<s>
is	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Polygon	O
Magic	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galerians	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ash	I-Application
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Galerians	B-Application
,	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
follows	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
a	O
young	O
man	O
named	O
Rion	O
who	O
has	O
psychic	O
powers	O
and	O
the	O
resilience	O
to	O
overcome	O
the	O
Last	O
Galerians	B-Application
,	O
a	O
genetically	O
engineered	O
group	O
of	O
superhumans	O
whose	O
purpose	O
is	O
to	O
wipe	O
out	O
humankind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
of	O
Galerians	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ash	I-Application
is	O
highly	O
dependent	O
upon	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Galerians	B-Application
,	O
and	O
begins	O
with	O
a	O
synopsis	O
of	O
the	O
events	O
from	O
that	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
26th	O
century	O
,	O
two	O
computer	B-General_Concept
scientists	I-General_Concept
develop	O
an	O
advanced	O
self-replicating	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
,	O
whom	O
they	O
called	O
Dorothy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Dorothy	O
seemed	O
to	O
accept	O
this	O
explanation	O
,	O
she	O
secretly	O
began	O
developing	O
Galerians	B-Application
-	O
a	O
superior	O
human	O
race	O
with	O
psychic	O
powers	O
,	O
for	O
whom	O
she	O
would	O
be	O
God	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dorothy	O
's	O
creators	O
put	O
a	O
safeguard	O
against	O
her	O
-	O
two	O
programs	O
that	O
,	O
if	O
introduced	O
into	O
Dorothy	O
's	O
systems	O
,	O
would	O
destroy	O
her	O
-	O
into	O
the	O
minds	O
of	O
their	O
two	O
children	O
,	O
Rion	B-Application
Steiner	I-Application
and	O
Lilia	O
Pascalle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Going	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
painful	O
ordeals	O
,	O
Rion	O
found	O
Lilia	O
and	O
killed	O
the	O
Galerians	B-Application
,	O
but	O
not	O
without	O
discovering	O
that	O
he	O
himself	O
was	O
a	O
Galerian	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
real	O
Rion	O
died	O
while	O
being	O
subjected	O
to	O
the	O
experiments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galerians	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ash	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
six	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
Galerians	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Dorothy	O
was	O
destroyed	O
,	O
she	O
produced	O
several	O
more	O
Galerians	B-Application
-	O
the	O
Last	O
Galerians	B-Application
-	O
in	O
her	O
final	O
moments	O
,	O
and	O
mankind	O
has	O
fought	O
a	O
desperate	O
battle	O
with	O
them	O
ever	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lilia	O
realizes	O
that	O
only	O
Rion	O
has	O
the	O
power	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
Last	O
Galerians	B-Application
,	O
known	O
as	O
Ash	O
,	O
and	O
end	O
the	O
nightmare	O
once	O
and	O
for	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galerians	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ash	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
