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The first boss and the run up to it is just a taste of what’s to come. You have to learn new patterns, how to defeat new enemies, and that means you’re going to die some more. But the beauty of The Surge is that when you die you don’t ever feel like it’s the game being cheap on you. You know it’s something you did or didn’t do, and you’re eager to get back and try again. 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I fully expected this to be a failed attempt to capitalize on the Soulslike series, like so many others. Instead, I played a game with an interesting story, tons of hidden content, a vast crafting system, and more than enough combat to keep me swinging away. Deck 13 Interactive should be applauded for what they’ve managed to pull off and more importantly, it will help to remove the blemish that is Lords of the Fallen.","2025-02-25T12:07:47.565815-05:00",{"id":663,"logo":677,"name":678,"slug":679,"tags":26,"bluesky":680,"twitter":681,"youtube":143,"facebook":682,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":683,"website_url":684,"score_format":155,"average_score":47,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":685,"stats_updated_at":686,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":687,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":688,"active_authors_count":61,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":687,"editor_in_chief_email":687,"published_authors_count":445,"published_reviews_count":689},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FThe-Outerhaven-Logo.jpeg","The OuterHaven","the-outerhaven","theouterhaven.net","TheOuterHaven","Theouterhaven","http:\u002F\u002FTheouterhaven.net is an independent media outlet bringing you brutally honest coverage of video games, anime, manga.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theouterhaven.net\u002F","2026-02-17","2026-02-18T13:36:24.504381","Keith@theouterhaven.net",11,609,{"id":691,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":692,"author":693,"original_score":700,"normalized_score":89,"review_url":701,"review_date":10,"summary":702,"created_at":703,"updated_at":703,"author_id":694,"last_edited_at":201,"outlet":704},19195,13,{"id":694,"bio":26,"name":695,"avg_score":696,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":697,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":698,"claim_token":26,"article_count":699,"claimed_by_user_id":26},1972,"Tomas Franzese",71.00699300699301,"2024-12-02T07:55:11.649894-05:00","2025-07-08T15:26:50.684099-04:00",155,"8.0\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dualshockers.com\u002Fthe-surge-review-new-pc-ps4-xbox-one\u002F","If this genre of games inspired by the Souls series is going to continue, it is important that future titles in it can build upon what has already been established and try to do something new with it. 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