Solar Ash - Easy Allies Review 

That's the point. It's a video.

@@pintergabor5404 I think you overlooked that the video is the exact opposite of the spoken description, lol.

Well, obviously not _terrestrial_ acupuncture, hence why they remarked that it's _cosmic_ acupuncture. xP

Lower those expectations

@@cdmanjak 😂😂😂

Agreed

I was honestly confused by the score too, I'm usually pretty good at predicting the Allies' scores but I pinned this one at about an 8.5 or a 9 by the time the score showed up. Curious as to why it's lower than expected myself.

And yes I know 8 is a good score!

Really? I was surprised it was an 8 tbh although I'm glad it got that.

A Bloodworth 8 is a Brad/Huber/Jones 9 tbh.

It wasn't all sunshine, he expresses some criticism at 4:57. Which kinda answers your question

Yeah, we haven't done anything that would affect the audio. The boss music in particular can sound very different, depending on proximity. -Bloodworth

@@EasyAllies The sound at 1:54 in particular sounds really weird and muffled. Maybe it'd make more sense in the context of the game and it's world.

Same studio.

@@cogigo I know! Heartmachine!

We may cover it in some form, but the notes on the pre-release build felt like it was going to have significant changes before release. So it didn't feel like what we would have reviewed would have matched the experience players were going to get day one. Unfortunately since Damiani has another big review about to start, he may not get a chance to pick it back up after release. So I can't say for sure at this point. -Bloodworth

@@EasyAllies sweet. Thanks for the update. I'll get solar Ash instead since I'm not 100% sold on Chorvs

@@EasyAllies sorry for the multiple questions but do you know if Solar Ash is digital only? I'm having trouble confirming. I love physical copies Thanks for everything you do Bloodworth!

I assume they think it’s ok since Isla doesn’t actually review anything, nor did she edit this one

I think the problem with Scorn is they gave them money to promote the game which creates a conflict of interest not that they know the staff.

We don't have an explicit policy aside from what you mentioned with past sponsors, but it's not something that's ever come up in a way that feels like it's needed. Isla is friends with Jack (and several other developers), but she doesn't write reviews, and the rest of us haven't interacted with him any more than any other developer that we've met at an event, had come into the studio, been in an interview, etc. I suppose Jason Wishnov would be one example where we might abstain from a review because we all have spent a fair amount of time around him in the studio and he designed Mysterious Monsters. So that's something we might discuss if it ever comes up. However, even there, I don't think most of us have hung out with him much outside of shoots. So if someone felt comfortable reviewing one of his games, I trust that they would be able to separate their critique from the person without feeling like they're going to disappoint him or something. Still, in that case, it's probably something we'd discuss and potentially include a disclaimer for. Back to Solar Ash, though, I don't have any particular attachments that make me feel I need to handle it any differently than any other game. -Bloodworth

It would probably be only an issue if the score is really far from the average which is extremely rare for EZA IIRC.

What?