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While visiting the capital of love, we must say one thing. In between excellent technique, action-RPG according to Spiders offers many beautiful environment thanks to a very solid artistic direction. Paris is illustrated here in an interesting and torturous way. Cocktails between historical monuments and different atmospheres work really well. On the other hand, yes, we feel that Steelrising could have provided more on this and that’s a bit of a shame. Textures and 3D models are not the latest, and there are some animation, crash, and camera issues (without affecting gameplay). But the truth is that this error is quickly forgotten. We let ourselves get carried away with the atmosphere, the gameplay.

Need elbow grease? Pretty clever gameplay

What would a good Souls-like be without the gameplay that lives up to its name? At this point, Steelrising puts things in perspective that is worth seeing. Of course – as in any game genre – you attack here on par with R1 | R2 (for light|heavy hits). Every hit drains stamina and when this resource drops to zero, you can no longer land punches and dodge. But in Steelrising, when you’re in this situation, Aegis doesn’t sit still, she’s hot! So to regain stamina, you can either wait or inject yourself with a coolant dose, dealing some damage at the same time as well as increasing your chances of being frozen in place by the ice. The choice that can be very important depends on your health, your resources, the opponents you have ahead.

A great genre idea, Steelrising has other ideas. Each weapon, apart from being somewhat original (explosive mobs, fans that open into spears) offers powerfully charged blows and special abilities that can attack or defend (permanently impossible to shield). The icing on the cake, here you can put two sets of weapons at once and switch from one to another in the blink of an eye, with a simple button. Convenient to have a complementary duo in all situations, such as a knife on one side and a firearm on the other. The spider also displays a secondary move that deals elemental damage – Fire, Ice, Electric – as well as a variant when Aegis is in the air, after a jump. Among all the weapons, offensive possibilities, strategic choices, Steelrising’s combat proves to be complete and solid. Note that the choice of class at the start of the game only affects your base stats and it is very possible to make your sauce during the adventure. In short, you do what you want!

Crumpled sheet metal, school design with some flaws

There’s something great about Steelrising. We feel that the Spider team mastered the Souls-like specs without forgetting to bring their own twist. Overall, all areas are fun to navigate (plus lots of verticality thanks to jumping and grappling) and regularly updated by action and hidden object phases. Yes, we’re not in the same category as the latest FromSoftware games, but that’s okay. It’s a classic that works well, in short. Finally, we only regret the level design that relies too much on locked doors, enemy gestures that are sometimes not quite legible, bestiaries that are too small. To our taste, we won’t say no to the challenge spoon and more. By carefully clearing the area and upgrading our character, we ended up making short work of “Titans”, the main boss of the adventure. It has to be said that the special attacks of each weapon can be used at will – as long as you carry ammo – and you can also carry lots of healing items. Obviously there are some balances to look at. Despite everything, mistakes can always be fatal and they don’t spoil our fun on the streets of Paris. Overall, we haven’t seen a play permit for fifteen hours. However, it says it all.