Severed Steel

Severed Steel is a game where you play as Steel, who is Severed, and boy does it come with really solid movement mechanics. Dive, slide, wallrun, f@ckin' double jump, turn like upside down and unload your shotgun into a shield troop and then slide kick a heavy jetpack troop into the wall. No, seriously, it is one of the most free movements I have seen in an FPS, you are like a fish in the sea. Added to this, all the different parkour skills are unlocked from the start and allow you to mix and match however to create this mesmerizing dance of death. It's absolutely beautiful. The story is... passable. I mean do you go watch John Wick to see the next Godfather? No. You also don't come to Severed Steel to play the next The Last of Us. You are here to DANCE. One thing I really struggle to forgive this game for is the questionable visuals art direction, the flat shine on every single surface combined with the semi-realistic weapons, enemies and 3D PBR hands of your main character, Steel, does not work well and give off "RTX showcase demo vibes". The weapons themselves are lacking too, and mostly consist of random gun models, some real, some fake, all slightly unsightly, with optics that do not align with the weapon models at all. Saying that, firing the guns themselves feels nice, so I suppose it isn't a big deal if the weapons are mundane, for a cyberpunk game. Lastly Steel as a protagonist is, underwhelming and difficult to connect with or root for. It is a solid 6/10 for me, really great mechanics and first FPS where I felt like I was dancing in-game. Just held back by uninspired visuals and lack of a cohesive art style.

Sincèrement pour moins de quatre euros ( en promo ) le jeu est incroyable. Déjà il a des mécaniques sincèrement jamais vu ailleurs. Et en plus vas-y ça me donne beaucoup de dopamine alors c’est cool.

I have no clue what the story is, but gameplay wise it was hella fun, and the music kept me groovin the entire time. now I played this on mouse and keyboard so I'm pretty sure the experience might have been better on a controller given how cramped up my hands are from marathoning this.

Es un juego frenético y muy divertido. Tiene un punto retante que engancha bastante y los desafíos te pican lo suficiente como para querer superarte. La campaña es corta, sobre todo si juegas como el juego propone (yendo a toda velocidad), pero luego tiene muchísimas misiones adicionales para desbloquear nuevas armas, cañones y mil cosas más, así que contenido no le falta. Yo lo pillé de rebaja, pero sinceramente, a precio completo también vale la pena. No he visto quejas importantes: funciona muy bien, pide pocos requisitos y está bien optimizado. La banda sonora es buena (no es espectacular, pero cumple de sobra) y además puedes poner tu propia música si quieres. Tiene editor de niveles y contenido de la comunidad, lo cual le da mucha vida. En general, es un shooter perfecto si te gusta sentirte como un dios cuando encadenas combos y te mueves rápido. Una delicia.

Game is only about 2 hours long and the devs are weird.

iconic experience