The Surge - CREO Special Employee Kit DLC

Get if it's on sale along side the base game + walk in the park. makes the game fairly easy in the beginning specially if ur casual like me. But if not on sale. Just don't. don't get it.

The CREO Special Employee Kit gives players three items: one cosmetic item and two implants, one of which is quite helpful. The cosmetic item is a unique exoskeleton, the PS01, which you won't be able to see most of the time since since it's under your gear. One of the implants is an injectable, the Mechanized Counterweight V.0.9, which boosts your attacks at the cost of energy. it's okay for early-game, but better ones can be found later on. The third item is a proximity sensor, which detects items and starts beeping when you're close to them; it can detect pickups in crates, and through walls, ceilings, and floors. The beeping can get annoying, especially as you get closer to the item, but this is a good passive upgrade and will help you track down pickups you didn't even know existed. If your're playing with a controller that supports force feedback it will start vibrating when an item is nearby, which is a nice touch. The Special Employee Kit is worth it for the proximity sensor, which is genuinely useful. Wait for a sale, though.

NOT recomended. Way not worth the asking prize. As I've read, this is part of the pre-order bonus, and as such - despite that pre-orders should die out - would be a cool adition. I myself got this as a part of a package deal on sale, but would not ever recomend the asknig prize for the content here. The Rig is the standard starting Rig recolored. I do preffer the recolor, but it's such a minor change it's laughable! XD The Counterweight is an equipable, activatable item. I don't like using it, and you get a better version not to long into the game. Proximity sensor. This equipable allows you to hear pickups the closer you are. It's OBNOXIOUS the adio level on this, even though it can be useful for the unobservant. Almost he biggest benefit of this, is to scrap for 2.000 Tech wich is a nice boost early on and can kickstart your progress jsut a tiny smidge. So... yea, kind of buying power in a single player game. Base game is great. But, unless you get this DLC for free - absoltely not recomended!

You're basically paying for an item that gives the ability to sense nearby drops with an audible (and pretty annoying honestly) bleeping since the other two items in this DLC are more or less useless. It also takes up an implant slot, so you might later on decide the slot itself is more valuable. Useful if you don't want to miss any drops but definitely not necessary if you just keep your eyes open. A directional, visual cue would have been nice though since it's pretty useless for deaf or hard of hearing players. In case you missed that one class back in preschool where you learned how colors work, CREO PS01 Limited Rig actually translates to the word yellow. And that's exactly what this is and nothing more. You won't even see it when you have most armors on. The Counterweight implant will do you no good either, since you'll get maybe 5 minutes use out of it before you replace it with something else. You start off with very few implant slots and this will not be one that you waste a slot for. It's also not unique, and an hour or two into the game you'll find a better version of it. Not a DLC worth paying for unless you desperately want a little extra help spotting drops, but really this is one of those things better suited to a free update like the Fire & Ice pack.

[b]It is... fine? It's fine.[/b]    [b]W[/b]ell, when it comes to the actual content on the offer and pricing there's not a lot to complain about. A handy little package, objective added value to the game, with two out of three things that most likely will be used throughout the entire experience. Mechanized Counterweight is a nice addition but loses its purpose relatively early on. Proximity Sensor is a much more valuable and important implant, to the point where it arguably should be just included in the game for everyone, as it adds a rather fundamental convenience mechanics of audio loot detection. Occasionally due to the design of the map and environments-structures it might be annoying, but overall it's a very handy addition that in the long run might help players find a bunch of stuff they would miss due to haste, impatience, tiredness or simply being distracted. A must for all treasure hunters. The last thing is cosmetic skin for the exoskeleton (think power armor frame from recent Fallout games). As a skin, it's a very subjective thing to weigh on. I'm not crazy about the design, but it fits the game and I ended up using it through its entirety, partly because there is no other alternative to the black default one, which is a weird thing. Exoskeleton is just a model attached to the main protagonist under the armor, it's non-functional. It wouldn't ruin the company to include a few more skins for that thing, even simple ones like white paint, steel, carbon, or bronze finish. Overall- everything is as advertised.    [b]W[/b]hen it comes to the product itself: this package is a former pre-order bonus, one of the kind that I'm not a fan of. These tiny and/or mostly irrelevant content pieces (that sometimes feel like ripped from the game) often are more forgettable and disappointing than useful. It's hardly an incentive to preorder anything and ends up being an annoyance for people interested in getting their hands on all official content available. Thankfully often they end up being sold anyway so at least permanent exclusivity is not an issue. Giving them away 12/24 months after the release would be much better received, but asked price here is kinda OK. If you're considering picking it up- just go for a complete package of the game. It's a much better value than buying DLCs separately. On its own- sure, as long as you care about all dem lootz.

Price is probably too high and the things are pretty useless apart from the annoying beeper! Anyways I'll recommend it since it was the pre-order bonus and it was put on sale the moment the game released. If you're gonna do anti-consumer marketing then I'm glad you at least didn't make it exclusive to pre-orders.

Valuable, but not essential. Good for completionists that will die if they don't find every little trinket scattered around. Beeping gets annoying and loud when in the middle of tense combat, but hey? Adds to the intesity of 'Will I die before I can grab the goodies?' Regarding the injectable and the exoskeleton; the injectable is replaced soon enough and the exoskeleton is cosmetic. I like it. Would not recommend unless a fan of Souls-like games.

It's will be ok if that DLC be free, but it's cost something, all of content in DLC useless, because you can find better stuff in the game, than you will have at the start of the game with that DLC

I can't really recommend this as a separate purchase. As a bonus on the preorder it was nice to have, but I wouldn't pay any extra money for this.

I've got the DLC with Pre-Order. The Exoskeleton is like his Clothing, so you wear it the moment you Start the Game. If you don't like the Color...you CHANGE the Color in the Medbay in the Rig Menu its [C] in Keyboard or (X) on Xbox Controller. Although you can only change the Color from Rigs you own. In the Start its either Blue with Black or Blue with Neon Yellow/Green...later you get 2 more colors afaik. The Counterweight CAN be useful, but I haven't used it and you get a better one early on. BUT the most important Item is the Sensor, while its sound can be annoying, it's VERY useful, since it can show you if there is an Item in a Crate or even behind a Wall. Without it I may have missed some Items. All in all as a Free DLC for Pre-Order it's very useful. If you didn't get the DLC and thinking about buying it, just ask yourself if you need that Sensor. If not, don't buy the DLC. 2 of the 3 Items will be replaced later on.