Yeah not gonna lie, I went through this whole video thinking, "I thought this game had like, martial arts?" and then realized I was thinking of Absolver
@@saltnvinegar6607 No Absolver is made by SloClap. It's sad seeing two such similar and great games with so much potential, just waste it. Absolver with its utter lack of content and Ashen with its Epic store exclusive.
@@joelfilho2625 TBF the most ridiculous spectacle in 3 was seeing people running around in full Havel's, duel wielding greatswords, while somersaulting and farting fireballs...the katanas were extremely tame in comparison.
@@Joseph-Thomas OK MATE, I said that for the humor, I personally love dark souls especially the 1st one. I am a PC player so I haven't given bloodborne a try
Who needs this? That is so unimportant. What is important is all things that make Souls a great multiplayer game. Souls is a game to play with other people, for many playthroughs, for many hours.
Eyo Inferno. There's this program called DS4Windows that tricks windows into thinking your PS4 controller is an xbox controller. I personally use it all the time and it works flawlessly, it lets you play games like Ashen with a PS4 controller without steam having to be open..
Played this with my friend. It was such a great experience. I wasted a lot of time farming up nearly a million scoria without knowing how close we were to beating the game. I wish it was longer, but still a beautiful game.
I played the game myself on launch, and I wasn't really surprised with the lack of exposure since it was honestly a forgettable experience, it didn't hurt but it did disappoint, the positivity in this video looked like a joke at first, now I don't know what to make of it.
Ashen keeps me up at night sometimes, I fucking love it so much. The art style is so beautiful , and the music, and goddam, it was so good, aghhhhhh. I've played this game through around 5 times now, just because of the whispers, that bit where the diasora lands, fucking stunning.
Any time someone talks about how something is "dark souls but better", they always conveniently leave out major aspects of what makes Dark Souls such a deep experience. The same thing happened here. Dark Souls isn't just fun because of its gameplay and atmosphere. It also has an amazing story and not only great lore, but lore that reads like biblical text with its clever use of archetypes. You can't just leave that part out, man. Ashen might have better gameplay than Souls (Which I'm skeptical of because you're actually the first person I've heard praise the game's gameplay), but you still have to explain how its story touches the same chords as Dark Souls' does. The beauty of Souls is that it has a lot for everyone, so everyone has a different experience with it - that's why I think people are so keen to say that a game is "dark souls but better", because it has the particular elements of Souls that they liked enhanced in a way they enjoy. Not a criticism of the video, just the provocativeness of the title. And pre-facing the video acknowledging the provocativeness doesn't mean it's justified if you fail to make the full case. And if it was done specifically to bait people like me, then congratulations. Dark Souls isn't just a fun game with fun combat to me, it's also a game with a rich story to tell about the nature of entropy and how people find meaning in a world soaked in nihilism. All you said about Ashen is that "It has a good story". Not sold.
Although I enjoyed the video quite much and now I want to try Ashen, I found your comment well structured and insightful. I agree with you, thanks for sharing the thought.
It's been flying under the radar because it's a paid exclusive for the epic launcher. As interesting as it looks, I can't be bothered to download yet another launcher for one or two games.
TheCorrupt It's not an epic launcher exclusive. It will be coming to steam soon (It is listed as "Not yet on Steam" in the steam store) and it is on Xbox One
@@aexofspades8520 That makes it a timed exclusive but an exclusive nonetheless. I'm sure the game will get the attention it deserves once it's released on other platforms.
@@jacobhalsey1393 yeah valve is so gredy, so much in fact that once that exclusivity contract runs out epic will take the 30% that those greedy bastards called valve take >:
I really like the feeling of learning enemy patterns and mastering a game, but I find the stats and items of DS to be daunting. This seems like a good game to jump into.
I thought that at first too and had no idea what I was doing when I first played DS3. I sucked ass so I quit then came back later and just muscled through by looking up the best weapon guides. I'm now good without ever micro-ing the stats or items. Just find something you like and stick with it.
What about system requirements? On the Steam store with a TBD release date the requirements only say Windows 10... Does that mean it won't even run on older Windows?
"Hey guys i just killed a jew, hahaha, thats so bad right? Lmao cya guys later" Extreme example but my point still stands. Like what is in these people's heads.
Nitr Hiir What exactly makes clickbait bad, in your opinion? (I’m not saying it’s good, I just want your side) it seems to me that it can vary wildly, and in this situation wasn’t bad at all. Of course also, clickbait is regularly used all the time by creators simply because using a boring title won’t... well, get anyone’s attention. So, the creator gets low views of that video, and low ad revenue, and less money produced from that, on what could have been a video they put a lot of time and effort into. It’s necessary, in a lot of cases.
Everyone has an opinion, but i disagree with basically everything other than the music. The gameplay left much to be desired, multiplayer is a mess, weapons all feel so painfully similar, no real customization, 0 incentive for anything past a single playthrough. The harder game mode is just the same exact thing, but with health and stamina cut in half. That's it.
Krystof. Almost every big company has ties with China, including Valve. I hate that hellhole of a country just as much as you, but choosing to boycott a single, arbitrarily picked company from a whole bucket of China shills is going to do exactly nothing for anyone besides you, who now doesn’t get to play some games.
@@Grancop00 Valve doesn't have any major ties with China, they can act as they please. Epic, on the other hand, is basically controlled by Tencent. We've already seen they probe through our personal info. Epic is NOT a good platform.
@Decadent Descent probably cause you beat the real deal more times than you've beaten your dick when you figured out how it worked. Lol I really enjoy the fluent co-op this game provides compared to souls games, but this is WAY TOO SHORT. We had to stop playing to makw the playthrough worthwhile
@@Facehate666 Yeah, and it's particularly annoying because those games are not even all that difficult. Anyone who grew up on NES/SNES platformers knows what I'm talking about.
Thanks for reminding me this game existed waited for this to release on steam and it’s probably my favourite game period. I can not describe how much I love the aesthetic and charm of the game, my only gripe is the voice acting for some characters namely Eila, please make more game reviews like this but Whatever you work on I will always be a happy camper!
Onur Yilmaz Yeah I loved the gameplay in Dark Souls 2. I dunno why but I find it relaxing to play DS 2 ,but other things were...meh. Like,some bosses like Freja are not good cause she doesn't have many attacks which makes the boss fight a little boring.There are a few more bosses I dislike fighting in DS 2 but DLC makes up for it. Power stancing was good too. Also,DS3 is boring too because of bad bossfights like crystal sage,deacon,wolnir,yhorm,DAMN ALDRITCH(Worst boss IMO because he has alot of importance in the story but the fight is so boring and it doesn't even feel like defeating an heir of fire) and all bosses have gimmicks and only 2 bosses use these gimmicks well(SoC and Abyss Watchers)
Texture_Turtle Hey guys, i bought robux with my mom’s money and my brother said im big gay, what should i do? Cut off my own dick or follow my dream of being the best RuneScape player in my neighborhood?
It doesn't affect the core gameplay, but I think assisted climb and other co-op only mechanics are one of the worst things about the game. There are places in not blight town where you can assisted climb both you and your partner of into your deaths, like over a wall with no floor on the other side, and the fact that co-op doors exist, and how they added a rune to go solo that you need to waste a slot on or need to enable disable the companion to get past them every time. Like why does the rune even exist, the bosses don't seem to get more HP in co-op so isn't being solo punishment enough? Another kind of minor complaint is that you get upgrade materials up the ass, but it seems like you couldn't reasonably get enough not souls to use them all without grinding, but I'm not sure on that, and in a way I prefer it over needing to go into NG+ every few max upgrades.
Fair points. I felt like I had way to fucking many around the last bit of the game. I felt like the climbing was well done mostly and you just have to be careful when you do it high up. Look before you leap and all that~ The game sorely needs a NG+ for sure though.
I played this game day one on xbox game pass. Although it was good and I enjoyed it for the 20 to 25 hours it lasted. This game does not even come close to even the worst that souls has to offer. Hardly any enemy variety. little to no character customization. No backstabs, parrys or any skillfull technics to use in combat. Its literally mash RB on every enemy till they die. Not to mention there's only one armor slot no gauntlets, no legs, head.. one piece of armor for your entire character. No tank builds, or shield builds, nothing.. theres only close to 15 weapons in the entire game and they play the exact same. Co op is a mess you have to endlessly wait for someone to randomly join. Instead of summoning them in manually. No pvp of any kind. This game excels at its world and art design. Which was pretty much a mix of journey, inside, and absolver. Every aspect of the game in some way feels unoriginal. Its just an amalgamation of ideas already present in the industry. Its decent with an insanely large asking price of 40 dollars. With hardly 0 replay value. This as dumbed down as dark souls can get.
"skillful comabt" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Darksouls skill is who's able to best exploit the broken mechanics of the game. From busted hit boxes, to useless weapons and armor, there is hardly anything skillful about it.
I feel like the fact that it's only available on the Epic games launcher contributed a lot to how unnoticed this game went. I've been waiting for this game (Quite passively though) and didn't even know it was finally out
A large completely dark area where you have to use a lantern or some other form of light so you don’t fall off edges or get killed by enemies, sounds, familiar...
@@kiritokirigiya5279 More like how much of this script came from Ashen. Cause it just kinda sounds mostly like excuses why Ashen is Darksouls 2.0 rather than actually promoting the game in a way that actually shows its better. It really just looks like a dumbed down darksouls graphics with the pure purpose to make combat more fluid. Which isnt exactly automatically better. imo.
Bought this game on your recommendation to play with my bro, had a really good time. Beautiful music, pretty world, decent controls and movement. Simple enough, but not bland.
with the spears there needs to be somewhat of a “soft auto lock” if that’s a thing? because like you said “it already takes longer than it should to switch” so moving targets are almost impossible to hit.
I use keyboard for all of the Dark Souls games, and while it's hard and annoying at first, I got used to it. The only really annoying part of using a keyboard is that the Dark Souls games assume you're using a controller, so even if you do not and never have had a controller hooked up to your computer, all of the button prompts and things like that show up as what they would be for the controller. I also have that issue with Nioh, come to think of it. The only way to know what key to use for something is to either just mash buttons and see if it works or go into the part of the menu that lets me rebind things, and even then, there are plenty of actions (like rating messages, or changing what stats show up in your screen) that aren't specifically mentioned in the rebinding thing, so then I'm stuck with just pressing random keys.
I didn't care for it. The game didn't really give me any incentive to play. The world was dry and boring, and lack of character customization gave me less to do. The game trying to push me toward quest objectives was annoying. There wasn't really anything in this game for me.
I just started playing it since i noticed it on the Xbox game pass. So far I'm enjoying it and gonna keep playing. I just have one question about the white/black ash feathers. Some of them are in places like around town where once you complete a quest you can't get to it. Does that mean it's just gone forever into you start a new game and make sure your timing is right?
The qestion is this one: can you do a one shot episode in this game? It can not ok.. But frankly I saw lobosJr play it for a few minutes and I was totally sold form the esthetic I saw. Maybe I will buy it one day. Side note :the epic store looks and feels pretty good but yhea I have 4 or 5 luncher and it's not great.
@@InfernoPlus Thx for the reply , I mostly said it for the meme. Love your video. Work and memes. I need to catch your live stream to. Do you think about making more strongly edited video not related to video game?
Jamega The only good boss(in main game. I haven't played the DLCs) that feel actually feel like bosses and not just enemies with big healthbars were The Abyss Watchers,Sulyvahn,Twin Princes and SoC. All other bosses were diappointing
Pei Laz I agree, Sekiro will be much better than Ashen which is better than DS3. Therefore,Sekiro>Ashen>Trash>Dark Souls 2 & 3(I like to put DS2 and DS3 together because both of them together ruined Dark Souls)
@@Dev-nr4dw Fantasy. That's like saying "My fanfic that I totally took from my faaaavorite series? Yeah. It's better than the original lol, even though any soul or meaning in my fanfic was knowingly and blatantly birthed from the original in the first place. Lol."
Got it on switch, seems alright. I am not that into the right stick movement though, I can't seem to be able to adjust the settings to get it right. Other than the slightly floaty camera though, I have been into it so far. Is there no parries?
@@fyjtyj6tyjt992 Are you breathtakingly stupid or just a troll? There is no release date, so its not coming any time soon. Just because it has a page doesn't mean shit.
I thank you soo much for bringing the attention to this game that it deserves, it truly is an amazing experience, i've played many games that took inspiration from souls, even some games youtubers were sponsored to endorse *cough cough* sunlight blade *cough cough* immortal unchained *cough* but none even came as close to hooking me and making me beat them like Ashen did, the start of the game was slow, quests seemed tedious at best, but as you beat the first boss and start progressing through the areas it turns into a marvelous experience, There was NO downtime for me in this game, like i never felt that the game was cheating me in some way, which is very rare, all in all, the combat is fun, the story is very good, the aesthetic and environment are AMAZING, a definite 9/10 from me, i would recommend to anyone who likes combat driven rpgs and dark souls fans alike.
Ashen is beautiful. I played it on Switch, it’s honestly Dark Souls but more relaxing at it’s relaxing bits and honestly more frightening during the harrowing deeps of its dungeons.
Actually played this with my brother recently and the co op was alright, the time to wait for him to spawn wasnt that long and I did enjoy every boss fight
It's annoying that games need a launcher at all. What happened to just having an executable with desktop and start menu shortcuts? Just because Steam is convenient is no excuse either. No reason why games without launchers couldn't be accessed via 3rd party game library management apps that would be nice to have but not mandatory unlike the (laughable) Steam store DRM.
That's what I love about GoG. You buy the game, you own it, no bullshit drm (unless sometimes because the game has multiplayer but the single player content is 100% playable).
Bitter Cynic For the actual answer that isn’t circlejerking over memes; it’s easier for the consumer to browse games and see sales. It’s easier to have coordinated sales. It’s easier to allow multiplayer, hell Steam even lets devs use it's API. Many executables aren’t easily detected by game congregation platforms. It also allows for integrated game forums that don’t require upkeep and automated refund policies - not all launchers have them but most do. When developers put their game on a platform they are paying to make things more convenient for the customer, because then more customers will give them money. If you want everything to be an executable okay but you are only making things way, way worse for yourself.
@@stevelarry3870 It may have been convenient at some point but it's practically a monopoly and has stagnated for years and it shows. Finding actually good games has become borderline impossible without relying on "influencers" that dig through the piles of shit for you. Communicating with other players is actually more convenient on external platforms like Reddit and Discord. In reality Steam is just a store, a store that keeps games you paid for hostage. It's not even a good store anymore.
Bitter Cynic It’s a monopoly that’s stagnated because we landed on a few very good options. Steam does a fine job of finding good games for you, obviously it’s not going to give you perfect choices just like browsing Apple TV won’t give you perfect movies. But it works quite a bit, especially for indie games that wouldn’t get a place on most influencers channels. It’s well known there is a lot of crap on Steam, but I have never had any of that shovelware appear on my storefront. It’s a good option that wouldn’t be there without the launcher. Communicating with other players works fine on Steam, but obviously it’s not going to work as well as a platform dedicated to it. But that’s not one of the reasons why launchers are a good idea, and it’s clear you know that because you ignored all of the other ones. Steam is a store and an updater and an online organizer and a modding platform and a marketplace - and while you may not appreciate how well it does those very important things, other people do. And they are very important. It’s a good store that does everything it needs to, so much so that both game developers and consumers have picked it for years.
Legit: Minecraft is the most brutal sandbox RPG of all time. If you die: you lose literally everything on your character and can potentially be put in a position in which you can't get any of it back. Ever. That's nuts when you really think about it.
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if they make Ashen 2 will people call the first one "ashen one" ?
A1
HMMMMMMMMMM
That Lady actually made me buy some fingers that make people invade me without my will.
@James Bell ej
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you ever just see a video title that looks like someone swinging a baseball bat at a hornets nest?
Now imagine the baseball bat being an unupgraded club, and the hornets all having their homonym ring
Italian hornets
@@advena688 Homonym Ring, nice. Very Nice.
Yeah not gonna lie, I went through this whole video thinking, "I thought this game had like, martial arts?" and then realized I was thinking of Absolver
true
U be using game pass
Also a fun Souls like game
Holyshit that's true
Same
The visual *a e s t h e t i c* looks just like Absolver.
Yeah and Absolver looks exactly like World's Adrift. :/
@@noxinabox3506 thats not accurate
@@noxinabox3506 untrue. wa is alot more *curvy* where as absolver has alot more edges
Monolith Preacher i agree
@@saltnvinegar6607 No Absolver is made by SloClap. It's sad seeing two such similar and great games with so much potential, just waste it. Absolver with its utter lack of content and Ashen with its Epic store exclusive.
"Ashen has no Katanas, and therefore it is the best Souls game."
*WEEBS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*
Don't forget about the tryhards...
How dare he dishonor us weebs.
Talos is the one true waifu.
Skyrim is the worst elder scrolls game. :O
@@MatthewManney *Everyone would like to know your location*
A bold statement from someone within katana range.
@richard killface you're right tbf. Dark souls (mainly 3) had some ridiculous weeb sticks.
@@joelfilho2625 TBF the most ridiculous spectacle in 3 was seeing people running around in full Havel's, duel wielding greatswords, while somersaulting and farting fireballs...the katanas were extremely tame in comparison.
@@vulpesviridi5499 Quite. Other than the dual katanas (whyyyy?) katanas were the LEAST anime in DS3 xD
asking why a Japanese game has katanas is like asking why so many western games feature arming swords
@@joelfilho2625 great point.
I love the art style of this game. So simple yet so much detail in the environments.
Looks like a rip-off of Mario kart
-dunkey
I thought it was Minecraft Royale ;-;
GTA 6 Copy anyone?
TheSteamBreaker gta 6 isn’t even out yet u idiot hehehehehehehehhehehehehe hohohohohehheehheheh
@@gettingnewbread5434 as yes thank you for correcting me
Let me quickly adjust my try hard meme joke
Gta 5 copy anyone?
*BuT doEs it HAve PoIsE?*
Poise boys
I think its called stun resistance
That's basically what it is
*AYAYAAAAAAAAAY*
The Rock
Dark Souls is just Ashen but Bad
how to beat the ashen with 0 die
Dark souls is just dark souls but bad
long monotone reeing
@@robertwyatt7188 the first dark souls is bad. the second is not great. the third is ass cheese. only bloodborne is ok.
@@Joseph-Thomas OK MATE, I said that for the humor, I personally love dark souls especially the 1st one. I am a PC player so I haven't given bloodborne a try
so much dark souls mentioned made me want to play dark souls.
i didnt enjoy the souls games, i just sunk 300+ hours into them out of pure frustration
This statement works sarcastically and genuinely.
Hanlon Caldwell
Agreed
One needs to "git gud" to enjoy the Souls games, you probably still suck
Summarization of dark souls
In short love ahead
Dark souls didnt have any lip synch to speeches
Ashen made it easier.
NO FACES AT ALL.
Who needs this? That is so unimportant. What is important is all things that make Souls a great multiplayer game. Souls is a game to play with other people, for many playthroughs, for many hours.
+@@micha3695
I think it was a joke, dude.
DS2 added some nice headmovements which were really nice
Sorry for the delay~ RUclips is borked right now and uploading videos in 4k doesn't work. :/
Ashen in 1 shot when
Eyo Inferno. There's this program called DS4Windows that tricks windows into thinking your PS4 controller is an xbox controller. I personally use it all the time and it works flawlessly, it lets you play games like Ashen with a PS4 controller without steam having to be open..
Make Ashen 76 mod next pls
Do you actually bot like dark souls I can never tell
you should get demonetized for greentexting on youtube
9:09 You improved your town so much you gained the technology to change skin color
"I've compared Ashen with dark souls a lot. This is where it stops...
SO THE COMBAT IN ASHEN IS LIKE IN DARK SOULS"
Even if you don't understand it, the poise is working as intended.
Why it went under the radar - epic launcher basically
its coming soon to steam but who knows how soon v'-'v
I was super excited for it and ignored that fact. But in the end I got a refund. Not enjoyable for me.
Yeah if it's on epic it's a no for me.
Yeah if it's on epic it's a no for me.
@@RewZes It says it'll only be on the epic games launcher until the end of december this year. :/ so it wont be on steam for an entire year sadly
Enough of this talk of homosexuality. I know what you, my audience, truly desire. Big... Muscular... Men...
Wait...
Played this with my friend. It was such a great experience. I wasted a lot of time farming up nearly a million scoria without knowing how close we were to beating the game. I wish it was longer, but still a beautiful game.
Ashen is the dark souls of Ashen
Dark souls is the Ashen of Dark souls
Dark souls is the ashens of dark souls
jureg pa mim *you jealous?*
WHY ARE YOU HERE!
Such enlightenment
I had to watch the full video to be sure that you were not being sarcastic about the game being good, this is so rare
Assuming everything is sarcastic until proven otherwise is the best coping mechanism I could ever think of
I played the game myself on launch, and I wasn't really surprised with the lack of exposure since it was honestly a forgettable experience, it didn't hurt but it did disappoint, the positivity in this video looked like a joke at first, now I don't know what to make of it.
Ashen keeps me up at night sometimes, I fucking love it so much. The art style is so beautiful , and the music, and goddam, it was so good, aghhhhhh.
I've played this game through around 5 times now, just because of the whispers, that bit where the diasora lands, fucking stunning.
I was like "this looks really good, how have I not heard of it?" then I was like "oh, egs"
Ashen is the Fortnite of Dark Souls
Wrong it's the legend of Zelda
Lol
Reported for speaking about Fo*****
@@zroom4335 but tloz is the OG ds
@@asmer3302 Zelda is Dark Souls on the easiest difficulty
You are supposed to declare it when you are advertising
@@Voknerech10Z Whoosh!
@@Voknerech10Z whoosh!
6:20 "This is where it stops.... -While Ashen's core combat is very much like Dark Souls"
It's intuitive, it's also... intuitive.. And some even say it's intuitive.
Any time someone talks about how something is "dark souls but better", they always conveniently leave out major aspects of what makes Dark Souls such a deep experience.
The same thing happened here. Dark Souls isn't just fun because of its gameplay and atmosphere. It also has an amazing story and not only great lore, but lore that reads like biblical text with its clever use of archetypes.
You can't just leave that part out, man. Ashen might have better gameplay than Souls (Which I'm skeptical of because you're actually the first person I've heard praise the game's gameplay), but you still have to explain how its story touches the same chords as Dark Souls' does.
The beauty of Souls is that it has a lot for everyone, so everyone has a different experience with it - that's why I think people are so keen to say that a game is "dark souls but better", because it has the particular elements of Souls that they liked enhanced in a way they enjoy.
Not a criticism of the video, just the provocativeness of the title. And pre-facing the video acknowledging the provocativeness doesn't mean it's justified if you fail to make the full case. And if it was done specifically to bait people like me, then congratulations.
Dark Souls isn't just a fun game with fun combat to me, it's also a game with a rich story to tell about the nature of entropy and how people find meaning in a world soaked in nihilism.
All you said about Ashen is that "It has a good story". Not sold.
So uh. He never actually said that. The title is a joke. This is Inferno we're talking about.
The souls series has SUCH good writing, idk why I haven't seen this brought up much..
Although I enjoyed the video quite much and now I want to try Ashen, I found your comment well structured and insightful. I agree with you, thanks for sharing the thought.
ds story is shit. cause there is no story.
@@uxsenebeli the story is been held secret bruh. I know You dont play dark souls.
when's the dlc that adds in the textures?
it got stuck behind the update that will add poise to dark souls 3. we'll be waiting a while.
Love this game. Hope they make a sequel.
"Ashen is like a Dark Souls tutorial, but less"
ftfy.
It's been flying under the radar because it's a paid exclusive for the epic launcher. As interesting as it looks, I can't be bothered to download yet another launcher for one or two games.
TheCorrupt It's not an epic launcher exclusive. It will be coming to steam soon (It is listed as "Not yet on Steam" in the steam store) and it is on Xbox One
@@aexofspades8520 That makes it a timed exclusive but an exclusive nonetheless. I'm sure the game will get the attention it deserves once it's released on other platforms.
TheCorrupt it's on Xbox & ps4. So.
As small as the studio is they were better off putting it on the epic games launcher because Valve is greedy as fuck
@@jacobhalsey1393 yeah valve is so gredy, so much in fact that once that exclusivity contract runs out epic will take the 30% that those greedy bastards called valve take >:
They took Dark Souls 1,2,3 bloodborne,demon souls and turned it into one game without Dex
And no Magic from what I could tell.
No, they took dark souls 1, made it shittier and for kids
@@loubloom1941 hard to make dark souls 1 any shittier lel
@@yahiaaymankamaly3518 *angry comment about how ds1 is perfect and ds2 is a shitpile of dogshit*
@@yahiaaymankamaly3518 ding dong ur opinion is wrong
I really like the feeling of learning enemy patterns and mastering a game, but I find the stats and items of DS to be daunting. This seems like a good game to jump into.
I thought that at first too and had no idea what I was doing when I first played DS3. I sucked ass so I quit then came back later and just muscled through by looking up the best weapon guides. I'm now good without ever micro-ing the stats or items. Just find something you like and stick with it.
This new Absolver DLC looks amazing!
Ah it’s not on steam, no wonder I’ve not heard of it before. I hate having too many launchers installed
I got the epic launcher for the free game every 2 weeks thing lol
I already have 5 launchers but I have no problem
It's on Steam but it is not released and has no release date. store.steampowered.com/app/649950/Ashen/
Free game every two weeks? Looks like Papa Heroin addict is getting the Epic Games launcher
Any exclusive on epic might come to steam 1 year later :(
I'd like to get it, but it's for the Epic Launcher.
Aw, what? That sucks.
I think it's on Xbox game pass
It's coming to Steam as well.
On steam it says "not yet on steam" so maybe put it on your wishlist
What about system requirements? On the Steam store with a TBD release date the requirements only say Windows 10... Does that mean it won't even run on older Windows?
When he said "...dark and foreboding." Holy shit that music is so good.
What's with this current trend of clickbait titles where the RUclipsr also calls out how it's clickbait like it's okay. It really isn't.
"Hey guys i just killed a jew, hahaha, thats so bad right? Lmao cya guys later"
Extreme example but my point still stands. Like what is in these people's heads.
If it's justified, it's not clickbait, and in case you missed it, here's the timestamp 0:14
@@eris2576 How the fuck is it not clickbait?
Nitr Hiir What exactly makes clickbait bad, in your opinion? (I’m not saying it’s good, I just want your side) it seems to me that it can vary wildly, and in this situation wasn’t bad at all. Of course also, clickbait is regularly used all the time by creators simply because using a boring title won’t... well, get anyone’s attention. So, the creator gets low views of that video, and low ad revenue, and less money produced from that, on what could have been a video they put a lot of time and effort into. It’s necessary, in a lot of cases.
So many feelings hurt here... Can anybody here recover from this
I'm glad you're enjoying Dark Souls: Easy Mode
So Dark Souls?
Dark souls is already easy dude, c'mon.
It’s harder than dark souls lol. Most dark sounds are easy
Everyone has an opinion, but i disagree with basically everything other than the music. The gameplay left much to be desired, multiplayer is a mess, weapons all feel so painfully similar, no real customization, 0 incentive for anything past a single playthrough. The harder game mode is just the same exact thing, but with health and stamina cut in half. That's it.
Yeah the sound and music was really well done, at least in the parts he showed with it turned up...
not much innovation, not much love.
This video is a paid ad, so)
the animations look clunky too, especially for two handed weapons
what did you expect from someone who uses PS4 controllers ?
Oh wow, by complete coincidence I'm watching this a day before the launch date.
I really wanna play this game but I also don't want the President of China looking through my computer files
The fuck you mean by that?
Big Daddy Cocaine “it on epic store, so it bad >:(“ circlejerk
Krystof. Almost every big company has ties with China, including Valve. I hate that hellhole of a country just as much as you, but choosing to boycott a single, arbitrarily picked company from a whole bucket of China shills is going to do exactly nothing for anyone besides you, who now doesn’t get to play some games.
@@Grancop00 Valve doesn't have any major ties with China, they can act as they please. Epic, on the other hand, is basically controlled by Tencent. We've already seen they probe through our personal info. Epic is NOT a good platform.
@@krystof5271 China is communist?
The fat conductor laughed
"You are wrong."
Directly comparing all these gameplay elements to the Souls games just makes Ashen look less appealing.
@Decadent Descent
Then go play Demon Souls, because THAT is the real deal.
@Decadent Descent probably cause you beat the real deal more times than you've beaten your dick when you figured out how it worked. Lol I really enjoy the fluent co-op this game provides compared to souls games, but this is WAY TOO SHORT. We had to stop playing to makw the playthrough worthwhile
@@simpletonapollo9723 ds1 is the real deal
God, the souls community is so elitist and awful.
@@Facehate666 Yeah, and it's particularly annoying because those games are not even all that difficult. Anyone who grew up on NES/SNES platformers knows what I'm talking about.
I havent seen much of Ashen and i had no idea it had this much to it. Thanks for showing it off, i'm gon a wishlist this instantly~
Thanks for reminding me this game existed waited for this to release on steam and it’s probably my favourite game period. I can not describe how much I love the aesthetic and charm of the game, my only gripe is the voice acting for some characters namely Eila, please make more game reviews like this but Whatever you work on I will always be a happy camper!
dark souls but dumbed down
Nintony
Not as dumbed down as Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3
Dark souls but bad
@@Dev-nr4dw I think Dark Souls 2 atleast tried to be original but thats just my opinion :)
@WalkingPromissoryNote 1963 Finally someone with some damn sense in his head!
Onur Yilmaz
Yeah I loved the gameplay in Dark Souls 2. I dunno why but I find it relaxing to play DS 2 ,but other things were...meh.
Like,some bosses like Freja are not good cause she doesn't have many attacks which makes the boss fight a little boring.There are a few more bosses I dislike fighting in DS 2 but DLC makes up for it. Power stancing was good too.
Also,DS3 is boring too because of bad bossfights like crystal sage,deacon,wolnir,yhorm,DAMN ALDRITCH(Worst boss IMO because he has alot of importance in the story but the fight is so boring and it doesn't even feel like defeating an heir of fire) and all bosses have gimmicks and only 2 bosses use these gimmicks well(SoC and Abyss Watchers)
"Two words. Zero-"
"Lenny?"
"-Dex"
"Oh"
How long have you been a dev on Ashen?
@Knee Gas Why does it link to Minecraft porn
@Knee Gas I sexually identify as an attack helicopter
Texture_Turtle Hey guys, i bought robux with my mom’s money and my brother said im big gay, what should i do? Cut off my own dick or follow my dream of being the best RuneScape player in my neighborhood?
@@memorylane3866 yes.
@iDrunk RS r/inclusiveOr
Hey, you said Bloodborne had one katana in the beginning. That's incorrect, there's two.
whats the 2nd? rakuyo is more of a rapier if thats what ur gonna say
Rakuyo is a sabre, not a katana
It doesn't affect the core gameplay, but I think assisted climb and other co-op only mechanics are one of the worst things about the game.
There are places in not blight town where you can assisted climb both you and your partner of into your deaths, like over a wall with no floor on the other side, and the fact that co-op doors exist, and how they added a rune to go solo that you need to waste a slot on or need to enable disable the companion to get past them every time. Like why does the rune even exist, the bosses don't seem to get more HP in co-op so isn't being solo punishment enough?
Another kind of minor complaint is that you get upgrade materials up the ass, but it seems like you couldn't reasonably get enough not souls to use them all without grinding, but I'm not sure on that, and in a way I prefer it over needing to go into NG+ every few max upgrades.
Fair points. I felt like I had way to fucking many around the last bit of the game. I felt like the climbing was well done mostly and you just have to be careful when you do it high up. Look before you leap and all that~
The game sorely needs a NG+ for sure though.
I played this game day one on xbox game pass. Although it was good and I enjoyed it for the 20 to 25 hours it lasted. This game does not even come close to even the worst that souls has to offer. Hardly any enemy variety. little to no character customization. No backstabs, parrys or any skillfull technics to use in combat. Its literally mash RB on every enemy till they die. Not to mention there's only one armor slot no gauntlets, no legs, head.. one piece of armor for your entire character. No tank builds, or shield builds, nothing.. theres only close to 15 weapons in the entire game and they play the exact same. Co op is a mess you have to endlessly wait for someone to randomly join. Instead of summoning them in manually. No pvp of any kind. This game excels at its world and art design. Which was pretty much a mix of journey, inside, and absolver. Every aspect of the game in some way feels unoriginal. Its just an amalgamation of ideas already present in the industry. Its decent with an insanely large asking price of 40 dollars. With hardly 0 replay value. This as dumbed down as dark souls can get.
Agreed imo if i would buy an souls singleplayer it would be the surge, have everything right (except map variety)
Or sekiro
@@wasdwasd4995 Nioh is also a great game
@@visionsofentertainment The stands are way too much weeaboo for me
"skillful comabt" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Darksouls skill is who's able to best exploit the broken mechanics of the game. From busted hit boxes, to useless weapons and armor, there is hardly anything skillful about it.
The ambient music in this game is just amazing.
That crazy new and inventive dodge system Holy moly, never seen that before, that system probably deserves the GOTY for 2018 specifically.
I feel like the fact that it's only available on the Epic games launcher contributed a lot to how unnoticed this game went.
I've been waiting for this game (Quite passively though) and didn't even know it was finally out
1:55 isnt that the same as nioh you could quickstep or dubtap to roll
I love Ashen as well. Great video
A large completely dark area where you have to use a lantern or some other form of light so you don’t fall off edges or get killed by enemies, sounds, familiar...
*Bug Souls*
How much did they pay you XD
that was my first thought when i read the title of the video lmao
@@kiritokirigiya5279 More like how much of this script came from Ashen. Cause it just kinda sounds mostly like excuses why Ashen is Darksouls 2.0 rather than actually promoting the game in a way that actually shows its better.
It really just looks like a dumbed down darksouls graphics with the pure purpose to make combat more fluid. Which isnt exactly automatically better. imo.
Literally one of the first things he says is that the better than souls is a joke, he does this with a lot of games if ya new so he isnt sponsored
Best ashen review so far
Great video, I'ma play it now👌
Bought this game on your recommendation to play with my bro, had a really good time.
Beautiful music, pretty world, decent controls and movement. Simple enough, but not bland.
I have never heard about this before, thank you man
Dash on one tap, but roll on double tap? Sounds familiar somehow... Like games about Blood and Japan had the same thing.
I know it from God of War.
Meh the game is alright. Not better than Dark souls imo
He is sponsored
@@Scherminator9999 he was obviously joking with the ashen is better than DS lol
God this looks so cool, I'm most likely buying this soon but I'm too busy with college at the moment.
with the spears there needs to be somewhat of a “soft auto lock” if that’s a thing? because like you said “it already takes longer than it should to switch” so moving targets are almost impossible to hit.
I use keyboard for all of the Dark Souls games, and while it's hard and annoying at first, I got used to it. The only really annoying part of using a keyboard is that the Dark Souls games assume you're using a controller, so even if you do not and never have had a controller hooked up to your computer, all of the button prompts and things like that show up as what they would be for the controller. I also have that issue with Nioh, come to think of it. The only way to know what key to use for something is to either just mash buttons and see if it works or go into the part of the menu that lets me rebind things, and even then, there are plenty of actions (like rating messages, or changing what stats show up in your screen) that aren't specifically mentioned in the rebinding thing, so then I'm stuck with just pressing random keys.
The prompts in Ashen adjust if you are on a keyboard.
@Flame Disgusting miscreants, all of you.
@@matu1157
-Remove all unnecessary keys (leave ASD on the keyboard)
-Bind ASD to lock on, move forward, R1
-Time to fckin pwn some n00bs
I didn't care for it. The game didn't really give me any incentive to play. The world was dry and boring, and lack of character customization gave me less to do. The game trying to push me toward quest objectives was annoying. There wasn't really anything in this game for me.
I'll give you an updoot, anyway, cause I like your content.
@@KoyFoster Wait did you say that to yourself or someone said that and it's not showing for me
@@inidjilin I didn't want to edit my original comment.
I agree... this seems to be a paid add
Just git gud
I just started playing it since i noticed it on the Xbox game pass. So far I'm enjoying it and gonna keep playing. I just have one question about the white/black ash feathers. Some of them are in places like around town where once you complete a quest you can't get to it. Does that mean it's just gone forever into you start a new game and make sure your timing is right?
Coming back to this review years after the fact. Good stuff.
I love the bouncier and weapons-specific walk cycles. Great animation, though the weapons/movesets at your disposal seem a bit on the plain side.
It looks ok but definitely not better if take dark Souls any day but this game looks alright
Thank god it is on steam now, a good year later.
im glad to see this game getting love i pre-ordered it and it was well worth. i love it and would love a second game with more weapon variety
The qestion is this one: can you do a one shot episode in this game?
It can not ok.. But frankly I saw lobosJr play it for a few minutes and I was totally sold form the esthetic I saw. Maybe I will buy it one day.
Side note :the epic store looks and feels pretty good but yhea I have 4 or 5 luncher and it's not great.
You could maybe 1 hit the second boss but that's it.
@@InfernoPlus Thx for the reply , I mostly said it for the meme. Love your video. Work and memes. I need to catch your live stream to.
Do you think about making more strongly edited video not related to video game?
More like Dark soulless
@@Dev-nr4dw you cannot compare this to Dark Souls, at all. Literally one area/level in DS3 has more detail and innovation than this entire game
Jamega
Did you play Ashen? Do you think Anor Londo in DS3 has any soul?
Jamega
The only good boss(in main game. I haven't played the DLCs) that feel actually feel like bosses and not just enemies with big healthbars were The Abyss Watchers,Sulyvahn,Twin Princes and SoC. All other bosses were diappointing
Pei Laz
I agree, Sekiro will be much better than Ashen which is better than DS3. Therefore,Sekiro>Ashen>Trash>Dark Souls 2 & 3(I like to put DS2 and DS3 together because both of them together ruined Dark Souls)
@@Dev-nr4dw Fantasy. That's like saying "My fanfic that I totally took from my faaaavorite series? Yeah. It's better than the original lol, even though any soul or meaning in my fanfic was knowingly and blatantly birthed from the original in the first place. Lol."
Your description of ashens musical genius with its correlation of instruments to storyline won me over tho
Got it on switch, seems alright. I am not that into the right stick movement though, I can't seem to be able to adjust the settings to get it right. Other than the slightly floaty camera though, I have been into it so far.
Is there no parries?
Use DS4 Windows and you can play on your DS4 without steam with all the features still present.
Game looks good, but its exclusive to the Epic Games store, so that's a nope from me.
@@fyjtyj6tyjt992 Its exclusive to the Epic store for a year. My point stands. Now who's not very smart?
@@fyjtyj6tyjt992 Are you breathtakingly stupid or just a troll? There is no release date, so its not coming any time soon. Just because it has a page doesn't mean shit.
@@Icipher353 It's on MS store for the XBOX, as I just purchased it after watching this video. So it is certainly not exclusively on EG store....
@@wickedwitt04 We're talking about PC. No-one gives a shit about Xbox.
@@fyjtyj6tyjt992 You just tried to correct my grammar but you were totally wrong with trying to correct me. You look even more stupid now!! Hahahaha
Throwing this on the to-do list.
One easy gripe. Loosing lock on when i start running
I thank you soo much for bringing the attention to this game that it deserves, it truly is an amazing experience, i've played many games that took inspiration from souls, even some games youtubers were sponsored to endorse *cough cough* sunlight blade *cough cough* immortal unchained *cough* but none even came as close to hooking me and making me beat them like Ashen did, the start of the game was slow, quests seemed tedious at best, but as you beat the first boss and start progressing through the areas it turns into a marvelous experience, There was NO downtime for me in this game, like i never felt that the game was cheating me in some way, which is very rare, all in all, the combat is fun, the story is very good, the aesthetic and environment are AMAZING, a definite 9/10 from me, i would recommend to anyone who likes combat driven rpgs and dark souls fans alike.
Does anyone know when it will come out on Steam?
Probably in a year thanks to the contract the publisher signed.
never heard of this but looks amazing. i like this art style. have to get it
Ashen is beautiful. I played it on Switch, it’s honestly Dark Souls but more relaxing at it’s relaxing bits and honestly more frightening during the harrowing deeps of its dungeons.
"jumping and climbing is mapped to the triangle button"
"Hold y to climb up" lmao why do I think that's so funny
Dark Souls is just Ashen without the handholding.
"Oxygen is air but better"
Actually played this with my brother recently and the co op was alright, the time to wait for him to spawn wasnt that long and I did enjoy every boss fight
Having played all dark souls and ashen I can say with firm confidence that. "Yeah it alright"
Ashen in 1 hit when?
I went back to dark souls 3 yesterday and started invading I cried when I one shot with a riposte it felt amazing after so long
Aww man. I was expecting the absolute couch mad lad.
It's annoying that games need a launcher at all. What happened to just having an executable with desktop and start menu shortcuts?
Just because Steam is convenient is no excuse either. No reason why games without launchers couldn't be accessed via 3rd party game library management apps that would be nice to have but not mandatory unlike the (laughable) Steam store DRM.
That's what I love about GoG. You buy the game, you own it, no bullshit drm (unless sometimes because the game has multiplayer but the single player content is 100% playable).
But without a launcher, How will these companies shill you their virtual merch?
Bitter Cynic For the actual answer that isn’t circlejerking over memes; it’s easier for the consumer to browse games and see sales. It’s easier to have coordinated sales. It’s easier to allow multiplayer, hell Steam even lets devs use it's API. Many executables aren’t easily detected by game congregation platforms. It also allows for integrated game forums that don’t require upkeep and automated refund policies - not all launchers have them but most do.
When developers put their game on a platform they are paying to make things more convenient for the customer, because then more customers will give them money. If you want everything to be an executable okay but you are only making things way, way worse for yourself.
@@stevelarry3870 It may have been convenient at some point but it's practically a monopoly and has stagnated for years and it shows.
Finding actually good games has become borderline impossible without relying on "influencers" that dig through the piles of shit for you.
Communicating with other players is actually more convenient on external platforms like Reddit and Discord.
In reality Steam is just a store, a store that keeps games you paid for hostage. It's not even a good store anymore.
Bitter Cynic It’s a monopoly that’s stagnated because we landed on a few very good options.
Steam does a fine job of finding good games for you, obviously it’s not going to give you perfect choices just like browsing Apple TV won’t give you perfect movies. But it works quite a bit, especially for indie games that wouldn’t get a place on most influencers channels. It’s well known there is a lot of crap on Steam, but I have never had any of that shovelware appear on my storefront. It’s a good option that wouldn’t be there without the launcher.
Communicating with other players works fine on Steam, but obviously it’s not going to work as well as a platform dedicated to it. But that’s not one of the reasons why launchers are a good idea, and it’s clear you know that because you ignored all of the other ones.
Steam is a store and an updater and an online organizer and a modding platform and a marketplace - and while you may not appreciate how well it does those very important things, other people do. And they are very important. It’s a good store that does everything it needs to, so much so that both game developers and consumers have picked it for years.
No, Minecraft is the best souls-like.
Legit: Minecraft is the most brutal sandbox RPG of all time. If you die: you lose literally everything on your character and can potentially be put in a position in which you can't get any of it back. Ever. That's nuts when you really think about it.
Cant wait to play when it comes to steam
i bought this game a while ago but never played it...ive gotten a controller and now ill give it a shot:D thanks for making this vid