The Surge 2

• The drone is powerful and useful in this one. It's entirely possible to sever body parts with strategically placed single shots and there is a variety of useful attachments. It is no longer just for pulling enemies.

• Do not attempt to use the directional parry until you also get the implant that shows you the correct direction to use it on. Enemies have very fancy animations full of flourishes and the direction an attack seems to come from often isn't what the parry thinks it should be.

• There are as many loopbacks in this game as in Surge 1, possibly more. Seriously, the game loves them. There is always another.

• Most of the stuff for upgrades applies to this game as it did to Surge 1. You can skip levels of upgrades by producing the higher-level stuff right away, that sort of thing.

• Armor sets now have two stages for the set bonus at half the pieces and all the pieces. Many are very useful. There are also certain cosmetic pieces of gear that count towards anything else you are current wearing. They will be marked accordingly.