Steelrising - Bastille Edition

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Posted on: October 5, 2022

Dphantom32

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Games: 409 Reviews: 2

Fun, Challenging and Entertaining Game

Steelrising is a fun, challenging, and entertaining "Souls-like" RPG game. I really like the engaging story as it takes place in a alternative universe during the French Revolution. The King has an army of unstoppable automatons that has caused a path of destruction. The only one who can stop this madness is the Queen's bodyguard, Aegis. Aegis is an automaton too. She is the only hope there is to stopping the King's unstoppable army. There are a great variety of offensive and defensive weapons that Aegis can use to slay any automatons that get in her way. You can upgrade and change up the weapons anytime during the game. In additon, there are RPG upgrades too that will make Aeigs even more powerful throughout her journey of achieving her goals. I love the "Assist Mode" option in this game. I have played one "Dark Souls" games and this feature is a big welcome. I can adjust the difficulty level anytime in the game to suit my playing skills. This will eliminate the frustrations of fighting minions in the same area and Big Bosses too over and over again. The only negative to this game is the performance optimization issues. Other than that, the characters and world designs are detailed and top-notch. I highly recommend this game. It is a challenging "Souls-like" game where you can adjust the difficulty levels anytime and this will eliminate frustration and possible PTSD. The story, setting, characters, and the detailed world make this game very engaging. I really hope a sequel will be made.

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Posted on: January 8, 2023

DeadByDefault

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Games: 177 Reviews: 2

A solid, but a little too easy soulslike

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.

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Posted on: January 9, 2023

M.R.Aze

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Games: 172 Reviews: 6

Frustrating Enjoyment

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.

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Posted on: April 1, 2023

VickyHitchgull

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Games: 754 Reviews: 37

Amazing game for Soul seekers

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.

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Posted on: November 16, 2025

yamplam

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Games: 93 Reviews: 1

Enjoyable Combat, Visually Delightful!

This game exceeded my expectations! The game starts out slow but the pace of combat gradually speeds up. The various enemy automats and bosses you fight will make you evolve your tactics, making it essential to understand all the intricacies and features of the combat system. It does get easier as you level up and upgrade your weapons, but the game will still throw surprises at you. I also applaud the developer's sense of beauty and attention to detail and lighting, as I found myself enjoying the beautiful sights and crisp sounds throughout the journey; and this game is decently lengthy (perhaps 60-70% of the game length of Dark Souls 1?). The game engine can benefit from some optimizations, such that I had to set the game's frame rate to 50 hz and a mixture of high and medium settings (like high textures, but medium shadows) in order for it to run smoothly on a wide 2K monitor (1440p) with an Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti. Note that I undervolt my GPU to keep the temperatures (77-79 C) and watt consumption down, so my settings are Balanced rather than for Performance. About 5% of the time, there will be a noticeable framerate drop, but otherwise it was a smooth experience. Gamepad responsiveness is good (with 8Bitdo Ultimate 2.4 Ghz as my controller), as well as the developer's default button layout or configuration, all of which makes the combat intuitive and enjoyable. The only serious combat glitch I noticed (towards the end of the game), was when I tried for the first time to switch weapons in the middle of combat (not by the quick select weapons button, but by entering the inventory menu to choose a third weapon), and upon returning to combat, my character was unable to move or attack (but I could at least backstep), and was only able to move again after using the quick-select to my alternate weapon. The most annoying glitch in this game happens when picking up anima (which contain soul currency or consumables), which you do throughout the game, where you will see a notification of what you picked up, but the bright swirly anima did not disappear with it, but continues to stay there as an empty. I would then have to repeatedly reposition myself and try to pick at it until it finally evaporates. Why? The problem is not that you did not pickup whatever was inside that anima; but that confusion will arise later, because you may not remember if that anima is something you already picked up, or just an empty anima. There are plenty of secret areas and puzzling placement of treasures for those who like to investigate everything; and for those who complete the DLC area, there is something more you can do in the main game afterwards if you study the clues you found (it will not be explicitly shown on the compass). In conclusion, I thoroughly enjoyed playing Steelrising (perhaps more so than others, because I went into it without expecting it to be like something I already played before). It is a medium difficulty action-combat game with cleverly crafted challenges and levels that pay attention to small details and is visually delightful.

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CHALLENGING COMBAT BETWEEN AUTOMATONS

AEGIS: A CHARACTER WITH EXTRAORDINARY SKILLS

REVOLUTIONARY PARIS IS YOUR PLAYGROUND

CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY

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