That's one game I was thinking about getting. I can't remember what turned me off of it. Maybe it was a review that compared it to a game I didn't like?
It's often described as a Sci-Fi Dark Souls. So if you like the core mechanic, you should also enjoy The Surge. But it's not like that there are no shortcomings. The main character and the character system is bland. It doesn't offer a lot of build variety and enemy types. Boss fights are not spectacular compared to Dark Souls. Also don't expect a lot of handholding. There is no map, no quest markers and the game doesn't tell you over an over what to do next. But considering that Deck13 is a small developer (70 employees) for an AAA game, or compared to FromSoftware or Team Ninja, they did a pretty fine job.
Finished The Surge and now I'm in NG+. A very good improvement over Lords of the Fallen. Combat feels much better, level design is very good and I really like dystopian and mysterious setting.
What do we have here?
I guess it is angry...
Very angry...
Big weapons are needed for big Dragons.
Bendu 1, Dragon 0.
Now let's go the the end of the world...
Finished Nioh. I enjoyed it a lot and I'm looking forward to the DLC. Now I'm back at Dark Souls 3. Having played that for 4 months, I need to git gud again for the new DLC, so I'm helping people with the Friede fight.
Surprisingly, I got used to the crazy japanese stuff in Nioh (talking cats and so on). Actually I'm very impressed how they portray japanese folklore.
It has it flaws, but I'm enjoying it a great deal.
So at one point Obs was in talks to make Deus Ex: HR 2.
http://www.ign.com/videos/2017/01/31/ign-unfiltered-15-legendary-rpg-developer-feargus-urquhart
Would be still a great fit.
It was great. Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, Nioh, Persona 5, Ni No Kuni 2, Tales of Berseria and more all in 2017. it'll be a crazy (good) year.
But where's my new FromSoftware game? Too bad i'm not interested in Nioh's setting.