![]() ![]() While the world is designed in such a way as to lead the player to water, so to speak, it can be easy to get lost en route to your goals, to lose track of your orientation, or to simply slip from a great height and find yourself at the bottom of a tower you were hacking at for some time. Like so many third-person platformers, Solar Ash‘s traversal can be both a thing of beauty and the stuff of nightmares. The similarities between the two titles are readily apparent, from the quiet, dream-like atmosphere to the simple, rudimentary combat and (happily) the innate satisfaction of accessing areas that once seemed beyond your reach. ![]() Much like that title, Solar Ash tasks the player with navigating wide-open spaces, climbing to dizzying heights, cleansing an area of a form of “corruption” and engaging in an occasional boss battle, all within a serene-but-doomed landscape. While comparison is often regarded as a no-no in reviews, it is almost impossible not to make immediate collation to Ubisoft’s divisive 2008 release Prince of Persia. Goliath warfare, ( Shadow of the what?) Once a location has been cleared of all Remnant activity, a little more power is restored to the Starseed, the next sector opens, and Rei’s quest continues. After cleansing each locale, Rei will be confronted by a terrifying “Anomaly” - gargantuan guardians who must be mounted and destroyed in true David vs. checkpoints in order to ultimately activate the Starseed. Rei must pick her way through a string of sectors set within the Ultravoid, eradicating a gross, sentient, tar-like matter and locating various A.I. Waypoint finding, efficient movement, precise acrobatics, and good, old-fashioned nosing around are the core elements of this adventure. It should be noted, first and foremost, that exploration and traversal are the key elements of Solar Ash. Her team missing, her communications lost, and with the plan now a catastrophe, it is up to this final courageous traveler to explore the Ultravoid, find her companions, activate the Starseed and, hopefully, return home from the brink of oblivion. Battered, broken, and alone, one Voidrunner seemingly remains, perched on the void’s event horizon. In the midst of a do-or-die operation to activate the Starseed, a powerful device that can destroy the Ultravoid from within, the Voidunners journey has become a calamity. ![]() Something, however, has gone terribly wrong. Taking matters into their own hands are the Voidrunners, a fearless and talented squad of adventurers, scientists, and technicians, whose mastery of both time and space stands as the one hope for the planet, and perhaps the rest of the galaxy. As it bears down on its next victim, the government seems incapable of reaching an agreement on what is to be done, poised at the complete obliteration of their homeworld. An insatiable black hole - The Ultravoid - is ripping the galaxy apart, mercilessly swallowing up entire stars, planets, and civilizations. And it all ends with an ominous crush and the date of October 26, when we can expect Solar Ash to finally arrive for PS5, PS4, and PC via the Epic Games Store.Somewhere, in another time and another place, armageddon looms. The clip shows off more of what the game has been known for by know, with a lot of surreal landscapes, giant creatures, and skating, grinding, and leaping across vast instances as you make your way through the Void in an attempt to stop our protagonist Rei's homeworld from being devoured, evoking some of the same vibes as Heart Machine's previous title when it comes to its blend of speed and action. But all of that changed with today's Annapurna Interactive Showcase, which finally revealed that Solar Ash will be due out this October, courtesy of the trailer below. The only thing we haven't seen yet from this lightning-quick third-person action game, though, is a release date. Some might say it's almost impossible to follow up a game as acclaimed as Hyper Light Drifter, but everything we've seen of Solar Ash so far suggests that Heart Machine is more than up to the task.
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