Despite a few flirtations with intrigue, the story is generally vacant of anything compelling enough to stick around until the credits.The customer may, in accordance with Article 43 of the Consumer Protection Act ( ZVP), withdraw from the purchase within 14 days of receiving the shipment and return the product without explanation of their action. In a year of winners, it’s not a complete outlier but it’s no contemporary classic. The background story is rich, yet the game fails to use it, making you do the very same actions in different locations.Īstria Ascending is not a great JRPG. The graphics are as gorgeous as some tracks are memorable, but sometimes they are out of sync. It has deep mechanics, but its implementation could have used some more attention. 8 adventurers step into the valley of death hailing from different fantastical races, choose from 20 different classes specializing in different skills and abilities.Īstria Ascending is a gorgeous, very ambitious and at the same time flawed experience. From the start your team knows the risks that are involved, they will die before seeing the world they helped.There are over 200 types of enemies you will encounter, combat is represented in turn-based mode, attack them and use special abilities, accumulate focus points to attack with powerful combo breakers, or even summon (tamed) legendary beasts to annihilate your enemies.You will also encounter different minigames like a final fantasy-inspired card game, a side-scrolling shoot ’em up, puzzles you encounter in the environment. Raid and loot 20 dungeons populated by monstrous enemies and a powerful boss at the end.
Orcanon is being threatened by an unknown force, trying to bring chaos into the world once again Astria Ascending is a turn-based JRPG made by Artisan Studios, inspired by the trappings and gameplay of old school JRPGs like the hugely influential final fantasy series.