The Surge 2

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  1. hubblebubble
    Aug 24, 2020
    9
    This game was amazing. I don't know why people call the combat clunky, it's really fast paced, you can dodge out of attacks and the parry mechanic is awesome and works really well. The level design is reminiscent of Dark Souls. The inter-connectivity of the gameworld is such a joy to discover and the aesthetics are truly beautiful. I didn't like the first Surge game, but the sequel isThis game was amazing. I don't know why people call the combat clunky, it's really fast paced, you can dodge out of attacks and the parry mechanic is awesome and works really well. The level design is reminiscent of Dark Souls. The inter-connectivity of the gameworld is such a joy to discover and the aesthetics are truly beautiful. I didn't like the first Surge game, but the sequel is truly fantastic.… Expand
  2. Wast23
    Apr 7, 2020
    8
    Este juego hace cosas bien y cosas mal

    Puntos positivos: -El juego es difícil, y esto es algo bueno ya que es un souls-like. -Aunque es un souls-like el juego nos aporta algunas nuevas mecánicas y cosas nuevas que le dan su propia personalidad -El juego es inmersivo en su mayor parte -El sistema de personalización no esta nada mal Puntos neutrales: -La historia es decente, y no    Este juego hace cosas bien y cosas mal

    Puntos positivos:
    -El juego es difícil, y esto es algo bueno ya que es un souls-like.
    -Aunque es un souls-like el juego nos aporta algunas nuevas mecánicas y cosas nuevas que le dan su propia personalidad
    -El juego es inmersivo en su mayor parte
    -El sistema de personalización no esta nada mal

    Puntos neutrales:
    -La historia es decente, y no es muy mala
    -El diseño de personajes/armas/objetos, en lo personal no me parece mal del todo pero es mejorable

    Puntos negativos.
    -El diseño de niveles es molesto en varias partes del juego, por ejemplo en la zona del inicio cuando todavía no entiendes el juego, vas perdido y el juego solo te da por culo.
    Esto pasa en otras partes del juego y es molesto
    -En general el juego te explica muy poco y es poco intuitivo, así que tienes que buscarte la vida para encontrar el camino.
    -En algunos puntos el juego abusa de ti y es injusto

    La conclusión es que, es cierto que falla en muchas cosas pero el juego en general te consigue atrapar y es bastante entretenido. Si te gustan los juegos tipo dark souls y no te importa perderte mientras buscas el camino, probablemente te guste    … Expand
  3. B2BigAl
    Jul 20, 2020
    5
    Same problems as the first game; terrible level design, cheap enemy placement, claustrophobic environments, frustrating and repetitive combat, irritating gear upgrade system, etc. It’s an improvement over the last game, and it looks like nice, but it isn’t enough to overshadow the games glaring flaws.
  4. tobivv
    Apr 3, 2020
    5
    A pretty good soulslike game that introduces its own mechanics to the genre, however, it relies to heavily on its progression system, going too far in a grind-to-win direction.
  5. karma72
    Jul 22, 2020
    8
    Can be rather repetitive at times, but it`s a good sequel, has a fun combat and simple but interesting character customization. Some welcome changes like parrying can spice up the combat. The voice acting it`s pretty bad for most characters.
  6. RaysOfGrey
    Nov 13, 2019
    10
    Okay, so hear me out. I do NOT...I repeat, I do NOT like Souls-likes games. They simply do not appeal to me. All that extreme trial-and-error gameplay. Did not play Bloodbourne, did not play Sekuro, did not play Dark souls.

    Now....THAT being Said. I ab-so-lute-ly LOVED The surge 1. For some reason the atomosphere and the whole sci-fi aspect of it drew me in and I played it start to    Okay, so hear me out. I do NOT...I repeat, I do NOT like Souls-likes games. They simply do not appeal to me. All that extreme trial-and-error gameplay. Did not play Bloodbourne, did not play Sekuro, did not play Dark souls.

    Now....THAT being Said. I ab-so-lute-ly LOVED The surge 1. For some reason the atomosphere and the whole sci-fi aspect of it drew me in and I played it start to finish at least 3 times in the past few years. And the surge 2 has proven to be just as much fun, and I dare say, it improves on the formula of Surge 1.

    The combat system really is what carries the game and the whole sense of progression you get throughout is immensly satsifying.
    Unlike some other RPG games where your "Level" is basicly nothing but a stat increase that just scales with the enemies and vice-versa. In the Surge your progression is actually quite noticeble. The enemies stay the same, in the sense that their hitpoints and level do not increase. But your overal skill and armor/weaponry DO increase as you gather new gear and weapons and upgrade them. So the challange remains, but your impact changes drasticly. And that is just very satisfying.
    Being able to eventually kill certain enemies with a few well placed strikes whereas before you really had to whither them down hit-by-hit.

    The lore is being dived into a bit more this time around, but...this is very subjective to personal taste. To ME, it was fine. I`m quite neutral in this.

    The point I am really trying to make is...if you`re usually NOT into souls-like games...then you should give this a try. This game and its series is highly underappreciated.
    The whole SCi-Fi genre feels great, and it's more of an exploration/action/rpg than a hardcore souls-like game. *IN my personal opinion.

    Get it on sale if you must, but I tell you, it'll be money well spend. The gameplay and the mechnics in this game are enough to keep your entertaint for at least 20+ hours.

    Here's hoping that surge 2 finally puts this game on the map, because it does deserve a spot.    … Expand
  7. Mandulum
    Oct 22, 2019
    9
    Favorite Thing: I loved The Surge 1 and I continued to have a blast with The Surge 2. It's still a killer Souls-like.
    Least Favorite Thing: I crashed a few times in the early hours.

    Date Completed: 2019-10-21
    Playtime: ~ 27h
    Enjoyment: 9/10
    Recommendation: If you like The Surge 1 or Souls-likes then definitely.
  8. DarkBalls
    Oct 2, 2019
    10
    I can't recall the last time I found a game this captivating. As a long time SoulsBorne fanatic I found the concept of the original Surge intriguing, but I stayed away since it seems to lack diversity in its environments and game play. Man, Deck 13 has really stepped up its game for this sequel. The diversity and complexity of The Surge 2's environments pose a brilliant and fascinatingI can't recall the last time I found a game this captivating. As a long time SoulsBorne fanatic I found the concept of the original Surge intriguing, but I stayed away since it seems to lack diversity in its environments and game play. Man, Deck 13 has really stepped up its game for this sequel. The diversity and complexity of The Surge 2's environments pose a brilliant and fascinating challenge. The artistic style of this game is mind blowing and highly inspired. And while The Surge is indeed heavily inspired by Souls, there are many features of this game I see as improvements to the genre. Being able to target and extract weapon and armor upgrades from your enemies is so freaking cool. I have experienced issues with the game crashing on start up. Luckily, it hasn't crashed once while I've been playing. It's also performing quite well on a fairly old PC. After finishing it, I'll likely go back and play the original.… Expand
  9. balvan64
    Nov 5, 2019
    3
    Game breaking bugs prevent many players from playing the game,don't get it, wait a few months.
  10. Compile
    Oct 4, 2019
    8
    the only cyberfall age game with soulsborne theme. if you add cars and open world then it will be called cyberpunk 2077. it's the surge
  11. Roselli
    Nov 5, 2019
    0
    This game has a major game breaking bug making it unplayable on PC. With a patch on Oct. 22 this bug suddenly crept up and has not been addressed since. The devs are silent.
    The game crashes every time an area transition is made. It is impossible to continue anything your character does, clicking a door to go to the next hallway or room makes the game crash to desktop.
    Therefore I cannot    This game has a major game breaking bug making it unplayable on PC. With a patch on Oct. 22 this bug suddenly crept up and has not been addressed since. The devs are silent.
    The game crashes every time an area transition is made. It is impossible to continue anything your character does, clicking a door to go to the next hallway or room makes the game crash to desktop.
    Therefore I cannot recommend this game. It would only cause immense frustration buying and trying to play this game. This is made worse by the developers not communicating, seemingly not caring about their game anymore.    … Expand
  12. watchm824
    Dec 5, 2019
    9
    Great game. With its own special atmosphere. It is very different from the Dark Souls series. Wonderful locations that are very interesting to explore and find new ways.
  13. tymann23
    Oct 13, 2019
    10
    I liked the first "The Surge" despite some of it's flaws. "The Surge 2" on the other hand is DECK13's Magnum Opus. *Almost* everything about it stands toe-to-toe with FROM Software's best work. Combat, Level design, atmosphere, interesting lore and wacky characters. I know this is a controversial statement but from a pacing perspective and world building/level design perspective, The SurgeI liked the first "The Surge" despite some of it's flaws. "The Surge 2" on the other hand is DECK13's Magnum Opus. *Almost* everything about it stands toe-to-toe with FROM Software's best work. Combat, Level design, atmosphere, interesting lore and wacky characters. I know this is a controversial statement but from a pacing perspective and world building/level design perspective, The Surge 2 comes the closest to achieving perfection since the original Dark Souls. ANd the implant/loot/level prograssion is immensely satisfying and unique.… Expand
  14. joshbreviews
    Nov 25, 2019
    8
    This is a good Souls-like game. Plus, if you liked The Surge 1, you'll like this.

    PROS: Gameplay flow is very good. Good enemy variety. Good combat mechanics (directional parry is a new and fun mechanic). Impressively interconnected levels. Very good player character customization. Lots of weapons and armor to choose from. Good re-playability. CONS: Graphics aren't too good. Music is    This is a good Souls-like game. Plus, if you liked The Surge 1, you'll like this.

    PROS: Gameplay flow is very good. Good enemy variety. Good combat mechanics (directional parry is a new and fun mechanic). Impressively interconnected levels. Very good player character customization. Lots of weapons and armor to choose from. Good re-playability.

    CONS: Graphics aren't too good. Music is not memorable. Bosses are also not memorable, and sometimes downright annoying. Story is not so good.

    This is a considerable step up from The Surge 1. It's clear that the devs were working on a small-medium budget, yet they did an excellent job. I definitely would like a 3rd game in this series. There's still more room for improvement and polish. The story could be better. More inventive and fun bosses could be added. More weapons and armor to play with. More enemy variety. The sky is the limit with these series. Deck13 - the devs - have done a good job with The Surge 2. Hopefully it makes them a lot of money, so that they go on to make The Surge 3.    … Expand
  15. FatTard
    Nov 17, 2019
    4
    For starters, this game has among the absolute worst tutorials i've played through. It teaches you only the most basic mechanics you knew from earlier played games. It's rather in the way then helping you out. It makes the whole experience when trying to get into this game terrible. The questions you do have when starting out is the ones you don't have answered.

    For people wanting to    For starters, this game has among the absolute worst tutorials i've played through. It teaches you only the most basic mechanics you knew from earlier played games. It's rather in the way then helping you out. It makes the whole experience when trying to get into this game terrible. The questions you do have when starting out is the ones you don't have answered.

    For people wanting to get into games similar to darksouls, just go directly to darksouls or bloodborne. This is rather of putting, The second after the first boss you get an equipment which have the function of deleting all your currency without warning just for wanting to try it out. Instead of the great feeling when you defeat the boss and get good loot they really took it all away, which sucks when it was quite the amount early on.

    The gameplay it self is pretty good, good combat mechanics, a little getting used to the blocking mechanic, but it is fine otherwise.

    It does look pretty good aesthetically,

    What this game need more then anything is a proper tutorial to not scare people away from the soul like games genre.    … Expand
  16. Splinnterr
    Sep 25, 2019
    10
    Классная игруля ! Значительно лучше 1й части. Боёвка - топ. Локации стали больше и разнообразнее.
  17. scalan15
    Sep 24, 2019
    10
    Love it, big step up from the first game, which surprised me out of nowhere. Customization is insane in this game, worth a buy if you have the extra money after buying borderlands 3
  18. MusclePig
    Sep 27, 2019
    8
    So far worse than The Surge 1 in more or less every way.
    - Horrible performance, and the graphics don't feel better than TS1 which ran flawlessly
    - It's like there is a grey fog filter over the screen - For an over-the-shoulder game they sure made a lot of tight spaces with the level design - First boss fight feels nowhere near as cool as any of the boss fights in TS1 - Dumbed down    So far worse than The Surge 1 in more or less every way.
    - Horrible performance, and the graphics don't feel better than TS1 which ran flawlessly
    - It's like there is a grey fog filter over the screen
    - For an over-the-shoulder game they sure made a lot of tight spaces with the level design
    - First boss fight feels nowhere near as cool as any of the boss fights in TS1
    - Dumbed down leveling mechanics. No weapon skill anymore?
    - Online stuff. Ugh, Agree to our eula! Here is a paint drone to leave spray stuff for other players!
    - Most of the combat moves are copy/paste from TS1. Makes it feel more like a DLC than a new game.
    - There is no Song
    - Parrying seems ridiculously hard to time

    Let's see if I can find some positives
    + Combat still feels good, probably because it's copy/paste from TS1 like I mentioned above...
    + Seems to be more focus on quests. Not sure if that is a good thing. They're pretty boring so far.
    + More weapon types

    It's not a *bad* game, but The Surge 1 was so much better. This has none of that magic.

    Edit: Bumping my score from 6 to 8. First few locations are rough, but it gets better. The combat is oh so awesome, and I'm somewhat enjoying the story    … Expand
  19. saber_rider
    Sep 24, 2019
    5
    I had high hopes for this game. There are not nearly enough sci fi souls out there.

    But as it turns out Surge 2 is in almost all important points actually worse than Surge 1. The only improvements compared to its predecessor where made in the combat mechanics, upgrade system and small quality of life updates. But otherwise: - worse level design - worse story - worse graphic -    I had high hopes for this game. There are not nearly enough sci fi souls out there.

    But as it turns out Surge 2 is in almost all important points actually worse than Surge 1.
    The only improvements compared to its predecessor where made in the combat mechanics, upgrade system and small quality of life updates. But otherwise:

    - worse level design
    - worse story
    - worse graphic
    - worse lighting
    - worse frame rate and hardware stability

    I spare you with the details about the uninteresting npcs, boring bossfights and bare bone story design and come right to the points which really matter:

    The worst parts of this game are the unimaginative level design, with far to many narrow maze like alleyways, connected together in a convoluted way and flooded with overcrowded randomly placed level assets. And the careless low effort graphics.

    Those two things combined make the game look very cheap and not very fun to navigate through and explore. Its not even that every single texture, or asset is bad, but the few good and sharp textures and assets which are undoubtedly in this game just drown under all the mediocre half finished assets. And none of the assets is carefully placed in the levels to make the level feel believable. It's almost as if the level designers just randomly dropped them into the level, while wearing a blindfold. I understand that they are going for a destroyed city in a chaotic state of emergency and decay,but not every maze like area with randomly thrown together assets is an interesting place to explore. The only exception is the park area with all the trees, which was actually well made fun to play through.

    And oh my god does the lighting in this game look artificial and ugly. You have this silent hill looking fog hanging around everywhere on the map combined with one of the worst skyboxes and most artificial looking bloom infested skylights and lighting I have seen in a while.Objects which stand in the shadows have no shadow details. Objects which stand in the bright sunlight have no highlights or reflections.Many metallic objects have almost no reflections either.

    This game is not a total disaster, because it has good combat and animations, but its also not far away from being one.Seems as if Deck 13 had not nearly enough developer to fill this giant sandbox with life and make it look good in the available development time.Even starving long time souls fans should consider here very carefully if it is really worth it, going through all that trouble, before buying the game.

    Rather, buy Surge 1 instead, which while also not being perfect, is clearly the better game.    … Expand
  20. Moemoe1
    Sep 24, 2019
    8
    If you’re a fan you’ll love it if you’re just trying it out for the first time keep an open mind and enjoy the journey
  21. adderampl
    Sep 26, 2019
    8
    Really liked it! After the first one finished a month ago, I see that devs really made it 120% better. Bugs from the first part are gone, the mechanics are slightly different but I really dig it! Waiting for dlc!
  22. Jenne
    Nov 19, 2019
    9
    I couldn't get into the first Surge but this one swallowed me whole. I'm having a blast even though the improvements, while noticeable, are not exactly game changing. But the level design and enemy variety improved a lot and that's good enough for me. One of the best Souls-likes on the market.
  23. kiarash
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    one of the best games i ever played great gameplay! great bosses if it has better optimization its better but its great this game looks like sekiro and a lot better than nioh
  24. sebawolfman
    Oct 12, 2019
    9
    El juego es excelente, gráficamente se ve sobrio, tiene una buena jugabilidad y un mapa entrelazado extenso. Los bosses son muy buenos, es un estilo darksouls pero futurista, la unica diferencia y que puede jugar en contra, es q no tienes forma de viajar de un mapa a otro q no sea pasando por el, o a futuro por las cuerdas. Se lo recomiendo a cualquiera, es un muy buen juego, mas si teEl juego es excelente, gráficamente se ve sobrio, tiene una buena jugabilidad y un mapa entrelazado extenso. Los bosses son muy buenos, es un estilo darksouls pero futurista, la unica diferencia y que puede jugar en contra, es q no tienes forma de viajar de un mapa a otro q no sea pasando por el, o a futuro por las cuerdas. Se lo recomiendo a cualquiera, es un muy buen juego, mas si te gusto la onda darksouls, Nioh o bloodborne..… Expand
  25. DeriHunter
    Oct 21, 2019
    10
    This game is really amazing, I fall in love with the previous game, and just hooked even more when this one came out.
    the story is amazing, the combat mechanism is super fun. the bosses are crazy.
    this game is a real challenge. this is one of the only series that I actually don't wanna quit after 5 hours. even metro borderlands the division, all these games these days are just    This game is really amazing, I fall in love with the previous game, and just hooked even more when this one came out.
    the story is amazing, the combat mechanism is super fun. the bosses are crazy.
    this game is a real challenge.

    this is one of the only series that I actually don't wanna quit after 5 hours.
    even metro borderlands the division, all these games these days are just repetitive or just trying to get your money.
    but not this one. this one is pure fun!

    I really hate this site, people giving such a nasty reviews. I created this account jsut to try and balance the score even by a little.
    this score as almost all the games in this stupid site does not reflect the real score.

    THIS IS A GEM    … Expand
  26. RMBR
    Sep 24, 2019
    10
    Soulsborne!
    Excellent game! Highly recommend to all fans of the style. GOTY
  27. maxxor22
    Sep 25, 2019
    0
    the game isnt fun the point of darksouly is to be a challenge not to punish the player.
    the game throws 6 enemies at once on you hiding them behind corners to sneak attack you with instakills. it traps you in cramp spaces with **** camera that doesnt show whats happening.
    no matter what settings i try high or low it runs at 30 fps. the bosses have no parry time and combos with 5 attacks    the game isnt fun the point of darksouly is to be a challenge not to punish the player.
    the game throws 6 enemies at once on you hiding them behind corners to sneak attack you with instakills. it traps you in cramp spaces with **** camera that doesnt show whats happening.
    no matter what settings i try high or low it runs at 30 fps.
    the bosses have no parry time and combos with 5 attacks with no pauses.
    im not having a good time.    … Expand
  28. VaenAn
    Jan 19, 2020
    0
    I've registered on metacritic, just to say how much piece of s**t that game is
  29. MerserEX
    Sep 27, 2019
    0
    Оптимизация ниже дна. Играть невозможно. На экране каша.
  30. Sleep_is_Wrong
    Sep 26, 2019
    2
    Usually I trust Jimquisition and Skill-up reviews... this game is a boring grind time waster, The difficulty is artificially inflated to create the souls feel. Combat is mindlessly repetitive once you figure out the patterns.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. IGN Japan
    Jan 17, 2020
    70
    With the environment changing from a factory to a city, The Surge 2 loses its appeal of heavy machinery. With a spiritual story and a confusing map, it was never really clear where The Surge 2’s gameplay or world atmosphere was heading. Luckily, changes in the game’s system are more clear. By making battles less challenging and improving the upgrade system, the game’s dismemberment-focused action has become genuinely more fun. That being said, there are just too many aspects that hold it back.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jan 14, 2020
    76
    Graphics are rarely worth mentioning nowadays, since most games look good or great. That’s not The Surge 2’s case: sometimes graphics are so bad it messes with gameplay, as it gets hard to tell if it’s a puddle of water, poison or a chasm. [Issue#242, p.50]
  3. The Overpowered Noobs
    Nov 22, 2019
    70
    Despite a few technical hiccups, The Surge 2 presents a marked improvement over its predecessors and an all-around good game.
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