Ashen, which was originally released in 2018 before being ported to PlayStation 4 a year later, is one of the best Souls-likes not developed by FromSoftware. Go play it if you haven't already because it will serve as the perfect starter for A44 Games' next title: the newly announced Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn. Courtesy of an exclusive reveal from IGN, you can check out the announcement trailer above. It's set to release for PlayStation 5 and PS4 later this year.
This is an open world action RPG where "the living are on the brink of extinction. It’s time for the coalition army to retake their world. Embrace vengeance, gunpowder and magic and embark on an epic journey to lead mankind’s final siege against the tide of the dead." The combat is said to heavily revolve around protagonist Nor Vanek's axe as well as gunplay and magic. You'll also have a canine companion alongside you at all times named Enki.
Further screenshots can be viewed below. Do you like the look of Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn? Share your first impressions in the comments below.
[source ign.com]
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Wow, this year is turning out to be an incredible gaming year! I loved Ashen and can’t wait to give this a go.
Ashen was a fantastic game. I'll definitely give this a look.
I also loved Ashen so I'm definitely looking forward to playing this.
Looking forward to this, Ashen was very good (still need to play the DLC though)
Kinda looks like they've upgraded from Dark Souls-lite to Bloodborne-lite. And I support it.
Hell no to Stranger of Paradise, Hell yes to this.
Ashen was the first Souls-like I ever "clicked" with and I loved it. (I've since played Surge 2, Demon's Souls Remastered, and am loving Elden Ring.)
This just shot itself into my top 3 most anticipated games of the year. Easily.
Hopefully, this is tighter than Ashen because that one felt like a game made in Dreams.
Somewhere in this random arrangement of words the developers call a title, I miss a "Redemption" or "Awakening" or "Origins".
Great news, Ashen was a beautiful, stylised souls-like that I finally got around to playing last year. I’ll be looking forward to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn for sure.
Good to see there are other fans of Ashen here!
Flintlock looks promising too. Kinda gives me some Remnant/Greedfall vibes from the trailer.
I completely missed Ashen. I'll have to take a look and most likely buy it. This one looks good so far.
Really enjoyed ashen until I got to the final boss, that annoyed me so much that I raged quit the game and haven't touched it since, but this new game could be interesting.
Looks decent in screen shots. I really wanted to like Ashen but just couldn’t get into the slow plodding nature of it and floaty controls. I hope this will play a bit tighter. Day 1 on gamepass apparently so will definitely give it a try.
Damn cool trailer
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