5 Best Games Coming in 2021

4. Solar Ash

Release Date: June 2021 (tentative)

Company: Heart Developer

By the creators of Hyper Light Drifter, Solar Ash is a new third-person adventure RPG set to release on PS4, PS5 and PC. Solar Ash manages to stand out amongst other PS5 releases with its simpler color palette and minimalism compared to other highly photorealistic games.

Not much has been revealed about the plot so far but what we do know is that the game follows Rei who has descended into a black hole to save her home. Creative Director Alex Preston says that “at its core, Solar Ash is a game about movement”. And we can see this in its gameplay where Rei moves around quickly, skates across rails, moves over a cloud-like ground, scales walls and more. Scaling vertical surfaces may only be possible when they are covered in a black substance, and when that is out of reach Rei needs to be able to leap up to reach it. Being able to successfully navigate the environment seems to be the key to defeating the enemies Rei will encounter, each of whom will have their own attacks and specific weaknesses.