The attract of dusty trails, battered hats and saloons with creaky doorways is timeless – the cyborg zombies in exo-frames? That’s simply anachronistic, however I dig the model of The Surge‘s new expansion, The Good, The Bad And The Augmented, released today. Described as a series of modifiable ‘test chambers’, this little bit of DLC appears to be like prefer it breaks away from the Souls-like development of Deck13’s hack n’ slash motion RPG, placing emphasis on self-contained brawls towards western-themed robotic and cyborg varmints. Below, a launch trailer.
While much less exact than different Souls-likes, I discovered The Surge’s tough and tumble fight was entertaining sufficient at launch, however maybe not deep sufficient to completely maintain two expansions. Perhaps builders Deck13 are of the identical thoughts, as they’re spicing this one up with a panel of 16 modifiers for these new challenges, any 4 of which you’ll have enabled directly for higher rewards. Among them is the choice to play the game in authentically old-timey silent film model, with flickering movie reel and no audio in addition to cheerful piano noodlings.
This will in all probability be the final we’ll see of The Surge earlier than its sequel lands next year. While I wasn’t as eager on The Surge as some, I can nonetheless admire that it was an enormous enchancment over Deck13’s earlier Lords Of The Fallen, and I’m wanting to see how they plan on refining and increasing its world of gory mechanised fight. My hope: More bosses and extra non-humanoid enemy varieties. At the tip of the day although, seeing that hulking nice cyborg cowboy lugging round a coffin simply makes me oddly nostalgic for the oddball Gungrave on PS2.
The Surge: The Good, The Bad And The Augmented is out now on Steam for £9/€10/$10. You’ll want the unique game to play, which is at present 60% off on Steam, bringing it all the way down to £10/12/$12. Both are revealed by Focus Home Interactive.
