Solar Ash

please knock my socks off this better be better than hld

Really amazing visuals, atmosphere and movement... brought down by incredibly basic combat, some janky gameplay (falling endlessly off platforms/bosses and having to keep climbing back up wears thin quickly) and some cringey voiceacting.

While the gameplay is pretty repetitive, the core movement is so damn solid that it always feels satisfying, as later areas take better advantage of it. I do almost wish the game had no combat/enemies at all and solely focused on movement/traversal. Additionally, wish the currency did a little more as I had so much of it by end game ha

Regardless, I think this is a game worth playing and I commend indie studios for taking a break from 2D pixel art games to make fully 3D stuff.

I haven’t played this but the main character design is damn cool and really goes to show what an enormous difference that can make in my impressions