![]() In Surge 2, your “weight” parameter is sort of doubled up as a gear capacity meter and governs your ability slots, allowing for a number of different builds. More levels mean more stats (duh) like extra life, stamina, and MP (battery) like every other action RPG but also more gear slots and abilities. To facilitate exploration in this brave new world, leveling up is infectious. Plus it’s so much more inviting! The dour factory-brown colors of the first are sacrificed as food for the neon Gods. There’s also an almost comical amount of shortcuts, to the point where nearly every area snakes into everything. Surge 2‘s new locale of Jericho City gives everything a more uniform feel, as it’s an actual world instead of an aimless series of hallways and corridors. It’s not just a thematic makeover, though. There’s also more of an attempt at an actual narrative this time around, even if it mostly focuses on a pseudo-religious concept caked in a far-future aesthetic. I did not expect to chuckle this much or have the ability to show NPCs constant sass in a sequel to The Surge, but lo and behold. Vending machines have mood swings and faces. You can cut a radio communication with a boss character short, blaming it on “static” while mocking him in cartoonish fashion. I can’t even begin to explain how much more personality has been injected into the sequel. ![]() It’s a good thing Deck13 took a lot of those criticisms to heart. A few of us thought it was middling to mediocre at the time, and having replayed it recently in anticipation of this review, I’d say that assessment still holds up. The Surge 2 (PC, PS4, Xbox One)Īt this point, you’re probably realizing “this is a video game website, what the hell?” Well I’m not going to disappoint you: I did actually play The Surge 2.įor the folks not following along at home, the first Surge came out in 2017 and followed a very…rhymes with “Moles-like” formula. Oh god damn it: I reviewed the wrong Surge. Meet the new Surge, same as the old Surge! After defeating him, players can enter the armory and put on any of their equipment from the previous playthrough and make it back out into the city.Liquid sugar: that’s pretty much Surge in a nutshell (or a can!). Somehow, someway, 21% of your daily carbohydrate value is fulfilled with just one (okay, rather big 16 ounce) serving size, and with 69 milligrams of caffeine, you’ll be amped for a little while. So focus on hitting him in the head in between his attacks for a quick and easy finish. Nitro has a lot more health and hits quite a bit harder. Players will have to make progress through the first level and defeat Nitro, who has holed himself up in the armory where the first machine capable of changing equipment is located. Unfortunately, players will not respawn with all their equipment load-outs immediately as the main character wakes up in a hospital bed after being unconscious for a lengthy amount of time. Players will be able to craft items as well and MKXX is the new highest level of armor. What has definitely reset are maps, enemies, chests, and items to be found throughout the levels. The reverse is entirely possible as well where keeping materials would be the glitch. ![]() Crafting materials should carry over but some players have reported having to regrind those from zero due to maybe some glitches. Not a single thing about the character is reset aside from story-related unlocks like the Exorig and drone but those become readily available during the first location. ![]() Weapons, gear, and stats will all cycle into the next play-through. When selecting "Continue Game" after reading the prompt explaining to players that they've achieved New Game+, their save files will already be reset to the beginning of the game, where they will start with a fresh new interactive scene before heading back down into New Jericho to unveil many more new secrets. Once players have beaten the game, they cannot go back to the previous difficulty mode. Apparently this can continue again past that, adjusting and scaling the enemies appropriately for each subsequent completion. ![]() A little different than other titles that offer new game + modes, The Surge 2 gives players the opportunity to repeat the process, again. Meaning players will not be able to access this mode until they have completed the game. As mentioned before, New game plus is an end game feature. ![]()
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If you wonder, “How do I find a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel near me” then fret not, as there are multiple ways to find Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppies for sale. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nielsen, M., Thiagarajan, P.S.: Degrees of non-determinism and concurrency: A Petri net view. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer 1980 Milner, R.: A calculus of communicating systems (Lect. Lauer, P.E., Campbell, R.: Formal semantics of a class of high-level primitives for coordinating concurrent processes. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer 1985 ![]() Goltz, U., Reisig, W.: CSP programs as nets with individual tokens (Lect. Goltz, U.: On representing CCS programs by finite Petri nets. Proceedings of the International Conference on Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology-Iowa City, USA (1989) ![]() Van Glabbeek, R., Weijland, W.: Refinement in branching time semantics. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer 1987 Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe. 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For a particular crediting strategy and the hedge budget available, more expensive option costs would result in a lower cap.Ĭonversely, if option costs were to decrease, assuming the same hedge budget is available, would result in a higher cap.Ĥ. ![]() The second piece of the puzzle is the option costs. The hedge budget itself can be affected by many different functions including investment yield, policy reserves, administrative costs, interest rates, as well as other factors. How do the cap rates fit in with the derivatives or other hedging arrangements insurers use? Are the cap rates just an adjusted version of what’s in the hedging arrangement contracts?įor FIA products, we have a hedge budget that is set aside to purchase options for the crediting strategies. The underlying index that a capped strategy is using can also impact the level of the cap rate.įor example, an index that has some form of volatility control built into the index may have a higher cap rate than the cap rate on the S&P 500 index.ģ. Strategies like this are pretty universal in design throughout the industry, which makes it easy for consumers to compare cap rates for that particular strategy across other products.Ĭap rates are just one feature of a product however, a variety of other features/rates should be taken into consideration as well. It is easy for a consumer to grasp the concept and track the product themselves throughout the year. What kinds of subtle (and not-so-subtle) variations in cap rates do you see out there that clients, especially, might not have noticed?Ī capped strategy is popular because it is offered widely in the industry.įor example, the annual cap of the S&P 500 index is part of the simplicity of the design. At Security Benefit, our FIA products generally offer several crediting strategies to choose from, and we see a lot of diversification across strategies.įor example, our Strategic Growth products offer 14 crediting strategies, and with this type of product series we typically see lower allocation toward our capped strategy, but it still is a significant allocation.Ģ. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was recorded in 1954 by Vogue Records in Paris, France, and was later remastered in stereo and re-released by Nonesuch Records in the 1960s.ĭuring the first seasons in the 1970s, the theme music accompanied varying closeup shots of a waving British flag, which panned out into a still image of a British flag on a staff serving as the P in "Masterpiece". The theme was performed by Collegium Musicum de Paris. The theme music played during the opening credits is the Fanfare-Rondeau from Suite of Symphonies for brass, strings and timpani No. More recent popular titles include Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga, Sherlock, and Downton Abbey. Other programs presented on the series include The Six Wives of Henry VIII Elizabeth R I, Claudius Upstairs, Downstairs The Duchess of Duke Street The Citadel The Jewel in the Crown Reckless House of Cards Traffik, and Jeeves and Wooster. The first title to air was The First Churchills, starring Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill. Masterpiece is known for presenting adaptations of novels and biographies, but it also shows original television dramas. Many of these are produced by the BBC, but the line-up has also included programs shown on the UK commercial channels ITV and Channel 4. The series has presented numerous acclaimed British productions. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on January 10, 1971. Masterpiece (formerly known as Masterpiece Theatre) is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. David Tennant ( Masterpiece Contemporary, 2009).Laura Linney ( Masterpiece Classic, 2009).Matthew Goode ( Masterpiece Contemporary, 2008).Gillian Anderson ( Masterpiece Classic, 2008). ![]() |