Daniel Keast

Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Games I've Completed

I’m not actually sure when I bought this game, but it’s in my Steam library. It was probably in a Humble Bundle. I saw it being mentioned online as an excellent Metroidvania, so I thought I’d give it a go.

Graphically the game is similar to Shovel Knight, it has a low resolution pixel art style where the characters have a very low colour depth to replicate the look of the NES I think. It actually reminds me of the ZX Spectrum quite often in fact, and makes me want to play Myth: History in the Making again.

There are three characters in the game that you can switch between, each having their own abilities and weapon. At first you can only switch when at save points, later on you can switch any time you are stood on the ground. The allows access to many more areas of the map.

I liked the game quite a lot, the map is very well designed and I liked the upgrades of the characters. It did feel like there were quite a few bugs I encountered through it though.