AshenForest

[b]A little 2D game about a glorified boss rush, mostly made by one guy.[/b] The game is originally Korean I think, and the translation-work just barely manages to be comprehensible enough to get you to understand what the game is telling you. The premise of the story is that you choose 1 of 3-4 characters to go into a forest that's gotten fueled by some kind of dark magic, so someone's gotta go in it and put a stop to it. To get the real story, you have to "beat" the game multiple times to keep unlocking final bosses, I think on higher difficulties, too. I don't know. They don't explain these types of requirements too well, they just came to me naturally. The 4th character has to be unlocked, but you can get him pretty early.You keep fighting new final bosses each playthrough until you unlock the chance to fight the true final boss, the Dark Devil; the ending you get for beating it is even character-specific. Each character is extremely unique, from their character design to their gameplay. One character is often better at fighting certain bosses than the other; there are good and bad match ups in other words, retroactively making unique challenges.Some characters share very similar styles of gameplay, like the way they dodge and heal themselves, but when actually doing attacks, they're all very unique. There's a huge emphasis on timing in this game aside from the obvious dodge-rolling, like the character-specific types of parries, deciding whether or not you should actually roll or parry, knowing exactly when to attack safely... it's a fast-paced game too, a big test of your reactionary skills. There are rogue-like elements here as well, and if you learn how to use certain items properly with certain characters, you can do some cool combos, or even outright stun-lock bosses with them. The combat gets a little deep, in other words. The game is practically a boss rush, but you're made to do some unnecessary stuff before you reach them, namely fighting a few trash mobs one tiny area at a time. It's not really like they reward anything, or that they're even fun since they die so fast. You may as well have just been taken straight to the boss by that point. And if you're going for full optimization, it gets unnecessarily grindy. The world map is also a little confusing to work with along with its awkwardly random "quest" system. I didn't even know you could upgrade characters until like four playthroughs in.It takes maybe 15-30 minutes to do a playthrough, no matter what difficulty you're on, because you either beat the game fast or you lose fast and start over. It's almost arcade-y. Really, outside of the actual combat and boss stuff, the game is kind of an unpolished mess, never mind the translation-work. If you can get past that, then you're in for a challenging, rewarding, fast-paced action game.

전염병을 뿌리는 잿빛숲을 탐험하는 액션 로그라이크 게임 자체는 단순하지만 3가지 종류의 개성있는 캐릭터가 있고 피폐한 세계관을 잘 표현했다. 아가베는 다크판타지 게임에 자주나오는 방패전사다. 방패를 이용해 패리를 하거나 강타를 때려 무력화하는 기술을 사용하기에 초반에 보스패턴을 익힐때 추천한다. 리코리스는 마법사라고 소개되어 있지만 빠른 평타로 스택을 쌓고 피니쉬를 날리는 캐릭터라. 마법과 동떨어진 느낌을 준다. 상대적으로 쉽다고 생각한다. 나그네는 신이다. 재밌다. 이게임의 알파이자 오메가 같은 캐릭터다. 사실 시작하자마자 나그네 잡아도 된다고 생각한다. 나그네 같은 난이도가 표준이 되어야 한다. 나그네 플레이하자

Definitely tough, but I like the way the characters play differently.

아니 재밌는데 보스전에서 왜캐 버벅인담 ㅠ 재밌게 잘했습니다요... 패링도 판정 괜찮고 불쾌한 패턴도 없습니다 (200%뭐시깽이 패턴추가되는거 아직 안해봐서 그럴지도?) 좋은게임 너무감사합니다 ..^^

짧고 깔끔하게 즐기고 빠지기 좋음 캐릭마다 확실하게 다른 플레이 경험을 느낄 수 있어서 더 좋았음

第一个怪都没打过，屁滚尿流退出删游戏了。。

Woefully unpolished; English translation is a mess, game-feel is best described as clunky, and bugs abound. The art-style is all the bad things about modern pixel art distilled to their purest essence. Visually lacks character and charm, and in most cases, even readability. Whole thing feels amateurish. I'm glad it only cost $7.

AshenForest - это боссраш рогалик. Простой и интересный, имеет свой лор и несколько персонажей. Музыка тут не плохая, но и не очень хорошая, но в целом игра стоит потраченного времени

好难。。。

재밌네 짧아서 오히려 좋아 두 번째 뭔 까마귀녀 빼고 다 컨트롤하기 쉬웠고 나그네가 확실히 뽕 맛이 있고 초반 여기사가 젤 컨트롤하긴 쉬웠음 차지하고 카운터 뽕도 은근히 있고 나그네는 총 트리로 가서 총알 난사하는 게 뽕 맛 지림. 마지막 히든 캐릭터는 걍 재미없었음