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Ashes of the Singularity is a Real-Time Strategy game inspired by Supreme Commander, featuring combat and gameplay that focuses on whole armies rather than singular troops.
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Pros
Pro Good mix of gameplay modes for any skill level
The game features a Single Player story mode called Ascendancy that will walk the player though how to play the game. It also showcases different, ranked Multi-Player modes, as well as custom Multi-Player matches. Through these assortment of modes, the game allows for players of any skill level, whether they be seasoned veterans or newcomers, to find matches and modes they may like.
Pro Focuses on positioning over micromanagement
The maps in this game are large, sometimes taking up as many as 20-30 zones in a single map. What this means is the player will need to focus more on the positioning of their units, rather than micromanaging every aspect of each unit (due to the vast size of maps and the amount of units on them). This allows for gameplay that has a broader scope in strategy, as it forces players to plan out what's best to protect and the best position to hold off enemy attacks, all while growing their army in order to overpower their enemy.
Pro Easily allows the player to utilize specific info on their enemies
At all times, the player is given knowledge, via the mini map, regarding how far their enemy has expanded and into what areas. Another mechanic giving insight on enemy players is the Player Power Rating, which allows the you to know, on a point scale, what their enemy's military and economic power level is. With this specific information, you can get a sense of what fields your enemy is expanding into. Combining these tools allows for a quick way to know where the enemy is expanding and into what fields of tech they are concentrating on. This way the player can adjust their strategy accordingly, making for an even deeper level of strategy overall.
Pro Cool mechanic for controlling troops
There is a tool in the game that allows one to "lasso" their units together into an army. By making an army the player can then control that army as they would one troop unit, meaning that all micromanagement for a large group of troops is unnecessary as the game will deal with it in a more intuitive an easy manner. This can be done with as little or as many troops as the player want, which overall makes for an easy way to control the game when in the heat of battle.
Cons
Con Lacking in options for factions and units
Ashes of the Singularity features only two factions to play with, which makes for a limited choice in what and how players can play. On top of this, each faction has access to seldom few units, which furthers the players inherent lack of choice. Once the game has been experienced, and both factions played with, there will be little in surprise as to what the game has to offer.
Con Physics are unrealistic
Many of the units will pass right through each other, making for units that behave in an unrealistic way and can pull the player out of the immersion of the title. The units also all hover over the ground, which means they have no real weight to their actions, when combined with the unrealistic way they move makes for something that just does not looked polished.
Con Demanding system requirements
The game requires a high end GPU as well as at-least a 4 core processor. This means the game is quite demanding and needs to take advantage of multi-cores in order to play smoothly at high graphical settings. So for those with a mid-range system, the game may play at lower frame-rates, which can be frustrating.