
Desert Ashes is a turn based strategy game with online multiplayer and single player campaigns, it also boasts an innovative menu system allowing you to play multiple games at once. The Day-Night system adds a dynamic twist to turn based battles that affect the battlefield.
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worst game on the planet - whatever resolution you choose, you have to scroll in all directions all the Time because Screen is not fitting - multiplayer matchmaking does not function well. sessions get stuck before starting and you have severall sessions open which you cant close - graphics 0/10 DONT BUY THIS EVEN ON 90% SALE. ITS JUST SPAMMING YOUR DISC !!!
Ultimately I recommend Desert Ashes because it's a competent Advance Wars style game and you could do far worse spending $5 on Steam. But it's a very difficult game to review. Variety is both this game's greatest strength and weakness. The art style is this absurd, ultra fantasy thing and all the units have unique or interesting attacks. Like the dragon who can damage two enemies in a line. It's fun but I can't keep the units straight most of the time. Maybe other people will have better luck with this but with every unit having slightly different range, attack style and, attack type while also being wacky, mega fantasy just makes planning my strategy damned near impossible. I don't like doing this but, because it's so tough to review, I decided to just make the rest of this in list format. The good and the bad. Things I loved about the game and things I hated. I hope this helps someone. The Good - Over the top fantasy art. Like if Tim Burton and Jim Henson made all the art. - Fun and unique units that all look and play differently. - Interesting mechanics like bodies of water that freeze allowing ground units to pass. - Decently crafted single player campaign that eases you into the game. - Very clear info boxes telling you exactly what you need to know at a glance. - Excellent controller support. - Great price! Only $5 average. (I got it for $1.50 during a sale) - Small download - Works great on any system. Even tablets since it has touch screen support. The Bad - Confusing units make it difficult to plan effective strategies... in a strategy game. - Lack of color coding makes things confusing sometimes and severely limits multiplayer. - Multiplayer requires account creation. Meh. - 1v1 only even in single player skirmishes. - No making your own maps so the only skirmish maps are the campaign missions. Lame. - Menus are designed for touch screen and/or controller which makes using a mouse frustrating at times. - No cloud support although, this could be good or bad depending on how you feel. - Depressing music and visuals. *see below* Desert Ashes takes the Advance Wars formula and turns it on its head. It has a deliberately ugly art style and gameplay that is unique and can even surprise you at times. It won't last long but is well worth the asking price for what it gives you and frequently goes on sale for a lot less. If you love Advance Wars and are looking for something different, absolutely give this a try. *Below* Special Note: The music and art style, while unassuming, provide an exceptionally depressing atmosphere. If you have serious depression (like me) then chances are you won't be able to play for very long. I know it sounds silly but because of how light the game is it can actually sneak up on you. I personally was only able to play for about 45 minutes to an hour at a time. Not a deal breaker by any means but, just something to consider.
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some times its addicted some times its boring choose your path -.-
Fun game but nobody online. Anybody wanna help me with my last two achievements message me.
что же можно сказать о этой игре?в этой игре неплохо нарисованы модельки персонажей и...наверно это все.ну и за карточки спасибо.
Un caso curioso, al principio tenia claro que no era un juego que me gustara pero al probarlo poco mas me convencio, no me encanto pero esta bien. Es muy muy parecido a los advance wars, pero combiando la maquinaria de guerra por criaturas ramdom y simplificando bastantes puntos, es por esto mismo que no me convencio al principio. Ademas tiene unos detalles que me desconsiertan, por ejemplo hay un boton para borrar unidades, mas de una ves lo hice por error, otro detalle es que no encontre manera de ver las estadisticas de las unidades si no era en la "fundicion" y esto me frustraba bastante, en teclado y boton la forma de cancelar acciones es un poco caotica y contra intuitiva. Pero a pesar de esto deja lo mas basico de advance wars y queda un juego de estrategia entretenido, aunque no imprescindible.
Rolled the random wheel of backlog games for Steam last night and got this. TL;DR - mixed is a good rating. I would rate it neutral. I was a little worried to see it was mixed review, but honestly it was a lot better than I expected. There were some serious UI issues and bugged music (where if I pulled up steam overlay or the menu [can’t remember which] it would get stuck on repeating the same couple notes, until it fixed itself). I thought I completed the campaign in about 15 minutes and it was only the training section, but the UI is stupid in how you pick your episodes or some crap. The UI is also stupid in that if you miss the (admittedly giant) button it resets what move you’ve done. And some other little ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Mouse doesn’t always work, need to use arrows in menus, etc. Gameplay wise, it was ok. a pretty simplified grid turn based strategy. Has some semblance of a story, but it’s just generally weird creatures vs. weird creatures. On that note, the art is very bizarre, but actually pretty good. The animations are stiff, but they still look ok. Creatures remind me of something out of Zeno Clash (very weird game if you’ve tried that). The fighting has 3 major unit types, air, infantry, and heavy. I think water units are considered heavy. Infantry > air > heavy > infantry. Standard triangle of force. You have different levels amongst each, and they have different ranges to attack from. Though oddly, if I attack with a long range, their short range can still counter. There is a small environment change. Each turn is considered an hour and in the middle of the night in the cycle, the water freezes over so you can move land units across it. The color of environment changes each hour too. For how far I am into the game, that's the only environment changes that I've seen. I did not attempt multiplayer. I'd be pretty surprised if there were enough people playing to find a game. Another reviewer said the mp was completely broken and inaccessible. Overall review, love the weird art, the gameplay is kind of mediocre.
This is a nice little turn based strategy game. It borrows heavily both in gameplay and in style from Advance Wars on the GBA but Desert Ashes is a bit more basic. Not that it suffers from that, in my opinion. Sometimes a bit of lightweight turn based strategy is just what I want. It has come on since some of the 2014 reviews. I haven't noticed any bugs and the campaign maps don't require a return to the main menu screen any more. It's got a nice automatic save-game, which even saved the state of play when the game crashed once (I Alt-Tabbed). All in all it's quite polished and does what it does well. It has some nice little touches like the ability to jump to any battle in the scenarios and the way it will save every unfinished game - even if you have several. The only negative points are that you can't bypass the cut-scenes which can be a bit annoying when you are playing a scenario for the third or fourth time, the limited scenario battles (though it has a skirmish mode) and the rather basic AI of the computer opponent. So not for hard-core strategists but good fun for a quick turn-based blast if that's what you are after.
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