Ash & Rust

Very fun game so far, i like how the build crafting works even if the slot unlocking was very confusing. However, whenever i use the combustion and shrapnel ability augments my game crashes. Unfortunately after several hours of trying to fix it, I could not. MY game constantly crashed after doing the 3 auto attack combo. Even without combustion and shrapnel my game continued crashing. Will keep an eye out and maybe buy it again in the future.

It has a lot going for it. Genuinely. Some stuff is still janky, but you can get around it. My downvote is pretty much just because gear rerollers are a thing, as are ability rerollers. You'd think that would be a good thing. Yet I have spent over 300 of them to get 297 of my rolls as under half of max value for the trouble. For every affix on every item or ability I used the rerollers on. And the remaining 3 were near around 60-70% of max value. On a single affix. With other affixes still rolling at minimum values as well. It just feels bad to have a gambling system in the game that is about freedom of customization of your build and whatnot. Another thing that needs looked at is summons. I'm not downvoting for this specifically, but they seem pretty pointless in general. They don't have the hp to survive in even the very first area you're in, and it doesn't get better by your own character levels because that doesn't seem to be how the game works in the first place. It makes me wonder why they even exist as an option when they take a slot to do almost nothing and just explode to any random hits.

tried a sword and board character and died like 3 times to the second group of enemies, default attack felt super clunky and overly flashy might be good later but immediate combat feel is important to me in arpgs and everything just immediately felt off

Its a mix bag, hard to decide whether to give a good or bad review. Since there are many places for improvement, feels more like a beta rather than a fully release game, Ultimately decided to go for a good review only because it has potential and I want to encourage the Dev to keep working on it to polish it up. Below are issues I encounter in game that seriously needs to be address: 1. Inventory management: By far the number one issue. I get why equipping things need to be Tetris like design but it being the same for inventory management is just pure frustration especially the tiny limited space provided. The solution is already in game in the crafting menu. Just list out all the Tetris block the player has unlock and the quantity the player is currently holding and rerolls gathered on each. There problem solved. 2. Limited grid: I get why limiting the grid for balance but base on current augments available for abilities, its feel too limiting. maybe consider adding a row or column to the grid for abilities for a little more freedom to build crafting. 3. Story: I think any AI out there can come up with a better story than what the game currently has. Would be happy with just…

Yikes.

I'm not someone that generally gets offended by games all that quickly, and it has been a long time since I outright decided to quit trying something this quickly. It might be because I have played indie titles, solo dev projects, and some really old entries from this genre. I can ignore the not-great audio balance at the main menu. But when the next thing I notice is the spawn animation and rendering bugging out when I load in, I start to get a bit worried. It is also a bold decision to have left click be purely an attack option by default and not "move to attack", which many would be familiar with. Instead, right click is for movement. Worse yet though is how combat felt. Immediately it was just this visceral rejection from me. The default attack for sword and shield is this lofty, long combo, whose first attack is this cumbersome leap that felt like it took ages to happen at all. Enemies would be running up and have time to club my face before I hit them for a whopping three damage. I also had a laugh when I found that by holding down both left and right click I could slowly glide around as my character turned into a phased abomination, attempting to attack and walk every frame…