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Ashen is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, Steam, and GOG on December 9th.
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Such a good game - really hope this gets on to more people's radars.
Ooooo that little teaser at the end makes it look like they've expanded on the game as well! Exciting!
Ooooo that little teaser at the end makes it look like they've expanded on the game as well! Exciting!
Good. Another one of those console launch exclusives whose window has ended. Looking forward to playing it on PS4.
It's a completely average Souls clone. You're better off playing the real thing.
But really nice to have a DRM-free release.
But really nice to have a DRM-free release.
Going to echo this. Lacks difficulty, interesting combat or an interesting world. If you want a Souls like game, look elsewhere.
Ashen doesn't quite live up to its full potential, but overall I really enjoyed the 10-15 hours I spent with it. I look forward to whatever the developers do next.
Game started off great but FELL OFF A CLIFF around the middle. It became a bit too ridiculous with the lack of checkpoints and the bosses with massive health bars. I was upset because I really loved the first half of the game. Oh well. Still, glad it's coming to other systems.
nah
id rather play remnant at this point if im going to play a not souls
Probably be more worth it to pick up The Surge 2 at this point.
Nope. My backlog has gotten even bigger now so no point even looking at this anymore.
Ashen and Below were sadly two of my biggest indie disappointments last year however, I am super glad more folks on other formats are able to play (and make their own minds up about) Ashen now.
The ridiculously big health bars for some of the bosses in the second half for the game, the slightly unremarkable visuals along with an unfriendly checkpoint system turned me away quite quickly...
I'll certainly be interested to see what the developers do next though!
The ridiculously big health bars for some of the bosses in the second half for the game, the slightly unremarkable visuals along with an unfriendly checkpoint system turned me away quite quickly...
I'll certainly be interested to see what the developers do next though!
It has a very Absolver kind of feel to it, but with a bit more Dark Souls-esque gameplay thrown in.
This has been on my radar. I'll wait to see how the PS4/Switch versions run before I jump in however.
Pretty much.
It's a Souls clone with objective markers and fetch quests progession. It has no identity of it's own nor does it do anything else well enough to stand out from the other clones.
The bosses are also pretty bad.
I had a great time playing it coop with a friend (I've heard stories of people having trouble with the coop feature so I'll mention it, but for me it was super smooth).
So if the coop works, it's a cool game. There's nothing groundbreaking, but it's very much enjoyable all the way through.
So if the coop works, it's a cool game. There's nothing groundbreaking, but it's very much enjoyable all the way through.
Still interested in it but if I get it depends on the price. It's not like the world stood still and no games released since last December.
Really great game until the last two boss fights sucking ass lol.
Still worth playing but I'd recommend not beating your head against those bosses if you get to them and stop having fun. I was stubborn and spent hours on them it it wasn't worth it.
Still worth playing but I'd recommend not beating your head against those bosses if you get to them and stop having fun. I was stubborn and spent hours on them it it wasn't worth it.
Oh okay, I thought I was going to come in here and be an outlier and assumed this was an indie darling, but yes, I want to also echo my disappointment with this game.
It is a really, really bland retread of the most basic dark souls concepts and honestly isn't very fun. I was seriously unimpressed by it
It is a really, really bland retread of the most basic dark souls concepts and honestly isn't very fun. I was seriously unimpressed by it
Depends on how much it'll cost. I watched people play Ashen a year ago when the game launched and it's quite average souls game.
Cool, have it on EGS but havnt played it yet.
Looking at the december schedule on Switch - this is probably the biggest name to release in December as of now. So unless something else shows up - this could do well on the Switch.
Looking at the december schedule on Switch - this is probably the biggest name to release in December as of now. So unless something else shows up - this could do well on the Switch.
Surprised at people calling it bland and uninspired. I guess if you're going in looking for a pure Soulslike gameplay experience then, yeah, it could be unremarkable. But I thought the game had a ton of heart and the world, the NPCs (that came back to your town and helped build it throughout the game!) and the cool Journey style drop-in/drop-out co-op stuff was really lovely. I'm such a huge fan of it.
Copying a couple paragraphs from Austin at Waypoint. It made it onto his top ten of last year. His chat on the podcast sold me on it really.
Copying a couple paragraphs from Austin at Waypoint. It made it onto his top ten of last year. His chat on the podcast sold me on it really.
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