Banish/Doom - Astalon: Tears of the Earth (Switch) Premiere Part 10
24I'm telling you right now, you have to try Astalon: Tears of the Earth. This game impresses me in new ways every five minutes.
Previous (Part 9) - https://youtu.be/42Ix4NpdlNE
Astalon: Tears of the Earth is an 8-bit style Metroidvania for the Nintendo Switch (and other platforms like PC) that I am absolutely loving. The pixel art is fantastic, the sounds and music totally knock, and I'm having an absolute blast.
The story follows three heroes. Algus, the somewhat old (?) wizard, Kyuli the rogue, and Arias the swordsman. The three heroes enter an ominous structure known as The Tower of Serpents in order to find and eliminate the source of a mysterious poison that has been plaguing their village. Not the same Algus from Final Fantasy Tactics, thankfully.
Along the way, they encounter a powerful nefarious villain named The Black Knight, who seems to serve a higher evil.
SPOILERS AHEAD
The three heroes are slain by The Black Knight, but because of a pact made by Algus with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus, they are brought back to life. Arias and Kyuli have little memory of their slaughter at the hands of the evil villain The Black Knight.
One cool and unique aspect about this game is that all three heroes have a shared HP, and when you die, Epimetheus resurrects you. But you can also spend your collected Soul Orbs to purchase upgrades and new abilities.
In this part, we find the Music Room and unlock the Music Test, which gives us another secret. Now we can listen to the game's music whenever we want! It's great.
We also find the Banish Spell, which allows Algus and Zeek to damage undead spirits and many enemies that are otherwise invulnerable. And I purchase the Meteor Rain ability for Algus, which is basically a full-screen nuke that costs 10 HP to use.
And I buy the Insight 3 bonus which shows us a brief cutscene about the Black Knight's past. This unlocks another secret called Black Knight Story. And we can watch them again whenever we want.
Other than that, in this episode I struggle to figure out how to make progress. But I do find a Red Key using Zeek's ability to move those movable blocks. And Red Keys are super important and rare.
Anyway, watch me play Astalon: Tears of the Earth! It's awesome. Made by LABSworks and Dangen Entertainment.
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