![]() You can skate up and around this cosmic playground from seemingly impossible angles, and looking across inverted landscapes is always a trippy delight. Its striking color palette and an almost spherical world design lend the experience a dreamlike quality. ![]() I regularly said, “wow,” whenever I stepped into a new biome. Given the speed of Rei’s grinding and how far she can launch, it’s easy to overshoot rails, given their close proximity. I only wish transitioning between grind rails was snappier. Lock-on grapple points and a slow-motion aim mechanic work well and are woven perfectly into platforming puzzles. No matter how far I jumped, I always had a landing to target. I gleefully leaped across floating ruins, bubbling lava pools, and acid waterfalls with calculated recklessness thanks to the expert placement of platforms and grind rails. Even better, she instantly recovers speed when slowing down becomes necessary. Rei’s skating feels swift but controlled I never lost control when it wasn’t my fault, even in the most precarious areas. Solar Ash is all about the flow of movement, and getting around the Ultravoid is a wonderful rush. Awakening these titans is the first step, which involves destroying giant eyeballs connected to them scattered across the landscapes. With dire stakes and Hail Mary solutions, Rei’s solo mission is worth seeing through to its surprising conclusion in this impressive high-speed action platformer.Īctivating the Starseed requires slaying six Remnants, humongous beasts that hold dominion over the Ultravoid’s handful of biomes. But her allies have vanished, and the Ultravoid has native defenses in the form of ink-like monsters. Time is of the essence Rei was sent into the Void as part of a team to activate the Starseed, a device designed to collapse the black hole and save her planet. Unfortunately, the Ultravoid is an exceptionally massive black hole with Rei’s home planet ensnared in its vacuum. She’s a voidrunner, meaning she explores black holes with the help of advanced technology. ![]() Getting those two elements to not only coexist but thrive together is a needle that Hyper Light Drifter confidently threads.Rei awakens, dazed and confused within the Ultravoid. ![]() In our review of the developer’s Hyper Light Drifter, we praised the top-down action game for its combination of story and gameplay: “It replaces traditional narrative structures with moods, but punctuates those contemplative, quiet moments with constant scenes of breakneck, pitch-perfect action. “The giant spaces, the feel of movement, the flow of combat, and the high stakes battles atop enormous beasts all come together to bring players something we think is incredibly unique, and more importantly, fun.” “ Solar Ash is Heart Machine’s vision of the adventure platformer,” game designer Alx Preston said of Solar Ash earlier this year. The developer promises fluid controls, with rail-grinding, grappling, and cloud surfing. Players take on the role of Rei, a Voidrunner who will journey through a colorful, stylized world as she fights to save her planet from the Ultravoid. Heart Machine first revealed Solar Ash in 2019 (as Solar Ash Kingdom). Solar Ash is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Windows PC via the Epic Games Store. 26, publisher Annapurna Interactive announced Thursday. Hyper Light Drifter developer Heart Machine will release its next game, the 3D action-platformer Solar Ash, on Oct. ![]()
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