- Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Action
Paris, 1789. The French Revolution has been suppressed with bloodshed by Louis XVI and his merciless mechanical army. Aegis, a mysterious automaton masterpiece, must confront the king's army alone to save history in this challenging action-RPG.
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Grave, plot-driven, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Digitally DownloadedMatt SainsburySep 20225/5 starsSteelrising sits right up there with the original Nioh as my favourite example of a Soulslike made outside of From Software. The spectacular alternative history backdrop is a delightful way of getting people interested in the events and people of the French Revolution, and that’s backed with some of the most enjoyable and distinctive level and environment design that we’ve seen from the genre to date. Of course, it’s not Elden Ring, and was never going to hit that level of polish or scope, however, it also wasn’t trying to. It’s very comparable to the likes of Nioh, and the sheer thought that went into making every building block within it relate to its themes and artistic vision makes it a compelling and thoughtful entry into an increasingly over-crowded genre.
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Game RantTrever McKenzieSep 20224.5/5 starsSteelrising is a Bloodborne-esque Soulslike that delivers excellent combat and a solid overall experience
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God is a GeekMick FraserSep 20228.5/10Next to Greedfall, SteelRising shows just how much Spiders has come on as a developer. There are some kinks for sure, but Aegis' Parisian adventure is easily Spiders' best game to date.
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TheGamerIssy van der VeldeSep 20222/5 starsI want to like Steelrising, I really do, but it just won’t let me. Every aspect of the game feels like a barrier to the one thing I enjoyed: combat. Even that got boring. The characters are bland, the story is dull, the setting is derivative, and the finished product is too buggy and bloated to truly enjoy. It needed a few more turns of the key to go the distance and keep on ticking smoothly.
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Digital TrendsJesse LennoxSep 20222/5 starsSteelrising has some lofty ambitions, but poor execution slays this potentially innovative Soulslike.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Developer
- Spiders
- Publisher
- Nacon
- Released
- September 8, 2022
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Silk Engine
IGDB rating 7.3/10 from 33 ratings.
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