While I like some of the gameplay ideas of this game (like collecting weapons and exosuit parts directly from enemies, piece by piece), the controls and the whole fighting system is not good at all. The enemies that I've encountered before 1st boss are generally easy (especially after souls), but the very first boss shows everything that is wrong with the combat system by multiplying it. The controls are not good, the leashing is a thing, unfairly looking hits (from the animation point of view) are a thing, there is no real evasion (just some sort of a dash move), e.t.c.

Plus, I really don't get the idea of "weapon proficiency" and timed scrap - local analogue of souls. If you die and lose scrap, you have only 2:30 to go and get it back. Of course, you get about 15-ish seconds with every killed mob, but it's bad mechanics anyway, imho.

I've heard that the second part of Surge is far better, in terms of gameplay, so if you really want to try this setting, it probably would be better to pick up the second part.

While I like some of the gameplay ideas of this game (like collecting weapons and exosuit parts directly from enemies, piece by piece), the controls and the whole fighting system is not good at all. The enemies that I've encountered before 1st boss are generally easy (especially after souls), but the very first boss shows everything that is wrong with the combat system by multiplying it. The controls are not good, the leashing is a thing, unfairly looking hits (from the animation point of view) are a thing, there is no real evasion (just some sort of a dash move), e.t.c. Plus, I really don't get the idea of "weapon proficiency" and timed scrap - local analogue of souls. If you die and lose scrap, you have only 2:30 to go and get it back. Of course, you get about 15-ish seconds with every killed mob, but it's bad mechanics anyway, imho. I've heard that the second part of Surge is far better, in terms of gameplay, so if you really want to try this setting, it probably would be better to pick up the second part.