French Revolution soulslike Steelrising shows off 5 minutes of new gameplay

pcgamer.com:

Steelrising, the French Revolution soulslike in development by Greedfall outfit Spiders, has summoned a new trailer showing off five minutes of robot-stomping gameplay.

Taking place in an alternate timeline where King Louis XVI thwarts the revolution with an army of robot automatons (now that's a premise), Steelrising sees you battle your way through the smouldering ruins of Paris in the ceramic body of Aegis, an android created by one of King Louis' engineers.

Having already unveiled a hot minute of gameplay last year, this new trailer provides a slightly broader overview of Steelrising's systems and locations. The video starts out in a workshop on the outskirts of Paris, showing off various in-game weapons such as the «Gribeauval Halberd», a hybrid melee and ranged weapon reminiscent of Bloodborne's rifle-spear, alongside a pair of fetching armoured fans, the ideal accessory for a murderous robot facsimile of a French aristocrat.

The action then switches to central Paris, where Aegis demonstrates her platforming abilities, including a nimble dash manoeuvre and a Sekiro-style grappling hook, before slicing up a boss named 'The Bishop of the Cité'. We also get a glimpse of the various outfits Aegis will be able to wear, letting you fully embrace the fashion of late eighteenth-century France.

It's a surprisingly raw video compared to last year's much flashier footage, showing placeholder UI and clearly missing some elements like music for the boss battle. This isn't necessarily a bad thing – an honest video is preferable to a heavily choreographed trailer that isn't representative of the game's current development status. At the same time, however, taking on From Software demands an extremely high-level of quality, and