Why you should play Astalon: Tears of the Earth | Cannot be Tamed
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ย. 2021
- Today I'm reviewing a metroidvania from this year that absolutely hooked me. It brings a retro aesthetic with amazing gameplay and exploration. It's available pretty much everywhere - XBox, PlayStation, Switch, PC, Mac, Linux.
#Astalon #metroidvania #2dplatformer
All game footage is my own, recorded on an XBox One S with an AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus. Music comes from the game soundtrack.
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Hiya Pam, I'm one of the artists on Astalon and I just wanted to say thanks for playing & reviewing it! Really glad you enjoyed!
No problem at all! Fantastic work on the game.
Please make a sequel to this fantastic game!!!
Hi there @wanyo . I just got the chance to play majority of this game and I really enjoyed the artwork from this. Thank you so much.
Many of the stage designs and backgrounds blew me away . It truly felt like NES style art quality, but on a much higher scale that could have probably pushed the NES graphics to there limits if it was made during that era. I was that impressed. Thank you again for helping in the making of this game.
Thanks for your time.
great game!
This game looks awesome. This is what I love about indie games. When devs take a classic retro style and give us more of it. Like what we couldn't get with actual retro games.
This was the lost opportunity of the 32 bit systems in the late 90s to early 00s. We now had the computing power to have normal games with arcade style graphics but the trend at the time aimed for 3D games instead.
But this game just nailed the NES aesthetic beautifully. The graphics actually triggered some childhood nostalgia for me so it's on the right track.
I find myself coming back to this game every now and then on my off days from work. My favorite character to play as is Bram for the obvious nods in his character. Thanks for another cool review!
Those squared scenarios, the design, colored keys, I bet this has some inspiration in one of my favorite games of all time and super underrated which is Castlequest.
This I thing I will love it.
Really coming to appreciate your channel and all of the great recommendations. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much
Thanks Pam, looks cool! 🙆♀️
Thanks for the review. Have to pick this up sometime.
Looks great, thanks for the review!
Ooooh this looks amazing!!
glad you covered this one, i absolutely loved the game
love the music + art ... Will add this to my list
This looks awesome. I had never heard of it! After doing a quick search, I see Limited Run games is planning a physical release. I will wait for that while I finish some other games. Sweet video.
Was able to catch a stream of Pam playing this! It looked pretty cool.
Love you guys 💖
This looks to be right up my alley! Thanks for the review, and bringing it to my attention!
Any time!
Looks like this should be on my Steam Wishlist. your enthusiasm for the game made me smile.
Great review ! as usual, thanks Pam.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the showcase! This game wasn't on my radar, but it is now! The visuals of this game look amazing. I personally could do without the screen shake effect, but that's just personal preference. Overall, this game looks great and will be adding it to my wish list. Thanks Pam!
Oh, man, I've been meaning to get that. Thanks for reminding me.
This looks like a great game i somehow missed. I'll be picking it up on Steam asap. Thanks for highlighting it in this vid 👍.
This was a really enjoyable review! I never knew about this game. Now I totally want it.
Thanks for this recommendation! I never would have heard of this game without your review. I'm having a blast so far. It really captures that old school feel.
Awesome, glad you're enjoying it.
You have a nice home decoration and made an entertaining video. The very two things I was looking for on TH-cam today. Great review.
Thank you!
Been curious about this one for a bit. Looks like it’s right up my alley. The music you used in the background is great, so if the rest of the soundtrack is that strong, it’s a winner. Thanks for the review!
No problem! It's a great soundtrack.
Thanks for the recommendation.
Awesome vid. Love your content ❤️
Thanks!
Heck yeah, great review Pam! Definitely my favorite indie release of the year.
I still have PTSD from mapping out Legacy of the Wizard when I was 8 years old. This game looks fantastic but it's bringing back bad memories 😂
Lol, I was just about to comment that the art style reminds me hard of Legacy of the Wizard.
Dude- I STILL don’t know the proper approach to Legacy of the Wizard 🤣
@@LetsTalkGames321 The U Can Beat Video Games channel has a great video on that one; it's my second-favorite game on the NES after Esper Dream 2.
@@MotherKojiro i’ve actually never heard of Esper Dream I’ll need to look into that one
Thanks for the review. There are way too many games for me to play these days, so it's nice to experience some vicariously. The inspiration from NES platformers, SotN, and Axiom Verge is clear but looks pretty well done. The fact you 100%ed it speaks highly.
This looks awesome, and the review is well done. I was recommended a review yesterday that was also on great. Why weren't you recommended to me years agooooo?!
i saw this the other day! i want to try it on my next day off!
Uhm well this looks amazing! Complimented wonderfully by delicious sprite design 😻
This looks friggin awesome. Thanks for the recommendation. These 8 bit style games take us back to our childhood days lol
So silly, but it makes you feel like you go back in time, to when life was less stressful and the games seemed magical and epic. :)
Great job.
I love this review from my favourite genre.
G’Day & Thanks for a great review. I’ll be grabbing this as one of my next MetroidVanias :) Cheers
Have fun!
Highly underated channel! Great Review Thanks!!!
I was looking for a retro platformer to play over the holidays, this seems like the right fit. I just discovered your channel and I'm really enjoying your content!
Thanks so much, welcome to the channel!
One of my faves this year.
I'm so glad you featured this, after this review I put this game in my backlog and now that I'm finally playing it I'm hooked. I feel like this is the kind of indie game that might fly under the radar if it wasn't for videos like yours.
Glad you're liking it!
Great content as always. Also, nice silksong shirt
Thanks!
Great review. Think I'm gonna pick this up
Hope you enjoy it!
@@Cannotbetamed1
Well, I bought it and finished it. Excellent game. Loved the art style, gameplay, and music. Thanks for highlighting this game Pam 😃
Looks charming. Definitely will get it. Thanks for the recommendation.
You're welcome, hope you enjoy it.
Ooooo, I've had this on my GOG wishlist for a while; glad to hear it's good!
It reminds me of Konami’s “Knightmare II The maze of Galious” on the MSX. I am pretty sure the developers got inspiration from that game.
Oh cool, thanks for review. Def. put this on my list, my type of game.
Hope you enjoy it!
Hey Pam, I stumbled upon your channel and found this video. Bought the game based on your suggestion. Great game. Thanks for the video!
No problem, so glad you like the game.
Another Great Game Review!! Keep Up The Great Time And Effort Pam .
Thanks!
"You can't have pleasure without pain, This game exemplifies that" What an awesome description! This looks fun, Like a Castlevania game on the Nes. So many great games i have discovered through your channel this year - Ender Lilies, Ayo The Clown, Boyfriend Dungeon and i am sure this one won't disappoint.
Hope you like it as much as I did
@@Cannotbetamed1 castlevania nes games classics from my childhood 😊
Ayo the Clown is not one I've heard of!
Where Heard it ay is "no pain no gain". Stitch for aventure nay, just easy bosses.
Love that shirt. Feb 2022 can't come soon enough.
Just played the demo last week and I liked it! Thanks for the review!
No problem!
This looks like a super cool game, I'm gonna look it up! Great video Pam!
Thanks!
bought it a couple days ago thanks to this review, it's great 👍
Glad you're enjoying it!
I was on the fence about this game. Thanks for a quality review because now I am excited to play this.
Hope you enjoy it!
Glad someone put this on my radar
The sprite work in this game is beautiful. I can’t believe I haven’t heard of this. Great review as always 😎
Thanks!
looks really cool
awesome game i played thru it when it first came out. the willow reference when you get the swordsman is absolutely epic
They crammed a lot of references into the introduction of that character.
@@Cannotbetamed1 yea i noticed that. all in all thought that game was really fun. Kinda took me back to being a kid and playing stuff like that on the NES
Thank you madame, metroidvanias are my favourite kind of game, and your reviews are always accurate, professional and nicely done 🖤
:)
Just finished the game. Great review!
Thank you!
I totally dug this game after playing the demo. I immediately added it to my Wishlist but I’m waiting for a sale on the digital version just because this one screams “Future Limited Run Physical Release” which I’ll be happy to buy as well.
u called it
This looks fun. Just put it on my wishlist for the Switch. Thanks 😄😄😄
Have fun!
Was looking for a new game to play on Switch while I wait for my new PC to arrive. PURCHASED. ty
Hope you nejoy!
This week is the last chance to get a physical release on Switch, & PS4 from Limited Run Games. Dont miss out!
Convinced me to buy this one. Great review.
Thanks!
Excited to give this game a try.
I'll put it again on my wish list 😉
I played this last month, I couldn't stop playing until I finished it, I was having so much fun.
It looks fun. I might get it sometime.
Never heard of this one, but I'm sold.
Cool timing. Limited Run Games is doing a physical release for this game. I'll pick one up.
I love this Game , is like i'm back in the 80's , my childhood.
Game Sounds and looks like a NES Game. A Mix between Castlevania and Dark Souls.
Amazing Game.
It was very cool to click on this video and see my work in the background. Thank you!
I love your work! It's so cool that you commented.
Just wanted to say that I bought this game because of your video here. Thanks for bringing this game to my attention. It's quite excellent.
Glad you like it!
@@Cannotbetamed1 Just got the Platinum Trophy this am after unlocking and beating all the new modes. I thoroughly enjoyed the 4 weeks or so I played through this all. Thanks again for the video. Definitely will keep an eye on these developers.
just by watching the art I would love to play it.
look fun!
I gotta pick this one up. It seems like Shovel Knight in Metroidvania format, whiiiiccchhh is a freggin awesome concept. I dig it :D Good stuff!
Looks great but I’m seriously wanting Ender Lily first the artwork is so beautiful!
Always great content,I’m a big retro game player and like old school Metroidvania games like Astalon, looks like a gem and will keep it on my Radar. This game reminds me of the style of Aggelos which has that retro metroidvania and love letter to the Monsterworld series,definitely recommend. I really enjoyed your Metroidvania ranking video you did and was happy to see Wonderboy in Monsterworld on there. I’m a big fan of those games and if you liked Monsterboy in the Cursed Kingdom you would like Wonderboy The Dragons Trap,I played the original on Sega Master System but in new version you can play both in retro and new graphic upgrade. Highly recommended The Dragons Trap and Asha in Monsterworld,which original was on Mega Drive called Monsterworld 4,but newer version has great graphics. The Monsterworld retrospective can get confusing cause so many games but keep doing what you do Pam👍 I like paying it forward with games you may not know about and just like you do to the gaming community let us know about these great gems that may get overlooked.
I just picked up Wonder Boy and the Dragon's Trap recently, looking forward to trying it.
Looks fun! Def gives me Metroidvania + Mega Man + Towefall Ascension vibes, all great game styles. I'll put it on my list. Great review, very interesting.
Thanks!
Huh, never heard of this game but it looks good! I shall have to try it out some time.
I tried the demo and liked what I played. I might try and get the physical release when it ships.
Wow, this seems to capture the feel of an NES action adventure better than most other indie games in this style 😍
I haven't heard of this game at all, but I will certainly play it now, thanks to your video 😊 So thank you! 🤩
No problem, hope you like it as much as I did.
What I had heard before didn’t sell me either but now I’m in. I dig the graphics.
If only I had a friend like you in real life. Great video as always Pam!
Thanks!
Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a real gem of a game and is one of the games that impressed me the most that I have played this year. At first I was concerned about the rather few ways to refill hit points of the characters, but getting used to the death mechanic in the game and learning that there are benefits to dying was fun to discover. Powering up the characters felt rewarding and strategically dying to do so was unexpectedly fun. Also, it is worth getting to 100% map completion because doing so will result in an alternate ending.
Yes! Dying was never all that bad because you got to buy power ups and stop by the beast hunter to get extra orbs. And it could be faster if you wanted to go to another area of the map.
Interesting looking game. i will add it to the "to play" list. Thanks.
I bought this game acouple of months ago and loved it. Definitely scratched an itch for early 90s games
Yes, for sure.
The character selection style sort of reminds me of Legacy of the Wizard on the NES, but more user friendly/streamlined.
This looks like a fun game. I'm going to try it out.
Have fun!
Great review! :) There are some criminally underrated Metroidvanias, Astalon is definitely one of them. It was my favourite Metroidvania of 2021, and probably my game of the year as well. I really hope it was a success and Labs Works can release the sequel to Castle in the Darkness soon. :)
I finished this when it was first released.. Cool game!
You know I'm wondering if that final 1% is the secret dev room that doesn't even appear on the map even you buy the "reveal all" powerup. I also know there's an area that you can only run into via one of those teleporter puzzles.
I have been playing Prodigal on PC. Very Gameboy Colorish Zelda type game. A little dark when it rains but playable. I tried this one out and liked it too though. Still waiting for Beholgar to come out personally.
Looks very good, might be a good idea to grab it on Switch, thanks!
Looks like I'm buying this on switch tomorrow!
Oh yeah. This game is so good. I beat it about a month or so ago but I still need to go back and do the Black Knight mode.
Done and done. I didn't even finished watching this video. I stopped at 1 minute in just to go put this on my wish list and buy it when they have a discount sale for it.
Looks awesome from just these first few frames of it and I didn't want any spoilers. lol
I'll gladly come back here in the future and watch the rest of your video to comment on this after finishing this game.
Thank you for sharing this Pam. Glad I found a new video game to check out thanks to your video.👍
Hope you have fun with it!
@@Cannotbetamed1 Thanks Pam. Will do and I'll gladly let you know the results.
It'll be a while though before I get since I'm waiting for it to go on sale.
Feel free to share this advice to anyone if you like too.
If your looking for a way to save some money on buying digital only games on a gaming console you can save some money and buy more digital games if someone shops on the Nintendo E-shop for the Switch.
If you put a game you want on your wish list cart and wait patiently it will eventually go on sale.
You may need to check the shop yourself too since sometimes you may not get a notification via email.
Sometimes these digital games go on sale happen very quickly and can last a good amount time before the sale expires.
Some of these sales may stay avialable for nearly a month. 😃
Best part since your earning the Nintendo's currency ( gold points ) as well from each purchases if you save up enough of those gold points
you can pick up some digital games on sale at COST ONLY when you use only gold points for the purchase.
( As in there's no sales tax added since you are just trading in your gold points to acquire the digital game. )
This is a great way to buy Switch digital games on there that sometimes go normally for a high price.
Example: I have seen some digital games on there at times that may cost $14.99 to $19.99 drop to only costing sometimes
around $1.99 to $4.99 range.
You be surprised how much % can be saved off the digital games and the best part if you saved up a lot of gold points you can pick up these high priced titles normally at the prices I just mention above for some of them so you don't use up a lot of gold points.
As a saying goes: Patience can pay off.
Speaking of Digital games on the E-Shop have you ever played Strikey Sisters, BotVice, or any of the other titles released by this company known as
DYA GAMES?
Some of them had demos, but I don't know if they still do.
If you loved the BGM style music from the SNES Original Power Rangers game
BotVice has an amazing soundtrack that sounds similar to it. It also feels like a arcade game/SNES style full of action and many stages.
I still hope they make a sequel to this it was really that good.
Strikey Sisters is the same in regards to feeling like an arcade game that's like Arknoids style game.
But its really fun and up to 2 players can play it. It also has a world map after completing stages.
That's it for now on this until I come back to talk about this game sometime.
Thanks again for your time Pam.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Hi Pam I'm back as promised. I just finished playing majority of this game and beat the basic ending.
I still haven't unlocked all of the extras yet just for the record when typing this. It took me a good week to do this.
I have to say...(nodding with acknowledgment ) that wasn't bad.
Your not kidding though. The "pain and pleasure" was the perfect metaphor when it comes to this game.
You have to have patience. Lots of it.
There were some parts that were annoying at times having to keep backtracking to change your
characters at first. Yet if your someone that is use to playing NES games growing up they can easily get use to this kind of grind with this game.
( I also get what you meant by the grip of not being able to see what your purchased items in the game do before buying them.
That could have really helped with saving some game time. )
I enjoyed to choices you could do with the characters throughout the game. I liked the variety each had and what each brought in there personalities.
My main was Arias the most since his defense and quick attacks (once powered up ) made things much easier. Especially in boss battles. I actually did the straight path so for me some of the early boss battles were tough .
However once I figured out there battle patterns it was no problem. Just took longer since I wasn't as powered up at first.
The shortcuts really helped too and I agree with you they were VERY satisfying to find when you find them along with uncovering secrets and items.
There were times I found a shortcut or item them in the game and I was saying to myself: YES! THANK YOU!!!
Now I can finally complete this area from earlier. LOL.
Again very satisfying. It definitely and truly felt like I playing an NES quality kind of game all over again.
I really appreciated the details they put into making this game.
My take after playing this game:
If you love metroidvania style games along with NES style graphics and music I highly recommend this game. Well worth the purchase.
I'll even take it a step further and say if this was an actual NES game cartridge released game during that era
I could easily see it being the price now of what you would have to pay for those very hard to find rare NES games.
That to me is how amazing the quality of this game is in that manner.
Again Pam thank you so much for making this video and I'm glad I found it.
I would have missed out on this game if it wasn't for finding your video . I'm glad I got the chance to play this game,
Keep up the good work.
I watched this and then bought the game and my wife and I have been taking turns trying to complete it
After playing this game and approaching 100%, I gotta say this is one of my favourite indie metroidvania's hands down. Once again, I probably would have just ignored it had I not stumbled across this video. Thanks again, Pam! =D
Glad you enjoyed it!
This looks awesome. The NES is my favourite console so these types of games are a joy on modern consoles. Thanks Pam