After playing demo long time ago and beating Echo Point Nova, I decided to give it a shot, and I certainly did not regret in the slightest.

The movement may seem tamer in comparison, but it is still fluid, strong and over the top, especially considering more linear level structure. Air control, dive, slide, and even kick are providing mind-blowing momentum. It may not be that hard overall, but the encounters can still provide enough challenge, which was a bit lacking in the next Greylock Studio's game (kudos to heavy soldiers with flamethrowers for that).

Despite being short, it has impressive list of additional game modes, mutators and weapon customization to mess around with.

While Severed Steel is all about gameplay, some elements of environmental storytelling were a pleasure to see. It is also amusing, that all of campaign levels are connected into a simple narrative without giving too much exposition. Some of the missions in last chapters made me raising hands like Scorsese while saying "Absolute cinema". Superhot influence is noticeable here, and I mean it as compliment.

Last but not least, Floating Door's music here is also nothing but bangers.

It is that movement shooter kids are craving for. It is one of those "shorter games with worse graphics" some people are expecting to see.

Severed Steel is also dirt cheap on sales. I do not see any reason not to buy it, if you are into some nice fast paced FPS games.

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Severed Steel is a pretty fun movement shooter. It can seem a bit shallow at first if you rely on slo-mo too much but it becomes a lot more satisfying once you challenge yourself to only use it when necessary. If you're having performance issues make sure to go over your graphics settings. An empty square means unselected whereas a cross inside the square means selected, I found that a bit confusing at first.