The new MMORPG Ashes of Creation faced harsh criticism in early January 2025: A YouTuber, who had followed the game for 4 years, harshly criticized the online role-playing game. But now Twitch streamer Pirate Software defends it, even against Asmongold.
This was the criticism: We reported on MeinMMO on January 3 about the criticism of Ashes of Creation. The YouTuber Narc had followed the MMORPG for 4 years, but now he criticized the game:
- The MMORPG is being developed unprofessionally. Much is promised, little is shown
- The devs communicate opaquely: What can be seen does not match the promises
- Moreover, the team employs unprofessional methods to influence YouTubers to report positively about the game
- Furthermore, the MMORPG uses unfair practices to earn money, such as FOMO tactics
Pirate Software accuses YouTuber of intentionally making the game look bad
Who is defending Ashes of Creation now? The biggest YouTuber and Twitch streamer for the MMORPG is Jason Thor Hall, a former Blizzard developer known as Pirate Software.
In a YouTube video, he clearly refutes a statement from Narc that the desert is depicted so poorly and barren that it could be made with Unreal Engine in a few minutes.
Pirate Software explains that Narc made the desert look intentionally bad in his video by showing an early version of the desert and also a spot where space for a “Node” was left. That is a deliberately false representation.
Even though Pirate Software understands that one can be angry about a game, one must remain truthful.
Pirate Software explains to Asmongold how good Ashes of Creation is
This is how Pirate Software sees the game: In a conversation with the controversial YouTuber Asmongold, Pirate Software explains further that the team indeed communicates and especially the head of the MMORPG, Steven Sharif, is unusually approachable and accessible. He does not know that from AAA studios.
While it does happen that plans change more often, developers seldom communicate with players as transparently as this.
Pirate Software emphasizes here that Sharif finances the game out of his own pocket, so compromises with investors, which often worsen games, are not an issue.
Viewers are disappointed that Pirate Software collaborates with Asmongold
This is what is being discussed: In the comments on the video, it is primarily discussed that the viewers can hardly understand why someone who stands for constructive and positive exchange like Pirate Software would collaborate with such an ambassador of negativity like Asmongold.
In a comment, it is said that it would be like Nurgle and the Emperor working together now.
Pirate Software explains that Asmongold indeed has questions about the game, and he himself has put in 500 hours in Ashes of Creation. So it is good if Asmongold asks him, so that more nonsense does not circulate on the internet. If he refused the conversation and stayed silent, only more nonsense would fill the room. More on the actual controversy around Ashes of Creation: After 4 years a YouTuber gives up a new MMORPG, harshly criticizes it – the head responds
