Asterigos Curse of the Stars Review - The Final Verdict
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- Asterigos: Curse of the Stars could have been an excellent feel-good soulslike, but for that to happen - the story aspect really needed to hit home with its themes and writing.
tinyBuild has crafted a simple but highly customizable combat system along with enticing exploration, but those promising aspects are let down by plenty of technical problems as well. All in all, it’s a decent experience, but one that could end up being amazing if re-iterated upon. - Hry
as-teri-gos
not astreggyious
Agreed, I came here looking for this!
I just found a physical copy of this at Target, and haven’t heard a single thing about it before then. Didn’t even know it existed. I’ve been playing for a couple hours, and honestly it has surprised the shit out of me. Absolutely an indie gem. THOROUGHLY enjoying it so far.
just saw it on amazon and it looked intriguing
I got the complete addition a while ago and I'm hooked. You can tell a lot of effort went into this game. Does it have its flaws? Sure but even AAA games have some as well. This game has a lot going for it. The price is fair, the length is great so it doesn't overstay it's welcome, and the cast of characters have personality. I do hope this studio makes a sequel
Same. Saw it on the shelves as I was buying Armored Core 6 and even though Asterigos was priced at $75 AUD, I looked at it, shrugged and bought the game purely out of impulse. For some reason or another, my mind wandered off to want to play Asterigos over Armored Core and I'll tell you what, I won't be touching Armored Core until I am finished with it.
I got this physical with kena bridge of spirits cuz I needed something to replace horizon forbidden west
sometimes a game like this will do it, Target is known to have anything. it most likely probably just sat there, if someone is looking at games at Target, there looking at what's popular. And right now fighting games have shot back into the spotlight again, Tekken 8 has been consuming all my time since buying the game. although i didn't buy it at Target.
The combat (as well as the story) somehow reminds me of Immortals: Fenix Rising; a somewhat half God trying to save the world or some such. Definitely a buy for me...
Also of kena bridge of spirits
Is it as good as immortals fenyx or slightly better 🤔
@@captainsonypony2709 no if u ask me and i only give truth rest is up to u
@@shobitchouksey3442 thanks
@captainsonypony2709 look I gave up on Fenix rising but am addicted to this one, this reviewer has no idea wtf he's talking about, the world is extremely interesting is you take a slow approach to the game.
I'm getting vibes of Immortals Fenyx Rising and that's one of my all time favorite open world games on PS5
Did you just say Astregios? Wow!
Has a lot of Immortals Fenyx Rising vibes, also another great game!
The combat in that game is so underrated
Bit of Darksiders 3 in there too I'd say
Its Asterigos, NOT ASTREGIOS! And its a low budget indi game, so you cant expect all the bells and whistles of a AAA title. For the price, I think its brilliant.
It’s INDIE not indi
@@jaywills5898 its HINDI not indie
It's "it's", not "its".
Bro paid $35 for a game he reviewed like it costed him $70
THANK YOU! My brain was getting stunlocked here due to persistent wrong pronunciation.
I am playing on Ps5 and havent any technical issues. For me Asterigos is one of the better games I've played this year. I like it a lot and I'm already looking forward to a second round
I wanna buy it on PS5 but it's too expensive. So I buy in steam.
Same. Only issue I have every now and then is the inspect/open command sometimes being locked until the weapons are put away on some items x
How long and difficult is this
@@captainsonypony2709 I need 30 Hours to complete the Game. I play on easy difficulty and never die. But i've heard from people doing 40+ hours on the hardest difficulty
@@captainsonypony2709 I'm 20 hours in and still have main campaign and some side quests. I'd say 25-30 hours x
Don’t sleep on this game guys. Fantastic AA souls-lite-like. Can find for good price on sale these days.
Any of the detriments this reviewer said either aren’t exceptionally bothersome, or enough to hold back.
Those who’ve played seem
To agree
Should be higher than 7
Stupid question, is there a way to teleport without using the scroll?
Does anyone know why this is currently not available on Xbox in the U.K?
How can the name be so hard to pronounce? Astregios?
I was thinking the same thing. If you’re reviewing the game at least know how to pronounce it.
Gaming bolt does mispronunciations on purpose so people will comment and hopefully drive traffic to the videos.
Astregios?
Loving this game
Looks awesome 👍 definitely buying it
I like the concept of a fair (and less depressing) Dark Souls, but the technical side looks a bit rougher than I'd like. I think I'll check it out on sale couple years down the line. The pile of shame isn't really losing any of it's enormous size anytime soon anyway.
I've just started the game on hard and my only complaint so far is that special techniques of weapons used during combos sometimes can come up as a regular attack of that weapon, at least in the PS4 version. It is mainly problematic with weapons that have defensive special techniques: sword and shield, daggers and spear, since instead of guarding, dashing away or parrying you often end up attacking and receiving damage that you clearly should have avoided.
Could be a glitch, start a new game and see how it goes. I'm ot having a problems (PC).
I am always amazed how some people can read something and then say something completely different and think ''yes that is what that says'' Astregios/Asterigos?
The official term for it is "dyslexia".
@@jigizms I have dyslexia too but I ain't stupid.
Had to check again to see how it’s spelled
No technical issues whatsoever, playing it on my PS5 since launch day. So far I am just LOVING this game in every damn aspect. The only downside is... voices are present only in main quests.
Had play it on ps4 isses on 5
@Hyatt Life They actually gave an 8 to both Thymesia and Steelrising (which came out not so long ago).
To be honest Asterigos doesn't seem as close to a "Souls like" and more akin to a more standard action rpg (like a: smaller, linear Kingdoms of Amalur).
Pretty good review and score, despite the fact i disagree with some of your views, I enjoy the combat and the animations, the lore and story is great and i think visually it looks amazing, I am sure there are lots of other things but those are just some off the top of my head, but overall pretty solid review.
Reviewer mentioned that when you died, you go back to the nearest "bonefire"
How far are they placed from bosses?
I bought this day one after seeing Iron Pineapple play it and what a bargain of a game for the price. I paid £30 for it on the Series X and have had more fun with it than most premium priced AAA titles. No technical issues or bugs other than one or two minor hitches. If you haven't played this or are just considering it after seeing this video, do yourself a favour and go buy it, highly recommended. Great game for a great price 👌
She would perfect as a guest character for SoulCalibur
Im so shocked that he mispronounced the title within the first minute, and it hurt my heart every other time I heard it throughout the video xD
It is still, however, an excellently detailed review as always, thanks!!
I'm a bit disappointed we dont have a bow to play. You do lose stardust which acts as a currency on death but not everything but you cant recollect it as in DS or Eldenring.
Awesome video I like the game it look amazing
I think this game shows a lot of potential but I’m saving my money for God of War Ragnarok so I will definitely get this game later on this year.
You still have a month till GOW and this game is not a full price game. You'd like it. Give it a shot :)
If you have to save money to buy a game..... yea you should definitely wait untill its a well known great title.. and watch reviews before you make the purchase. .. common sense stuff.
@@WhyWouldICareAtAll Makes a perfect sense!
Ragnarok was a letdown. Great story, graphics etc but my god the combat was so repetitive and the boss fights were the least bit interesting except for a few.
Not fenyx rising?
Finally, Disney dark souls
Kena did that first..
@@alexandroswashere3089 tru
@@alexandroswashere3089 kena is pixar. This is Disney trying to do it without pixar 😂.
@@sammantixgm 😂😂
Check out "Lies of P". Its a pinnochio dark souls coming out soon
I felt the non response of the controls was felt like a mix of knockdown/stun effect/turn taking that feels a bit odd at first and I’m starting to get used to the timing after about an hour or two of play
Yep! Solid gameplay. I liken it more related to Fable than Souls. It would have been great if there were actually customization options and gear to collect. Something to keep you going. We need a sneak/ assassination system. Animations are floaty and off. Enemy animations from further out are like 15fps. Walking slowly is jogging in slow motion: looks particularly weird, when locked onto an enemy and strafing with your shield drawn. The overall story concept is great but the writing and in-game dialogue are atrocious. A lot of the character and NPC responses are unnecessary and better left unsaid. Like, one moment an NPC can be having a relaxed conversation with Hilda, then suggest she could do with more discipline, or something like that, and out of nowhere Hilda freaks out and then the NPC can respond back with an order, like “Report back to Ludwig, that’s an order!” and just like that, Hilda, who had just forgotten that a split second ago had been lashing out, goes into a 180 and breaks into an enthusiastic “Yes sir!” Like, “what just happened? She unexpectedly freaked out about some feedback and is now completely happy about it? I think there are mental diagnosis for those types of complete 180s…and it’s very life impacting.”
for a first game it was decent, not gonna win any prices but fun if you want something while waiting for a bigger title. worth the lower price. and if they ever make a sequel and improve the bad points you got a banger in the future
Not going to win any prices? not sure what you mean - do you mean awards? lol
@@drewcarry8280 yeah 😂 normally i speak dutch and the word prices is closer to what we use here for the word awards
@@kizaruthegreat I think the bar is set pretty high for souls likes since the big comparison is one that won all these awards and has one of the best feels and ideas on what it's like to be one. From elden ring to nioh 2, souls maxxed out is already known. Alternatives like jedi survivor or salt and Sanctuary exist...along with others, but you really have to bring it to make it. Now also notice, demon souls wasn't that amazing and had issues, astergo is good but not even above demon souls in some aspects, its the cost of making it that polished and realized. It's not just money, but staff with crazy ideas, and the team making levels and lore being great so on. Even if astergos is great it's like being the B+ student in a class full of A+ where even the lowest mark is A-. Make a shooter average, and you can still get far, with a hook like time stop etc. Make a platformer average, and you can't as we have so many great platformers. Make a stealth game average, and you get far, not much competition, and so on.
Immortals fenyx rising meets darksiders
I don't know I felt Smithing Master Hewg was pretty supportive.
I think calling it a Souls-like isn't doing the game justice. It draws as much from Amalur than Souls than other games and just does its own thing with different well-known mecanics and concepts.
Yea i think this guy just reworded some other youtubers wrong video review...
Almost EVERYONE agrees that the gameplay is souls-like because that's how it plays. More people played souls games than they played Amalur, so no wonder no one really mentions it in comparison.
I bought the game yesterday for Xbox, got it on sale
For baraad, no matter what you choose, he will still fight you
Cool 😎
hi, are you… The question is what are you rating the game against to give it a seven?… To be fair I don't have a lot of games but I loved shadow of the tomb raider and how would this game rate against that game? I think shadow of the tomb raider would get better than 10 out of 10… Or this game would get 2 out of 10… Such a difference in technology they really can't be compared. This game I would never give it a 7… It doesn't really show you where to go or what your goals are very accurately at all… I spend most of my time not knowing where to go which sucked… I'm not in the mood for reading all the dialogue for the characters so old-fashioned. The game was pretty good-looking and the character was gorgeous but it seemed lacking in absolutely every technical aspect making it a bore and a chore to play it… Thank you so much for being here that was just my opinion
Is it a CZcams original?
I was wondering why no one reviewed this game
Def would've checked this out had I not just purchased that Fenix Rising game. Seems pretty solid
why not play both? i 2 have Fenix Rising and this game
@@mattalan6618 they seem too similar to play back to back. I'm pretty sure I'll end up playing this eventually tho
Love the world and character design. Warcraft slash Ratchet and Clank look in a souls game? Fi ah!
"Fi ah"? The fuck?
Hopefully it gets a physical release. I don't like buying stuff digitally.
Go digital I used to be the same way your hard drive will love that.
@@Mike-ye6xi i 2 only bought physical till i did some reading and found out that going digital saves space and all that DRM crap is pretty much gone
@@mattalan6618Except you have all your stuff linked to an account, that you need to activate online. Lose the account and you lose every game you have ever owned. Also, Xbox is basically a physical DRM machine.
The game is very good on series x with my LGC1 65 inch and VRR on !
OK. Looking for insight from someone who has played/is playing this. Is it "souls-like" or is it just an action RPG?
I'm sick of souls likes rn
The main characteristic of souls-like games is NOT the difficulty.
It's the high-risk/high-reward exploration, the level layout, the tight combat mechanics.
Let's repeat it together: IT'S NOT THE DIFFICULTY.
Sadly it looks like after tens of years many, low grade, reviewers still cannot understand this concept.
Just count the amount of times the word "difficulty" and "souls-like" appears in this review.
Someone rightly said this game has much more of a Immortals Fenyx Rising feel to it.
Another user named Amalur.
They are right and they seem to have a much more vast knowledge of videogames than this reviewer that only seem to know one single genre and clearly doesn't understand it that well.
Correct. Which is what turns me of. Not the difficulty, but the penalty and punishment for failure. Lose all your items, gear and exp, but have all the tough enemies respawn and walk back 10 minutes to where you died.
Looks similar to immortals fenyx rising
That the breath of the wild rip off? This game looks nothing like that
@@justenbenally522it was very good copy paste of Zelda.
I’ll check it out, but I hope Tears of the Kingdom blows everyone away and becomes the new trend to chase
Great little game this is 👍 worth a buy.
"Astreggios"
Not quite, my dude.
Great review though!
A-stair-e-goes
ASTERIGOS: A MORE HONEST REVIEW
I will start by pointing out the games flaws first.
1. CHARACTER MOVEMENT TOO SLOW:
I feel like I'm moving in slow motion. The character should move at least twice the current speed. There is a run botton, but that uses stamina fast.
2. DIFFICULTY NOT BALANCED:
When trying out 'story mode', I found that fights were still DAMN TOUGH! And bosses take minutes to put down. Simply not acceptable for such a mode.
3. MAP TOTALLY SUCKS:
There is no traditional map where you can zoom in, see your current location and move around to see where you need to go.
4. BROKEN QUEST SYSTEM:
Ridiculous in this day and age of video games, to NOT have a 'select quest' option. There is no way to 'select' a desired quest. They all just appear at the top left of your screen in a bunch. There is also no quest marker to follow. So I found myself wondering around like a blind man going in circles for hours. Not know which way to go at any given point.
5. YOU FEEL LIKE A CHILD IN KINDERGARTEN:
The quest giver lays out demands and if you stray from her orders, she scolds you like a child. Instead of just being able to complete the main objective anyway you like, as long as it gets done. Instead you must listen to tons of dialogue where she's bitching about everything you did wrong and threatening to not wanna work with you if your mistakes continue. Obviously, the game designers have unresolved childhood issues!
Other than the five things mentioned above, the game is indeed fun, visuals are decent and FPS is SPOT ON! I will definitely play the entire game and am not trying to talk anyone out of buying it. This review just covers the negatives, as I personally see them. And is my own personal opinions. You decide for yourself.
Does this game run ok , performance wise on Xbox one?
It's almost like he procrastinated on his review deadline and tried to speed run the game to piece one together. "Asterigos" is sounded out for you in the game enough times for you to not have an excuse to say it wrong. He doesnt seem to be aware that he is reviewing a small budget game either, but probably gave the absent story Elden Ring a 10/10 because the trees looked pretty.
I wanted to like this game. I really did, But the game you are actually looking for here is "Kena: Bridge of Spirits". Was released before this, and is about 3x better made. Just trust me.
Um... "Astregios?" Really?
From Software? This has a LOT more to do with Immortals Fenyx Rising.
What a bad review. I don't even know if you liked the game, let alone if you recommend it. And you pronounced the name of the game completely wrong every time, if I were searching for the game based on your pronunciation, I'd never find it.
I can't believe he missed the part where when you die you actually do lose some resources the currency......
And all of these reviews keep talking about the choices you can make, unfortunately the game seems to only give the illusion of choice.
@@dogdram exactly
@@dogdram yeah i didnt get any choices at all. its a good story if a bit linear
I guess pronunciation is not important to this site, huh 😅
Though Immortals Fenyx Rising is a much better overall game (9 out 10 to me) this rating is good. I will purchase it as long as its a 7.
Waiting for Gamepass version.
This game is son of "kena bridge of spirits and immortal phoniex rising"
It's hilarious you say the plot gets bloated with unnecessary stuff because that's what I felt about your review.
SteelRising, Thymesia, Asterigos. Its like they tried to make their style of Souls game coming off as decent
great review!
This is a good review, but I'm so tired of every action RPG being compared to Souls. There are a lot of gameplay aspects that Souls did not invent but the games get credit for them as if they did. I'm just kind of sick of any game having remotely similar gameplay being called "Soulslike" as if this is its own genre.
"Astregios"
It's been a while since I haven't seen badass attractive female character God damn about time I would rather her and horizon zero down then the Eloy whatever she called
It's not even a souls like game. I give it a 8.5 out of 10 because it kept me playing to the end and it was pretty enjoyable.
Well at least a cut doll
2:30 total disrespect to Stockpile Thomas
I was hype about it until i herd souls like😂😂,im dealing with thymisia 🤦🤦almost done with it but man!!!
Truthfully this reviewer only knows half of what hes talking about.. its like he watched a diffrent review on youtube that was fundamentally wrong and reworded it for this video. I have played all the "souls like" games.. this doesnt fallin that catagory. This is a good game.. but not a even a "souls lite" game.
Same
Game: 'Asterigos.'
This guy: 'Asparagus.'
:/
Basically the female version of Immortal: Fenix Rising
Budget and underdeveloped version of Immortals Fenyx Rising
Sir you don't even pronounce the title right, it's Aste-rigos not astreggios!
For anyone interested.. the game looks great, but once you get your hands on the control and feel how bad the character responds, you'll probably feel turned off immediately. It's surprising that a PS4 2022 game can feel like a PS3 (or even PS2) product, specially considering that games like Bloodborne exist!! It's beyond surprising how disappointed I am.. even the lack of jumping
At least get it on STEAM where you can get a REFUND.
this game 8 + , i believe it was one of the best games in a while
It looks cool but I'd like to make my own character and play as a man.
looks like young xena
Looks a lot like Fenix rising,
why does EVERYONE miss spell and mispronounce this title? its ASTERIOGOS not "astregius" lmao
Why does this guy always overly criticize games that aren't popular? The game seems amazing.
this game looks like a good game for me.. not sadistic in its punishment, and not too vague or difficult, i won't mind action adventures.
turd-like trash, aren't worth playing at all, and i disown their existence altogether.
whoever stars their games instantly on nightmare or hard, are ignorant morons. learn first, then dare later.
i play games for entertainment and fun, not for punishment and humiliation!
How to say you have dyslexia without saying you have dyslexia.
This kinda looks like a take on Immortals Fenyx Rising. Lol
Astregios lmao
The combat looks slow and not very reactive. Granted it's a 45 dollar game, but maybe I'll give it a try on sale.
Can we just stop calling every fucking game a souls like
I don't agree with your review. The thing I don't like about your review is you keep comparing this game to Dark Souls. Dark Souls is a hardcore game, this game isn't. The combat and game play in this game is more like KOA Reckoning or Fable. I really like this game, it's a fun game.
*God of war at home*
Get over the way he enunciates it. WE'VE ALL DONE IT🙄
If you can't even read the name of a game that has one word in it, please don't review it!
You mispronounced the title throughout the video hahaha
I'm honestly so burnt out on 'souls like' games. Just because it's hard, doesn't mean it's good. It turns a lot of gamers off making things harder than they should be.
Souls likes are not even hard.
Well it is for someone who didn't grow up with a controller in their hands. Lots of us didn't play games as kids. @@AnarickTheDevil
@@donenglish7572 I may have grown up with video games but they were turn based jrpg's. Not really the type of games that develop the skills required for action based games like souls.
I feel like calling this game a souls like, its a stretch. It looks more like an action adventure/hack and slash type of game.
The UI is literally 1:1 from the Soulsgames. You don’t want the comparison, then design your own UI.
It looks like a Kindergarten-version of Souls.
It's just an action-adventure game, not a "soulslike". Fromsoft didn't invent this genre.
7? Either you don't really understand the game or you didn't play the game. What did they say? "Decide the fate of Aphes. Every decision you make in Asterigos matters and will affect the story. ". The game is so dishonest, so liar, and contains these lies that are thrown to deceive those who like choice-oriented games like me, huh?There is no serious choice , nor does the end of the game change.There is no map, It's impossible to understand the side quests. You spend hours trying to figure out where to go. 7? Even 5 is too much for this game
Sounds like you just dont have the brain to play and are rage typing while being salty :)
@@craigtrish2011 Are you the one who trashed your brain just to praise this dishonest game with the lies and frauds being told and you call me brainless? I don't have a problem playing the game. It seems you don't have a brain or a reading. Go back and read what I wrote again. "Decide the fate of Aphes. Every decision you make in Asterigos matters and will affect the story. " Is this statement true or false?
Man, you are butchering the pronunciation of Asterigos.