The Surge 2

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 49
  3. Negative: 1 out of 49
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  1. Game Revolution
    Sep 23, 2019
    30
    An unfortunately hollow universe is troublesome but ultimately a low-priority concern in the grand scheme of The Surge 2’s more pressing matters. Its multiple failings are almost bewildering because of how closely it copies much of its identity from its spiritual predecessors. But those similarities to much better games just point out how little imagination The Surge 2 has and how inadequately it has attempted to implement those popular mechanics.
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  1. The Jimquisition
    Sep 24, 2019
    The Surge 2 represents Deck 13's strongest crack at a Soulslike yet, and it's really damn good. They nailed it this time...Fast, aggressive, challenging, and wildly entertaining, not even some shockingly bad texture glitches can hold back the sheer amount of fun I've had dismembering my way through Jericho City. The Surge 2 is, simply put, a brilliantly good time.
  2. TheSixthAxis
    Sep 23, 2019
    I’m already sold on the Surge 2’s combat, with a final verdict hinging on how the increasingly intriguing narrative unfolds, and how much more enemy and boss variety I encounter. Jericho City is filled with side quests and odd characters, some more interesting than others, but I’m yet to see how it all comes together to provide the Surge 2 with the same character some of its more interesting visuals and story mysteries hint at.

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User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 194 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 121 out of 194
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 194
  3. Negative: 42 out of 194
  1. JockelzF
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Very, very good combat system and satisfying "finisher" mechanic. Also like the cyber world as a change to all those medieval fantasy games inVery, very good combat system and satisfying "finisher" mechanic. Also like the cyber world as a change to all those medieval fantasy games in the soulslike genre. Having a blast!… Full Review »
  2. Chadpowers
    Sep 24, 2019
    4
    So I got myself this game right away, because I was looking forward to the improvements that I expected from them.
    However, I got utterly    So I got myself this game right away, because I was looking forward to the improvements that I expected from them.
    However, I got utterly disappointed.

    The game suffers from exactly the same issues as the first game.
    They have improved only minor things, such as there now being a character editor and adding some pointless moves for weapons, that you will never use, because there is a single best move for everything.
    The game itself is just really not good at all.

    The same bad lighting.
    The same poor level design. By that I don't complain about the looping, just the overall layout, playability and believability of the levels is extremely poor.
    The same way too easy combat. It's still possible to just jumpattack everything to death. No skill involved whatsoever. Also I can stack my stats way too easy.
    The same pointless limb targetting, that is more of a chore than a fun addition. I swear this system is just a poor excuse to make the player grind and artificially stretch this game with 10 hours of actual content to 20 hours. It sounds good on paper, but in reality it's just annoying.

    This time they also managed to poorly optimize the game. While the first one worked flawlessly for me, this one has some unexplainable stutters all the time, really making an average experience feeling even worse.

    Also, again, the game is super short and they are asking the same price as for other 100h+ games. That is just not acceptable. Why can't the devs set a price that actually reflects the value of their product?

    I don't even want to bother giving this thing detailed points, so in short:

    The game itself is maybe a 6, but with the technical issues and the poor price-performance it's a 4 at best.

    Though that is just objectively speaking, since I personally derived no fun from the game, because it was just way too easy to cheese things, even if I didn't try to, while most of the moves in the game are utterly pointless to perform. So for me the whole things was a big fat 0. The 4 is basically for people that don't play too seriously.    … Full Review »
  3. AceAscendus
    Sep 30, 2019
    0
    Horrible. How did it manage to be WORSE than the first game, which was bad, but not this bad! Extremely boring and grindy, avoid at all costs.
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