I played this one on release since I was really excited to play Heart Machine's second game after the incredible game that was Hyper Light Drifter. And Solar Ash didn't disappoint.

Amazing visuals and interesting perspective changes due to the world curvature, skating at lightning speed through the colorful world feels great, and combat, while relatively simple, doesn't feel out of place.

The main meat of the game is getting rid of all anomalies, which consist of movement puzzles and, the final one in each "biome", a ginormours boss. Skating on those huge enemies, trying to make your movement between attack points flow, was a fantastic experience.

I strongly recommend playing on Hardcore, as it will force you to really learn how to perfect your movement, and makes the fights more tense and more fun.

Solar Ash could have been a bit longer, included more secrets or more sidequests, especially for its price point, but while short, I enjoyed my time with it a lot.