AURORA44 and Annapurna Interactive have released a new video, showing 11 minutes of gameplay footage from their upcoming action RPG, ASHEN. ASHEN is an action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home. At its core, Ashen is about forging relationships and players can guide those they trust to their camp in order to survive.
Here are the game’s key features:
Passive Multiplayer
People you meet out in the world are players with their own agendas. It will be up to you to decide how to deal with them.Open World Exploration
Your settlement is nestled in the mountains, surrounded by hand crafted environments as far as the eye can see.Stamina Based Combat
Each encounter, no matter how trivial seeming, has the potential to end in disaster. Knowing the land and being patient are some of the most valuable weapons available to a lone wanderer in Ashen. Sometimes it is best to turn and run.Creatures
The creatures of Ashen include rare, lonely giants and hungry, twisted inhabitants of the night. Despite the perils of the darkness, life always finds a way. This is a land teaming with a diverse array of flora and fauna.The Town
The town will be cobbled together from survivors you choose to bring to your settlement. They might provide you with help ranging from blacksmithing to foraging expertise.
Enjoy!
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its a mmo or single player?
Single player MMO
so does it need always online or can be played offline?
It can be played offline.
Depends on how powerful your internet connection is. The better the connection, the more single players.
Another Souls clone…
when will developers come up with something original for once?
I always had a thing for grand vistas and big enviroments but due to the limited power of the consoles most games had small maps especially on x360/ps3, then there is the AAA problem, graphics cost too much, so do cinematic stuff, so making a grand game with epic enviroments required alot of money, or you can do what they did and make the graphics very indie. It works. So more indie games with graphics like this, it will cheapen game development and make games more varied and diverse.
Lost me at Soulslike….
Seriously getting royally fed up with BR and Souls like games taking over the industry in one form or another.
I just want a sodding RPG that has absolutely nothing to do with Souls, let alone taking any inspiration from it.
And Stamina based combat that hinders you like a ball and chain attached to your ankles. Cant stand Stamina based combat. its atrocious.
Yeah it’s like them saying “look at all this cool crap you can do, but you’ll never be able to due because we think it’s neat to limit what you can actually do”.
Good, I want more SoulsLike Games, MORE.
I dont know what people below me moan about, but I dont know of any souls like games, 2D indie excluded, not interested in them at all