2.5/5 ★ – DSullivan's review of Steelrising.

Despite the jank — and there’s a lot of jank: horrible and frequent framerate drops, at least five crashes, and one five hour play session where object textures wouldn’t load (I just thought the game looked like shit naturally) — I actually got into this one. Art direction is a bit same-y and the bosses are too easy, but Steelrising nails the labyrinthine level design (which goes a long way for me) and the parry mechanic feels nice. I even got into the story, despite the dry and stilted presentation. BUT NOW I’M RAGING because I shelled out $15 for DLC only to find out that ONCE YOU’VE BEATEN THE GAME YOU CAN’T RELOAD YOUR FILE. To get back to the DLC content I either have to play through the game on NG+ (and the DLC isn’t even accessible until before the final level) or start a new save. And like, no. Fuck that. What the fuck is wrong with this developer? Finished 02/16/24 on PS5 (with PS+). Playtime: ~25 hours. Completion: All quests. 35/50 trophies (59%).