Steelrising has been drawing the eyes of action RPG fans for roughly two years now, and with the PlayStation 5 title due out this summer, it's about time that we saw some raw gameplay footage. Fortunately, courtesy of Game Informer, that's exactly what we have to gawk at today.
The game's rather unique setting and style is still evident here, as the footage walks us through various locations. It's obviously a very combat-focused experience, but while the action does look a bit janky at points, there are definitely some cool ideas at play. The fact that many of your weapons are an extension of your character's mechanical body is especially slick.
In case you didn't know, Steelrising is the latest game from Spiders — the developer behind GreedFall, The Technomancer, and Bound by Flame. We're of the opinion that Spiders has been getting better with every game that it puts out, so we're hoping that Steelrising goes beyond the flawed but still decent GreedFall, which released in 2019.
What do you make of Steelrising? Accept the mechanical revolution in the comments section below.
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Looks like a Bloodbourne spin off to me.
Hopefully it doesn't have the same level of difficulty
I think it looks fantastic, very excited for this one.
I was lucky to be invited to a closed playtest and I can just say that I loved what I played.
Definitely a must buy.
It reminds me more of NieR:Automata which I loved, this is a must play for me for sure.
It looks so janky but conceptually it's so cool!
@Divergent95 That's awesome, I'm glad it's coming together!
Oooh I forgot about this game. Loved Greedfall so I was instantly intrigued when this was first announced.
This looks great! Fantastic design and aesthetic and I'm up for a decent action RPG. Couple of ropey animations and and a few glitches aside, I might just find a lot of fun with this.
I like that this European studio is producing such content, as you can feel the cultural differences in their games from say a japanese tile or an american one. viva la difference!
Meh, I'm so tired of every action RPG just being a bland Souls like clone.
I mean c'mon guys, it's developed by Spiders; OF COURSE it's going to be janky! I could never quite get into any of their games: Bound in Flame was horrible, Technomancer not quite as rubbish... and Greedfall had flashes of brilliance, it was just once again marred by technical ugliness.
This looks more of the same; still, I'm intrigued.
I would like to know if they are playing that on the s or X anyone know ?
Looks interesting and the settings is intriguing.
This looks interesting. Kind of reminds me of Lies of P, but the French Revolution setting.
After watching, inspired to play AC Unity again!)
The frames look horrible.
Evil dead the game also got some GI footage.
Callisto Protocol seems to be soon!!!
Hopefully once polished this will be a fun and technically stable game with less jank. This is the first I've seen of it. I'll be keeping an eye on it.
I would have loved a Greedfall 2 but this does look interesting.
I really enjoyed Greedfall, so I'm looking forward to this.
It does look janky, as was Greedfall, but the design and aesthetics won me over.
I enjoy greedfall. So steelrising looks good.definetly getting this.word up son
Big fan of GreedFall. This is high on my list.
Idk this looks cool in design and concept...but the combat looks awfully slow and boring
@Divergent95 nice! How were the hit boxes? These types of games excell with proper hitboxes.
This looks great. They nicked the grappling from Sekiro, which is a smart choice.
Lies of P or Steel Rising, get confused between these two.
Looks a lot like Sekiro. As a massive fan of the souls-like genre I'll definitely pick this one up! Looks pretty good, and while a tad janky looking (could be just the person playing, and YouTube messing with the framerate), it still looks like a quality game, and I adore the French Revolution aesthetic. Totally sold!
Spiders is also one of my favorite AA devs. I've bought and enjoyed every game they've made since Bound by Flame. Love me some eurojank.
Little disappointed they are going into a souls like game style. Really enjoyed Greedfall and the companions as was reminiscing of old Bioware. Still interested but will probably wait for reviews
If the PS5 is going to be swamped by Souls-a-like clones, I'll go and buy a Switch...
Loved Greedfall for all its Jankiness and this looks like more of the same, im in!
@Divergent95 Is this one more of a Souls-like than their other games, or is it more of the same in a new setting?
I've played the other Spiders games: Bound by Flame, Techomancer and Greedfall. Very entertaining for the first half or so, but then they got increasingly repetitive and a bit dull during the second half. A better fast-travel system and some more variation could have made them much better, imo.
@Perturbator I can't discuss anything in detail since I was obligated to sign a NDA.
But, I can confirm that the combat is "souls like" and it's their best combat ever.
@Elodin Sorry, can't tell you that :/
However, as I already mentioned, the combat is incredible imo and I'll leave it at that.
@Divergent95 makes sense. Thanks for the response all the same.
@Divergent95 Appreciate your reply! I would be very interested to see how they approach that subgenre.
Spiders does look to be getting better and growing with every game they make. I loved Greedfall but there was waaaay too much running back and forth talking to people. If this focuses more on the combat and less on taking to the same people repeatedly, I'm in.
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