The Surge Is More Than Just "Sci-fi Dark Souls"

The easiest way to explain a new game to someone is to directly compare it to another game they already know. It’s "Kirby meets Carmageddon”, a “gritty take on Candy Crush” or, in the case of much of what I’d seen and heard about Deck 13's The Surge, “It’s Dark Souls with a Sci-Fi twist”.
While the developers clearly took several cues from the Souls series - both feature the challenging and strategic melee combat, circuitous open worlds, and enviro