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SteelRising gets a new trailer to show its French Revolution robot combatFrench Robolution?
French Robolution?
We’ve seen a handful of videos ofSteelRisingalready. The new game from middling RPG specialists Spiders is set during an alternate history 18th century Paris, one filled with robots. It’s a setting that lets you write fun sentences, like explaining that you play as Aegis, the automaton bodyguard for Marie Antoinette.
Below is the first time we’ve seen the game’s combat in action, though.
Steelrising | Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube
Steelrising | Gameplay Trailer
That aside aside, I’m not sure what conclusions to draw from the trailer. I like the look of its steampunk robots, and the silliness of fighting against the murderbot army of King Louis XVI. The combat itself didn’t wow me - it seemed like fairly typical slashing-dodging-jumping fare, and slightly clunkier than you’d find elsewhere.
“Slightly clunkier than” may as well be an alternate name for Spiders. Their last game, GreedFall, was a step forward, but stillfelt like a company grasping towards BioWare and falling far short. The Technomanaver,Mars: War Logs(fun to say), and Of Orcs And Men all sat in a similar space of “hey it’s like X but not as good, aka W.”
But hey, maybe SteelRising will be different. It’sup on Steamand is aiming for release in June 2022.
