Knight Fight - Astalon: Tears of the Earth (Switch) Premiere Part 5
23I'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 4) - https://youtu.be/3nIHbixDZsk
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 episode I go the wrong way a bunch like an idiot. I also discover a cute visual glitch where it looks like Kyuli is falling while standing on the edge of a platform. And oh yeah we also fight the Black Knight.
Algus discovers some crazy veins running through the tower, and suspects they have something to do with the poison that is killing the villagers.
I buy the Poise upgrade which is essentially a faster hit recovery bonus. It allows me to regain control of my character faster after taking damage. I also buy at least one Strengh Up upgrade and a Defense Up for Algus. In fact I got everyone to level 5 strength.
I also buy the Bloodlust 1 perk, which increases the chance monsters will drop Green Orbs (which recover some life, usually 1 HP).
The bestiary guy gives me 1000 Orbs at one point.
Anyway, watch me play Astalon: Tears of the Earth! It's awesome. Made by LABSworks and Dangen Entertainment.
Here is that Dungeon Souls game I was talking about - https://youtu.be/zkq_2nLR20A
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