This is kind of 50/50.
I like the first game a lot, even though it is simpler and easier I think The Surge 1 is the best souls like game so far. So I had very high expectations for the sequel.
In The Surge 2 there are many things I dislike a lot:
- The story and the atmosphere is terrible.
- There is a lot of artificial difficulty.
- The game feels even more unfair than the first one. There were many times when I could not tell why did I die or that I died for some kind of op attack spam. The game pretty much forces some kind of playstile against certain enemies, because not taking damage becomes almost imposible.
- The bosses feel terrible the first time you encounter them, their attacks don't telegraph well, which is important because they are very directonial-parry centered. I had a hard time wondering how the hell take down the first boss.
- The world has too many shortcuts and areas that need loading (therefore respawning the enemies).

This is kind of 50/50. I like the first game a lot, even though it is simpler and easier I think The Surge 1 is the best souls like game so far. So I had very high expectations for the sequel. In The Surge 2 there are many things I dislike a lot: - The story and the atmosphere is terrible. - There is a lot of artificial difficulty. - The game feels even more unfair than the first one. There were many times when I could not tell why did I die or that I died for some kind of op attack spam. The game pretty much forces some kind of playstile against certain enemies, because not taking damage becomes almost imposible. - The bosses feel terrible the first time you encounter them, their attacks don't telegraph well, which is important because they are very directonial-parry centered. I had a hard time wondering how the hell take down the first boss. - The world has too many shortcuts and areas that need loading (therefore respawning the enemies).