Robot Romance & Review of Ashe: Crystal Heart | Skyrim Mods

[@0periodproductions]

One thing to add, Marty is already working on quite a few updates to the mod. In addition to an update that he has already released to fix some outfit bugs, he's aiming to release more outfit options to give players some more grounded designs. He's also looking to do some rewrites for the later quests in Ashe's story, and is taking a lot of player feedback into account as he continues to add to the mod.

[@MartimiusPro]

Hey George, thanks again for taking the time to review Ashe! I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback. Glad you enjoyed the mod overall! 👍

[@urbanexotic]

Have to agree with most of your criticisms and praise. The voice acting itself was superb, aside from the few minor technical issues with mic noise, etc. There were a few times when you were talking to Ashe where I took a moment to think to myself "this VA is really good". All of the VAs were good. I personally was less of a fan than you were about using VAs to add commentary to the vanilla NPCs, though, as none of them were very good fits. I found it very jarring. I think creating new NPCs entirely for those lines would have been a much smoother experience. Also, Lucan Valerius knowing anything about Dwemertech was crazy. Maybe if those lines had been given to Cancelmo instead? Or the Dwemer researcher at the College of Winterhold? I fully expected that if you'd have followed the clues and gone to the rendezvous spot mentioned in the notes there would have been further progress in tracking down the source of the assassination plot and resolving it. Even at the end I was surprised and disappointed that apparently that was never an option. I hope it's the first thing added when the mod gets new content. I already said this in the last segment, but I definitely would never do any option where Rolen survives. In modern times we still arrest war criminals and send them to jail even if they're 80 and living a peaceful life when they're finally found. But we're supposed to chop wood for the retired assassin? Nah. that's always going to be a huge sticking point for me. Not wild about the sword return quest, either. Makes it seem like it's fine that she stole his sword because he's a drunk ass anyway and obviously she's much more entitled to it.

[@sorar1kukira]

The troll was out for his morning stroll 💀💀💀

[@0periodproductions]

A family outing it would seem

[@grzegorzflorek5623]

0:44 - Unironically, that's one of the main tropes of Mary Sue character - plot, characters, and their motivation bends over backwards or go out the window to emphatize how "great" or "morally good" that character is. We did bare minimum we ought to do to pay Ashe's debt to this man, and he's suddenly: "Oh, you're so great, you're more virtuous than me so you deserve to wield my legendary family blade that you stole from me when you left me for dead. But I suck, and you're totally a good girl now by the way!" Bruh. Motivations of the characters flip-flop from one extreme to another for barely any reason. If he had said: "Well... I guess that makes us even. But I still hope that our paths will never meet again.", and she was like "(with sadness and regret) Of course. Forgive doesn't equal forget. I wish you good luck on your journey", and he replied with: "Yeah. You too, I guess...", and then he takes the sword and leaves, never to be seen again. Now that would be a believable scene - Ashe atones for what she did, but the bridge is still burned, past cannot be undone, and this is the lesson she has to carry to the end of her days - that world isn't perfect, she isn't perfect, not everything can be fixed, and we all must face consequences of our actions. EDIT - Typos

[@Maartwo]

I'll never understand why this mod is so highly praised. The writing is not good and is very predictable.

[@RurouniTim]

I had a lot of the same criticisms with my playthrough. My biggest criticisms were the romance (pacing and discomfort with Ashe's age), Ashe's outfit being out-of-place and the three redemption stories feeling a bit unsatisfying. It's still overall a very well made mod and I love the voice acting quality. I'm looking forward to checking out future patches for Ashe to see how things develop from here.

[@Sekulture]

27:42 Isn't your character also a woman? I think Marty forgot to make some lines gender specific, lol

[@MorganRhysGibbons]

I felt the exact way about the mod. Really high-quality, pretty decent Battle Angel Alita,etc. kinda vibes, but the outfit + some of the indulgent writing felt cringe. Having every NPC be horny for your gf was cringe, having dialogue pop up in second-person, telling us what we do, think and notice was awkward, and the tone or voice of the romance felt very specific. I recognize some of that voice from SDO, which is also very good, but still felt uncomfortable. I felt like Marty was playing me as a video game instead of me playing his mod, and that was ick. Let us say the same thing a few different ways, not everyone does romance the same.

[@slivermultigaming8999]

Final Thoughts were SO ON POINT. Thanks for saying them.

[@wod5203]

LOL "You want to try skooma?" Good stuff there, have a Merry Christmas George!

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

"You wanna try skooma" Bruh! Not the time XD

[@minikuma]

I'm excited to see its final update, this mod pushed me to re-download skyrim just to try it out

[@LunaNx]

all I know you went from 1 to 100 in 1.5 sec in convo like Um damn .. that was fast and in her parent beds no less LOL. not uncomfortable at all I guess LOL.

[@skyslayer6104]

You know, I was thinking about the outfit, and I can already think of two reasons that'd probably work to better justify why it is the way it is. 1: Ashe, as a replica of Dwemer automatons, is naturally durable (don't see dwemer spheres waltzing around in armor, after all), and has no need for "real" armor as a result. Thus, she wears the clothes she wears cuz she likes em (still doesn't fit in Elder Scrolls, but tbh I've never been a fan of the explanation used in the mod) 2: Ashe's clothing is... enchanted. In a world of magic, its extremely easy to use enchanting as a way to justify why clothing would be worn instead of armor. Her clothes are enchanted to help her result damage, sorta like a constant flesh spell. Again, she wears her fashion not due to practicality (Im sorry, there's no way wearing heels is better than wearing normal greaves/boots for combat lmao), but because she just enjoys the fashion. But anyways, thanks for reviewing the mod George! Looking forward to you finishing Olenveld and your next mod review.

[@YllibD]

Finnished the mod and enjoyed it

[@xoradivided7950]

my new favourite follower mod. only major criticism from me would be the pacing.

[@airiannawilliams3181]

The story line it's self was overall a good story line. I personally felt like her construction would of taken 15+ years to create, and thusly add 6 years to that, so she's actually closer to 21+ in my mind, once the idea is born she was being created, and then of course, she laid around after completion for quite some time before she activated for the first time. So she wasn't actually "born" the day she was activated. Then of course all the "programming" added... * being the first, how do they know they are doing it right without activating, testing, shutting down and changing? I don't use the suggested mod they say because I find it to be very clunky and barely functional in my mod list, I default to the original mod set for that. So fade to black with those options, and if I want to actually watch I can use the original mod for that. They apparently never watched any decent vampire movies, vampires can have children, it's just more difficult, and the children age a lost slower than anything else in the world. Not to mention curiosity of sunlight will turn them to Ashe before they realize what's happening. My own final take of the mod. All in all I felt they tried to incorporate modern technology into the time frame and it feels more like a broken and cut puzzle and doesn't fit neatly into Skyrim, using the Volkihar clan as the implied orchestrator of Madius' demise feels forced, and why bandits? They would of sent vampires after him if it was them, not just random bandits. Creation of Atomotons is not something they would frown on, cause they created the Gargoyles, which are stone atomotons.

[@belgeode]

Did you ever figure out why the eyebrows fade in and out like that? Improper placement maybe?

[@1YoungRoyalty1]

My only major criticism is that there are too many narration boxes explaining what’s yin the mod. I think most of them could be either inferred by the player or simply integrated into the dialogue and environmental storytelling

[@Okabe009]

I've never laid my eyes on Thorfinn 😢

[@onevision1598]

everything was satisfying for me except for that redemption arc. maybe he got the idea from the last of us 2? having drink with father's assassin and treating him as if he's been like her old friend were definitely not a good approach. Ashe being born from parents' souls was definitely a great moment. And ending scene with mother monologue might have been a bit cringe but still satisfying. But that one flaw; the assassin still gets me. hope marty changes that part for good, cause i can grant you that no one will agree with his opinion on that specific part.

[@untoldspout0932]

I got the pragmatic version

[@0periodproductions]

Her cutthroat dialogue kinda scared me, but in a good way, showing how she could be convinced to be a more heartless machine.

[@untoldspout0932]

@0periodproductions I accidentally activated heart fire protocol early and she actually comments on it a bit later witch is kinda cool👍

[@Dafydd-n5h]

Hi George, i have a question its not about this mod its about ROC do you know the name of the creator i would like to contact them, thank you for another great upload

[@brandiuntzart]

The mod author is Jim. Goes by user Rigmor on the Nexus. You can message him there.

[@Dafydd-n5h]

@@brandiuntzart Thank you

[@untoldspout0932]

The greater good one

[@owlette8240]

The writing on this mod is just bad tbh, I agree with others who have commented on this mod. Technically, it has impressive features and voice actor was really good but writing was horrible and suffers from heavy dose of Mary Sue-ism. The lore integration was little to no real effort, and it would be better off just admitting that this mod just doesn't fit well with the rest of lore and Skyrim's world. And the explanation for the outfit was just cringe and would have been far better off without it as well.

[@onevision1598]

outfit mod will do things for us tbh so... her vanilla outfit could get some changes really.

[@doloresabernathy9809]

The writing seems to lack a sense of humor and be kind of clunky compared to expert work like bg3. But you know this is free, so by that standard it’s not bad. I wonder how he got a real VA to do this?

[@Guymanbot97]

​@@doloresabernathy9809 iirc he makes a decent amount via Patreon.

[@BrandiUntzGamingChannel]

I thought SDA's romance was bad. Ashe's is even worse. Great review. Touched on the problems with this mod, and the few highlights of it. I agree it's strange we didn't get Ashe's full story. Why leave that out.

[@lollup520]

The writing is painful; the mod comes off as a bad fanfic to me.

[@brandiuntzart]

Look, some of us 50 year women have better taste in romance.

[@truerebel5467]

This mod is about a 4 out of 10 for me. It has potential but there are just too many lore breaking scenarios for me personally. Also, not a fan of the modernized grammar and the whole npcs voice impressions. She's unique but I highly doubt that anyone in Skyrim (a nation that lacks academics and forsakes magic) would even care. If you aren't a patheon (Ysmir, Kyne, Alduin, ect) they won't care to know you.

[@FelipeGames-py4gr]

So the mod is pratically over, but we didn't get a 9S by the end of it 4/10 mod, no precious boy

[@SenturosGaviannus]

Wait up. I'm not cluy about this mod. Is this Chick a Android in Skyrim....

[@Sekulture]

Yeah, it might be best to watch the previous ones for the full details, but yeah, she's an android. Her life is created by a merged echo of both Rebecca, her "mother," and Arlyo, her "father" souls