are a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game. I really did, but it feels like a superficial attempt to mix the most visible mechanics of Dark Souls with tedious, AAA busywork. No thanks. Bad UI decisions don't help matters. Neither do lackluster combat, control issues, audio log "story", annoying voice acting, and frankly mind-numbing enemy designs. The boss designs broke me, though. They're all just a single tier above the Bed of Chaos. 30 hours is, I should think, a fair shake.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of improvements over the first game. The good: Reasonable difficulty from start to finish. Even in NG+ Multiple play styles are viable: Hit and run tactic with spears, directional parry counter with heavy duty weapons, or rely on drones to dismember enemies. You can experiment with them. Drones are useful now as they can be used without consuming energy. Energy is important now as it is needed for healing or buffing yourself. Directional parry is satisfying to pull. High risk gives…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →💥 Outstanding Game. Catastrophic Port. Not Recommended I wanted to love this game. No, really. Coming straight from The Surge, I was excited. The combat is improved, the directional parry system is brilliant, the world is interesting, and the level design continues the series' fantastic interconnected philosophy. Then the game began fighting me. Not the enemies. The game. First came the crashes. Every ten minutes. Fine, I thought. Maybe it's just bad luck. Then…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →what the hell did I just play? We went from Warren surviving a corporate hell hole discovering the truth to, mc being called cringe names and a plot and tone so radically different you would assume new people made forgetting what the 1st game was.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love Soulslike games. And this definitely feels like a Soulslike. And though I'm finally learning how the directional parries work in the game and how sensitive they are, it just does not feel good that directional parries are a core mechanic of the game. If you screw up 1 parry in a fight, you could be spending all the battery you get to heal, or worse, lose your life. How do you get more battery? Fight people. If you don't have enough HP to do that? Guess you go back to the nearest…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An upgrade in every single way from Surge 1. Weapons and combat flow better, enemies aren't annoying for the sake of being annoying, dense locations with lots to explore and discover. Overall very good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like many others am on a Windows 11 PC. And the game crashes constantly. And nothing I have tried works. Sometimes it won't even load. I have searched reddit and found people all with the same issue. Thankfully I got it from loaded for only $5, but I may as well have grinded up the $5 and put it in a shake. I would have gotten more value from that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring. Unlike The Surge 1, the sequel adds a directional parry system that manages to muck up the whole affair. Dodging is effectively useless except against the rare unblockable attack (which aren't telegraphed in any way), and parrying requires you to first stop what you're doing and block so that you can parry. This means every encounter, from start to finish, boils down to holding block and baiting out parries, since parrying is not only safer, but rewards you with heals. Counters also do…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Surge 2 is a strong and satisfying action RPG that improves on many ideas from the first game. It keeps the brutal, mechanical combat system, but makes the experience faster, smoother, and more open. The result is a game that feels challenging without being unfair, especially for players who enjoy learning enemy patterns and improving through practice. One of the best parts of The Surge 2 is its limb-targeting combat. Instead of simply attacking enemies until they fall, you can choose…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried giving this game a try too after the first game kept crashing on me every 30 mins and stayed at 65 fps. Even give this game an extra hour pass the 2 hour mark for returns. This second game also has the same problem in that it crashes in the middle of combat. Which is a huge turn off to the point I just uninstalled. However the game at least stayed above 144 fps. So there is that going for it. I'm truly disappointed in the Devs ability is just making a game work for FUTURE GPU cards, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →dont recall ever playing this in my life but thank you
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genuinely fantastic. Out of the souls-like games I’ve played, this is easily up there with the best. Lies of P is the stand out from a company that’s not FromSoftware. But, for a Sci-Fi itch, you won’t find better. The combat is fantastic, and limb cutting system is a great way to differentiate themselves. It makes you think about each encounter, and makes farming slightly less tedious, in my opinion at least. The story is also quite interesting, I’ve never played the first, but I’ve just…
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