Severed Steel

 PC
User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 37
  3. Negative: 5 out of 37

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  1. KIrillooss
    Dec 9, 2021
    9
    Охуейший шутан. Великолепное продолжение идей суперхота с более быстрым геймплеем
  2. RogerFK
    Mar 2, 2023
    10
    Boring story, don't care. Bad boss, easily cheesable too, who cares.

    Cool music, kickass gameplay and I'd be unbiased but when I'm feeling down I just fire up a firefight, kill a bunch of baddies and I'm back and running. Kind of my medicine. I do agree the game might be repetitive but I don't care about that as long as the game is good. Very underrated, tbh. I'd say it's a 9.5/10    Boring story, don't care. Bad boss, easily cheesable too, who cares.

    Cool music, kickass gameplay and I'd be unbiased but when I'm feeling down I just fire up a firefight, kill a bunch of baddies and I'm back and running. Kind of my medicine.

    I do agree the game might be repetitive but I don't care about that as long as the game is good. Very underrated, tbh. I'd say it's a 9.5/10 just because there's not much to it unlike ULTRAKILL or DOOM Eternal, can't quite point my finger at what should be fixed to make it less samey but I keep going back to this game every once in a while. and with more and more updates it gets better and better.
    Rogue Steel is, to be honest, a really good excuse to keep slow-mo'ing and styling on some dumb AI. I just fire up 5 matches of firefight and get the energy I need by just doing some sick slow-mo tricks.    … Expand
  3. fug4life
    Jul 27, 2022
    10
    This game makes you feel like an un-stoppable gun-fu god. The game is fast and furious and still allows you pull off beautiful bullet time stunt moments where everything just falls into place and your enemies drop to the floor around you exactly as planned.

    The campaign is well designed and the levels feel varied. Story is minimal but artfully executed. And the destruction in the game is    This game makes you feel like an un-stoppable gun-fu god. The game is fast and furious and still allows you pull off beautiful bullet time stunt moments where everything just falls into place and your enemies drop to the floor around you exactly as planned.

    The campaign is well designed and the levels feel varied. Story is minimal but artfully executed. And the destruction in the game is amazing.

    Plenty of replay once campaign is complete with new game+, firefight, mutators, bonus campaigns and missions and community made workshop missions.

    Soundtrack is sublime.    … Expand
  4. now89
    Oct 4, 2021
    8
    The game is really fun but, it can get repetitive and the story is kinda confusing. But if you're willing to look past these things you'll find a fun, addictive, fast paced, and challenging game.
  5. Deathstroke0305
    Jan 27, 2023
    10
    This game is very fun. The movement is amazing and forcing you to switch guns regularily works well here. 10/10
  6. skraem
    Jun 24, 2023
    8
    Heartfelt attempt at making a fun Max Payne x Mirrors Edge style of game and it works brilliantly for my tastes, the low fidelity atmosphere and ambient DnB music make for a very soft and at times emotional experience. The tone of the game is very well put together and does put you into a tranquil sense of flow when you play.

    Feels great to control and the shooting is fairly satisfying,    Heartfelt attempt at making a fun Max Payne x Mirrors Edge style of game and it works brilliantly for my tastes, the low fidelity atmosphere and ambient DnB music make for a very soft and at times emotional experience. The tone of the game is very well put together and does put you into a tranquil sense of flow when you play.

    Feels great to control and the shooting is fairly satisfying, only gripe was no audio/visual apart from a tiny hp bar to notify you of damage taken, restarts are fast however so you can repeat runs of a level in the blink of an eye.

    It is not long but doesn't overstay its welcome as this is clearly an indie game. The variety in the game is a little bit low campaign wise but for the ones who want more there is a whole rougelike mode that you can use to extend the amount of value you get for your money.

    In short play it if you like Max Payne or DnB music, this will not disappoint.    … Expand
  7. SoulSif
    Jul 30, 2023
    9
    If Ultrakill met Max Payne's bullet time,
    insanely fun action-packed arena shooter with nary a lull in the gameplay, it's simply fight after fight, with you being *required* to perform tricks, or "stunts", such as diving, flipping, sliding, etcetera, to even have a chance of surviving the nearly never ending onslaught of enemies.
    Enemy variety, in the main story at least, is a little    If Ultrakill met Max Payne's bullet time,
    insanely fun action-packed arena shooter with nary a lull in the gameplay, it's simply fight after fight, with you being *required* to perform tricks, or "stunts", such as diving, flipping, sliding, etcetera, to even have a chance of surviving the nearly never ending onslaught of enemies.

    Enemy variety, in the main story at least, is a little meh, its all just guys with guns, with a flamethrower guy thrown in there from time to time, and thus the game at times becomes nothing more than a shooting gallery akin to something like titanfall 2.

    But unlike Titanfall 2, the story mode is very lacklustre, it can be completed in ~3 hour, with a simple and barebones story.

    The Samus-like arm cannon mechanic is interesting, but barely used until the last couple levels, and even then it's only used for its destructive capabilities.

    Overall a really fun game for an evening or 2. 9/10

    (acquired for free on Epic Games)    … Expand

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73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Cubed3
    Aug 22, 2022
    60
    The acrobatic shoot-fest known as Severed Steel is, without any exaggeration, tons of fun. Sadly, while it could be one of the genre's classics, it is barebones in terms of content. There simply aren't many things to do here, and there's almost no incentive to go back to it. It needs a better campaign, more varied weaponry, enemies, as well as some extra stuff, be it power-ups, or alternative game modes. Or at least a better price-tag…
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Jan 22, 2022
    67
    With all its simplicity and a very short-lived campaign, Severed Steel offers a decent shooting practice for an evening or two.
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  3. CD-Action
    Jan 19, 2022
    75
    Severed Steel left me conflicted. On the one hand, it’s a pity that a couple of truly brilliant ideas were implemented in a generally unpolished game. On the other hand, despite all its flaws it’s a fun, engaging shooter that kept me in front of the screen for hours. [12/2021, p.39]
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