The Surge 2

There are no difficulty settings. If you don't like hard melee action games, then save yourself the headache. The comparison to DarkSouls is unavoidable. Its the best DS experience in a nonDS world. I didn't encounter a single bug. Some encounters were brutally unfair. I play KB+M so the camera was no real issue for me. Overall a great game.

The game itself is a great "Soulslike" in a sci-fi setting with exo-rigs instead of armor, just like the first one, while improving on nearly everything. If you like those kind of games, buy it. I didn't have any crashes in 50h+, but the game tends to freeze for 2-4 Seconds on the first few dismemberments after entering a new zone. ...although... The worst enemy by far in this game is the camera. When you have a target locked and there is a hint of a wall in a 5 km radius, you won't be able to see anything. But the wall. No boss, no jump, no group of enemies is responsible for more of my deaths. ..and the directional blocking. The system by itself works fine, once you got the timings down. The problem is the controlsceme, at least on XBox controllers: You block by holding LB and then moving the right stick at the correct time in the correct direction....the right stick also moves the camera when unlocked, chooses your targeted bodypart when locked, and pressing it unlocks. Meaning when you block with gusto you are very likely to change your targeted limb or even lose your lock completely and spin the camera satan knows where.

good game, lots of bugs and no clear direction. it could take a few notes from the better soulslike games

Lots of video issue and missing textures, some areas just show a black screen.

I recently bought surge 1 on gog and did enjoy it so decided to pick up surge 2 on the sale as it was going fairly cheap in my region and I do not regret. The combat feels really tight, better than surge 1 and the maps are more interesting to explore! Worthy of consideration for fans of this genre!