![]() After a few months of previews, Microsoft has updated Edge with a new Surf game (available at any time by plugging edge://surf into the address bar) that harkens back to the old SkiFree game from Windows’ past. Retraux: The game has a DOS artstyle similar to SkiFree.Microsoft is determined to one-up Google where possible with its Chromium-based Edge browser, and that includes one of the most important areas: the cute mini-game you can play when you’re offline.Three of them are unique designs, the other four are recolors of two of the aforementioned unique designs (one of them has not been copied at all). Palette Swap: The game has seven playable surfers.One-Hit Kill: Getting caught by the purple squid causes you to lose instantly, no matter how many hearts you have left, and ignoring Mercy Invincibility.No Plot? No Problem!: No plot for why you're surfing, why the squid chases you eventually, or anything else.Mercy Invincibility: You have a bit of invincibility after being hit, which crucially allows you to pass through obstacles after hitting them (since you cannot go backwards).Additionally, it won't endlessly chase you - if you can outspeed it, it'll stop chasing, though it'll try again if you find another purple tentacle. It doesn't eat you, nor does it prance around taunting you on defeat it just destroys your surfboard, but still leaves you alive. Lighter and Softer: The Squid compared to the Abominable Snow Monster.Holiday Mode: For winter 2021–2022, the visuals have been changed from surfing in the open sea during the summer to skiing down an endless mountain while being chased by the Abominable Snow Monster himself.Unusually, there is a "High visibility mode" that outlines all hitboxes, green for buffs, red for debuffs, and black for damage sources. Hitbox Dissonance: Everything has rectangular hitboxes.Hearts Are Health: You have a lifebar with three hearts and additional hearts can be picked up. ![]() Endless Game: The game doesn't end, you may as well get caught by the squid eventually.The NPC surfers have unlimited lives, but they will fall from their surfboard if they hit you, and they cannot go through you so they will be stuck in an infinite loop if you are in front of them. Your score won't be saved, but you destroy any obstacle you come into contact with, except sand bars which can still damage you. Stay in the circle for a while and you will be turned into a purple squid yourself. Easter Egg: Go all the way to the left and you will find a circle of tentacles.Cartoon Penguin: One of the playable surfers is a penguin who resembles Tux, Linux's mascot.The former can be found floating in the ocean, while the latter is seen relaxing in an inflatable tube and waving. The Cameo: Both the Skier and the Abominable Snow Monster make appearances in this game.Anti-Frustration Features: Dolphins, orcas, and divers which periodically appear as obstacles in fixed patches do not pop up if you are already in the patch or close to entering one.Unlike the inspiration, you have three hearts with each one being depleted when you hit something (unless the squid catches you, in that case you lose all three) and three lightning icons that speed the surfer up significantly when you double-tap the down key. However, there are many obstacles in the form of rocks, bridges, other surfers, and a relentless purple squid. ![]() The game is inspired by SkiFree, but you have to surf endlessly and try to get as low as possible. Doesn't the new icon look like a wave? Well, this game might make the change have more sense.Įdge Surf is a video game built into Microsoft Edge released in 2020 (after version 82), playable when edge://surf is typed in into the address bar or if you have a problem with connecting to the Internet, though the game is available in other places if you use Firefox/Chrome/some other browser. Since 2020, Microsoft Edge users may have downloaded a major update for the browser.
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