Remnant: From the Ashes

Remnant: From the Ashes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
=== ( 🎯 Difficulty ) ===
☐ No Difficulty
☐ Easy
☑ Standard (Co-op)
☐ Big Learning Curve
☑ Hard (Solo)
☐ Impossible
=== ( 👪 Audience ) ===
☐ Everyone
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Mature
=== ( 👀 Graphics ) ===
☐ What Is This?
☐ Bad
☐ Acceptable
☐ Good
☑ Great
☐ Stylistic
☐ Beautiful
☐ Masterpiece
=== ( Sound/Music ) ===
☐ Bad
☐ Nothing Special
☐ Okay
☑ Great
☐ Beautiful
☐ I´m Gonna Cry
=== ( 🌏 Story ) ===
☐ This Game Has No Story
☑ Nothing Special
☐ It´s Alright
☐ Well Written
☐ Epic Story
☐ Thinking About It, When I Sleep
=== ( Grinding ) ===
☐ Nothing To Grind
☑ Isn't Necessary To Progress
☐ Average Grind Level
☐ A Lot Of Grinding
☐ You‘ll Need A Second Life For Grinding
=== ( 💎 Price ) ===
☐ Free
☐ Underpriced
☑ Perfect Price
☐ Could Be Cheaper
☐ Overpriced
=== ( ☣ Requirments ) ===
☐ A Toaster Could Run This
☐ Low
☑ Average
☐ Above Average
☐ High End
☐ NASA Computer
=== ( ⏰ Game time/length ) ===
☐ Really short ( 0 - 4 hours)
☐ Short ( 4 - 12 hours)
☑ Average ( 12 - 24 hours)
☐ Long ( 24+ hours)
☑ Multiplayer/Neverending
=== ( 🐞 Bugs ) ===
☐ Game itself is a bug
☐ Lot of bugs
☐ Few Bugs
☑ Nothing
=== ( Controller Support ) ===
☑ Yes
☐ no
=== ( Steam Deck Friendly ) ===
☑ Yes
☐ no
=== ( Enjoyment ) ===
☐ I´d Rather Watch Grass Grow
☐ Hard To Enjoy
☐ Repetitive
☐ It's Okay
☑ Fun To Be Had For Sure
☐ The Kind Of Fun You Will Remember
☐ Life Changing
=== ( Replayability ) ===
☐ One-Time Experience
☐ Only For Achievements
☐ If You Wait A Few Months/Years
☑ Definitely
☐ Infinitely Replayable/Multiplayer
=== ( Worth Playing ) ===
☐ No
☐ Wait For A Sale
☑ Yes
☐ I Can´t Recommend It Enough
TOP FUN THINGS TO DO:
⭐️ The gunplay is very snappy and satisfying.
⭐️ Bosses a fun and challenging.
⭐️ So many interesting weapons to choose from.
THE UNIQUES:
💎 The enemy design is refreshing.
💎 Weapons, perks and mods are all different.
PLAYER GAMING REQUIREMENTS:
💼 Souls-Like.
💼 Action.
💼 Co-op.
PROS:
+ As a stated above, the enemy design is very unique, each area has a new set of enemies to fight along with different kind of elites, so each encounter feels slightly different from the last.
+ Again, I stated this above, the gunplay is so fun, with each weapon having a different mod, especially when finishing off a boss, I never settled for the same weapon, constantly changing and finding out what other weapons could do.
+ The atmosphere is very captivating, each area I went into, the mood was set almost instantly, this was also helped with how each enemy was designed for each map.
+ The loot felt rewarding, making you go back to kill the enemies again to collected the loot again! Beating a boss came with it's own rewards too.
CONS:
- Walls are not your friend, normally you can hide behind a wall for cover but with enemies/bosses that have a big melee range, the wall is pretty much invisible to them, I'm assuming this isn't a bug and the devs intended this to be a thing but I found this extremely annoying when needing to heal or applying a buff.
- The difficulty can be a learning curve, this is where the souls-like tag comes from, this isn't a major con but it might put some players off, especially playing solo, I for one enjoyed the challenge but if you're wanting an easier time, grab a friend and go through it with them.
- The content of the game seems to run out quickly, you'll get a few new encounters but this is purely RNG based, meaning you could go back 100's of times and not find that one item you've been looking for, kinda annoying.
- Story/lore went over my head, I didn't feel drawn into what was going on behind the scenes, nor did I overly care, the gameplay holds this game up by itself.
VERDICT:
I played this solo and enjoyed 80% of the game, choosing the right weapons and stats is a must when doing a run by yourself, this isn't much of an issue if you're playing with someone else. Overall I enjoyed myself playing this solo, the other 20% are all on the bosses, but it's many other bosses, learn their pattern and you'll eventually win.
The biggest downfall would be the lack of story that's around this game, personally it doesn't need it but a lot of people would say a good story always makes the gameplay 10x better.
I personally think this is worth the asking price, especially if you buy the bundle.
Total Score = 79/100.
OVERVIEW:
Remnant: From the Ashes takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth that has been devastated and overrun by an interdimensional evil called the Root. The player is a wandering survivor of the apocalypse driven to put an end to the Root by traveling to a tower on an island that appears to be the epicenter of the invasion.
■■■■■■■□□□ 7 / 10
Pull out from the root.
RECOMMEDED SPECS:
OS *: Windows 10 or better
Processor: Intel Core i5
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Storage: 20 GB available space

The shooting feel and melee feel are good, the monster design is rather one-dimensional, but the bosses are all pretty well done, and the weapons and monsters are well-designed and very fun to play.

Diablo, Dark Souls, The Division and Hellgate London, mix them in a bowl and you get Remnant from the Ashes. In the game, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable by an invasion of demonic beings from multiple dimensions, and humanity is on the brink of extinction. As a member of the Remnant, the last surviving group of humans, we set out to find the place where the evil beings came from and put an end to it. The gameplay is a shooter with a mix of action, RPG, and spiritual genres. Throughout our adventure we will slaughter many creatures and strengthen ourselves by collecting crafting materials. The game features a Dark Souls-style boss fight at the end of each level, and even the entrance to the boss is the same as in Dark Souls. (We pass through a grey, foggy door and enter the boss's location). The game has a dark, fairytale-like art style, similar to Darksiders and Vampyr. I think it's quite nice. You can play the game either as a single player or in co-op.

Amazing 3rd person shooter both solo and co-op. Played it all on Hard, not too difficult, but Survival can be a bit tough. Story is nothing special, but the combat and scenery are great!

Remnant is a brilliantly made game with a unique feel. I found myself doing some missions over and over, finding that I stayed up all night enjoying the rampaging and trying out same areas with new weapons and strategies.

The game was a problem free experience for me. I had long extended times in the game without any crashing. The graphics were done very well, as was the environment and interactions.

Remnant is a unique action based and story driven game that I highly recommend for those that like such games. I am looking forward to trying out the sequel soon.

Excellent Souls-like game with procedural world design, tons of different enemies and bosses and very addictive gunplay. There are a few flaws, like bosses spamming endless waves of smaller enemies and most of the game can be cheesed by using summons, but there's so much more left to enjoy. Very recommended, well done Gunfire Games!

TLDR: Short but sweet co-op experience that's best played with a friend. Fun shooting and gorgeous visuals are brought down by some egregiously bad design choices. Get it on sale.
Pros:
- Absolutely fantastic shooting mechanics including impactful weapons, meaningful upgrades/traits/abilities, and frantically fast enemies. MOST enemies are fun to fight against; presenting genuine challenges while still reacting appropriately to punishment from the player.
- The visual and auditory presentation are fantastic. The game looks beautiful both in style and technicalities. Lighting effects, texture work, and constantly changing environments are beautiful to behold. The soundtrack is worldclass, too.
- When played with a friend(s), the game rewards teamwork. The boss fights and puzzles require strategy and are more manageable with multiple players.
- Great environment and ENEMY variety keep the game from getting boring or feeling 'grindy'
- The game rewards preparation and critical thinking. Preparing for monster boss fights like a Witcher can make difficult bosses a cakewalk.
Cons:
- Difficulty scaling. The game has several "unfair" boss fights (looking at you, bridge battle of the two fly queens...) that might induce rage in the player. The end boss fight is heinously designed. Enemies can spawn right on top of or directly behind you.
- The WORST intro/tutorial I've ever experienced in a game. Lengthy, unhelpful, and confusing.
- The game's way of navigating maps/levels/missions is obnoxiously convoluted and confusing...resulting in at least one player on your team to be constantly stressing over 'where to go next?'
- Throwaway story and severe art-style identity crisis. The art designers threw the kitchen sink in and the result is a disjointed mess of themes (steampunk, medieval fantasy, aliens, SWAT, science labs...)
- My friend and I finished the game in 11hrs on the normal difficulty setting and we aren't DYING to replay it. Will probably grab the sequel on sale