#Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

[galasgamingcorner]

Asterigos Locations | The Shelter

[foibles-fables]

has ANYONE played Asterigos: Curse of the Stars or am I living in some bizarro dreamworld where I’m the only one to know of its existence and to be experiencing it??

[zarathesilentgamer]

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars #1🛡 - Zara The Silent Gamer

[weatherman667]

Asterigos:  Curse of the Stars

Not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s too indecisive and self-important to be truly great.

You play a super-important OP callow youth, given unlimited authority and no resources to find your missing dad.

All of your equipment is extremely-standard, average equipment, that is also magically overpowered at the same time.

The core of the gameplay is that you can use TWO weapons at the same time.  Count them, TWO!  You can instantly transition between them, except that they have overly elaborate animations to draw and put away.  Also, being able to use both at the same time eliminates the heavy attack, dramatically lowering the versatility of your weapons.  You have a magic staff, that is a standard magic staff, implying the main character isn’t special for being able to use magic like that, when this is exactly the kind of thing that could have been used to distinguish her.  You can either use the regular attack button for a short-ranged homing attack, or aim it for longer ranged attack.  The aimed attack uses the same face button to attack, meaning you cannot aim and shoot at the same time.  And charging it doesn’t seem to actually do anything useful.

All of the weapons are distinct, I will give it that.  Although it takes it too far.  Instead of having a longer spear to give you reach, you use a shorter spear you can parry with.  But, because you can parry with your spear, you CANNOT parry with the shield you pair with your sword.  The shield is also collapsable, and has a secondary magic extension that takes a second to extend.

Again, this is all over and underexplained.  Transitions take too long and not long enough.  The animation for the not-a-Dark-Souls-bonfire takes longer than the actually saving does.  You know how Dark Souls does it?  It has the screen burn for a second, and then you appear sitting down in front of the bonfire.  It does more with less.  How does Dark Souls justify weapon transitions?  It doesn’t.  It also let’s you have two left and two right-hand weapons  The overly elaborate animations in Asterigos take longer, while distracting you from the actual gameplay.  I reference Dark Souls a lot here, because it is 100% going for Dark Souls.  Or, more like 60% Dark Souls?

The plot could have been simplified by... just having you look for your missing father.  The backstory seems to be a way to justify how OP the protagonist is, WHEN YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO.  I mean, have they played a single other video game?  The protagonist often starts off small, and proves themselves over the course of the game.

Oh, the game has you lose your equipment right away.  Start off fresh.  Have to find all of your own equipment.  It then gives you all of your equipment within a few minutes.  This seems like a good idea, until you realize it doesn’t give you a chance to actually experiment with them.

You want her to start with all of her equipment?  Have her flashback to training with her father, then you get to say, learn the size of the parry window, (which just seems extremely sloppy; not too big, not too small, but just sloppy controls).  Or do what every other game does, have her find the equipment over the course of the game.

It has a skill tree, but then doesn’t want it to be all that useful.  It gives you primary stats that you can increase with every level, but there’s only three of them, and they are all incredibly generic.

It honestly seems like they decided to make a game, put all their ideas onto the table, and then tried to use them.

Oh, yeah, the animations are high fidelity on a low-polygon anime model.  It instead strides the uncanny valley.  Like how Battle Angel Alitas looks fucked up in real life, but it was there to mark her as a robot.

[damez1979]

Asterigos' Darkest Secret EXPOSED in Eumenides Fight!

[lesserknownwaifus]

Hilda from Asterigos: Curse of the Stars.

[saltyfishboi]

I have seen so many well known indie games with cute redhead gal protagonists and there's always little to no porn of any of them. I want you all to know I think you're gayer than I am (I like men). Do better. For those who want to help fix this problem, here's my current hitlist (in no particular order): -Praey for the Gods -Asterigos: Curse of the Stars -Tormented Souls -30XX (lighter side but still counts)

[thirstyforred]

im having fun playing Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, don't get me wrong, but the fact that it took me 10 hours to UNLOCK the map is something fucking else

according to steam achievements, only 22% of players reached this point in the game

you get the map only after clearing the main objectives in 5 different environments

if you're anything like me, trying maybe not 100% every place during exploration but going for like solid 75%, then this map, while pretty, is almost useless at this point

[daaberlicious]

Hey Sweetie. What's up?

I've only played Asterigos: Curse of The Stars for less than two hours, but the nice blacksmith girl Vulcane wasn't going long without some art. It's a decent souls-like game so far, at least! XD The video I saw of her on Twitter a while back told me nothing of how genuinely nice and perky she was, so it threw me when she opened up immediately to the protagonist. ...Reminds me of a certain Fox I draw for my comic! View the timelapse video for this piece here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wom4J_W-GPs

[skijarama]

Anyone here ever play Asterigos: Curse of The Stars? It's a pretty good little indie Soulslike. My favorite part about it? The Blacksmith.

Look at her. LOOK AT HER.

And she's really sweet and friendly, too! Which is a lovely change of pace from the rest of the characters in the safe zone hub, who are skeptical, cynical, rude, and do NOT trust your character in the slightest. But this werewolf lady right here is just so delightfully cheerful.

I had no other reason to make this post then to gush a little about her. I should really go back and play that game again.

[galasgamingcorner]

Asterigos Scenery | Arges Plaza

[meimikana]

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January 28th is my birthday, dubbed Meimiday several years ago by my friends (I think it was hojo who started it). For those years, I would spend all day watching streams from said friends playing games for my birthday entertainment. Eleven years ago, however, when asked what I’d like to see I kinda just went “Why don’t you just beat some games?” and so the festivities truly began. Most of us frequent the Backloggery, so it’s kinda easy to see why it has snowballed~

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Hojo Several braindead masochists only need apply achievements in Final Fantasy XIV (resplendent tools, luminary pick and axe) :C: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII :P: Mega Man X Legacy Collection :P: The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince :B: & :C: Abzu

SaintTweeter :B: Demon's Souls (Remake) :B: Samurai Maiden :B: Asterigos Curse of the Stars

Dia :B: Final Fantasy XIII-2 :B: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII :B: Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy

Ginger :B: Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Ange :B: Picross S2 :B: Steamworld Dig 2

Lyndis :C: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island :B: Into the Breach

ConsoleHandheld :B: Picross S Mega Drive & Master System edition (Switch)

Drumble :B: Sniper Elite 4 Deluxe Edition :B: A Short Hike :B: Titanfall 2

rpgamer606 :B: Fire Emblem Engage

TheKnightOfNee :C: Picross S2

ikzune :B: Axiom Verge

Valkoor :B: Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory :B: Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth :C: LostWinds :B: Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Macc :B: Ice Climber (FDS) :C: Quake (Steam) :C: Picross e6 (3DS DL) :B: Picross e7 (3DS DL)

AstraeFeres :B: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

eski514 :B: Diablo II: Lord of Destruction :B: Mario Party :B: Fallout 3 :B: Super Meat Boy :B: Rimworld (w/ Workshop) :B: Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (SNES) :B: Metal Slug 2 :B: Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Khmer and Indonesia Civilization & Scenario Pack :B: Tekken 3 :B: Mega Man 3 :B: Borderlands 2: Mechromancer Pack

FEZ :B: Doom: Epic :C: Kingdom Hearts III: ReMind

Moomba :B: Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Neko :B: Christmas Puzzle

Slythex :B: Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker

CephiYumi :B: Kirby's Adventure :B: Super Mario World :B: Star Fox

Try4ce :B: Quake (PS5)

endaso :B: & :C: Tormented Souls

John :B: Pokemon Scarlet

Paladin356 :C: Wonder Boy: Monster Lair (Arcade)

Honorable Mention: Floony (Always so eager~) :B: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Honorable Mention: ikzune (Australia timezone enthusiasm~) :C: The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki :B: Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!

Honorable Mention: PaperLink64 :P: SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated

Honorable Mention: KasumiBlue :B: Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

Honorable Mention: Geminias :B: Final Fantasy XIII :B: Prey

[maximuswolf]

What game mechanic was introduced way too late into the game?

What game mechanic was introduced way too late into the game? I've seen a couple games now where a new mechanic was introduced about 70 percent into the game. No explanation, no nothing. Often leading to a sudden death or reset.In Asterigos - Curse of the stars, over halfway through the game, suddenly they introduce destructible environments. Ones you can use to drop boulders on enemies. Seen it only once. And only 25 hours into the game.What examples do you have? Was it positive or negative? Submitted June 13, 2024 at 12:59PM by madaboutmaps https://ift.tt/5MKZloG via /r/gaming

[zarathesilentgamer]

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars #41🛡(End) - Zara The Silent Gamer

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars has a lot of potential as a game. It's story is interesting, taking from a mixture of cultures but mostly Ancient Greek. The combat at times has some fun fluid moments.

However, I didn't have as good a time as I had hoped while playing. I feel like the game had it's story figured out but not it's progression path. Which becomes jarring when you're suddenly forced in battles and confrontations that feel forced and added in. At times it felt like I was playing a homebrew game but every time something else looks about to happen, the GM railroads me into a scenario I don't care for.

Also this game doesn't have working map or quest indicators. Maps and quest indicators aren't essential for a game to be good but for a game like this, it was near impossible to find my way around because a lot of alleyways and streets looked too similar to me and I ended up getting lost multiple times. It was very frustrating for me as someone who is geographically challenged in real life.

This game was a bit of a let down for me and, it's a shame because the bones for an amazing game is there. 2/5.

[damez1979]

Asterigos Curse of the Stars: Defeating The Black Warden