Can The Surge Truly Deliver A Sci-Fi Dark Souls Experience?

Deck13, the developer behind 2014’s Souls-like Lords Of The Fallen, are working on a new action RPG called The Surge. Early footage of The Surge shows its clear inspiration from the Souls series, but with some key changes and additions. To start, it is not a medieval combat based game, but is a set in a futuristic period where the technology that we had come to rely on is now working against us. Global warming and ecological problems have advanced to crisis levels. Early concept art for the game gives the vibe of a technologically advanced world in ruins. The world consists of human and non-human entities, both outfitted with enhanced that give them powers beyond their natural capabilities. You will play as a survivor, an average Joe, with an industrial grade exoskeleton which is not...