Ash of Gods: Redemption Reviews
For all the negatives that I’ve noted, and the all too familiar plot and game style, I enjoyed myself. The artistry is fantastic, and the world that is created is both beautiful and daunting in equal measure. The audio is fantastic, mostly and will transport you to the fantasy setting with ease. The dialogue is badly translated in places and leads to some odd moments that are devoid of emotion or sense. Is this worth adding to your library? I think so. Not a classic by any stretch, but it does enough to warrant being part of your library if you are a fan of the RPG genre. If you want a copy, it can be purchased here! Can you survive the Reaping? Plan your every move and hope for luck in this world that the gods have forgotten.
Ash of Gods: Redemption's visual flair and varied narrative choices aren't enough to keep a keep its tedious battle system and baffling writing afloat.
Ash of Gods: Redemption is a game to take into consideration within its genre, and it has tried to be ambitious in its presentation, history, and staging, although perhaps for this reason it has neglected some factors such as greater playable balance, controls more intuitive, and in our particular case, a better translation. Anyway, any fan of the genre, and especially if you have already enjoyed The Banner Saga, which our game takes a lot from, we have to give it a try.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Strictly recommended for dedicated fans of The Banner Saga who need a fresh fix of that unique game style. Newcomers would be far better served picking up The Banner trilogy, instead.
Ash of Gods: Redemption is a hodgepodge of a lot of interesting ideas that could've been weaved together, but weren't.
Ash of Gods Redemption is a decent game for fans of strategy turn based games, but it also feels like a wasted opportunity.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Ash of Gods: Redemption is a mix of visual novel and turn based strategy. It excels in the case of former, but is severely lacking in the case of latter, providing us with great visuals and vast dialog (not voiced), but easy and unremarkable grid based fighting.
Review in Polish | Read full review
"Beautiful and extremely buggy mess."
Review in Finnish | Read full review
Beneath this shiny surface, it's a mess.
Ash of Gods: Redeption is a big promise. This visual novel with RPG combat is a game for remember. Due to, principaly, its soundtrack and artistic style. The music is a delicate work that transports you to a medieval era and the drawing is raw tracing of the horror that lives in game.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Ash of Gods: Redemption offers a nice visual style, an interesting story in the style of "Game of Thrones", as well as tactical battles with card mechanics and great music. All this should appeal to fans of dark fantasy and tactical games. Bad controls spoils the experience, but if you love the Banner Saga and wanted something similar, then Ash of Gods should please you.
Review in Russian | Read full review
Ash of Gods is heavily inspired by The Banner Saga, but sadly lacks the same charm and the rich narrative that characterized Stoic's game.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Taking clear inspiration from The Banner Saga, Ash of Gods just about does enough to stands on its own merits, and delivers an engaging tactical adventure held back by a few minor faults
All conspire to create a game that, while ultimately enjoyable, cannot survive comparisons to the series it so desperately wishes to be.
[Ash of Gods: Redemption] lives in the shadow of The Banner Saga because it simply isn’t up to its standard, but it does have merits of its own.
Gamers who enjoy a good fantasy story and a well-constructed world will find a lot to enjoy in Ash of Gods: Redemption. Likewise, fans of tactical, turn-based squad combat. Whether that’s sufficient motivation to overcome poor documentation and meandering plots is another question.
Ash of Gods: Redemption is an amazing game. The dark and gritty fantasy theme and it's disheartening story is actually refreshing and breaks the mold for turn-based RPGs. It's a game I never knew I needed to play in 2018.
Ash of Gods visually looks like Banner Saga, but gameplay is slightly different and story is not so deep.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
If you're going to clone a unique, yet flawed game like The Banner Saga, it's crucial that you significantly improve the experience in some way. Ash of Gods: Redemption doesn't, replicating its inspiration's problems, but not its singular vision. Ironically, folks who have never played The Banner Saga will get the most out of this glorified fangame – those who have will likely find Ash of Gods a gray, lifeless imitation.
Derivative, clumsily executed, but hauntingly beautiful. Crank the music and bathe in the scenery before you start talking to people.