Astria Ascending - new JRPG piff (consoles + pc)

[Soymuscle Mike]

This shyt right here looks gorgeous

Astria Ascending is a new RPG made by an indie team with help from Final Fantasy veterans
A large fantasy world comes to life in hand-drawn 2D artwork

Astria Ascending, a gorgeous fantasy Japanese role-playing game from Artisan Studios, was announced Friday during the ID@Xbox showcase. The beautifully drawn game with turn-based combat is scheduled to be released in 2021, Artisan said in a news release.

While Astria Ascending is being developed by Artisan, which is based in Quebec, Canada, and Montpellier, France, it features an array of contributions from reputable names in the JRPG genre — most notably, a score by Hitoshi Sakimoto (Final Fantasy 12, Vagrant Story) and writing from Kazushige Nojima (Final Fantasy 10, Final Fantasy 7 Remake). Along with the game’s reveal trailer, publisher Dear Villagers posted a video interview with Nojima and Sakimoto on its YouTube channel on Friday:

Astria Ascending boasts an expansive fantasy environment in a hand-drawn 2D art style. The announcement trailer is lore-heavy and goes over the basics of the world. Players will get to explore a land called Orcanon, where various mythical races and cultures live in harmony. The world will offer a “fully animated 2D landscape with five cities and a dynamic weather system,” according to Artisan.

Players will take control of the Demigods, whose mission is to fight the Moises — floating ghostlike sphere creatures that threaten the balance of the world. In the game, you’ll “pick from eight customizable player characters spanning a range of fantastical races and skills” as you assemble a team of heroes.

“In Astria Ascending we wanted to explore how people cope in extraordinary times,” said Julien Bourgeois, game director at Artisan Studios, in the news release. “Each hero has their own perspective, but it’s the relationships they form with one another that truly brings the story to life.”

Astria Ascending is in development on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

 

[Take It In Blood]

Looks like Dragons Crowns art style

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Looks like Dragons Crowns art style

Forgot about that game, ass and titties everywhere

 

[Kingshango]

Main character got them Meg Thee Stallion legs.

 

[Mowgli]

side scrolling turn based?

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

 

[Animal House]

This was a iOS mobile game, no way I’d pay more than 5$ for this

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I cant shake the idea that this looks and plays like a mobile game.

 

[Animal House]

I cant shake the idea that this looks and plays like a mobile game.

It was a mobile game that’s why

 

[TheAnointedOne]

JRPGs are dead. No one cares.

 

[Master Teacher]

side scrolling turn based?

All these cheap ass fake retro games are trash, and people eat the shyt up because it reminds them of the games when they were kids

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

Game seems like 70% walking and talking

This that real shyt tho

 

[Champion]

I think the artsyle is ugly. The walking animation in the trailer looks off too.

 

[Northern Son]

Cell phone graphics

 

[Luke Cage]

Did i really just watching a trailer of a bytch walking the whole time?