The Surge
A sci-fi action RPG modelled closely on Dark Souls.
Where The Surge comes up1 episode or test
- Original setting
- Estus flasks, bonfires, souls
- Homeward bone
- Base combat
- Sci-fi setting
- Renamed flasks, bonfires, souls
- Homeward bone still copied
- Stance combat, finishing moves
Small additions make it feel like a sequel
From Commentary on Dark Souls-style clones
What was said about The Surge
The Surge swapped Dark Souls' setting for sci-fi but kept its formula. The Surge is Dark Souls in sci-fi. It adds stance-based combat and special finishing moves, but still copies tiny details like the homeward bone.
Lords of the Fallen, Nioh, Salt and Sanctuary and Death's Gambit are named alongside it as following the same template. The clones "stick rigidly to the Dark Souls formula, with renamed versions of estus flasks, bonfires, souls, and even something as specific as the homeward bone." Because the additions are small, these games feel more like sequels than new games.
Do We Need a Soulslike Genre?
It is Dark Souls in sci-fi, with added ideas like stance-based combat and special finishing moves, but it still copies tiny details like the homeward bone.
The Surge swapped Dark Souls' setting for sci-fi but kept its formula. The Surge is Dark Souls in sci-fi. It adds stance-based combat and special finishing moves, but still copies tiny details like the homeward bone.
Lords of the Fallen, Nioh, Salt and Sanctuary and Death's Gambit are named alongside it as following the same template. The clones "stick rigidly to the Dark Souls formula, with renamed versions of estus flasks, bonfires, souls, and even something as specific as the homeward bone." Because the additions are small, these games feel more like sequels than new games.
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