Remnant: From the Ashes

 PlayStation 4
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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 285 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 66 out of 285
  3. Negative: 51 out of 285

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  1. Somy
    Oct 1, 2021
    4
    I think this game is just not for me, and chances are, it may not be for you either. I am a big Dark Souls fan, mainly because of how well-crafted the exploration and combat mechanics are. This game, a so-called soulslike, is nowhere near the level of Souls, despite its surface level mechanics. The procedural generation completely wrecks my enjoyment, and the lack of hand-crafted,I think this game is just not for me, and chances are, it may not be for you either. I am a big Dark Souls fan, mainly because of how well-crafted the exploration and combat mechanics are. This game, a so-called soulslike, is nowhere near the level of Souls, despite its surface level mechanics. The procedural generation completely wrecks my enjoyment, and the lack of hand-crafted, memorable, and well-paced levels really shows. There are only a handful of tiles that are used, and it makes the level repetitive and uninspiring.

    In all honesty, I'm surprised that so many people compare this to soulsborne and soulslikes. A large portion of those games is about having intricately-designed levels to make exploration exciting. The game may be "hard", but it doesn't make it enjoyable.    … Expand
  2. Kaseyn
    Sep 3, 2019
    4
    This game is a buggy mess with cheap mechanics.

    First, the matchmaking is broken. You'll go hours at a time without having anyone placed into your game, even in the evenings when there should be plenty of people playing. When people do join together, it won't be long before someone/everyone is inexplicably disconnected from the match. If you're not dealing with people being randomly    This game is a buggy mess with cheap mechanics.

    First, the matchmaking is broken. You'll go hours at a time without having anyone placed into your game, even in the evenings when there should be plenty of people playing. When people do join together, it won't be long before someone/everyone is inexplicably disconnected from the match. If you're not dealing with people being randomly disconnected, then you'll be struggling with massive stutter and framerate issues that completely ruin the game. Since it relies so heavily on precise dodging, having the game constantly stutter when you attempt to dodge is absolutely unacceptable and results in unavoidable deaths. I'm not going to bother mentioning the rest of the myriad bugs, like frequent crashes, because they're not as game-breaking as the above.

    Beyond the broken state of the game, the game's boss mechanics are terrible. The bosses themselves aren't that difficult to take down, and instead of making well-designed bosses with challenging mechanics, the developers cheaply inflated the difficulty by adding INFINITELY spawning mobs in every boss fight. Other than replenishing your ammo, there's no point in killing the ads because they'll respawn faster than you can take them all out.

    So the strategy for solo players and matchmade teams boils down to getting in potshots at the boss in between dodging the spammed attacks of the ads. But since the ads all swarm you, attack at different times so there is no "safety" interval where you're not being attacked, and literally spawn behind you without any warning whatsoever, getting hit is inevitable. I say again, it is inevitable, no matter how skilled you are. That's not challenging, that's cheap, and it makes player skill irrelevant.

    I did complete the campaign in Remnant, but I had to force myself to do so. I've put hundreds of hours into the Souls games, beat DS3 at soul level 1, loved Sekiro, Nioh, God of War, etc., so I have no lack of skill at these type of action games. The boss fights in this game aren't truly challenging, they're just cheap, aggravating, and worst of all, they're not satisfying to beat. The one weapon mod that was a godsend in the boss fights, because it took all aggro from the enemies for about 15 seconds so that you could finally focus on the boss, was just nerfed to make it much less effective. The one thing that made the terrible swarm mechanics more bearable was taken away? Are you ****ing kidding me?

    I imagine that the game could be fun with a group of friends that actually strategized for the boss fights and coordinated their weapon mods and gear accordingly, but you're obviously never going to get that in public matchmaking. As it stands, I strongly recommend that solo players and those looking to rely on matchmade co-op avoid this game.    … Expand
  3. blasron
    Sep 1, 2019
    4
    This game is an horrible experience:TLDR too many bug, weapon suck, melee suck harder, boss are horrible, Story is meh, world is interesting through there's nice idea in there.
    What happens when you try to mimic an souls game without the single idea of what does a souls game good. Well this game is the answer.
    Lore resume: The lore of remnant is somewhat an interesting one. A    This game is an horrible experience:TLDR too many bug, weapon suck, melee suck harder, boss are horrible, Story is meh, world is interesting through there's nice idea in there.
    What happens when you try to mimic an souls game without the single idea of what does a souls game good. Well this game is the answer.

    Lore resume:
    The lore of remnant is somewhat an interesting one. A multiverse stuck with a parasitic like hive-mind that want to consume everything. Your quest is fairly simple find the man who fought them and almost got them then continue the work. You will go through 5 interesting world that take multiple facet (some rng base tile set and boss too).

    Combat:
    When the i frame and the rest of the kit work it fell great BUT it's for 5% and less of the time. There Are also MAJOR input issue you will press the roll button BUT the time it require to do the action is never the same. IT WILL get you kill many MANY time.
    The gun fell meh i choose the pre-set and barely had to use something else even worse the rest of the kit were A plain useless B barely workable.
    The weapon mod were for the most part useless or barely useful. i use the starting one for the scrapper (it give fire and 20% more damage) and the healing circle the most. Every other mod were tried out but almost put back in the dust bin.
    Melee was useful for ONE boss brabus or something like that. Beside that any way to use it is equal to suicide. Melee is worthless even when you try to get ammo, for it you have to survive.... yeah buy ammo pack instead you will save many headache.

    Character:
    The customization (first creation), the armor, gun model, mod look on the guns, melee weapon ALL of them look so fking cool.
    LVLing up in this game is not really a thing you will get trait point that act more like passive buff than lvl. You get a point and you shove them in a trait I.E handling at trait 1 you have 1% Less recoil and spread at max (20 point) you have 20% less recoil and spread. Some of them are earn through doing specific thing I.E head-shot other through killing a boss.
    You acquire weapon and mod from the boss

    The enemies:
    You will fight walking wood monster. futuristic robot. Insect like being, human, goat like creature.
    They are alright but you will quickly see that there are 4 type of enemies in there. Shooter, rusher, exploder, Special (taking one of the previous trait). an that is for all faction. Shooter might simply take a magic user or a gun wielding maniac and that's the same for all of them (enemies type) some dig some fly ect there's is not much variant they just mash them together.

    THE BOSS:
    those thing are frustrating like hell There's one ONE of them that does not throw mob at you while fighting (Ixili'S) but you got to fight 2 of them. Seriously who tough it was a good idea, they all suck the ONLY reason you will die is that there's one fk that spawn right behind you. You won't die much against the boss those mob will get you. It is a shyt design and an lazy one. I would not said IF there was one or 2 like that but they are ALL like that. The ONLY one that use a mechanic related to that is the last one (nightmare) he send you in a dark zone, mob will appear and killing them will grant you more damage to it which is great at least it is different but that you got to discover it.

    CO-OP:
    if solo is shyt co-op is worse. enemies get everything at 2x (health, damage, number) so the boss. yeah sure you have another buddy with you but is it really worth the insane increase of difficulty. also it get 1x for every player so a full team 3x of everything. They can't even copy a simple mechanic from the soul like the summoning. Make them do more damage and take a bit more hit but really come on.

    The multiple route:
    That barely have a affect on the game story in fact that have 0 affect on the story that you kill babrus, help the undying king or the insect queen have 0 affect. It might change the future boss spawn but with the procedure element i can't be sure.

    The procedure element:
    It does jack beside some difference or different dungeon it barely have a big effect on the play-through. The room switch around hooooo i play warframe i know how the shyt work you need more to impress me.

    Final tough:
    If you are here cool thank you, Now this game for 52$can yeah its a pass i would not bother. The game have WAY too many issue to be fun to play. i would wait for it to drop or simply pop back that sweet bloodborn, darksoul in the ps4 and play that instead ah even deamon soul would be a better take that this thing.    … Expand
  4. mrvertigo89
    May 23, 2020
    2
    Kinda passable for a but but all bossfights awful. Respawning ads that do more damage than the boss. Bosses are just a reskinned normal enemy half the time. This game is not worth your time.
  5. pwm
    Mar 27, 2021
    1
    This is beyond a doubt, the worst game I have ever played. I could not get past the first challenge (find the subway entrance) before I gave up. Dying over and over again with no apparent chance of advancing further is just plain stupid and frustrating. I quit! Thankfully it was a free game from PS plus this month and I didn't spend any of my money on this crap!
  6. KorbenX9
    Mar 28, 2021
    3
    Downloaded to play with a buddy co-op, finished it, and both deleted it from our hard drives immediately. Repetitive gameplay through really lacking environments that would have benefited from an actual design instead of this procedural generation crap... Difficulty is all over the place. The general game is incredibly easy, then when you hit a boss fight it either is a pushover or nearlyDownloaded to play with a buddy co-op, finished it, and both deleted it from our hard drives immediately. Repetitive gameplay through really lacking environments that would have benefited from an actual design instead of this procedural generation crap... Difficulty is all over the place. The general game is incredibly easy, then when you hit a boss fight it either is a pushover or nearly impossible. Calling this a loot shooter is also a stretch, there is barely any loot to be had. For anyone looking for drops and changing your gear, you will be disappointed to know there is only 10 total armor sets... And guns are also very limited. There's some variety with the boss guns but they end up making it so you cannot use any of the other perks you get in the game. There is some fun to be had through the co-op... But it's hardly worth the time. Without spoiling, near the end of the game you have to solve a random puzzle that gives very little direction as to what you need to do. It also gives no indication that if you mess up once, you need to kill yourselves and try again or you never will complete it. There is no way to know this by just playing the game, and you don't even know you are entering a puzzle room and can easily mess it up right away. We ended up killing our progress by being stuck here for an hour, and you should not have to look the answer up online which is what ended up happening. After this puzzle, you face the final boss. It is a very odd pacing choice that totally killed the game for us right at the end... Overall we had some laughs despite the horrible glitches we encountered. Had the game not been free on ps plus this month, it would not be worth it. Don't spend a dime on this crap, but if you want a new co-op game, pick it up for free this month and give it a try maybe you'll like it. But to me, not worth the praise at all.… Expand
  7. Gobl1n
    Mar 25, 2021
    4
    Bad game, don't play.
    Ugly animation and bad gameplay, visual, shot play. Don't buy this game.
    0 $ this game
  8. yolo004
    Apr 3, 2021
    1
    Sub-par graphics, clunky gameplay, and I personally weren't interested in the story.
  9. Leon_D
    Aug 13, 2021
    3
    The shooting mechanics are pretty decent, but the infinite respawning all around you out of thin f@#$%& air armies of annoying mobs gimmick gets REALLY old, REALLY fast.

    No, really, I can't emphasize this enough. You can't walk 10 steps without the game teleporting at least 5 or 6 annoying mobs to where you least expect. Not to mention that EVERY SINGLE F@#$%& boss in this game spawns    The shooting mechanics are pretty decent, but the infinite respawning all around you out of thin f@#$%& air armies of annoying mobs gimmick gets REALLY old, REALLY fast.

    No, really, I can't emphasize this enough. You can't walk 10 steps without the game teleporting at least 5 or 6 annoying mobs to where you least expect. Not to mention that EVERY SINGLE F@#$%& boss in this game spawns infinite annoying minions. You are FAR more likely to be killed by the boss' minions than by the boss himself. This is more a nuisance than a challenge. This is what it means to be artificially difficult.

    An another thing, the enemy level scale to your highest upgraded item? doesn't that negate the very reason item upgrading exists?    … Expand
  10. Ahoora77
    Aug 26, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great concept but very flawed execution. Matchmaking does not work very well as the game would have benefited greatly from some sort of summoning system. In the multiple hours I put in, no one joined my game despite matchmaking being open. Absolutely horrendous difficulty spikes in terms of bosses. It seems as if almost no balancing was done. Extremely frustrating, as gameplay goes from enjoyable to downright unplayable. I’m not sure if patches can fix above issues but would go a long way to making this an awesome game. For now, I’m moving on to another game.… Expand
  11. DeadlyCheese
    Mar 17, 2021
    0
    Awful broken game, nothing compared to the quality of a From Software game. Don't bother playing this terrible title. Its completely unbalanced and unfair and even when you get past difficult parts, there is no sense of satisfaction.
  12. Z_Rain
    Aug 22, 2019
    4
    Disappointment. This game pretends to be Souls, but it's in skin only, it's core is the old and tired arena shooter.
    When I watched the trailer and gameplay videos, I was so excited that this game could be an excellent Dark Souls with Guns. And I purchased the PS4 edition day 1. Sadly, however, after putting 15+ hours into this games. I can say with certainty that this game learns only    Disappointment. This game pretends to be Souls, but it's in skin only, it's core is the old and tired arena shooter.
    When I watched the trailer and gameplay videos, I was so excited that this game could be an excellent Dark Souls with Guns. And I purchased the PS4 edition day 1. Sadly, however, after putting 15+ hours into this games. I can say with certainty that this game learns only the skin of Souls games, not its core gameplay. Your gear doesn't mater, because enemy scale with you. You death doesn't mater, too, because there is no death penalty. Enemy placement doesn't mater because 90% of the game is long corridors with mobs rushing at you. And the other 10% is Boss with mobs rushing at you. The core play of this game is just old arena shooter with souls skin on the outside. Sadly I purchased the PS4 digital version, otherwise I would really like a refund.    … Expand
  13. QuickBen93
    Aug 26, 2019
    0
    Lazy boss design, built around the idea that every single boss (I sh*t you not) must throw an infinite amount of bullet sponge enemies at you. While the game is indeed really fun in co-op, the game is absolute single-player garbage. Imagine my shock when I realized that the game which was advertised as a looter shooter has barely any loot, except for crafting materials and consumables.Lazy boss design, built around the idea that every single boss (I sh*t you not) must throw an infinite amount of bullet sponge enemies at you. While the game is indeed really fun in co-op, the game is absolute single-player garbage. Imagine my shock when I realized that the game which was advertised as a looter shooter has barely any loot, except for crafting materials and consumables. One of the other user reviews suggests that there are some minor bugs, and I am willing to agree with that, if we consider constant game crashes on PS4 as a minor bug. People tend to give this game way higher ratings than it should have, mostly because most of the new games are not really good, I guess. Overall, Remnant: From The Ashes is a journey from point A to point B, while collecting crafting materials and consumables, and in some extremely rare cases - weapons and armor (in case they happen to be in your world), in order to fight a boss which will summon infinite amount of enemies. Remnant is not hard, it is tedious. The voice acting is not really bad, but it's not very good either, but oh well, that's what you get for 40$ I guess? And while all the NPCs look generic, sound generic, and they feel like we've met them already in another game, how are we, the players, supposed to feel engaged? This game feels like Atlas at times, you feel like it should've been in Darksiders, but they thought they can make some money out of it. And they did. If you're on PS4, avoid this game at all costs. Considering the fundamental flaws the game has (which should've been pointed out by the reviewers, but they weren't because it's a 40$ game, and again that doesn't make it any better) I would suggest waiting for a sale, so you and your buddies can actually enjoy the co-op (where the game shines) at a reasonable price.… Expand
  14. vpb
    Aug 30, 2019
    0
    The game is buggy like hell. Gameplay? Random locations and bosses - what? Scaling mobs - what? Lol, are you seriously? What is the point to up your guns and talants? What is the concept?

    0 from 10
  15. Gamemonster
    Sep 3, 2019
    1
    Another 30fps letdown. Hopefully devs will soon learn that 60fps is needed for good gameplay
  16. Karotida
    Jul 3, 2020
    0
    Broken game. Crashes every time you try to select a class at the start of the game. Very disappointing. Will update if it's fixed.
  17. M13
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    You and your friends travel around Earth and to other worlds to battle various types of enemies. Full game with only 2 DLC which add levels and enemies. Worth the price. Great fun especially if you have a friend or two to play with. I'm playing at the end of 2023 and there are still constantly active games to join. Reminds me of the old left 4 dead games.
  18. BallzyDan
    Nov 9, 2020
    2
    Gunplay is solid and decently fun. That is where the fun ends. Another game with absolutely terrible navigation, gives you no indication of where you are supposed to go. Only tells you what your objective is. After 2 hours of not finding my objective, I sought a youtube video for guidance. All maps are generated randomly, so that was the end for me. Also, the cutscenes seemed lame, likeGunplay is solid and decently fun. That is where the fun ends. Another game with absolutely terrible navigation, gives you no indication of where you are supposed to go. Only tells you what your objective is. After 2 hours of not finding my objective, I sought a youtube video for guidance. All maps are generated randomly, so that was the end for me. Also, the cutscenes seemed lame, like they could be rendered on PS2. The game wants you to go talk to certain people but displays no names above their head, just relying on my stoner memory, no thanks.… Expand
  19. Teia-gigio
    May 31, 2021
    1
    Esse game é uma verdadeira bicheira, ainda bem que veio na Plus e não paguei nada por isso !!
  20. Mclau19
    Aug 20, 2020
    4
    This game is just plain stupid. Solo-ing this game is nightmare. It's not worth it at all. Everybody wants to be Dark Souls. I hate it. Regret buying it.
  21. Stefanobed
    Mar 3, 2021
    4
    Absurd gameplay and not funny, boring . After 2 hours I uninstall this game
  22. Hadrez
    May 26, 2021
    2
    Did some diligence on the game via reviews and gameplay videos, so was convinced it would be a solid buy for me, as it supposedly ticked a few boxes for me.

    Boy was I wrong. - Looter shooter... with no loot to speak of! - I knew there was difficulty involved, but I was promised normal would be fine. Hell no, waaaay too difficult for solo players... that's my main gripe. I don't play games    Did some diligence on the game via reviews and gameplay videos, so was convinced it would be a solid buy for me, as it supposedly ticked a few boxes for me.

    Boy was I wrong. - Looter shooter... with no loot to speak of!
    - I knew there was difficulty involved, but I was promised normal would be fine. Hell no, waaaay too difficult for solo players... that's my main gripe. I don't play games to get stressed...
    - Rushing enemies all day long
    - Bosses are stupid. Difficulty spike only due to infinite amount of add spawns that rush you and bullet sponge mechanics - Upgrading gear has no use, as enemies scale with you depending on your highest gear level - Boring, uninspired gunplay, unintended melee attacks too frequent because in hectic situations you forget to aim

    Bummed out I bought it on the ps store, otherwise I'd get a refund. Thankfully bought it for a reduced price, but not even worth that. Stay away from this garbage.    … Expand
  23. Reekum
    Jun 12, 2021
    3
    Cheap game, sucks , waste of time finishing the story even for a free psplus game.

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. GameCritics
    Jun 11, 2021
    85
    As a fan of these kinds of games, I can say that Remnant: From the Ashes is a type of soulslike that I would have probably passed over in favor of something more traditional, but after giving it a fair shot I’m glad to say that it’s the successful spin on the genre that I didn’t know I wanted.
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  2. KeenGamer
    Mar 22, 2021
    70
    Remnant: From the Ashes is a brilliant game that will undoubtedly satisfy the masochistic urges of all those Souls-Like (really can't apologise enough) fanatics out there that need their next fix of brutal punishment in the form of a video game. The game is let down by a few minor faults and won't provide the same amount of gameplay that the majority of Souls games deliver to players, but the positives of this game far outweigh its negatives and the ability to replay it and take it on with friends negate the admittedly short standard campaign time.
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  3. Hobby Consolas
    Mar 16, 2020
    78
    Remnant: From the Ashes is an entertaining and challenging game, that also give us some options to try its gameplay and challenge its enemies. However, you should not forget that it's mainly a coop game, and playing alone can be tough or even frustrating for the most part of the journey.
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