Watch Us Die Our Way Through a Half Hour of The Surge

Hi! I’m Garrett Martin. I edit Paste‘s games section, and I’m not always very good at videogames. Case in point: The Surge, Deck13 Interactive’s sci-fi homage to the Dark Souls series that came out earlier this week. I haven’t played the retail version of the game yet, but earlier this year I spent a half hour failing to make any progress in it whatsoever during a press event. The whole thing was captured on video, and although i could’ve taken that footage and edited it in a way to cover up my deficiencies, I’m not that insincere or insecure. Here at Paste the truth is our little buddy, and it’d be a more honest and accurate reflection of The Surge and its fundamental indulgence in difficulty to share the footage unaltered. So here it is, a solid half hour of one man struggling his way through a game for the very first time. If you hear any grunts, moans or cuss words beneath the game audio you can be pretty much sure that it’s me.