ASKA

Great game until you do an expedition... It's the most annoying and frustrating thing I've ever had to go through in a game. The wind only blows in one direction (roughly 45 degree arc) and I wasn't able to get any type of oars to deploy. If you set the auto-sail to on then they are ALWAYS at full mast regardless of wind direction so you essentially end up going backwards. I spent an hour of real life time trying to get a short distance. This has killed the game for me, so much time and resources spent for the worst experience yet (for me anyway). The problem is they force you into using expeditions in order to unlock more content. So I won't be going through that again, I'll find another game to play, there are tons of other games out there.

The fact that the shared progression setting for a persistent world is not on by default and all progress is wiped is a disincentive for me to keep playing this game considering how much time and effort it takes into building already compared to other survival crafter games. This game's attempt at approximating realism through tedium does not add to any fun. Not to mention but the UI is absolutely terrible. There are so many survival crafting games out there with an intuitive UI that this game lacks (example: item deconstruction/ingredient processing being separate than where you go for building anything such as tools/materials, in this game thatch->fiber) makes for a cluttered experience on top of an already slow game when crafting/processing materials could be achieved in a streamlined/unified building menu or a specific processing node. The game's commands also don't map out great to controller.

Aska is an interesting mix - I kept restarting to build a smoother more organized town. Refocused priorities. Played more, built less. It was fun, in the beginning. The only problem it needs to solve before 1.0 is the midgame. At some point it grinds to what feels like a hault - everyone is working, fed, has somewhere to sleep but anytime you want to upgrade or build anything new and relevant it is an absolute slog. I found myself quitting time and time again at around day 34+. To me, the midgame needs an escape into late-game. One last tier of resource for buildings to go after while the output of villagers who are skilling up is doubling, something to that nature. I can't spend 7 days in game waiting for 50 woodbeams for the transition to midgame on cause even around the clock carpentry just won't get you there. I'm sure EVENTUALLY you can get another workshop running with another carpenter but by then your dozen of real hours in and you just won't feel like it. Fix the mid game, and you've got a gem. Its still a fun and good game and I'm sure for the chore lovers, it's amazing - the goal is become organized, self sufficient, raid proof, and venture off the island for top tier endgame content but good god getting there even for me with all my hours played just might not happen. It's just not fun enough to build the mini raid base and buildings to get offland cause it's such an absolute chore to get there. This is simple guys - tweak the numbers/mechanics and you're set - a few less chops, maybe 50% chance of 2x output at level 25+ and it scales, IDK but please do something.

This game is awesome and i still play it. I will change my review asap, if this game changes major problems. Major Problem 1: The core mechanic of the game, “The Villager,” has an AI with bugs or at least missing QoL concepts. It’s very messy to get the villagers to defend the village on their own, since they neither trigger alarms nor respond to them in many cases. It doesn’t matter if the warriors live right next to the watchtowers and have defendmarkers there. they just freeze and watch everything get destroyed. Make assigned warriors more reactive to attacks. And make non warriors do panicstuff like runing back and alert the warriors just a delayed form of alarm. I want to be able to leave the village and ignore bloodmoon events without spending multiple seasons setting up the defenseperimeters down to the atom. Major Problem 2: Mines/Iron, the most important resource, may spawn at the edge of the map or not at all (rare chance), depending on RNG, which may ruin the game. You realize this after many hours of play unless you scout the seed for mines. But how could you know this as a beginner. Minor Problem: Savegames of your current village are limited to one Slot and the Morning of the current day. Make it optional to go more back in time like 1 year, 1 Season.

Very engaging and fun, developers listen to the community and play their game on livestream.

I want to love this game! Unfortunately, everything in this game is worse than pulling your own teeth The game needs to be streamlined a bit and the mechanics need to be reworked Way to time consuming to do the most basic tasks

как на этой игре может быть 75% положительных отзывов, если банально в игру даже зайти нельзя-сразу выкидывает. А если даже ты умудряешься с 4 раза зайти на сервер, все равно через 10 секунд выкинет

For the love of god when you give this game proper mod support. Use the steam workshop.

ASKA shines in the mid-game. Starting out is difficult and can feel like you're running back and forth between a group of trees and rocks. But the dopamine kicks in at the mid-game, when you're feeling strong enough to take on some of the bosses, you're withstanding invasions well enough, and you're trying to figure out how to manage your outposts. Then micromanagement sets in and you can feel like you're a hamster in a wheel again. It's a decent game, but if you're driven by trying to make things run seamlessly, you're going to have some frustrations. Some improvements I'd like to see: 1. When assigning priorities for certain buildings like the workshop, have the system check the whole outpost/settlement before actioning that request, rather than just checking locally. 2. Add a higher level of priority systems for warehouses, and allow the workers to work at multiple warehouse sites at once. E.g. one worker assigned to three sites and they pick which site to deliver the item to based on the priority system, rather than just the warehouse they're assigned to. 3. Allow marketplace workers to deliver goods until that site is full, and then return to their route rather than stand around with their thumb up their butt. 4. Allow workers to be assigned to multiple sites and activities and enable priorities for those activities. Every winter, switching some workers from gatherers to some other role was just annoying after 50+ settlers. So, if we could customise the role for each person and give them a priority to work on depending on what I want the balance to be ('gather until 500 wild eggs -> warehouse until firewood storage full -> builder with lighting torches as the highest priority') would add another layer of customisation and allow things to run more smoothly. 5. Please stop having the workers drop iron knife blades in the workshop doorway, I keep having to pick them up every few days and now we just have 50+ iron knife blades. 6. Wolf-drawn carts? 7. Enable two slots per ritual site, so I can have one doing the ritual in the day, one at night.