Dawn of the Ashen Queen

Игра неожиданно короткая (чуть больше 10 часов) и легкая (начиная с середины игры, умереть практически невозможно в принципе). Но с интересными локациями и остроумными пазлами. Зато местами кривоватый в плане механик. И визуально корявый. Но большие пустоватые уровни. Зато сюжет неплох. Но наполнение скудное (например, телепорты применяются в одной комнате на всю игру, а ловушка-ротатор - в двух). И какая-то странная фиксация на дуэлях; битвы с 2 и более мобами одновременно можно за всю игру пересчитать по пальцам. Короче, ученическая работа. Могу посоветовать только тем, у кого выраженный дефицит Lands of Lore в организме (как у меня). А вот за следующими релизами этого парня надо следить, он безусловно талантливый, раз с первой попытки наваял кривенький, но далеко не самый плохой гриддер.

Old School Dungeon Crwaler mit Story und netten Charakteren. Gibt ein paar Bugs und hier und da clippt man sich in eine Wand, aber dennoch eine spassige 20 Stunden Kampagne. Secrets/Geheimnisse waren sau schwer zu finden, hatte nichtmal die Hälfte gefunden. (was mich anspornt noch nen zweiten Playtrhough zu machen :D)

A pretty good but flawed real-time dungeon crawler. Excellent map/monsters/gear variety, good story (no voiceovers), graphics and character development but simplistic fast-paced combat and some level backtracking in empty corridors. Some UI and performance issues in a few areas, a couple bugs but nothing major. I enjoyed my time with it and was hungry for more. The game (or a sequel) would benefit a more in-depth combat system and some more puzzles. Fairly priced for the amount of content but little replayability.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel to make an enjoyable game, and that's exactly what Shattered Moon Games has done with "Dawn of the Ashen Queen". If you've played any fairly modern grid-based dungeon crawler like Legend of Grimrock, The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians, Vaporum, etc, you mostly know what's in store here. This isn't a deep RPG...you create one character and get a few different classes to choose from, and a fairly basic skill tree that you can expand upon when you level up. You meet the rest of your party throughout the adventure to make a total of four in your monster-slaying team. While the game does nothing new, the graphics and sound are top notch, and the writing is overall decent. It's your typical "kill the bad guy to save the world" troupe. The only thing slightly different here is the overall pace of the game is quicker. Your team moves around the grid more quickly, and so do the enemies. It's your typical "dance" combat maneuver, and you get one attack slot and one "spell" slot. The way you use items is clunky. There isn't a quick slot or anything to easily access scrolls and potions, so you have to open the individual inventories each time you want to use something, In the middle of battle, it can get annoying. I played the game on the higher difficulty and overall the challenge felt moderate. There are a smattering of puzzles and traps throughout, only one time did I have to check the forums for a solution. I'd rather have this sort of scenario than the constant frustration seen with overly difficult puzzles like in Vaporum: Lockdown, for instance. I only encountered on true bug in the game, it was early on and during a scene transition, the game would crash. I reloaded an earlier save and was able to progress through. Besides that, the only other real issue was manipulating levers. For some reason it would take multiple clicks at times to get a lever to go up or down. Seems like others have complained about it as well. While not game breaking, it does become an annoyance the more you play. If you're a grid-based dungeon crawling enthusiast, I recommend picking this up. The ending leaves way for a sequel, so hopefully Shattered Moon Games continues on with this title in the future!

A very solid Legend of Grimrock like title, with a bit more of a story focus to keep pushing you along. Needs a few more tweaks, especially in the magic department, to truly make it to be one of the greats, but overall it's quite recommended if you're looking for another game in this genre.

I enjoyed my time playing this game. I like that it was a dungeon crawler with some variety as well as a story which i liked as well. I"m sure whatever the developer comes up with next will be successful as they were very responsive to posts looking for assistance on gameplay, bugs or general questions.

Cool like a modern Eye of the Beholder clone.

Des graphismes excellents et une ambiance plutôt réussie dans un genre le "dungeon crawler" trop rare à mon goût. Hélas le plaisir du jeu est gâché par des puzzles sans queue ni tête qui ont eu raison de ma patience. Par ailleurs l'interface du jeu présente des choix bizarres, par exemple deux emplacements disponibles seulement pour vos sorts et vos armes ce qui finalement vous oblige à n'utiliser que des compétences passives... dommage.