ASTALON TEARS OF THE EARTH MONSTER MODE FULL

I immediately got on that task and discovered the Banish Spell, which allows Algus and Zeek to damage ghost-type enemies. There is a challenge where it requires to defeat the Black Knight after collecting 100% of the items and having the whole map revealed, so I'm guessing this is where the true ending is hidden. Even there you can see little details like Kyuli wearing her griffon boots. During said credits you can see what has happened with all the characters and how they saved their village. To my surprise Epimetheus does take Algus' soul and the homunculus didn't serve as a decoy, but you can see it in the end credits, so it may serve as a copy of Algus for future adventures. Monsters edged in red are bosses who also do not respawn. Defeating him makes the tower crumble, but not before he manages to throw one last shot at Algus. Astalon: Tears of the Earth Monsters edged in green are minibosses that do not respawn when killed. At one point he even fuses with the last Gorgon.

ASTALON TEARS OF THE EARTH MONSTER MODE FULL

The fight with him had multiple phases and you'd need to utilise your party to its full potential.

The final showdown against the Black Knight was at hand. This so far is my game of the year and that's saying something considering I've managed to play some pretty unique titles. You also have a lot of replayability with the alternate game modes giving you a different way to experience the game. Astalon: Tears Of The Earth is an action-platformer set in a dying world where life is cruel, but death can be a stepping stone to victory Use the unique skills and weapons of Arias the fighter, Kyuli the rogue, and Algus the wizard, to surmount the mysterious tower and find the answers to their survival. The story is well told with the character interactions, which gives them distinct personalities. There's plenty of secrets to discover, which gives you a good sense of progression. The backgrounds deserve a special mention since they managed to achieve some striking images with the 8-bit aesthetic. The gameplay is responsive, the level design is superb and there's a huge variety of enemies and environments. He can't talk to Epimetheus for upgrades and I didn't see a way for him to recover health, so going through the tower with him will be a challenge.Īstalon Tears of the Earth is a fantastic game and an easy recommendation for any Metroidvania fan. They will deal damage to the player a few times before shattering and giving the player a roman numeral item (II, then IV, then VIIII). This unlocked a new mode where you go through the tower with the Black Knight, who has a high jump, can throw energy balls at the cost of some HP and his sword can damage every enemy and destroy blocks. The face statues can be broken by attacking them. The ending was slightly altered by seeing Algus triumphantly return with the rest of the crew. This time around Algus did use the homunculus as his replacement to evade capture by Epimetheus, who despite being tricked found some respect for Algus' craftiness. Now having all the items and completing the map, I faced the final boss once more. The secret developer area is not part of the map completion. In my defence it was really hard to notice it and I thought the game glitched on me because it erroneously showed that I was missing an item in one of the rooms. I think I had 110 HP at the end, but I'm not 100% sure I got everything I could.Finally managed to discover a room I was missing to obtain 100% of the map.

Most of the equipment upgrades don't do anything but the Icarus Wing does make you faster (and the Dead Maiden's Ring still alerts you to hidden walls)Īnd you'll have to learn to live with the fact that you won't be able to actually reach every room or get every health upgrade. The attack shards also help, and your orb count does increase your attack power but it's at a logarithmic rate and very quickly hits diminishing returns even with increasing orb payouts. The most important by far are the red shards that increase your max HP. I'd recommend moving forward pretty incrementally and backtracking a bit to save rooms to keep progress you've made w/o losing a lot of health. Also if you save somewhere with low HP (and not near blood) you'll probably regret it. It kind of takes some getting used to though, you have to be really careful with his jumps or else you'll die a lot to spikes. I liked Black Knight mode even if it was pretty frustrating at times.

Astalon tears of the earth monster mode