i was looking for some german online articles about Ashes of the Singularity. I love your game and i see that you are working hard on some critics. Here you can see the critics of PC Games and Gamestar, the two biggest german pc gaming magazines. Maybe it can help you to improve something. I know you are already working on some Things of the Contra lists. I hope for a later final Review or Re-Review and later better YouTube Reviews of them. Until there are no Video Reviews of the two biggest german magazines.
PC Games
(biggest german gaming magazin):
Just a Special Column about AotS, not a Review; Without Rating but disastrous content. Seems to be from 12th April 2016 if i look at the first commentary date. I just took the pro and contra from his article text.
No Video Review on YouTube about AotS.
Link: http://www.pcgames.de/Ashes-of-the-Singularity-Spiel-55338/Specials/Optik-Gameplay-Kolumne-DX12-1191987/
Pro:
- great graphics with wonderful light effects
- first DX12 game
Contra:
- graphics / technical Poser without deep gameplay
- not much more than empty promises
- 12 hours Long campaign with the most passive AI Oponnents in genre
- glum staging of campaign, nearly only dialogues and thats english only!
- wished a more sophisticated Rock-scissors-paper principle
- most time it Needs rush to the ressources and build the biggest unit to rush over the enemy
- Units "run" at snail's pace
- fully replaceable campaign (but not so weighty, other strengthen would more important)
- skirmish mode could not convince because feel of cheating AI
- Multiplayers couldnt end because gamecrashs
- it feels like that developer investing more time to build a great engine than gameplay
Summary:
Very expensive tech demo for DX12 despite official release with to less sophisticated gameplay. He cant recommend to buy anybody at this Moment. If he gives a recommend later to the game it's dependend if the developer improve gameplay and balancing. The technical base for that is already there (except some gamecrashs).
He is willing to write a good final Review if you improve that Things.
Gamestar
(second biggest german gaming magazine)
Review with 69% Rating.
No Video Review on YouTube about AotS.
Link: http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/ashes-of-the-singularity/test/ashes_of_the_singularity,52116,3270432.html
Pro:
- impressive massivly battles
- gaudy effects
- exciting struggle for supremacy
- foresighted strategy is neccessary
- clever designed skirmish maps
- campaign introduce slowly in game mechanics
- strong Skirmish AI with 7 Levels
- different strategies possible
- most part of Units useful
- grandiose battles
- 25 skirmish maps
- entertaining multiplayer with ranking
Contra:
- weak area textures
- nearly no spoken dialogues
- less unit diversity (just 15 standart Units, no sea fights, no extensive tech developement)
- just two factions and they are to similar
- unimaginative campaign missions
- no adjustable campaign skill Level
- Story is to sleep
- dialogue window incensing
- lifeless maps
- equably Units
"Supreme Commander is Shakespear against AotS!" The campaign doesn't feels that came from a professional developer. The Characters have no personality and is "narrated" by dialogue Windows. Very rary cutscenes with thin Story. The player gets no motivation or excitement by playing the campaign. The only positive is, the missions have variety, but without big surprises.
