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Remnant: From the Ashes | |
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Developer(s) | Gunfire Games |
Publisher(s) | Perfect World Entertainment |
Director(s) | David Adams |
Composer(s) | Rob Westwood |
Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
Platform(s) | |
Release | August 20, 2019 |
Genre(s) | Action role-playing, third-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
This content requires the base game Remnant: From the Ashes on Steam in order to play. You can play Remnant: From the Ashes with up to two friends (for a party size of three) as a co-op adventure, though it works very well solo as well. If you want to join or invite your friends, you’ll first need to complete the tutorial mission. Remnant: From the Ashes available on Steam. 85% positive of 30402 user reviews. With 5 trading cards and 50 achievements. 8 users have this game to trade, 551 want it, and 75 own it in library. In 0 bundles and 0 giveaways.
Remnant: From the Ashes is an action role-playingthird person shooter developed by Gunfire Games and published by Perfect World Entertainment. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 20, 2019. The game received generally positive reviews upon release and more than 1 million units have been sold.
Gameplay[edit]
Remnant: From the Ashes borrows its mechanics from franchises such as the Souls series,[1] but rather than simply being melee combat, it incorporates a third person shooter element where the player can wield up to two gun weapons, one main weapon and one side arm, alongside their melee weapon.[2] These weapons can vary between machine guns, shotguns, hunting rifles, sniper rifles and the like, and can also attach mods to them which give players extra abilities.[3] Players can create their own custom character, and are required to defeat challenging enemies and bosses found throughout a randomly generated world, though the player still follows a set story.[4] Players are able to upgrade their weapons and armor using materials they find throughout the world. They can also unlock trait points, which can be used to increase the stats of their playable character.
Unlike other Souls titles which have limited multiplayer components, Remnant allows players to team up with other players (with a maximum party size of three) and progress through the story, where the game scales the difficulty based on how many players are in the game.[5] The way this works is that if a player joins another players game, while the joining player will earn the same loot as the original player, once the joining player returns to their world, they are required to progress through the story again.[6] This is because different elements found in one players world may not be the same in another players; this can vary to which enemies and which bosses a player encounters.[6] Unlike other similar titles, players do not lose any items or skill points upon death, but are taken back to the checkpoint, where each time the enemies may differ in number or change what spawns, thus keeping a variety in gameplay.[7]
Plot[edit]
Remnant: From the Ashes - Subject 2923 (PC) - Steam Gift - GLOBAL. DLC This DLC requires Remnant: From the Ashes Steam Key GLOBAL activated on your Steam account. Can activate in: United States. Check country restrictions. In a brand-new continuation of the Remnant: From the Ashes story, meet unexpected allies, traverse unfamiliar zones and dimensions, and overcome new threats to save your.
Remnant: From the Ashes takes place in a post-apocalyptic earth that has been decimated 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. Early in their journey they are brought to Ward 13, an underground bunker where human survivors live. The player is tasked with finding Ward 13's founder, Ford, and explores the devastated Earth city before finding a portal to an interdimensional rift known as the Labyrinth, allowing them to travel between worlds in search of Ford.
The player first travels to Rhom, the deserted remains of a once great civilization that destroyed its world to save itself from the Root. They unlock a monolithic tower in which the former ruler of Rhom, the Undying King, tasks the player with traveling to the swamp planet of Corsus to kill its Guardian - a being that protects the planet from invasive forces such as the Root - and bring him its heart in exchange for pointing the player in Ford's direction. On Corsus, the player kills the Guardian and is given the choice of delivering the heart to the King, or giving it to the Iskal Queen, the ruler of a parasitic insectoid hive mind that has taken over the planet's former inhabitants. If the player chooses the latter, they are forced to kill the King before proceeding.
The player then travels to the forest world of Yaesha, where they encounter a civil war between its Satyr-like inhabitants and befriend a group of rebels. After some exploration, they find Ford imprisoned and free him. In exchange, Ford gives the player a key to activate a portal deep within Ward 13 that allows them to travel to the tower, which was formerly the humans' Ward 17.
In Ward 13, the player can find information revealing that the Root were brought to Earth due to a failed series of experiments using the human subconscious as gateways to other worlds; the Root themselves are linked to one of their subjects, known as Dreamers. The player travels to Ward 17 through the portal and encounters the Dreamer, who they battle and defeat within his own subconscious. The Dreamer transforms into a massive Root creature, which the player finally kills, releasing them from the Dreamer's subconscious and killing the Root at their source once and for all.
Downloadable content[edit]
Swamps of Corsus[edit]
The first DLC for Remnant, Swamps of Corsus, was released on April 28, 2020. In addition to a roguelike-style Survival mode, in which the player starts with nothing but a pistol and scrap and must upgrade and survive as long as they can,[8] the expansion features new bosses, enemies, weapons, mods, and events added to the Corsus area of the campaign.[9] Players can also purchase skins for their armor with a resource acquired in Survival or hard and nightmare difficulties.[9]
Subject 2923[edit]
The second DLC was released on August 20, 2020. With a focus on origins of 'The Dreamers', this adds new areas and bosses.
Reception[edit]
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | PC: 78/100[10] PS4: 77/100[11] XONE: 81/100[12] |
Remnant: From the Ashes received 'generally favorable' reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[10][11][12]
IGN scored the game an 8/10, stating, 'Remnant: From the Ashes delivers a beautifully deranged vision of the apocalypse that's overflowing with twisted creatures hellbent on making you suffer. The thrill of finally beating a boss that's had your number for hours is right up there with the Souls games that so clearly inspired it, though the underwhelming gear system sometimes brings down the high of overcoming the frequent difficulty spikes. Overall, it's a solid game that offers one of the best and most rewarding co-op experiences in quite some time, as long as you have a hint of desire to challenge and punish yourself over and over.'[13] While GameSpot scored the game a 7/10, stating, 'Confusing accurately describes Remnant: From the Ashes a lot of the time, especially when its combination of established ideas doesn't mesh. But for the most part, the experiment is a success, resulting in deeply satisfying combat against creative and challenging enemies. Remnant struggles to effectively transfer that success over to an engaging loot system and an interesting story to wrap it all up, but when you're blasting away foes with weapons crafted from the remains of your latest boss kill, it's hard not to do so with a wide smile on your face.'[14]
Sales[edit]
By October 2019, the game had sold more than 1 million copies.[15] In February 2020, THQ Nordic announced that a physical release would be made available on March 17, 2020.[16] In Japan, the PlayStation 4 version of the game was the fifth best-selling game at retail during its first week of release, with 19,244 copies sold.[17] By July 2020, sales had topped 1.6 million copies.[18]
References[edit]
- ^Grayson, Nathan (2019-08-27). 'Remnant: From The Ashes, As Told By Steam Reviews'. Kotaku. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^Barbosa, Alessandro (2019-08-26). 'Remnant: From the Ashes Review - In My Sights'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^Carter, Chris (2019-08-26). 'Review: Remnant: From the Ashes'. Destructoid. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^Alexandra, Heather (2019-08-22). 'Remnant: From the Ashes Is Quickly Becoming One Of My Favorite Games Of 2019'. Kotaku. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^Lane, Rick (2019-08-20). 'Remnant: From the Ashes review'. PC Gamer. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ abNwosu, KC (2019-08-20). 'Remnant: From the Ashes - Review in 3 Minutes'. The Escapist. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ^Jagneaux, David (2019-07-18). 'Remnant: From the Ashes Preview: A Brutal And Unforgiving Co-Op Adventure'. IGN. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^'Remnant: From the Ashes is worth revisiting with the Swamps of Corsus DLC'. Destructoid. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ ab'Swamps of Corsus DLC Now Available on PC'. www.remnantgame.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ ab'Remnant: From the Ashes for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2019-11-05.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ ab'Remnant: From the Ashes for PlayStation 4 Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2020-03-11.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ ab'Remnant: From the Ashes for Xbox One Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2020-03-11.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^https://uk.ign.com/articles/2019/08/20/remnant-from-the-ashes-review
- ^https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/remnant-from-the-ashes-review-in-my-sights/1900-6417277/
- ^McAloon, Alissa (October 30, 2019). 'Remnant: From the Ashes sells 1 million copies in just over 2 months'. Gamasutra. Retrieved September 12, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Carey, Sean (February 10, 2020). 'Remnant: From the Ashes is getting a physical release next month'. TrueAchievements. Retrieved March 29, 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Romano, Sal (July 2, 2020). 'Famitsu Sales: 6/22/20 – 6/28/20 [Update]'. Gematsu. Retrieved July 2, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Lane, Rick (July 16, 2020). 'Remnant: From the Ashes devs were 'really surprised' by 1.6 million sales'. PC Gamer. Retrieved March 29, 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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Remnant: From the Ashes | |
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Developer(s) | Gunfire Games |
Publisher(s) | Perfect World Entertainment |
Director(s) | David Adams |
Composer(s) | Rob Westwood |
Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
Platform(s) | |
Release | August 20, 2019 |
Genre(s) | Action role-playing, third-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Remnant: From the Ashes is an action role-playingthird person shooter developed by Gunfire Games and published by Perfect World Entertainment. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 20, 2019. The game received generally positive reviews upon release and more than 1 million units have been sold.
Gameplay[edit]
Remnant: From the Ashes borrows its mechanics from franchises such as the Souls series,[1] but rather than simply being melee combat, it incorporates a third person shooter element where the player can wield up to two gun weapons, one main weapon and one side arm, alongside their melee weapon.[2] These weapons can vary between machine guns, shotguns, hunting rifles, sniper rifles and the like, and can also attach mods to them which give players extra abilities.[3] Players can create their own custom character, and are required to defeat challenging enemies and bosses found throughout a randomly generated world, though the player still follows a set story.[4] Players are able to upgrade their weapons and armor using materials they find throughout the world. They can also unlock trait points, which can be used to increase the stats of their playable character.
Unlike other Souls titles which have limited multiplayer components, Remnant allows players to team up with other players (with a maximum party size of three) and progress through the story, where the game scales the difficulty based on how many players are in the game.[5] The way this works is that if a player joins another players game, while the joining player will earn the same loot as the original player, once the joining player returns to their world, they are required to progress through the story again.[6] This is because different elements found in one players world may not be the same in another players; this can vary to which enemies and which bosses a player encounters.[6] Unlike other similar titles, players do not lose any items or skill points upon death, but are taken back to the checkpoint, where each time the enemies may differ in number or change what spawns, thus keeping a variety in gameplay.[7]
Plot[edit]
Remnant: From the Ashes takes place in a post-apocalyptic earth that has been decimated 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. Early in their journey they are brought to Ward 13, an underground bunker where human survivors live. The player is tasked with finding Ward 13's founder, Ford, and explores the devastated Earth city before finding a portal to an interdimensional rift known as the Labyrinth, allowing them to travel between worlds in search of Ford.
The player first travels to Rhom, the deserted remains of a once great civilization that destroyed its world to save itself from the Root. They unlock a monolithic tower in which the former ruler of Rhom, the Undying King, tasks the player with traveling to the swamp planet of Corsus to kill its Guardian - a being that protects the planet from invasive forces such as the Root - and bring him its heart in exchange for pointing the player in Ford's direction. On Corsus, the player kills the Guardian and is given the choice of delivering the heart to the King, or giving it to the Iskal Queen, the ruler of a parasitic insectoid hive mind that has taken over the planet's former inhabitants. If the player chooses the latter, they are forced to kill the King before proceeding.
The player then travels to the forest world of Yaesha, where they encounter a civil war between its Satyr-like inhabitants and befriend a group of rebels. After some exploration, they find Ford imprisoned and free him. In exchange, Ford gives the player a key to activate a portal deep within Ward 13 that allows them to travel to the tower, which was formerly the humans' Ward 17.
In Ward 13, the player can find information revealing that the Root were brought to Earth due to a failed series of experiments using the human subconscious as gateways to other worlds; the Root themselves are linked to one of their subjects, known as Dreamers. The player travels to Ward 17 through the portal and encounters the Dreamer, who they battle and defeat within his own subconscious. The Dreamer transforms into a massive Root creature, which the player finally kills, releasing them from the Dreamer's subconscious and killing the Root at their source once and for all.
Downloadable content[edit]
Swamps of Corsus[edit]
The first DLC for Remnant, Swamps of Corsus, was released on April 28, 2020. In addition to a roguelike-style Survival mode, in which the player starts with nothing but a pistol and scrap and must upgrade and survive as long as they can,[8] the expansion features new bosses, enemies, weapons, mods, and events added to the Corsus area of the campaign.[9] Players can also purchase skins for their armor with a resource acquired in Survival or hard and nightmare difficulties.[9]
Subject 2923[edit]
The second DLC was released on August 20, 2020. With a focus on origins of 'The Dreamers', this adds new areas and bosses.
Reception[edit]
Aggregator | Score |
---|---|
Metacritic | PC: 78/100[10] PS4: 77/100[11] XONE: 81/100[12] |
Remnant: From the Ashes received 'generally favorable' reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[10][11][12]
Remnant From The Ashes Steam Charts
IGN scored the game an 8/10, stating, 'Remnant: From the Ashes delivers a beautifully deranged vision of the apocalypse that's overflowing with twisted creatures hellbent on making you suffer. The thrill of finally beating a boss that's had your number for hours is right up there with the Souls games that so clearly inspired it, though the underwhelming gear system sometimes brings down the high of overcoming the frequent difficulty spikes. Overall, it's a solid game that offers one of the best and most rewarding co-op experiences in quite some time, as long as you have a hint of desire to challenge and punish yourself over and over.'[13] While GameSpot scored the game a 7/10, stating, 'Confusing accurately describes Remnant: From the Ashes a lot of the time, especially when its combination of established ideas doesn't mesh. But for the most part, the experiment is a success, resulting in deeply satisfying combat against creative and challenging enemies. Remnant struggles to effectively transfer that success over to an engaging loot system and an interesting story to wrap it all up, but when you're blasting away foes with weapons crafted from the remains of your latest boss kill, it's hard not to do so with a wide smile on your face.'[14]
Sales[edit]
By October 2019, the game had sold more than 1 million copies.[15] In February 2020, THQ Nordic announced that a physical release would be made available on March 17, 2020.[16] In Japan, the PlayStation 4 version of the game was the fifth best-selling game at retail during its first week of release, with 19,244 copies sold.[17] By July 2020, sales had topped 1.6 million copies.[18]
References[edit]
- ^Grayson, Nathan (2019-08-27). 'Remnant: From The Ashes, As Told By Steam Reviews'. Kotaku. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^Barbosa, Alessandro (2019-08-26). 'Remnant: From the Ashes Review - In My Sights'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^Carter, Chris (2019-08-26). 'Review: Remnant: From the Ashes'. Destructoid. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^Alexandra, Heather (2019-08-22). 'Remnant: From the Ashes Is Quickly Becoming One Of My Favorite Games Of 2019'. Kotaku. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^Lane, Rick (2019-08-20). 'Remnant: From the Ashes review'. PC Gamer. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ abNwosu, KC (2019-08-20). 'Remnant: From the Ashes - Review in 3 Minutes'. The Escapist. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ^Jagneaux, David (2019-07-18). 'Remnant: From the Ashes Preview: A Brutal And Unforgiving Co-Op Adventure'. IGN. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^'Remnant: From the Ashes is worth revisiting with the Swamps of Corsus DLC'. Destructoid. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ ab'Swamps of Corsus DLC Now Available on PC'. www.remnantgame.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ ab'Remnant: From the Ashes for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2019-11-05.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ ab'Remnant: From the Ashes for PlayStation 4 Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2020-03-11.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ ab'Remnant: From the Ashes for Xbox One Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2020-03-11.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^https://uk.ign.com/articles/2019/08/20/remnant-from-the-ashes-review
- ^https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/remnant-from-the-ashes-review-in-my-sights/1900-6417277/
- ^McAloon, Alissa (October 30, 2019). 'Remnant: From the Ashes sells 1 million copies in just over 2 months'. Gamasutra. Retrieved September 12, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Carey, Sean (February 10, 2020). 'Remnant: From the Ashes is getting a physical release next month'. TrueAchievements. Retrieved March 29, 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Romano, Sal (July 2, 2020). 'Famitsu Sales: 6/22/20 – 6/28/20 [Update]'. Gematsu. Retrieved July 2, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Lane, Rick (July 16, 2020). 'Remnant: From the Ashes devs were 'really surprised' by 1.6 million sales'. PC Gamer. Retrieved March 29, 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)