Video: smooth movement and a huge world inside a black hole in the Solar Ash gameplay trailer
Independent American studio Heart Machine ( Hyper Light Drifter ) presented a gameplay trailer for Solar Ash as part of the State of Play news broadcast last night.
As a reminder, Solar Ash was announced in March 2019 under the name the Solar Ash Kingdom. In June 2020, the developers reduced the title, but the essence remained the same – an action-adventure platformer emphasizing fast movement.
The events of Solar Ash unfold inside the black hole Ultravoid, where the main character of the game – Rey running along the abyss – is sent in the hope of saving her own world from absorption.
What is happening in the trailer comments the head of the Heart Machine, Alex Preston (Alex Preston). According to him, the game world is huge and includes “sunken cities, spacious water shelves, and dangerous lava regions. “
Rey, in turn, glides easily on clouds and rails, flies over chasms thanks to her grappling hook, and can fend for herself. Preston says the combat system in Solar Ash will be “smooth, simple and enjoyable. “
In addition to ordinary enemies, Rey will have to face colossal black hole creatures that stand in the way of the heroine to achieve her goals.
Solar Ash is being created for PC (Epic Games Store), PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. Like the release date, the developers still name 2021, but in the Sony video from CES 2021, there was (before removal ), and the release month was June.
