Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

TL:DR Overall, this game feels like a labor of love that was mislabeled "Souls," which resulted in it getting lost in a sea of similar titles that fall short of that claim. This game is good for what it is, which feels more like an indie God of War or a Wayfinder. Still, I would recommend the game, though I think it would have been better priced at $20/25 - Longer: I feel like I can safely recommend this game after 4 hours, not knowing how long it is or where it's going, because it feels very much like I'll be doing this same thing for as long as that is, and that's fine. It's not bad, It isn't Dark Souls It isn't God of War It isn't Castlevania It's God of war combat with stamina and bonfires in a kind of Metroid world It has difficulties, as well as equipables that make it harder. You choose 2 of 6 weapons that you like, and you'll be sticking to them. Otherwise you'll be grinding for materials to upgrade the new one that you pick. The weapons are varied, and feel unique from one another, but it's combo-based like God of War, and that can lead to awkward distance & targeting. The combat feels fine and well paced. Encounters are a little on the easy side, unless they are very hard. There is little inbetween. Much like Dark Souls, you can kite enemies away from each other and abuse their leashing, which adds a layer of strategy or cheesery for harder fights, but that's for you to decide. the "platforming" is trash, but that's because it always is in games like these. I haven't found a section that *required* platforming, and I hope there isn't one. Otherwise, exploration is good. Plenty of paths to wander that sometimes loop back on themselves unnecessarily to zones you have completed, but that also adds to the inconnected nature of the world, even if you will *never* use them. Skill Tree is full of cool abilities to use Attributes feel tacked on. 3 attributes, but really 2 attributes, because you are always going to want *some* Health, and then you're going to pick between Skill damage and Normal attack damage. Story is there, I haven't been reading, listening, or watching it, so I can't comment on that, but I don't really play these games for the story anymore - maybe 5/10 - average - right down the middle But that's mostly because I think my 5 is an IGN 7 lol

It's a playable experience, but merely adequate for the most part. I feel like leaving some feedback as to why I feel like that: - The combat feels a little floaty: your weapon attacks feel slow (even using the more agile weapons), and many enemies have movesets that can barely hurt the player properly, as their attacks lack more aggressive hitboxes and better tracking. This makes the game rather reasy even on the hardest setting. - The level design's not awful, but suffers at times from copypasted design that makes navigating levels counter-intuitive. When you play FromSoftware games, for the most part every corner of their levels is distinctive enough as to help the player make a proper mental map of them and navigate them properly. This makes for a more fun experience. - The story is presented with a LOT of constant dialogue. Some people might prefer things this way, but to me a Souls-like is at its best when they keep it to a minimum and let you discover things about the setting through envorinmental storytelling or item descriptions and the like. I can't entirely recommend this game, but you can see the care it was made with shine through a couple times, and perhaps with more experience the devs could do better.

Only 61% of players have the achievement for defeating the tutorial crocodile boss. That alone says a lot about this game's inability to hook people. I've tried starting this game three separate times, and every attempt ends the same way. I reach the first major shanty-town area and immediately lose all interest. It's baffling that the developers marketed a vibrant world inspired by the best of classical Greek and Roman architecture, only to force you through their own ♥♥♥♥♥♥ version of Blighttown first and without access to a ranged weapon. This miserable opening mission is mandatory, and consists of an ugly desert shanty town accessed through a sewer, packed with ranged enemies that gank you with impunity while you fight ground-based ganks; and all before you've been given a ranged weapon or throwables to fight back and even the odds. You can sprint past everything like in most Souls-likes, but that should be on replay runs or after you've learned the area, not on your first time through. I just can't seem to force myself through those opening hours when there's dozens of better games to play. This time, I won't uninstall, and I'll give it another shot later, because I think there's potential. I ever escape that awful first area, I'll come back and update this review. For now, I cannot recommend this game.

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Игра сама по себе очень приятная, вначале так вообще захватила и было интересно узнать и историю и геймплей и прокачку интересно сделали. и даже пару скинов на героиню выдали. Чувствуется аккуратный подход и любовь создателей. Приятная музыка, очень симпотишная мультяшно-анимешная стилистика. Лор поначалу действительно увлекает, записка небольшие, крупного шрифта, читать не муторно и в целом интересно, если вы любите вникать в историю. Сама история не то чтобы прям особо интересная, скорее больше интересны социальные аспекты классов и их жизнь в придуманных условиях. Что не понравилось: - разработчикам прыжков и залаза на уступы я бы поотрывала руки. иногда доходило до смешного - хоть прыгай на уступ, хоть подходи к нему - персонаж на него не залазит, так один раз на месте 5 минут простояла в шахтах после битвы с боссом. прыжки то малюсенькие, то внезапно ты можешь перепрыгнуть провал....то не можешь запрыгнуть на балку, на которую очевидно нужно залезть, чтобы добраться до сундука, потому что миллиметрика не хватает в высоте прыжка. - отсутствие карты - для меня это стал камень приткновения, из-за которого я бросила играть. Я хоть и не обладаю сильным топографическим кретинизмом, но вначале игра предлагает по чуть-чуть ходов в сторону, где можно найти интересный лут или боссов. Подальше (для меня это случилось в академии), игра все сильнее и сильнее ветвится, предлагая двери, проходи и т.д. которые ты потенциально в будущем откроешь, если найдешь ключ. Что предполагает необходимость возвращаться и понимать куда нужно вернуться. Я бросила, потому что просто обошла все что было открыто, не смогла открыть что закрыто и абсолютно не поняла куда я должна дальше двигаться, чтобы попасть по сюжету. - отсутствие журнала заданий. Что основных, что побочных. Особенно смешно, когда тебе дают задания и говорят детали где искать нужного NPC и видимо предполагается что у тебя других дел в жизни нет, ты не ешь, не спишь, не ходишь на работу и только играешь в игру. а еще у тебя фотографическая память, поэтому помнишь все сказанное. Варианта, что человека за**ся после работы, зашел в игру и не помнит уже что было в прошлом прохождении нет. - большое ожидание вкусного лута за то, что все таки нашел куда идти по этим побочкам и выполнил задание. ожидание не оправдалось Т_Т обычна награда очень незначительная и потому нет вообще никакого интереса их выполнять. По итогу интерес к игре угас и не смотря на всю ее атмосферность и в целом приятные механики, просто в какой-то момент становится некомфортно играть и держать все в голове без возможности напомнить себе что и где было сказано или хотя бы отметить на карте куда вернуться

The levels are well made and challenging to explore without a map or a guide. I got my 40 hours worth.

If you are used to Elden Ring/ other souls games, this will feel very easy on normal. Still enjoyable but the hardest part so far is pulling to many trashmobs and even then you need to get a lot of them.

buen juego, le doy 7/10 no le ganas caso a las reseñas negativas, es juego divertido si eso es lo que buscas. el DLC si esta culero, saludos

Good game. Fun combat, decent exploration, cute MC.

Um daqueles jogos que você joga apenas para passar o tempo, mas que tem muitos problemas. O maior deles é que, após umas 5 horas, você simplesmente cansa do jogo. Tudo é repetitivo, você não vê uma progressão significativa e acaba desistindo.Vale a pena pegar apenas em uma promoção de 90% ou mais. Fora isso, não compensa. Ah, sem contar que praticamente não existe progressão do personagem na parte de defesa. Você continua tomando praticamente o mesmo dano do início ao fim do jogo.