8 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 4.4 hrs on record
Posted: 28 Sep @ 11:27am
Updated: 28 Sep @ 6:11pm

Severed Steel is a mechanically rich arcade arena shooter.

It's a game that knows exactly what it wants to be with the story serving more like a 3 hour long tutorial and introduction to the mechanics rather than an actual story.
There's a big arsenal of weapons you can unlock, a decent amount of enemies and an endless amount of modes and stages both from the main game but also from the workshop.

The game offers you tons of freedom on how to move around, wall running, kicking off walls even doing flips and dives. It's refreshing albeit kind of floaty with weapons serving mostly as single use (clip) items. Make no mistake, you are playing this for the score attack and the arcadiness rather than any meaningful story experience. With leaderboards, a daily mission and even a roguelite mode mixed in for good measure and if you get bored with all that, there's tons of modifiers to try for each.

The soundtrack is also absolutely excellent and it enhances the experience a lot and I say this as a metalhead first.

Grab this wether you want to have some fun or even just show off.

My full playthrough of the "story" here.

My Curator page.
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