WALL KICKS WILL WORK - Astalon: Tears of the Earth (Switch) Premiere Part 12
20I'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 11) - https://youtu.be/Vdej1QolH9s
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, we collect the Griffon Claw, which allows Kyuli to perform consecutive wall kicks. Basically we can climb walls now, which opens up a lot of the map for us.
I also purchase the Death Orb as well as the Death Point buffs for our party. Whenever you die, the Death Orb will spawn in the room where you were defeated. So if you travel back to the room in which you died, you can destroy the Death Orb to gain a whole bunch of HP, and this HP can even boost you over your normal maximum. It's a pretty darn good item, especially for boss fights or long trips between lifts or save points. The Death Point marks the location of your Death Orb on the map.
At some point we also definitively discover that the veins and arteries in the tower are the source of the poison in the water. And later we destroy another Poison Heart.
Note that these episodes were recorded a few days before I actually uploaded them.
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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