Surprise! Heart Machine's 'Solar Ash' Slides Onto Switch Next Week

I'll wait for the Digital Foundry's review.

@Vyacheslav333 is it that demanding of a game?

@ElRoberico Well, Solar Ash is a 3D game. And, if I don't confuse, the game is made on Unreal Engine. You know how Unreal Engine games looks on Nintendo Switch, especially in handheld mode, yes?

@ElRoberico The game has fairly vast open areas and it's pretty fast paced. I'm beyond amped it's coming but I'm a little concerned about performance as well.

I had no idea this game existed, I completely missed its release, very bizarre.

@Vyacheslav333 Unreal Engine games either look like Yoshi, Fortnite, Octopath, Pikmin 4 or Hellblade.

Huh....thats quite a spectrum

@Haruki_NLI Dragon Quest XI too. Plenty of UE4 games look and run great on Switch

@Haruki_NLI Cough-cough Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, No More Heroes III, Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash, Dragon Quest XI... Cough-cough

@larryisaman «Dragon Quest XI too.»
540p in handheld mode is "great" for you?

@Vyacheslav333 540p isn't great but with all the other fun visual effects it's still a nice looking game.

@Indielink Well... I don't know... I doubt it.

First the PS4/5 release, then the PC release. Now it looks like I no longer have to cave and buy it on Epic Games Store just to play the game on the go.

@Vyacheslsav333 540p30 is playable, especially since movement is fast in this game (and there is a heavy emphasis on movement, anyway)

@ElRoberico not really. I've played on a launch model PS4 without it sounding like a jet engine.

@Vyacheslav333 Feel free to try the very extensive demo available and see for yourself. It's not perfect but it's a rather nice game.

@Indielink Okay...

@Aiodensghost You've made one extra "s" letter after "l", so that's why I wasn't "mentioned" in your comment... Anyway, 540p is playable, that's right. But that's not great. Also, do not forget about the blur...

alright, when we porting hi fi rush over? Just do it already!

Was this game good? It looks so cool and had a nice highlight in one of Sony's showcases but nobody talked about it after it launched. I see mixed-positive reviews. If my backlog wasn't stacked (and I'm still neck deep in TOTK) I'd consider getting the game

I think they should make hyper light drifter 2 instead, after the first game I don't think most players hyped about their games anymore. Just like trine series (with trine 3 failing), sometime it's best to stick making 2D games (gameplay wise) rather than full 3D one.

@Vyacheslav333 Ya Unreal Engine games on switch can either be a hit or miss, mostly from poor optimization. Dragon Quest 11 is fine on switch, docked mode is good, and the times I played handheld mode it looked fine because of the small screen.

@ShinNioh «Ya Unreal Engine games on switch can either be a hit or miss, mostly from poor optimization.»
Yeah, that's right.
«and the times I played handheld mode it looked fine because of the small screen.»
I can't understand a statement like this. Why small screen = small resolution? It was a normal thing during PSP/Nintendo DS, and, probably, Nintendo 3DS/PS Vita era. But now, during Nintendo Switch/Steam Deck era, this statement is kinda bad, imo.

Solar Ash looks cool and no doubt I’d enjoy it, but I’ll be holding off for a while. The floorboards are creaking under the weight of my Switch game bookshelf and I need to start playing more and shopping less!

I bought Hyperlight Drifter years ago, and it also was a cool, enjoyable game, but I played it only a few days and then fell off. Just another great game stuck in my backlog, aka list of shame. 🤦🏻‍♀️

@Vyacheslav333 It looked great to me. And I’m not someone who’s forgiving of resolution just because it’s playable portably- Xenoblade 2 was so bad in handheld for example that I gave up on the game altogether and sold it.

Was always hoping for a physical of this (very much expected iam8bit to have had one for PS4 by now), maybe we’ll get one for Switch. £33 was too much for a download only game for me.

@larryisaman Okay.
«And I’m not someone who’s forgiving of resolution just because it’s playable portably- Xenoblade 2 was so bad in handheld for example that I gave up on the game altogether and sold it.»
Well, me too. That's why I will not play games(ports) with small resolution like Persona 5 Royal or DOOM Eternal on Nintendo Switch.

@Vyacheslav333 I said it looks fine because of the smaller screen. That doesn’t mean small screen = small resolution. It’s means the resolution isn’t really noticeable because the human eye has less to focused on compared to a TV screen. What I don’t understand is if the resolution clearly bothers you so much why even bother with any handheld device like the switch or steam deck.

@ShinNioh Not everyone have money to buy a gaming PC. And I'm living in one-room apartment, not alone. Usually, I don't have any access to the TV. So, that's why I have Nintendo Switch. Portability and big screen.

Gone are the days of picking up a game and playing for the fun of it.

@Vyacheslav333 the small screen in handheld just makes lower resolutions not look as noticable as compared to playing docked. It's just objective that 540p will look sharper on a 6 or 7 inch 720p display, where the pixel density is much higher than a 50 inch 4k tv. Obviously even then there's limits, a game running at extremely low resolutions like 240p will still look muddy even in handheld mode, but 540p is still in that range where it looks decent.

@Orpheus79V Okay. But, 540p in handheld mode ports are still mostly unacceptable for me. Especially, when game CAN work at 720p without any problems (Persona 5 Royal Switch port moment).

I might be in the minority, but I mostly play docked anyway. I don't mind if it runs poorly while it's in handheld mode.