I'm sure someone have informed about this in the comment--Yes when you die in "The Surge" you get "2:30" once leaving the Medbay to find your lost scrap-pool. However if you Kill enemies along the way the timer get refilled. Allowing to reach further off location in the event "2:30" is not enough to get to where you died.

@dingeskerz

6 жыл бұрын

Kaegan Thornhill i

Dark Souls mega-fan here. Just want to say that your reviews on all the souls games have been completely fair from a pc gamer's perspective. Dark Souls 1 may be the worst console to pc port ever made, and Dark Souls 2 was almost just as bad from a control pov. Keep up the good work, Mack! But I am a Dark Souls fan, so I'm contractually obligated to say... *GIT GUD U FKKN CASUL SCRUBL0RD GO PLAY HELLO KITTY ISLAND ADVENTURE NOOO0B!!1!*

@lavendar1358

7 жыл бұрын

+Thumprsbro Same here. Own all 3 games with all dlcs on the pc and the controls are wank on kb + mouse

@asifmetal666

7 жыл бұрын

ur a mega fan! i doubt it

@The_Meta_Human_Project

7 жыл бұрын

Yea but as PC gamers we should always be smart enough to understand the best way to experience a game, customizing controls, using 3rd party apps to get things working, buying peripherals. Also, I've said it before and I'll say it again: PC is not the kb/m platform, it is the use whatever you want platform and always has been.

@Folsomdsf2

7 жыл бұрын

dark souls 1 isn't even close to the worst console to pc port ever made, that's the sad part....

@corruptjaguar9310

7 жыл бұрын

Jae772012 What? As Pc gamers ... the best way to experience a game ... customizing controls ... using 3rd party apps to get things working. That is not the best way at all, that is unecessary work that devs should deal with saying that they advertised fluent kb&m controls.

I am a huge dark souls fan. But I think I speak for most of my fellow souls fans when I say the game genre is not for everyone. It is brutal, grindy, and frustrating. Dark Souls, Nioh, The Surge, Bloodborne, etc etc. They all require patience and attention to detail, and a lot of people have a problem getting immersed in that type or experience. Honestly it's that brutality that makes it fun, because the feeling of satisfaction or accomplishment when you really start making progress is just such a stellar feeling. I totally see where you are coming from, personally I use controllers a lot for third person games, but it is ignorant to say any pc game can't have good keyboard and mouse controls. This review was fair and I can respect where you are coming from. Keep doing you Mack.

"Rolling along the floor like a prick."

I have a question. IF it's supposed to be a technologically advanced setting, WHY HAVEN"T THEY INVENTED PROJECTILE WEAPONS

@rafaielw

7 жыл бұрын

So you wanna turn this into a generic 3rd person shooter?...sounds like FUN!

@konsyjes

7 жыл бұрын

rafaielw, i dont want to turn it into anything, its not my game. Im pointing out that the game mechanics and the game aesthetic dont match because they were borrowed from different sources. Also, just because something has shooting and is in 3rd person does not automatically mean it's generic; what you said is called a slippery-slope fallacy. Would you call for example DeadSpace generic?

@konsyjes

7 жыл бұрын

Dresit34, Because there would be a security office, lasers, explosives, tools to create ranged weapons. But that was not really my point, my point is that this futuristic game has stone age combat mechanics because they were shoehorned into a setting chosen for looks rather than to fit the gameplay.

@konsyjes

7 жыл бұрын

Ladderadder, :) yes the comparison to DeadSpace was not accidental. But anyways yea I think Dark Souls has a lot of depth in the combat because the weapons (and magics) are so different, and also the characters and the enemies have different speeds and resilience. Also Dark Souls structures the level in "rooms" where the challenge is often not to defeat one enemy, but the combination of enemies and element of surprise which is designed to challenge the players ability to come up with the right strategy, which is always different from the previous room and that makes the game addicting and fun. THe creators of this game know this about Dark Souls: it has melee combat with slow attacks, high damage, and it's supposed to be really hard. They copy the superficial elements of the work they imitate like people who copy anime and focus on the colorful hair. FROM software could make a game with all projectile weapons, or no weapons, it doesnt matter: their understanding of design and game dynamics is much more mature and thorough.

I cry every single time the outro music starts. Its so perfect, and I watched the stream where he made it. I would download it!

that missionary analogy lmao

I like this kind of mechanic. The risk of losing stuff adds tension, growing stronger is rewarding, the mechanic makes the explortion also have more tension. Objectively I agree, it is basically padding and grinding and doing the same stuff almost endlessly,.... but for some reason, it works for me. BTW I think you are extremely funny, and your reviews are on the mark. Keep up the good work.

I love your reviews, but I especially liked this one. The things you said particularly within the first 5-8-ish min. or so, man I've been waiting for someone to say something along those lines for a long time. You're so spot on, buddy. Lol. I just love it. :)

Mack always cracks me up in the end XD

Feels this review is a lot better somehow? Very specific on good and bad points, and quite objective overall. As a review should be! Thanks

"all missionary but no doggy" What an excellent quote to sum up this game, Mack. The asshurt dark souls barrel roll justice warriors will not be pleased with your comment. They're convinced that rolling is the best offensive/defensive mechanic "giggles" ever created in a video game

hey mate, how much longer till you do player unknown battlegrounds game of the year?

I love the dinging. Worth a ding. :) I kinda wish Rabbit showed up a little more often though. ;)

Have you been playing the quake beta? Are you going to put up a video with your impressions of it?

Mack, did you investigate those two crashes you experienced? I'm interested in this game, but serious crashes are a huge deterrent for me!

A swift boot to the face and its lights out 😂😂😂

My eyes actually glazed over watching Mack play this. haha.

Awesome...I was hoping you would review this one =)

Oh I do sincerely hope you review Impact Winter when it comes out Mack. It looks like a particular crowd will enjoy it, but the gameplay doesn't look bad.

guys if u wanted to buy a gaming pc how large should the monitor be ?

Rolling around on the floor in Fable 3 made you essentially invulnerable against pretty much everything.

@pilouuuu

7 жыл бұрын

I hate this trend of games where you roll, hack, roll, roll, hack, roll. You seem like freaking Sonic rolling around!

@berenscott8999

7 жыл бұрын

I think though there was a moment in time where I liked it, only because I was getting older, my body getting sick of sitting down, and the idea that you could pick up a controller and simply breeze through a game was definitely appealing. I managed to beat Fable 3 without dying on my first time playing it. How? Well, I noticed very quickly that Fireball didn't require any skill to use, you could spam the field with balls of fire just as the enemies spawn. And the skill gets stronger the more you use it. So, I basically did the entire fireball, roll shit to death. Nothing could stop me, and I never felt the game was difficult. Playing a slightly bad character made the game dead easy, and I claim the game is easily beatable in like an hour or so. But, that is the thing, it's a bad game, yet I enjoyed it at the time, that's the problem. Console gaming has essentially destroyed gaming for everyone, we're all lazy fucks these days.

it bring some humbleness to the "power fantasy addicts". I see the souls and Surge like marathon running. It's not difficult but it tests your stamina and determination, which I as a runner pretty much like.

Been waiting for this one.

You doing a wab on injustice 2 mac?

Problem is a lot of games nowadays are made for consoles first ,esp a lot of games made in Japan, then ported to PC as a afterthought.

@pilouuuu

7 жыл бұрын

Consoles suck!

I like your videos. the point is not difficulty but the feeling of achievement and fear of dying. Souls games provide with good experiences regarding those. they are not that difficult anyway.

HAHA! Your fanboy bit with Hector's bell got me to subscribe. Cheer bud!

I noticed there's a single good way to attack mobs, you slide in press the button a few times and they're down. Fun?

are you going wab rising storm 2 vietnam when it comes out ?

The 2:30 time limit on getting your scrap isn't that bad at all considering you get an extra 30 seconds for every mob you kill. Also, I've completed the game now and excluding the last area which has a huge difficulty jump, I've never had to grind to get gear, you're always a good level for the mobs

Thanks for the video sir. I was wondering what this game is all about

Hey Mack :) Could you take a look at: The Solus Project?

i LITERALLY waited for this review of yours to come out so that i can know if this game was really worth a buy or not Mack. Thank you for being one of the few honest reviewers left on earth. I have NEVER played ANY of the dark souls games, and i have heard alot from people ive asked telling me that Surge was alot like Dark Souls, and Im a PC gamer who loves M/K over controller any day and the controls were one of the few things i was really worried about in this game becuz I bought for example witcher 3 for pc and i hated it not the storyline of the game but the controls of the game and i was terrified that this game would have bad controls and did not want to waste $50.00 dollars of my hard earned money and hope that steam would be nice enough to refund me. But thankfully I trust you

@Teh_Artic

7 жыл бұрын

Cant tell if ur trolling, if u r i laughed, but if ur serious, im serious in everything i wrote. I did not like Witcher 3 for the poor controls, i did not like mass effect andromeda, i did not like metal gear solid, i didnt like the new assassin creeds, so YES i TRUST MACK becuz he and i seem to have similar taste. I dont watch Angry Joe so i can not comment on him, I have seen alot of the IGN reviews and I believe them to be a basis reviews as I do not agree with 78% of what they claim and Im sure they are getting payed to review them.

I love dark souls and yea i wish i could play it with a mouse and keyboard

Did you play the rising storm beta?

"rolling on the floor like a prick" hahaha!

When you die and you only have a few minutes to get to your stuff, killing enemies extends.. You can keep extending the time for as long as you are killing enemies.

I really enjoy your reviews mack. I would have liked to hear more in depth about why the controls were better in this game then in DS. As well it is clear that you didn't pass the 2nd level i really wish you would give more games a complete play through before doing a final review. I understand there is a deadline for making reviews and getting them out as a media creator but i really think it would add to the quality of your videos. Its kind of like watching a movie only half way thru and giving your side... can i be a troll for two seconds tho... you should change this title to The Surge - Is it worth 5 hours... :) just busting your chops tho keep up the great work.

@WorthABuyreviews

7 жыл бұрын

This is not a review hence it does not say review in the title, this is a worth a buy video where I test the game and see if I think it's worth £40 and I think that my conclusion is correct which is if you like these mechanics then it's great fun, if you don't then it's not worth a buy. the game plays well and the controls are better than DS because they actually work smoothly and rebind easily.

@TheChrisp44

7 жыл бұрын

Yes i did appreciate and took notice of that part of the video, suggesting the game for different players. I do really enjoy your videos and value your opinion although at times it is different from mine, as likes and dislikes vary for many players. I agree that many games are priced to high but companies know people will buy anything if it is marketed correctly. Anyway i'm surprised you commented back so quickly but thank you for doing so. Again i really enjoy your channel and thank you for sharing!

I like exo suit -Mack 2017 Infintie Warfare finally got to you huh

you didn't fully explain 2 minutes mechanic. when you kill enemy the timer goes up about 20 seconds. so it's risk & reward thingummy again you can either run past to where you died within 2 minutes or risk killing enemies and you will have enough time. ( they also show the distance you are from the place you died) I have seen timer go upto 3:50 minutes in some of the lets plays.

I did a soul level 1 run of Dark Souls 3 and I played the "campaign" on M/KB as well (about 10 times). So it's doable Mac. Although I have to say that kicking and doing jump attack is so hard on M/KB

there is a video of a UFC fight i think where someone does roll away from an opponent twice but i think that is the only time it has ever happened, also love the review i love this game i am enjoying it a lot and while you didnt you were balanced to recommended it to some people

Mack you played Rising Storm 2 Vietnam yet?

Hi Mack, you've missed your GreenManGaming link in the last videos, I'm trying to buy a game and would like to use your affiliation link. Cheers and thank you for your great work =)

hey mack, will you do a Outlast 2 WAB ?

I fucking love this game. Just started my 8 play through. GIT GUD :D

Is it like dark souls where when you die you lose all of your currency ( like souls, salt, etc) or do you actually lose your weapons/upgrades and have 2 minutes to get them back or they're gone? If it's your gear then that does seem really rough and it seems like it would just lead to a lot of frustration.

@InfernalMonsoon

7 жыл бұрын

Its just tech scrap which is basically souls. Lords of the Fallen, the game before this did the same thing but nowhere near as harsh.

another great video

power bastion on a rampage

this game is like a Edge of Tomorrow 24hr marathon... "I wonder what will happen next?'

"no doggy doggy". nice.

I think the rolling is from kung fu movies. I did a ton of rolling in martial arts training. But you roll when you get thrown, not to dodge.

MACK YA BOLLIX, need moar oculus reviews now that I have one :) but thank you as always for your reviews.

'doggy doggy' LOL!

THE SUUUURGGGGE fucking love the pronunciations

Wow I barely heard the bell in this video. Either its broken or its a fantastic game.

nice review

is the game goodly optimized with good smooth menus and gameplay?

@raresmacovei8382

6 жыл бұрын

Yes to all three

I think it's worth the buy depending on your choice of game genres

I know this is an older vid but i just found your channel and have been going through you vids, very impressed so far. But there is a way to quick load F8. Alot of PC games have this feature even thought the don't tell you Quick Save: F5, Quick Load: F8.

good review Mack. I hate the keep dying and learn the scripted enemy moves mechanic but i did enjoy the surge much more than dark souls

I saw a video couple of days ago, in it there is a boxing or MMA kind of match where one participant is actually using rolling technique 2x as I remember but the point is that he used it in a completely justified manner due to the situation :D or at least he managed to gain distance since everybody was laughing lol

whats with the sad music at the end feel well depressed now

I agree that DS1 and DS2 you have to get gamepad, but if you like surge on mouse and kayboard DS3 is also great in fact i was powerless to fight Medir (on game pad i got him to 60% max ?, and on M&K it took 10-15 tries) :)

the sex joke at 11:45 (punchline starting 12:02) had me ded lol

Creasing at 'no doggy'

Hey Worth A Buy, thanks for recommending Prey! Fine game... you are now my go to guy for all game reviews and I now declare you the Grand Oracle of Gamers ©. Seriously though I tend to agree with almost all your reviews... so much so that by and large I am prepared to forget your Witcher 3 review. :)))))

@WorthABuyreviews

7 жыл бұрын

Hey that review is the best W3 was spot on, I was the only reviewer that pulled it up about the clunky controls which is why i thumbed it down. I got hammered for doing it yet 3 months later the devs released a huge patch to attempt to fix the clunky controls, so if the game was fine why release a big fix? People forget that I said TW3 has a great story, great characters, great world but horrible combat and control, but if you don't mind the control issues you should buy it. So like I said, my review was the most accurate I have ever seen and I have since read/watched most of them.

@RBtoobsalot

7 жыл бұрын

Don't get me wrong, I like a harsh critic. Yes I enjoyed the Witcher 3, but I also felt your criticism was valid. Fanboys are ruining the game industry, and having someone like you to shake things up in these days of bought and paid for reviewers is just the tonic we need. Keep doing what you are doing mate!

It would be an honour to share a strawberry lace with you.

hi mack , nice videos

I only played this long after it came out and I really enjoyed it, very surprised. Level design team are on point although the variety of levels designs is limited given the setting. The Surge 2 is even better.

Mack doesn't like quicksave games that disappear in soulslike games but also will get on your case if you load a game in a turn based RPG after you lose one of your beloved characters.

Hey Mac, you always talk about immersion. I think that through this you can understand why people like these games. If you have collected a lot of amazing loot, you don't want to die, right? That raises the tension and makes you do what you can to avoid loosing all the exp or loot. That is what I call immersion. Many games have gameplay ruined by the possibility to save anytime, even during the combat and trick the RNG for hit or for damage and so on. Thanks to this, you never fail in lock picking, pick pocketing and such. Low sense of achievement.You can always save-game-force your way through a boss in most games. Where is the sense of achievement by doing that? But I am a person who just can't resist when I have the option. So for me, system like this with no save (not the one that just respawns you like nothing happened) makes a lot of sense. Btw, talking about Dark Souls, I have played that one on PC, keyboard only. It was great. I looked at it as a part of the difficulty and gameplay. It was like learning to play a piano but soon became very natural.

The fact your loot disapears after a set time after you die is too far. I don't mind it in Souls, the reason it's good in Souls is the tension it builds, it makes you not want to die, it makes you plan, it makes you make calculated risks. That for me is good and instead of just hack and slashing though autosaving checkpoints with very little death penalty, I like the tension, I like that everything is a risk and that mistakes are punished.

Autumn 2020..... But the controller.... LOL 🤭

I hate it so fucking much that Dark Souls taught braindead devs that to create a hardcore game you need to be taken down ALWAYS IN 3 HITs (or less). What is the fucking point of wearing 10 tons worth of a titanium battlesuit then? And what is the point of progression if even the most basic mobs are always gonna be stronger than you? And yeah, these aren't bosses. These are ridiculously merciless platforming sequences, where every wrong move means death, and only one thousand correct moves in a row lead to victory. Fuck this shit.

The annotations at the end don't work :O

Well, Who would want to roll with an Exo Rig attached to them? That's why they use the Dash/Dodge mechanic.

Praise the Sun! \[T]/ [*] ||

Played DS a couple of years ago. Managed to reach the Dog with the sword and the Ghost Town and gave up. Wish these games had some kind of Normal option.

Looks better than expected but I can't do repetition it bores me to tears maybe I will wait for a sale to give it a go,£6.99 sounds about right :D

Exo suits huh? So is Kevin Spacey in it?

@invinciblereason1618

7 жыл бұрын

SSJSam ahh. The good old days.

@CreeperBowling

7 жыл бұрын

GENIUS !

could you do worth a buy Ravenfield please?

Sadly in this age remaking the same movies, repeating the same 3sec melody or rhythm for making a whole music is the way Even wen I'm cool with a no save option for the fear of the death still the repeating content is not acceptable ! Ty for the review and the heads up, I was close to buy it bcs of the starter cut scene of this game

i'd give a hand to see Mack to do a review on Bloodborne

It's Go-Go Not Cry-Cry :P This game is a gem. Combat is awesome. If you like Dark Souls you will like this too. Lorewise not much going on and sadly no Soulslike invasion MP which might hurt it on the long run. But well worth full price and a mustbuy/try when it goes on sale or the price drops.

I love you Mack!

No mention of level design or variety Mac. That's really important for a game like this.

Those womdering about the difficulty level, even though there are sudden difficult bits in this game, overall it's quite a bit easier than dark souls once you get the op combos rolling. the bosses als have less range than in dark souls, making them a tad more forgiving, though their design is interesting.

So, it's 'Edge of Tomorrow: The Video Game'?

I guess i am some sort of anomaly because i only use K & M for all three souls games i own on steam. All i need to do is remember my parry, interact and use item keys. Personally i remember my keys anyways in all my games after being a long time wow player. I totally get why everyone is upset about the controller thing though, just sharing my experience!

Mac you should watch Total Biscuit vids on his thoughts with Quake and The Surge. :)

@GatorMilk

7 жыл бұрын

Blazing_Fox Quake 3 was garbage id should have stayed singleplayer.

@simeonyves5940

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed, but sadly, Q3, the *Worst* Entrant into the Franchise so far IMO, is also by Far the most *Successful* . Basically Q3 being Multiplayer Only (what we now know as E-Sports) came about because "Engine John" (Carmack) got it into His Head that Gamers "Didn't want" Stories ("Story John" (Romero) had long since Left Id by that Point anyway) or Progression or Levels or Exploration or anything that got in the way of "The Action", He thought they just wanted a pure, core, "Skill based" Combat Experience. Sadly for those of us who like Single Player Gaming, He was Proven Right, with Quake only getting one last Single Player Experience afterwards, the Woefully confused Quake 4 (it always felt to Me like that Game cannot decide if it wants to be Quake 2 or MOH;AA), while Unreal never saw another Single Player Game again. Its getting even worse nowadays with some Developers seizing on the E-Sports Genre that Q3 and UT'99 created as an excuse to not even *Bother* making a Single Player Campaign, allowing those Dev's to be even Lazier and more Incompetent than Ever!

god the bell gets old fast xd

I think I just learnt a lot more about Mack's sex life than I wanted too. o_0 (and his holiday plans!)

Surge2 was an improvement but i liked them both as well as unreal, dark souls, quake :)

Agree totally with your dark souls opinion. well said buddy.

mack give a fartherly vibe

I was waiting for the comparison to sex.

you can dodge mid combo, you don't just do the whole combo if you press attack 4 times

Summary It's a fun game for a Souls like game but if you are not really up for grinding the same mobs over and over again with the fear that one lapse in concentration could get you killed (Trash mobs can 2 shot you) and when you die you have only 2 minutes to get back and reclaim your loot then stay away. As mentioned the controls on M+K are amazing, it literally blows DS3 out the water and the reason for this is that DS3 was totally designed for a controller so the M+K control was tripe. This game was designed for both controller and M+K so it's just so easy and way better on a mouse than it is on a controller imo. I think DS has a lot better mechanics that I wish were in this game such as the no loot timer and the save feature. DS also has more than 5 bosses and can be played in coop so it's kind of better in a few areas. If DS had this control system I would have thumbed it up for sure. I do think The Surge looks a lot better though. If you are a DS fan you should pick this up as it it is a brutal game, I would not say the combat is hard once you get yourself geared out to match your enemy but it is a frustrating grind getting your gear.

@mrroams5812

7 жыл бұрын

The areas look so samey and boring though. Who thought industrial complexes would be a good setting for a game was delirious (same with the new DOOM). Are there different looking areas or is everything just industry? I loved DS1 and Demon Souls, but the areas and mobs in this game don't seem different enough to hold my interest.

@Draugrkiller

7 жыл бұрын

Bentley Roams I have just beaten the fourth boss and am nearly done with the game and only a few maybe 2, 3 or 4 areas were outside. The rest were all almost the same looking: inside, no sunlight, metal, grey, dark. Imo this is one of the worst settings of all games I have ever played. And the game definitely feels more like Lords of the Fallen than Dark Souls (devs who created LotF also created The Surge) but is multiple times harder than both of them.

@yesitsmecsd

7 жыл бұрын

thats my biggest halt in picking up this game...loved the Souls games and Bloodborne, so naturally The Surge came up on my radar, but one of the things i loved most about the Souls games was not knowing what could be around the next corner. Though i would rage quit many times, i would always come back just to see what crazy enemy it would throw at me next. The Surge seems to fail on that front BIG TIME! So while it does have that Souls difficulty I've grown to love, I cant imagine grinding through in hopes of making it to the next identical warehouse floor with another identical gang of goofs in exosuits waiting for me.

@thermoss836

6 жыл бұрын

Mac, I love thjis review, I don't know how many times I ahve laughed at you desicribing how much you hate that dark souls doesnt have proper mouse and keyboard support. This and the subnautica review is bvy far the best ive seen from you. Keep it please!, would love to play with you sometime. I still laugh when i watch this review, but I still find it very well done. Keep up the good job mate.