Ashes of the Singularity Escalation (now merged)

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Fanatical Meat

Fanatical Meat

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I'll wait for some reviews/feedback, as I said earlier I feel I've been burned too many time by Star Dock. I just don't have it in me to be burned again the same way.
 
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Rifter

Lifer
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Did they ever fix the lack of a real SP campaign? Most reviews say SP was laughable short.
 
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Yakk

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Played some AotS, but not as much as I would've liked. I want it to be good, just a little wary. At half off I'll probably be biting this weekend.
 
KMFJD

KMFJD

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Yakk said:
Played some AotS, but not as much as I would've liked. I want it to be good, just a little wary. At half off I'll probably be biting this weekend.
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It was a tech demo they sold as a full game, then they had the balls to release an expansion shortly afterwards that adds gameplay that was missing from the original imho
 
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Yakk

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Well, game won't load work with Multi-GPU enabled and crashes for me. So much for that.

Single GPU works, troubleshooting took all my gaming time so I still don't know how the game plays. I'd suggest waiting for some patches to anyone looking to play this game at this point.
 
Elixer

Elixer

Lifer
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KMFJD said:
It was a tech demo they sold as a full game, then they had the balls to release an expansion shortly afterwards that adds gameplay that was missing from the original imho
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I have seen this comment lots of times.
Problem I see is, the game just isn't fun, once you get passed the eye candy, the campaign was redone, but, still has lots of issues.
Escalation adds units, adds a SC type of global zoom, and still has the same faults of the original.
The UI is just bad, the scaling options are bad, and it has made it unplayable for lots of people that don't want to stare at tiny fonts.
 
Elixer

Elixer

Lifer
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Seems that Stardock has been busy, and now, they have MERGED AotS and AotS:Escalation into one.
That means that in your Steam (or GoG) library, you will now find AotS:Escalation there!

Hence, I have decided to merge Ashes of the Singularity and Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation into a single product: Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation. We will update the game to have a "simplified rules" option for those who do preferred the more streamlined game mechanics and unit types (anyone who has ever tried to get a LAN party going with an RTS knows what I mean) but going forward, Escalation is the only version of the game.

The base game will be discontinued. If you have a copy of it, you can still play it and we will still support it. But we won't be selling it anymore. Everyone who had Ashes of the Singularity now has Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation as well. And anyone who already upgraded to Escalation from Ashes now has an automatic season pass to the DLC for Escalation.

By merging the products, we add over a hundred thousand people into the Escalation multiplayer pool, modding community, forums and allows us to focus all our attention on Escalation.
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the FAQ:
FAQ
Q: Why didn't you just have the features in Escalation in the base game?
A: Because at the time of release, 40% or so of the Steam user base couldn't even run the base game. Anything that made the game more of a "niche" seemed to be risky.

Q: Why do you think Ashes sold so much better than you expected?
A: Most of our demographic data comes from Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations and those indicate most strategy game players tend to have more modest PC setups. However, power gamers, for lack of a better term, tend to have higher end PCs than expected and Ashes appeals to power gamers more so than our other titles.

Q: What made you decide Escalation was the future and not the base game?
A: The player stats. Despite having a much smaller base (it just came out recently) Escalation has more people playing it. From a long-term point of view, an engaged user base is critical.

Q: You spoke about modding, what is your modding goal with Ashes?
A: Ashes of the Singularity was the first game to utilize Oxide's new, state-of-the-art engine, Nitrous. It was the first DirectX 12 game and soon will be the first game to support both Vulkan and DirectX 12 simultaneously. Thus, in many respects, Ashes was designed to be a platform. Our goal is for someone to be able to mod Ashes into virtually any type of game.

Q: What is the next expansion pack going to focus on?
A: Naval units.

Q: When will we see Escalation in our Steam account?
A: Now. It has been automatically added to your account.

Q: If I purchased from Stardock (not Steam), do I need to get a new Steam Key from my account?
A: No, you do not need a new key. The upgrade will be done through Steam automatically.

Q: What does a season pass mean?
A: It means all new DLC we release for the game this year will automatically be added to that player's account.

Q: What types of DLC are you working on?
A: We're working on Episode 3 which is a new campaign along with new maps, scenarios and game modes.

Q: What updates are in the works?
A: We have replays almost ready, a new class of units: Juggernauts (similar to Titans from Sins of a Solar Empire), a mod manager, more single player AI updates, mass-multiplayer performance and stability improvements, and much more.

Q: What types of changes can we expect in the future of this game?
A: Lots of new types of units including organics, the aforementioned naval units, tracked, walking, more flying units, etc.

Q: Right now, the units hover, why is that?
A: We had concerns regarding the CPU requirements for path finding tens of thousands of units. Hover units have the advantage of being able to duck above or below other units. As we get more data on the hardware our players have, we will be able to introduce other types of locomotion. Plus, hover units look super cool.
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Q: With the merging of Escalation, who is the target market?
A: People who are familiar with real-time strategy games. We do plan to provide simplified rule options for newcomers (useful for LAN parties and such).
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http://forums.ashesofthesingularity.com/481856/ONE-COMMUNITY-Merging-the-Singularity
 
Elixer

Elixer

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Fanatical Meat said:
Kind of nice but kind of crappy to the people who paid for both versions.
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Not really, they do get all the DLC for the next year free...and those that bought both get the "season pass" type of deal, so, that is good for them as well.
 
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Yakk

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This is nice!

I'll definitely take the Season pass DLC for the special reduced price Escalation was sold for to existing Ashes players.
 
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Mercennarius

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Elixer said:
Seems that Stardock has been busy, and now, they have MERGED AotS and AotS:Escalation into one.
That means that in your Steam (or GoG) library, you will now find AotS:Escalation there!


the FAQ:

http://forums.ashesofthesingularity.com/481856/ONE-COMMUNITY-Merging-the-Singularity
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Great news for those of us who own the original game but passed on the expansion. The game has a lot going for it and with regular updates/additions has continually improved. It is certainly worth giving a try if you haven't already.
 
IslandDog

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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation 2.3 updated today with two brand new tier 4 warships and the new "Genesis" campaign!

Video overview of 2.3:


More info and full changelog here.
 
IslandDog

IslandDog

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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Free Juggernaut DLC and v2.5 update now available! The free juggernaut DLC contains massive new warships and the v2.5 update makes improvements to modding, gameplay, and more!

See the overview video here:


More info and full changelog here.
 
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ViRGE

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IslandDog said:
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Free Juggernaut DLC and v2.5 update now available! The free juggernaut DLC contains massive new warships and the v2.5 update makes improvements to modding, gameplay, and more!

See the overview video here:


More info and full changelog here.
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Experimentals Juggernauts!:D
 
JTsyo

JTsyo

Lifer
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I should try this out since I picked it up in the Humble Bundle. Wasn't a big fan of SoaSE but Supreme Commander was alright.
 
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