Given that Solar Ash is centered almost entirely around traversal, it’s vitally important that it feels fluid in the moment-to-moment movement, which sadly isn’t the case. Unfortunately, though, Solar Ash’s gameplay lacks the same compulsive tension, excitement, and intrigue this is more a game that kinda-works in spite of how frustrating it can be. With its lush, inviting world and mammoth bosses which must be scaled to be defeated, it’s difficult not to see the similarities to Shadow of the Colossus, even if there are obviously stark differences too. Similarly, the bosses each consist of three stages with similar slash-the-pole mini-games, albeit with an added vertiginous twist.
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The Remnants are unlocked by first completing a number of traversal mini-games in each world, typically involving slashing your way through a sequence of cosmic protrusions in order before a timer runs out. To that end, the game’s loop largely involves defeating the boss Remnants spread across the various diverse hub worlds. Rei’s key to progress lies in tracking down the Ultravoid’s gigantic guardians known as Remnants, for each one she slays brings her closer to learning the truth at the Ultravoid’s epicenter. Solar Ash takes place in a world-eating black hole known as the Ultravoid, which Voidrunner protagonist Rei is desperately charged with stopping. The latest is Solar Ash from Hyper Light Drifter developers Heart Machine, which matches its intoxicating presentation at all turns with patience-testing gameplay that serves to contradict the breezy action-platformer vibe it clearly wants to evoke.
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Though there’s only one Shadow of the Colossus, countless indie actioners have tried to prove otherwise in recent years, taking Team Ico’s deliciously singular schematic – kill a series of epic bosses in a beautiful, mysterious land – and offering up their own twists.
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