And that's ashen done.

Very good, and some lovely lovely environments.

Curtis comments previously about the balance are probably right.

The difficulty is about right, but the way it gets there is by giving you an AI buddy that is really useful, they do damage and they occupy enemies so you can heal, attack from behind and let stamina return.

There's a bunch of great ideas and things going on, but crafting seems pretty a to b. I picked 2 weapons early and upgraded them to Max.

I think there's a number of secrets and options for doing things differently, but the systems and particularly the fighting probably isn't strong enough to just hang about fighting for the sake of it.

Could be missing stuff with classes and some of the other things I chose.

What the game does amazingly well though is exploring the areas for the first time.

And the major "dungeons" are nothing short of spectacular.

I'd completely rework the stamina balancing, at least for single player.

Still well and truly in my goty list.

I'll re re re iterate that if you can co op with a mate, do it.

Bump. There's dlc for this. $10.

Will get it soon enough.

Sorry mate, I don't think I've updated the index for about a year, not really interested in games much. Probably needs someone to take it over.

Not to worry. If people just post links in the mega thread they'd like archived in the OP, we can stick them in the OP for them.

Maybe not a bad idea that. It would probably benefit from a clean up.

If there’s any way for me to take over the index(ing), I’d be happy to.

Nothing, much like most threads. Didn’t know it was a faff, in which case deleting seems reasonable. Is a functional thread after all I suppose. 

I also suppose I could use quote function and copy into a new thread to start Index and update.

You all have to buy ashen now, fyi.

Bump. I assume the first major dungeon?

Underground?

I just restarted to try on new laptop. Lovely on Mac settings with proper framerate.

The sound design is really amazing. As is music. And the voice acting is very very solid.

That first major dangeon is a bit of a jump in harshness on all fronts. There's 3 or 4 major dungeons throughout the game, and the others are better signposted as a major deal so you can do a bit more prep.

I loved it, even with its not too subtle souls like fighting and stamina bar that is a bit too stringent.

The dungeons can be massively harsh and I suspect it was dumb luck I didn't take as many goes as Kow to get through that first one.

Once I got through it though, getting through the next ones was awesome. Some of the most atmospheric and memorable gaming places I've seen in the last 10 years.