Astral Terra

This game starts out with some very fine graphics, though, that may be where all of the good things end. The controls for this game, especially in reguards to creation/editing are very much a pain to mess with. It seems more like the creator of this game decided to let the players have a go at the actual game engine/creation mechanics, instead of actually finishing the game and all of it's mechanics. The basic crafting seems to be difficult to get a handle on, to the point that there are no real tutorials in game or explination of how to do anything. It's basically trial and error. The combat system is juvinile at best, with the favor being in the enemies hands it seems. I can recall old 80's nes games which had a more advanced and balanced combat system over this one's pick something and hope it fires/works/or even selects during combat. Building buildings, I can't say much about this since I coudl only ever manage to get some corners made and even then it was increasingly difficult to place/stack them. The construction system of this game is. . .for lack of better words, crap. The creation menu, well, if I wanted to build a game world from scratch and were using a game editor interface then this would be fine. But, I doubt anyone enters into a game/game world and expects to have to actually make roads, cities, etc all on their own because the creators didn't take the time to set anything up. The conversation/store/npc system is. . .severely lacking. You can't tell friend from foe, and typically when trying to talk to an npc you simply just swing at them. As for money, well, no idea how you come across that. So, buying the over priced things at the one or two npc's I managed to find were impossible. They would sell you things but would buy nothing, so, you can get the idea out of your head that there is any real economy with in this game. Movement and navigation is choppy at best, controls aren't set up for any sort of easy navigation, and camera views are more of a pain to adjust than moving. 4 years, this pos is still listed as early access. Best not to waste your money, you wont get it back due to steams crappy support.

I bought this thing YEARS ago and I have NEVER been able to actually play it. I kept thinking they would improve things, but the updates were never substantial or meaningful. Now, 6 years later, the game has clearly been abandoned. I get that sometimes things don't go how a developer wants, but this "game" never reflected the claims and I could never even get enough out of it to test anything, much less "play". This thing needs to be removed from the Steam store.

ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE!!! !!! DO NOT INSTALL !!! The developer has abandon the game

[h1]DARKKi's Dark Star Reviews - Astral Terra[/h1] Astral Terra is an fantasy themed RPG / Sandbox / Survival type game with procedurally generated worlds. One of the biggest selling points is fully terraformable land (via voxels). This game also looks good looking but requires more horsepower from your computer to run. Astral Terra has nice RPG and survival games like feel but the strongest point is the crafting and terraforming systems as you can literally shape the world around you. [h1]Rating and Should you buy this game[/h1] [b]X.X/10[/b] First i have to say that this game is in pretty raw alpha state so it is not finished content wise and has many bugs so if you are looking for almost finished product it's not there yet. But this game seems to have great potential and updates have kept on coming in steady pace. That's why i did not give it an rating yet but I will be playing and adding to this review multiple times after this as the game matures and i can give and true and full review but if this sounds like the game that you would like and have good computer to run it i think you will like it. [h1]Pros:[/h1] [list] [*]Good looking graphics [*]Terraforming, crafting, mining and crafting systems are really well done [*]Promising features coming [/list] [h1]Cons:[/h1] [list] [*]Still at very rough alpha state so at this point game is not complete and has bugs (as for an early access title this is normal though) [*]You need pretty fast computer for this one (optimizations will come in time of course) [/list] [h1]Hardware Information[/h1] [table] [tr] [th][u]Hardware[/u][/th] [th][u]Type[/u][/th] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]CPU[/b][/td] [td]AMD FX-8350 @ 4,7GHz[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]GPU[/b][/td] [td]Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition - Overclocked[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]RAM[/b][/td] [td]16GB DDR3 1333MHz @ 1830Hz[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]Controller[/b][/td] [td]Xbox One and Playstation 3 Contollers[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]OS[/b][/td] [td]Windows 10 Pro 64bit[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]VR[/b][/td] [td]None[/td] [/tr] [/table] [h1]Disclaimer:[/h1] [code]Source of consideration: I got this game for review purposes but it does not influence my opinion[/code]

I will give you a quick summary. NO just NO! Game is super early access and is borderline broken. Game mechanics are messed up. It's VERY easy to get stuck in places. Also seems the game has been abandoned and if it's not, it may as well be. Maybe try again in a year or so if they are still around. but until then, don't spend money on this my overall rating on this hot mess is 2/10 only because I thought the monsters looked cool.

Do not buy this. The devs took the money and ran.

This review was written based off gameplay in patch 0.4.2 Astral Terra is a game that is very much in its infancy. It's probably too early for it to be sold to the public at the minute. I understand that Early Access is for games that are still developing, but I don't feel that this game is ready to demand a price tag at the moment. There's potential here, but a lot of optimisation and work needs to be done. There's a complete lack of tutorial. The game throws you in and expects you to know what you're doing. There is no way to change the key bindings at the moment. Once you have figured things out, everything in the game is a little awkward and clunky. The cursor needs to be placed exactly where the game wants it to be for something to work. This is especially frustrating when it comes to gathering materials and trying to pick them up. Everything must be clicked on individually, and sometimes you need to click outside of the texture of an item to pick it up. It leads to a lot of frustration and makes everything feel very slow and laboured. Even when terraforming, it can be difficult to get the game to do what you want it to do. The world looks really good for a game in this genre. The environment is vibrant and huge. However, the character models are of considerably lower quality than the rest of the game, they don't fit in. Movement also looks a little unnatural. Right now the game is essentially a creative environment and nothing more. There's no challenging enemies, just an empty world to explore. It would be acceptable for this to be a creative game if it wasn't so frustrating to play. When it feels like you're fighting the game just to be able to play it, it gets exhausting quickly. Astral Terra is not a bad game, it's just a frustrating experience right now. As the game evolves and is updated, hopefully it will become more intuitive to play and create a better experience for the user. I'll re-visit the game across it's life, and hopefully the potential will be achieved and I can change this review and recommend it. Right now, I can't justify telling anyone they should spend their money on it though.

To the Developers: why do you even keep going on a game that is so broken? I have stone in my inventory, can't refine it. Keeps saying I don't have enough. Fork you,,,,I have 50+ in my inventory. I can't even set my game resolution to my default screen rez. game just is buggy as all get at. You can keep my $.$$ and stick it in the appropriate place. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. It's broken and the most broken i've seen an early access game in years.

so this game has some potential. i dont think i can recommend it right now. my character kept getting stuck in harvesting mode, still no mouse view while roaming around without having to hold down right mouse button, you cant remap the keys, and you can terraform like a god when you should have to you earn that stuff. if you like the "click on item to harvest or attack" deal then you might like this game. the world is beautiful and the idea is great but still has a lot to get done.

Unfortunately this game is broken and abandoned. When I purchased this game about 3 years ago it was OK. Early access definitely, but OK. Then about 12 months ago the devs loaded their latest update and disappeared. The latest update broke a lot of things that used to work, including game saves so you can play a significantly reduced game that you may or may not be able to save. If you look at the discussions you will see that the latest entries are almost 12 months old, by players pointing out the game is broken and that there has been zero response from the Devs. A definite don't buy from me.