![]() 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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