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For those of you that don't know If you die and your tech scrap is dropped, the timer for how long you have until it disappears can be increased by killing enemies along the way taking you from 2 mins to grab it to up to 6 and counting so you don't have to kamikaze your way through enemies hoping to make it in time
Yeah for the delver fight if you kill the little dudes around the top of it's lair quickly you get a boost on your timer so you can then just leave your tech scrap where you died in his lair and kite the boss over there during the fight, for a heal over time buff.
I had no idea about this and put in about 30 hours playing so far lol. How have i never noticed this? I have killed enemies on my way but must have not been paying attention to the timer. Huge help.
My Tip: Learn Directional Parry! Don't be lazy by sticking to the same 'attack, dodge, attack, dodge' tactic like I did initially :) I forced myself to learn directional parry because it's orgasmic once you master it, especially in boss fights. And the already deep combat will feel even more enhanced.
Instead of mashing attack buttons, if you time your input properly between each attack it consumes only half the stamina. Doing it right is indicated by a small flash on your stamina bar. It's very useful if you're playing with stamina-heavy weapons or don't have a lot of stamina in general.
This game has such an awesome deep combat system. Once you get the feel for it and start doing directional blocking more it really becomes fun and addictive.
wow, I thought the EMP was just a door opener. I don't use my drone much because I'm scared of being short of ammo in tight situations, but now I'm spamming the heck out of the emp.
Best Spear in the game is Gaia spear from the huge statue robots. Galvanizer and Chryssalis set combo is pretty OP. That Electro-Nano combo with fast as hell spear is just killing everything...
Here's a tip. Pick a dark starting outfit! For most armors your clothes will be visible and the lighter clothes (i picked the whitest set 😭) look stupid as hell under armor. Choose the darkest starting outfit you can tolerate!!
This is really important advice! I had to delete my file twice because I loved the brown hoodie/blue nylon pants, but they are terrible once you get the exo-skeleton on like our friend posted. The white outfit is dope as fuck, but you'll be pissed when you get that exo-skeleton on. Go with the red and darks pants, the skeleton actually fits into it! Thanks for bringing this up my friend! 🤘 🖤
This game has so much more diversity than 1 did. I've found three weapons I like in the firts hour, I think I only liked about three weapons in the whole last game.
Too bad the textures on a standard PS4 are B R O K E N . 95% of the time, even when I zoom in real close, my character's clothes and armor textures are as blurry as early N64 textures. It's super distracting sometimes, but hey the framerate's solid so, eh? 🤷♂️
@@atiradeon6320 *_shakes fist ineffectually_* damn you and your glorious race! But I am very glad to hear a patch is coming. I can wait. I stopped playing because the textures were that bad. I honestly have never seen anything as bad as that on the PS4, and I play a ton of games.
Been playing this for about 30-40 hours now, and I knew of 2 of these. Thank you for letting people know sir! The EMP 44 and that dropped scrap heals when picked up.
Dude this guide is SO helpful. I’m just gonna go ahead and call it: The Surge 2 has the deepest combat system of any game I’ve ever played. I’d be lost without your sober walkthroughs. Appreciate you brother Alex. Subbed today btw
Surge 2 combat is seriously incredible. I've played Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne and The Surge games, and I think out of all these games, Surge 2 has the most orgasmic, replayable combat!
Sinan Uluc You could be right. Although Sekiro is still king for me. Ghost of Tsushima’s combat is pretty good too, but not quite on the Soulsborne, surge 2, or Sekiro
@@captainmay9033 I'll play Tsushima for its world and atmosphere rather than its combat. And I'm hesitant to get into Sekiro for its difficulty. Is it way harder than Bloodborne and Surge games like everyone says?
Sinan Uluc I agree about Tsushima, but trust me: the combat ain’t no slouch. On Sekiro, yes the bosses can be ridiculously hard. I still haven’t been able to beat the final boss. But you should still try it mate. Best action game bar none. Once you get the hang of the combat, forget it. My fingers are literally missing it right now. You must try it.
Since no youtubers talked about this... I wish i knew that i don't get to buy 'Dynamic Redirector' implant from Molly if i chose other than mining war veteran and search and rescue character background. It is such a problem that since i chose field engineer, i totally have to rely on rng to get the implant by severing heads.
I know I am late but just started playing. Out of all the videos I've watched you are the first one to mention charging the health packs. I saw that tip I'm the tutorial area but never saw anyone actually doing it.
Not always obvious: Inputting an attack command as the previous one finishes reduces stamina cost, evidences by a small flash on your stamina bar. Not vital but helps.
I watch our fist video before the full game and this video after the full game come out funny that i would need help and find you twise without looking, thanks a bunch
I just got this game last night haven't touched yet till I get off of work today. Thank you for all the helpful tips! I will make sure to utilize them!
huh, ive been waiting till the battery runs out with the auto fill implant, i didnt know you could manually charge it. thanks for giving me a free implant slot :)
what you didnt say about the shock drone is if you detonate it when the light goes bright green it does a better stun and will nearly always insta stun an enemy
The Surge 1 and 2 completely flew under my radar somehow. I "borrowed" The Surge 2 once I noticed it on sale on Steam. Edit: I IMMEDIATELY deleted the "borrowed" version and bought the whole package from Steam! I feel blessed. The single player and limb targeting aspects really drew me in. Equipping what you earn, or sever off that is, that's a step ahead of Monster Hunter's sever tail/break body parts for rare materials system. I live this game. I'm just getting started in the prison and I'm already Level 10 LMAO. I'm nervous about that big robot downstairs... 😂🤘🖤
Super helpful as I never played the 1st game & got this during the Summer sale. The last bit about waiting to pick up your lost tech, haha didn't realize that gave a heal :-) This is gonna be so much fun
@@Coco-vv8nf same here,it was really worth picking but for the love of me I hate thoes dog robots so much!!! Thank God in the second one they're much easier
@@flozenen6468 Here's a tip. When those dog robots go to leap at you, just dodge it. Then get close to them and block, and once you've block the attack, do the counter attack move then move back again. Worked wonders when i tried that tactic. In the surge 2 though, you can easily use the starfish or an electric weapon to keep them stunned. Not to mention you can parry their attacks, except for the leaping attack.
It feels like the Last Patch messed up a lot of the Perry Timing on several Enemies attacks. Such as the Spear Woman right outside of the first Pod where you get your Exso-Suit. (Jail)
Great video! Am I the only one who is having a problem with audio logs? A lot of the time they won't finish. They just stall out a few sentences in even if I play them from the menu and the captions stay on the screen until another audio log plays or I talk to an NPC. Also my game has completely frozen more than a couple times. To the point where it has to exit out of the game completely and be restarted from the continue game screen. Other than that I'm enjoying the game a lot. I beat the first game a few months ago and went to play the game+ mode and right at the beginning, where you're on the train, as soon as the train stopped my guy literally flew forward so hard that he died and then when it went to reload, my guy was outside of the train and would fall through the floor and die over and over again. Reload, fall through floor, die, repeat. No way to fix it because the game only uses one save. This is why I think games should always use more than one save. Anyway, like I said, great video and I'm still enjoying the game and enjoyed the first game too. I just had a few bad experiences is all and am curious if anyone else experienced any problems too.
@@mugenokami2201 I think the only dash attack that can't be extended is the spear. It has no run up or slide animation to go through, so it attacks instantly.
Late to party.. This is such nice little discovery, great game.. Also, it totally proves that "Soulsborne" and not only playable on KB+M , they are actually better, also, graphics are almost ahead of it's time.. I'm wondering if The Surge 1 is good?
Not at all. I would recommend only playing this new one. ... well maybe not completely "not at all" but a game like this is all about the gameplay imo.
2 important things i figured that matter most when fighting is Speed and Impact. You need to be quick to take advantage of openings and impact to determine when you can extend your openings. I never really bothered with direction blocking cause its way too risky for making those openings worth it. Better to just avoid heavy hitting attacks when possible and look for pattern and openings during attacks. Later on, depending on the build, you can even tank hits as long as you gain enough energy during your assault, just pay attention to your stability, stamina, health, and the enemies attack patterns. Some enemies have a restricted move set depending on your distance. The Riptalons have been my bread and butter, I can stay right up in lots of enemies faces and wail on them, staggering them and triggering nano explosions for more damage. Energy builds are a late game build that makes you pretty powerful when used right.
I'm on PS4 and I do not know how to change my injectables I only have one on at a time if I hold the right button like with the Drone left you can switch it won't let me do nothing.. I have them equipped but I don't know how to cycle through
Hi there, i´m on PS4 too. Try this, open your inventory (touchpad), use R1 to go to the section for your implants, now press R2 for your injections, "these" are the implants you must equipped to switch them with the right D-Pad. They also can be upgraded in a medibay. Hope that helps.
Damn, haven't had the EMP long. Didn't realise it was actually good as a weapon. I really wanna play more but I'm trying to wait on a patch to sort out the textures before I get too far.
I just got the hook thingy to go down the zip lines but when I get to the big double doors for the boss fight it says I don't have the keycard?? Why can't I get in?
Any tips or video about starting out ? Like armor to craft, good weapon. and so on. I play on Pc, So when i see you say R1-R2-R2. I think that become LMB - RMB - RMB or RMB - LMB - LMB ? Got the game yesterday and have so many weapon all ready to try out and a few armor option, And dont know what to craft & upgrade first. I all so have a hard time, Timing the block / parry + counter attack :-) I learn from you video about pre load the heals, I was not able to understand that from the ingame tooltips. I have put nearly all my point in Battery Efficiency but not sure it that is good to do ? Thanks kindly.
15 -20 hours first playthrough. Fairly high replay-ability since New Game + adds new story segments, new enemies, weapons, and you can further upgrade your gear.
I don't understand the mechanics of this game but I'm telling you boss difficulties I believe very depending on your levels The first two times I went up against this boss he took me 10 maybe 15 tries but this third time that I played the game I went up against him with much more power than the first two times and he absolutely demolished me 50 times in a row maybe more explain that I can't I just don't get it
No, the only long distance you have is your drones that can shoot, but almost all of them work on a limited resource. This game is much more focused on melee combat, there are TONS of diffrent weapons in that category.
@@CtrlAndF4 thank you for your fast answer, SunsetAmethyyst. Thanks for your explanation. Wish you a nice and relaxing weekend. And many fun with Warren. Greetings from Germany
It’s surprising to see, people not knowing how to pre-charge the injectable, is such a common comment. Like what would be the point of battery charges? And what did you think upgrading it over health or stamina even do? Being able to chain amputatations better or something lol?
I feel like it didnt have to be a drone. There's literally one in the entire game and you own it. It easily could've been some sort of shoulder launcher instead
its more a of metroidvainia sort of thing. its a bit of a maze with interlinking areas that connect via shortcuts that you can take advantage of after obtaining certain key items.
Great editing dude! Though I find these kind of videos a little bit unnecessary. I mean, imagine if there were video tutorials like this for Dark Souls back then. Would've kinda ruined the 1st time experience^^
Eric Schuster I disagree. Not everyone that plays games is a pro gamer. Some people have different struggles and getting help keeps them playing. I remember when I was young struggling with Zelda Ocarina of Time and getting stuck. A gameplay walkthrough, in written form, was all that was available back then. If not for that I would have never finished it.
The difficulty was spot on IMO, they truly nailed the challenge curve. A bit tougher than Surge 1, I believe they hit the sweet spot. No matter how much you play, you continue to improve at roughly the same rate until you really start to master the combat and the ceiling finally starts to solidify.
