Severed Steel also features some nifty environmental design and cool weapons. When the going is going, it recreates the feeling of the tensest firefights you've emerged from by the skin of your teeth. At its worst, it makes you think "fuck this Meatboy nonse, making obnoxiously hard games isn't a legitimate game design goal." Luckily for us, the two hardest difficulty levels are absolutely optional, and getting is an option!
