Ash & Rust

Si pero no. Me hinche los huevos que te trabas con todo el escenario. Hay una raiz de un arbol ? Te trabas. Hay un arbusto ? Te trabas. Hay un monticulo que no podes diferenciar del resto del terreno porque se ve todo igual ? Te trabas. Y te re jode eso porque los enemigos tienen daño de zona, lo cual te hace querer esquivarlo, pero no podes. Los controles no son responsivos. No podes esquivar cuando queres. Es como que tocas para esquivar pero lo hace 1 segundo despues. No pude ver nada de las habilidades porque me rompio tanto las bolas eso que lo deje.

scapped my previous review, unfortunately this is not it

I bought the game on 30% discount, played it for 4 hours, got sick of it. The game seems to be going by the Grim Dawn and Path of Exile direction of looter ARPG, with mix and match builds. It avoids POE's gear socket system restrictions with augments for a set of five abilities unlocked as you level, and it avoids Grim Dawn's Class restrictions by allowing you to construct your abilities by yourself and changing your main attack by the equipped weapon - I can swap between mage and warrior by swapping my main weapon and rerolling my abilities, which is free and unlimited. Unfortunately, the game does not have the beautiful environments of either Grim Dawn or POE, nor the depth of either. The enemy variety is honestly dogwater, with you facing two different enemies each level. I got to the 3rd level and just quit, since the only thing you do is roam around the map, beat random clusters of enemies, then beat an enemy spawn around a loot container, then repeat. You get some breaks with NPC interactions but those either lead to more fight, reward loot, or progress quests. You also raid dungeons but they're just a slightly harder version of the overworld. and VEEERY small. The enemy action skills are rather lame, and your own character is forgettable. The character creator might as well not be there, and oddly enough, while you can make your character as black as night, they only get as white as an instagram influencer advertising spray-on sun-tan. It might be the braizers in the design menu, but that just means that the character design menu is poorly implemented, which returns to the core of the issue with the game. The world simply put, lacks any discernable personality. It's a wonderful idea, poorly executed. My PC is decent enough, but for some reason I still get hiccups on an RTX4070SUPER. For a version 0.9, it's way too rough. I suggest waiting for a deeper discount or waiting in general.

I want to give this game a neutral review based solely on the movement mechanic. It’s click to move and just feels clunky. WASD and/or controller support would be preferred, especially in an ARPG.

Great spell programming system, but performance is unacceptable at the moment (level 2 with low quality still runs in the 20s fps). Wait for that to be fixed and it'll be a VERY nice arpg.

[h3] I am loving this game and also totally awe-struck by the dev's enthusiasm and engagement with players. [/h3] [i] (nb: Since PoE2 launched I have been distracted, but found myself yearning for some 'Ash & Rust' hours last weekend. I have logged more hours than Steam has counted and fully intend to log many many more.) [/i] It's surprising that [b] the dev has managed to find a distinctive-yet-familiar style for the game [/b], that makes it seriously interesting to learn and stays faithful to the core enjoyment of ARPG gameplay. Makes it a total breath of fresh air! You also definitely get the exciting hits from ideal loot drops and perfect stat re-rolls. Obviously there is a [i] very minor [/i] bit of jank, but that has never stopped me from enjoying the game. It's also fair, considering it's a total passion project and is benefiting from regular updates. In other words, [b] the game is solid and smooth [/b]. One final comment is that I feel like [b] the dev is gaining serious goodwill from the game's followers and player base [/b]. Ash & Rust seems like a true passion project that is receiving serious dedication and care. Tbh, I don't write many reviews, but the dev deserves all the support I can give. Honestly, I feel more excited to see how this game develops than I have ever felt for a game!! So, [b] if you like the idea of supporting an ARPG project, and maybe even discussing ideas with an awesome and enthusiastic dev, then you should absolutely dive into Ash & Rust. [/b] Totally worth the modest price tag. Keep up the awesome work - this game is going places!! And thanks for adding controller support! ^_^

Pros: 1. It allows you to create your own abilities, create your own synergies and is fun to play around with for a bit. 2. Finally an ARPG which isnt oversaturated in higher and higher numbers. All the stats are easily understandable and you pretty much know which abilities scale with which stats and so on. 3. Switching between builds is easy because you are not reliant on stats like STR, DEX, INT and so on. Cons: 1. The maps are weird and clunky, enemies underwhelming and predictable. 2. The campaign storys humor is pretty cringe TBH. I prefer sincerity over irony. 3. The tone is a far cry from Grim Dawn or Diablo 2. 4. The customizable abilities could have been somewhat more customizable. Some runes take up half the grid or more if you want them added. There is no randomization to the "tetris cubes" added. Most of the single target gems are weak or boring.

Sadly unplayable in Ultrawide. Text is too small, you can barely read UI and loot is just unreadable. Also optimization is really poor. Like sub 100FPS and 100% use of 3080ti in Main Menu poor.

I really like the game and wanna play it but it stutters and I don’t know how to fix it

Nice game,hope to have Chinese in the future.