Of Ash and Steel

Рекомендую попробовать. Игра отличная , но время не то. Молодёжи вряд-ли будет интересен такой хардкор. Я же кайфанул от старой школы , но во второй главе понял что просто нет времени так погружаться в игру , надо помнить где какой нпс находится , карту города до сих пор не запомнил . Игра просто тратит ваше время вы должны ходить и тыкаться в каждого нпс ища квесты и выполняя их . Возможно на пенсии вернусь к ней :)

Много побочных квестов, хорошая система прокачки

I rather enjoy difficult games from exploration to being knocked on my backside as a reminder that im still a weak and useless scrub. This game will have you pull on your hair with how easily you get lost or butchered by a tough enemy you are just not strong enough to deal with yet. Then there is the fact you just get straight up lost because the directions are terrible so i had to basically memorize the dang map. Despite all of this my only real complaint is the immersion breaking with how the npcs dialog do not match the subtitles or straight up skips some of the dialog.

ДА я видел харю начальника стражи. Скоро в забор не пролезет!!!

This game is great and surprisingly big. I keep discovering new areas I haven’t been to yet, with puzzles that actually make you think. I’m 40 hours in and haven’t even started Act 2, though you could definitely start Act 2 much sooner. Also, I don’t get why people complain about the city—it wasn’t that hard to memorize the layout. You can enable the map when you start a new game, but I wanted to play it the way the developers intended and unlock the map later in the game. I have encountered two annoying bugs: enemies getting stuck in terrain, and getting stuck in an action like sleeping, where I can’t even press ESC—meaning I have to restart and hope I saved within the last 10 minutes. Other than that, the game runs great for me. I strongly recommend this game if you like Gothic or Risen.

When I played the demo I was sceptical - I had FPS drops and stutters, so I did not buy on release. Now I had to scratch my post Gothic Remake itch and remembered about Of Ash and Steel. I'm still in chapter 1 and I'm enjoying almost every second of it. The game is rewarding in every aspect. Exploration is great, quest are entertaining and I fell in love in combat. I recommend it to every fan of Piranha Bytes games. You're gonna feel right at home in Grayshaft.

Of Ash & Steel genuinely surprised me, above all with its length and scope. I expected a solid RPG inspired by classics such as Gothic, but I did not expect it to contain this much content. It is the kind of game where, even after many hours, you still feel like you are discovering something new. New locations, quests, and story developments keep changing the way you see the entire adventure. The high difficulty level was another surprise. The beginning can be genuinely unforgiving: enemies often feel far too strong for such an early stage of the game, and fights can end much faster than expected. At times, this was frustrating, especially when a seemingly ordinary opponent was able to defeat me again and again. However, as I continued playing, I started to understand that this was most likely intentional. Greyshaft is not meant to be a world where you begin as a powerful hero capable of defeating everyone. It is hostile, harsh, and dangerous, and the player has to slowly learn how to survive in it. Because of that, character progression feels genuinely rewarding. My biggest issue is with the beginning of the story. Honestly, if I had judged the game only by its opening, I might not have continued playing. Something is missing there: a stronger sense of momentum, a memorable event, or a clearer reason to immediately care about what is happening. The opening feels strange and somewhat too slow, and it does not properly show what the game eventually becomes. That is a shame, because later on, Of Ash & Steel can be surprisingly ambitious and engaging. I think the developers should consider improving the first few hours, so that players can see the scale of the world, its dangers, and the potential of the story much earlier. One of the game’s greatest strengths is how it is willing to take major narrative detours and change its structure. The mining and prison sections were especially memorable for me. They were a very pleasant surprise because they felt distinctly different from the earlier parts of the game and gave the experience much more variety. These moments prevent the game from becoming repetitive and make you wonder what could happen next. You never feel entirely sure what to expect several hours later, and that unpredictability adds a lot to the overall adventure. It is also disappointing that, after completing the main story, there is no option to freely return to the city and finish all remaining side quests. A post-game free-roam mode would have been a great addition, allowing players to complete every quest, discover missed secrets, and finish the game at 100%. I hope this is something the developers consider adding in a future update or including in a possible sequel. Despite these issues, Of Ash & Steel won me over, and I can honestly say that I am now a fan of the game. It is a long, demanding, and sometimes uneven RPG, but its ambition, harsh atmosphere, and surprising story shifts make it highly rewarding. I only wish the developers had delayed the release a little longer and launched the game in the condition it reached after patch 1.8. If it had released in that form from the beginning, I believe it would have gained many more fans and become much more popular. Of Ash & Steel is not a perfect game, but it is a game with real character. It requires patience, it does not always present its strongest qualities well at the start, and its difficulty can occasionally become frustrating. But if you give it a chance, it offers a long, challenging, and unpredictable journey through a world that truly feels hostile, dangerous, and worth exploring.