Testseek.co.uk have collected 17 expert reviews of the Solar Ash and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Solar Ash.
February 2022
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The editors liked
Gorgeous art style
Smooth gameplay
Lovely gentle story
The editors didn't like
A little repetitive
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Published: 2021-12-06, Author: Max , review by: pocket-lint.com
Gorgeous art style,Smooth gameplay,Lovely gentle story
A little repetitive
Solar Ash is a great little package that takes the mysterious tone of Hyper Light Drifter and pulls back the curtain a little, letting you have a clearer grasp on its themes and ideas, with more dialogue and a firmer narrative.That has benefits and downsi...
Where Solar Ash goes from an intriguing ambient platformer to one of the year's most fascinating releases is in its fixation on living as an act of being stuck...
Solar Ash's sprints through desolate environments are exhilarating, but its wondrous presentation is tethered by trite iconography and an unsurprising script. Thankfully, an excellent use of color, magnificent skyboxes and heart-pounding bosses imbue Hear...
Solar Ash took me a little over seven hours to beat on normal difficulty, and while some of the anomalies and bosses were less entertaining than others, and there were moments of frustration with the controls, this was a world I enjoyed spending time in...
Published: 2021-12-01, Author: Chris , review by: destructoid.com
Abstract: Time is Running Out.Somewhere, in another time and another place, armageddon looms. An insatiable black hole — The Ultravoid — is ripping the galaxy apart, mercilessly swallowing up entire stars, planets, and civilizations. As it bears down on its next vi...
Published: 2021-12-01, Author: Andrew , review by: gamespot.com
Movement feels effortless and exciting, Boss battles are exhilarating and capture some of the same thrills as kaiju cinema, Puzzles, which demand awareness of timing and space, are satisfying to solve, Levels have a beautiful, dream-like quality
The story frontloads lore and never really does the necessary work to set up the stakes
Varied, vibrant visuals, Core gameplay is fluid and fun, Satisfying level design, Intense boss battles
Unengaging, predictable story, No progression for main character, Structure is very repetitive, Needs a real map
Solar Ash makes a good first impression with its silky-smooth controls, eye-catching visuals, and bombastic boss battles, but a lack of character progression or changes to core mechanics eventually drains some of the life from the game. Solar Ash is a sol...
Abstract: Solar Ash's vivid colour palette is evocative of developer Heart Machine's last game, Hyper Light Drifter, but transposed to a 3D open-world, in which momentum is the overriding design principle. In Solar Ash you're faced with platforming challenges, ligh...
