So I Tried THE SURGE... 

surge 1 has a certain charm to it but man is it rough. i do like tho how you can tell how the devs improved their craft from lords of the fallen. to surge 1 and then surge 2

19:36 "Brooo, all I had to do was finish that man off!" - Ruikiri, January 2024

I really enjoyed both Surge games, they're both my first souls like game I've ever beaten.

Man how did I forget about this, the cybernetic souls games lol.

This game and surge 2 are fantastic! Surge 1 is a bit confusing with level design and finding shortcuts but its still a solid 8/10. Surge 2 was also great

hope you enjoy it

Certain implants stack if you got the energy to support them. Love your commentary!

The PAX heavy blade was what I used for the majority of the game.

Dude, YT didn't warn me you've been playing this game. Damn algorithms.

I'm so jealous that you get to play this for the first time. Both Surge games are just amazing.

The surge games are top tier souls likes, only negative is the boss fights are mostly weak…I barely remember them.

You can switch between targets holding LB/LT and tap the R stick directions. Another major tip, if you are a Souls Vet - backstab works! Even mid-combat! Thank me later ;)

They're should remake this like lords of fallen

Sigh... I just played through this game a couple months ago, and now you're making me want to play it again! This is my favorite Soulslike, and the only one I have beaten multiple times. The combat, the world, the story, its all amazing. And its too bad that the sequel did nearly all of it worse. I would love to see another Soulslike that uses a similar limb targeting/finishing move system as this. Its such a fun way to get new gear. And it adds so much variety to the combat, even if you're fighting basically the same enemies the entire time. Really, just more actual sci-fi soulslikes would be nice, too. This game's jank does take some getting used to, and there are some useful things the game never explains, so here are some tips I wish I knew when I started: Hit start during a slow motion finisher to pause and activate photo mode so you can truly appreciate the carnage you're causing! There is an option in the menu to make slow-mo ones happen more or less often if you want. You can also move the map in loading screens with the analog sticks. If you DON'T select a specific limb, like when you first target an enemy, instead of using the defense value of the specific limb your attack hits, it is always HALF of the enemy's TOTAL defense. This is useful for fighting enemies that don't have any unarmored parts to target. But, you are also much less likely to successfully cut a limb this way. EDIT: I realized I remembered this wrong. Its not half their total armor, its the average of all their armored parts, then halved. Enemies won't die from your attacks while you're holding the X button for a finisher, so you can keep hitting them to keep them staggered. Damage from other things, like fire or acid, can still kill them though, so be careful. Keeping your power core level low can be useful, because every time you collect enough techscrap to level up, it refills your injectables. So the less scrap you need the more often that can happen. Combine low core level with the techscrap multiplier that increases every time you kill an enemy without visiting the medbay, and you can keep going for quite while if you're good enough. You can beat the whole game at core power 10. So you can do the equivalent of a soul level 1 run if you want. While standing near the techscrap you drop when you die, it will regenerate your HP very slowly. This can sometimes be useful during boss fights, if you have enough time left before it disappears. RB and RT are NOT light and heavy attack, they are horizontal and vertical. You can do heavy attacks with both by holding the button, except on twin-rigged weapons. There are a LOT of different combos, so it can take a while to learn each weapon type. Especially because combos can vary, depending on what specific weapon you're using, and what body part you're currently targeting. Weapon proficiency is simply a damage boost, and not a very big one, either. Even if you focus a single weapon type, you probably won't notice much of a difference until the end of the game, or NG+ if you go that far. Each boss has a special way to kill them that will award you the better v2.0 version of their weapon with a special ability. For example: With PAX, the "easy" way to kill it is to hit it until the orange bar is full. Then, when it fires missiles at you, hide underneath it so it hits itself, and falls down. The v2.0 way is to destroy the armor on it legs, then hit them when it tries to stomp you to knock it down. Armor sets have set bonuses if you wear all six parts. Look in the "specs" tab of your inventory to see what the bonus does when you have one. Also, certain leg parts will protect you from acid, and certain helmets will protect you from poison gas. Dodging is always fast, but don't underestimate the power of blocking. You can perfect block if you time it right, which uses less stamina, and is more likely to stagger the enemy. Each weapon has a powerful counter attack you can do immediately after a block, perfect or not. Single-rigged weapons in particular have really powerful guard counter attacks. You can also dodge up or down with the right stick while blocking. This lets you hop over or duck under some attacks, and has a different special counter you can do afterwards. The damage of the dodge counter depends on how powerful the attack you dodged was. And finally, if you're playing on PC, you can change the medbay song to something else if you get tired of it. Just put whatever .wav file you want in the proper game folder.

As rough as the first one was I kinda preferred it to the 2nd. The vibe of the 2nd gets a bit too colourful and laid back 😅

I hate and love this game so much! I have the platinum trophy so I really played a lot of hours

Finally trying this game it is so hard!!! Stuck on the stupid big sister boss and I keep getting lost in general. Feel like I am not getting enough upgrade mats... Combat is great, game has problems.

This game man, this game is fckng RAD! Absolutely adoring it, loving it with my whole heart! Tbh I prefer it to sequel in almost every way, the visuals are solid, the setting is much dense (and yes, I do like how it's smaller in scale compared to Jericho City from TS2), the combat hits heavier, everything just feels & works better. To me probably the only thing that is objectively better in the sequel is directional blocking & parrying, now that's a huge one. Going back to TS1 combat after TS2 feels quite limited indeed. Other than that TS1 is absolute winner in my book. You know peeps like to sht on mid-2000s games' 'piss' filter but holy hell that 'burp' filter from TS2 first boss area (not the tutorial boss area) is just godawful, it makes me sick. I know it is explained in-game lore-wise but it doesn't help at all if you ask me. Once you get out of the tutorial (prison) area in TS2 the first impression is simply off-putting.

where is code vein ? or you will play something important first like fifa2077 or overwatch 76