okay I suppose I've gushed about Ashen a lot but it is really good

it's like Dark Souls met Journey, and both were better for the experience?? (except not literally because Journey is pretty much flawless with its only exception being sometimes your co-op friend can just... vanish. and it's a total crapshoot whether you find THEM again or someone else entirely different ;; )

but yeah Dark Souls definitely needed some work, and Ashen has it. It's... got a really great aesthetic, it's mysterious and lonely without being FAR too bleak, it's built for co-op from the ground up and is thusly very balanced for it, weapons look and feel nice and meaty, and feel impactful, motion is intuitive and good, the geometry is really nice, animations are slick and clear without being super easy to predict and read... Voice acting is GREAT too, plus you got a clear idea of what to do