3/19/2023 0 Comments Astria ascending release time![]() Things are spiced up by adding focus points, which work similarly to brave points in the Bravely Default series. Your characters and your enemies take turns taking their actions, whether it be attacking, healing, or buffing. I’d say I only gained the initiative one in every ten times I swiped my weapon at an enemy on the screen. Supposedly you can gain the initiative by slashing enemies before battle, but I never found a consistent way to activate that. Combat is initiated by coming into contact with an enemy unit on the level. The majority of combat is fairly standard for turn-based JRPGs. Normally I can stand quite a bit of gibberish in JRPG world building, but Astria Ascending doesn’t offer much of anything else. You do get some small character developments for each character in their own segments of the game, but not nearly enough to endear the cast to players. But the main story boils down to a lot of inscrutable gobbledygook about Noises and Harmony, and the characters are so thinly developed I couldn’t really get into them, either. I really, really wanted to get into the game’s story. The 333 rd set off on a journey to investigate the Noises, and end up caught in a web of intrigue that threatens the foundations of the world. Noises have begun appearing inside cities where harmony is supposedly strong enough to keep the population safe. Astria Ascending follows the 333 rd group of demigods, three months before their time is up. The tradeoff is that the demigods will die three years after receiving their power. They receive great power to fight the Noises, monsters that disrupt harmony. In that time, a group of eight heroes from all the world’s races have been selected to be elevated to demigod status. The world of Orcanon has been living in harmony for nearly a millennia – ever since the Goddess Yuno had her followers begin eating harmelon. It’s not that it’s outright bad, but it lacks anything of true interest beyond its stunning graphics – and as I’ll get to later, on the Switch the game even finds a way to mute my enthusiasm for that. Unfortunately, I can’t think of a game in recent memory that was more of a letdown than Astria Ascending. ![]() When the wait was finally over and Astria Ascending was finally in my hands, I settled in and got ready to sink more time than is probably healthy into what should have been my newest obsession. A gorgeously hand-drawn, Valkyrie Profile-styled JRPG developed and scored by some of the luminaries of the genre? You can assume I’ll be ready to give that a try anytime, anywhere. For more from E3 2021, check out our guide on everything shown so far.Published By: Dear Villagers, Plug-In DigitalĬomposer: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Yoshimi Kudo, Rikako Watanabe, Yukinori Kikuchi, Denys Fontarossaįrom the first screenshot I saw, I was hooked on the idea of Astria Ascending. There were so many reveals during the Nintendo Direct at E3 2021, and Shacknews has them all. ![]() The staff at Artisan Studio has quite the JRPG resume to fall back on for experience, take a look at the description from the game's Steam page:Ī hand-drawn adventure crafted with skill and passionįrom a team featuring developers from Final Fantasy, Nier Automata and Bravely Default, Astria Ascending includes full voice acting in Japanese and English, a traditionally animated, fully hand-drawn 2D world and a dynamic weather system.Īstria Ascending is scheduled to launch for Nintendo Switch, PS4/PS5, Xbox Game Pass on Xbox One/Series consoles, and PC on September 30, 2021. There were quite a number of new games announced as coming to the Nintendo Switch and Astria Ascending from the Dear Villagers franchise was among those shown during the highly-anticipated event.Ĭoming from Artisan Studio, Astria Ascending is a hand-drawn JRPG with an epic story, turn-based combat, and deep customization. The Nintendo Direct for E3 2021 had some truly rapid-fire reveals during the 40 minute presentation. Take a look at the release date reveal trailer below. ![]() The upcoming JRPG from Artisan Studio is set for release on Septemfor PC, PS4/PS5, Xbox Game Pass on Xbox One/Series consoles, and Nintendo Switch. Astria Ascending was announced for the Switch at Nintendo Direct E3 2021. ![]()
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