Steelrising - Bastille Edition

I have never been very fond of any of Spiders' previous titles, so I was sceptical when they announced a soulslike title. After finishing the game in New Game mode and now being just about to finish the game on New Game + mode, though, I have to say that I am presently surprised. "Steelrising" checks all the typical boxes for the genre: - a focus on one-on-one combat (engaging several enemies is possible and sometimes forced but not really recommendable) - mini-bosses and major bosses (which are one-offs) - levels/maps that fold onto themselves with discoverable shortcuts - one currency for everything (anima essence = souls, which is used for levelling, upgrading weapons, and purchasing items) - upon player death, all enemies except for bosses respawn - unlockable savepoints (vestal = bonfire, used for levelling, upgrading weapons, and purchasing items) - linear experience with backtracking and revisiting areas (ER is an exception) Differences from other games, including FromSoftware titles and others, are the following: - difficulty: "Steelrising" is significantly and noticably easier both in combat and exploration; it never pulls any stunts on the player where the latter is instantly killed by some form of trap (crushed, burned, stabbed, etc.) or drops off a ledge he or she was not able to notice in advance; the combat is a little too easy for my personal taste, and I did not even touch the assistance mode, which allows you to make the game even less challenging than it already is (by reducing incoming damage, making the character not drop currency on death, and more) - game world: the world is dark and gloomy, but not completely hopeless; in fact, the world can be restored and improved after the final boss is killed and the big bad guy is dethroned - player choices: the player can make choices in some cases, but they do not affect the world enough for my taste Overall, I enjoyed my time with "Steelrising", give it a 4/5 rating, and definitely recommend it.

A very entertaining and accessable "Souls-like" game for those who do not wish to smash their keyboard. Steelrising offers an interesting and engaging story, enjoyable gameplay and captivating atmosphere, which grabs before you can say Les Miserable... Les Mieserables?!... Something in French :D Anyway, it is a perfect game if you want to play something "Souls-like" without wanting to tear your hair out, because it offers (in my oppinion) a very good learning curve, while leaving just enough for the avarage person to explore and find on their own. Now, the biggest enemy of Steelrising is the video settings. You'll have to keep them one idea lower then what is recomended. Seriously, I have a farily powerful machine (not top of the line, but slightly above avatage) and at the recomended settings, I experienced frame-drops, slow-downs, stuttering and one crash due to overheating (after 4 consecutive hours of playtime). Which is a real shame, because I'm really enjoying Steelrising. Overall, Steelrising is fun and entertaining game, which will keep you happy for some time, if you can run it.

Steelrising is a entertaining "Souls-like" RPG game. Game is Challenging enough to be entertaining when you do manage to overcome adversity, but easier to get through compared to other games that intend to satisfy the game genre enthusiast. If it is harder than one can handle there is also an assist mode that makes it easier to breeze through the game and enjoy the story and setting. Having a world set during an alternate history of France during the Revolution and adds steam punk robots to the mix is something different than the standard fantasy setting, where you take part in it. It certainly pretty if you do manage to get the appropriate hardware to run the game. I didn't have the RTX Graphics card to have it run on the highest setting, but the game aesthetic and design is able to be pleasing to look at. I have yet to face any bugs in the game except for one that involved finding a place out of the geometry and could softlock a person due to scraping a zone trying to find to fufill a sidequest that can only done by progressing through the main quest. Character classes are given in the beginning, but will not prevent you to use the unique weapons in the game. Nothing much to say other than than the controls being very responsive. Overall I recomend the game, and especially the Bastille edition on a sale due to getting the dlc that has more stuff to you. Hopefully the developers will be able to continue to make good stuff similar or better to this. Until then this is plenty of good and challenging fun when you do manage to have the time to do so.

could be fun. Story looks ok but repetition of same fights just to go from pont A to point B is boring. I know you can just run but you need to lvl up too. I regret buying this game.