Joe Donnelly
PC GamerAshen review
Published 12/18/2018
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PS4 / PC / XONE / Switch - 12/7/2018
Ashen
Set in a sprawling open world, Ashen is a tight, 3rd person, skill-based action RPG about guiding your wanderer through a newly lit world. Fight alongside others, forge friendships and defeat the creatures of shadow determined to cast the world back into darkness. Explore mysterious dungeons, fight epic bosses and explore diverse regions filled with gorgeous vistas and mythical creatures. Meet characters along the way who will join you on your journey and turn your home into a lively town. In this new era of light, you must protect the Ashen and destroy the hungering shadows once and for all.
- Developer
- A44
- Publisher
- Annapurna Interactive
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Critic avg
80
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Total coverage
30
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Score range
55–90
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Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 80 across 30 scored reviews, with a 35-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
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80–8921 reviews · 70%
70–794 reviews · 13%
Below 702 reviews · 7%
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Brendan Lowry
Windows CentralAshen Xbox One review: Familiar but addictive RPG experience that will blow you away | Windows Central
Published 12/18/2018
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80
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Read originalZhiqing Wan
TwinfiniteAshen Review
Published 12/17/2018
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60
-20 vs critic avg
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Read originalAndrew Reiner
Game InformerAshen Review – Turning Strangers Into Friends
Published 12/15/2018
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80
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Read originalJake Hill
COGconnectedAshen Review – Sad, Inscrutable and Absolutely Beautiful
Published 12/15/2018
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86
+6 vs critic avg
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Read originalShubhankar Parijat
GamingBoltAshen Review – Bite-Sized Souls
Published 12/13/2018
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80
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Read originalAshen Review
Published 12/12/2018
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85
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Read originalSam Prell
GamesRadar+Ashen review: "Ashen is a Dark Souls clone - but it's a really good Dark Souls clone" | GamesRadar+
Published 12/7/2018
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Read originalEdwin Evans-Thirlwell
EurogamerAshen review - a soulful journey through a sublime ruined world
Published 12/7/2018
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Read originalJordan Ramée
GameSpotAshen Review - Relationship Souls
Published 12/6/2018
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90
+10 vs critic avg
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