Steel seed analysis for Xbox Series X

The storm in a cup makes a mixture of genres that do not end up the shortage

Esdigital Games publish this new project of Storm in a cup (Near the sun) Llamado Steel seedsA science fiction action and a stealth game that mixes both genres and mechanics in the dystopian future dominated by machines. The development team is made up of veterans in the industry and intends to turn on video games in stealth and action.

After a global cataclysm, the earth becomes uninhabitable for human beings and machines, whose artificial intelligence is very supervised, they take control of the planet of a mega underground construction which is not suitable for humans. The story of Steel Seed is environmental, which develops both in environments dominated by digital and steel constructions and in different biodomes that will tell us the story.

Our protagonist, ZoeShe is the daughter of a scientific eminence who fights for the survival of her daughter, who wakes up several years later, but in an improved mechanical body and with her almost erased memory. Although he will not be alone, then KobyA small drone accompanies him in his search for answers in this hostile and cold environment.

Game mechanics

Steel seeds mix several genres, such as action for melé, skills and parkour, and stealth to move forward. There will always be options on how to face clashes with machines, which are designed to avoid our access, so we will have to take advantage of the environment and the skills of our 2 protagonists.

As for mobility, with our mechanical body, we will be quite agile, be able to execute double jumps, rush or elusive, climb for projections and hide on the cover, in seedswhich could be the grass of other similar titles. Any gameplay focuses on this futuristic technology and the skills we acquire thanks to the collection of technological points.

In combat, we will have at our disposal a kind of sword of energy, light attacks, simple combos and strong attacks. We can dodge and drive, in addition to doing Perfect esquivas And be able to come back. Our Koby drone will also help us fight independently, although we can control it to shoot their weaknesses, cheat, etc.

Skills will unlock them at the Guardado points, where we activate them by paying an price with experience points, but certain skills can only be unlocked if we meet specific challenges, such as, for example, eliminating enemies stealthily, hidden, making the requirements elusive and others.

Stealth does not always work as it should, but basically, we will have to monitor the visual field of enemies, which we can mark through our drone, which could even show its model of movement if we unlock a certain capacity. Cover, shadows and digital grass or seedsThey provide us with a tactical advantage to put an end to enemies without entering combat.

Mobility and exploration

Explore is quite limited in this title, because in general, it is quite linear in its development, with areas broader to investigate, but there is not much to find with the exception of the documents that tell us something about history. There are boxes for the areas that we can break and give us experience and meet the requirements for certain challenges, but global exploration is not very satisfactory.

To move forward, you must climb by pipes, climb through projections and activate certain switches to move the elements of the environment that prevent our progress. We do it thanks to the photos of Koby and his hackers distributed consoles throughout the scene, which makes progress in a simple and a little more satisfactory puzzle than exploration.

The “fires” of the game are distributed in the areas, devices used for rapid travel between areas, with a central area where there are NPCs that will ask us to move forward in history, even more improve Zoe and Koby and provide important information. They are not very far from each other, and use them will recharge our body and relive all the enemies, the mechanics inherited from the Soulkeke.

Nor is it a soul, not a Prince of Persia

Although the fight may seem a kind of soul, the displacement a prince of Persia and the stealth a cell bursts, the title takes a little of each kind, even if it does not perform it perfectly. The fight seems inaccurate and not very satisfactory, the Parkour and its animations fail and the stealth, added to the AI ​​(sometimes silly more and sometimes they are unpredictable geniuses), make it short in global calculation.

We are faced with a video game that can give for many hours, but when we have some repetitives and not very satisfactory. The advance becomes quite heavy, despite its simplicity in the mechanical implemented, and the design of the levels becomes quite monotonous.

Technically speaking, we are faced with a humble project, but it shows that it is half kitchen, for animations, the design of characters, certain bugs and a simple execution of actions. Perhaps (unless it is corrected with a launch patch) requires a little more work, because ideas are good, but not execution, which leaves us a fairly normal title and which remains below other video games of similar budgets / prices.

I also found yields, something that could be corrected, but without graphic modes to choose beyond the typical luminosity and movement of movement options. Sound effects that meet, like a good soundtrack, complete all the technical characteristics that approve, but not with note.

Conclusion

Steel Seed takes mechanisms from other titles, mixing action, with the stealth and hacking of technology in a science fiction adventure with many dark tones and a few neon lights. He does not stand out in any of his sections, not even in the characters, although he has an interesting story, but nothing that surprises.

In summary, a normal video game for science fiction enthusiasts who have a little of everything and who can turn off the appetite from those looking for this type of proposals. Despite this, with a little more development work, there would have been a rounder and memorable title, but it remains in a mixture of genres which simply conform without highlighting in particular.

The steel seed is launched in the Xbox Series X series | S, PlayStation 5 and PC, you can also play its form of demonstration