Asterigos: Curse of the Stars

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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 37 Ratings

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  1. ZogarSag
    Dec 22, 2022
    9
    Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
    To my own surprise this is another game I finished! I could call it action adventure, where you play as young girl Hilda in kinda ancient Greek looking world. Many reviews say Asterigos is Soulslike game, but I don't think so. Yes, there are some features copied from Dark Souls, like bonfire system, respawning enemies if you die, weapon upgrades, big boss    Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
    To my own surprise this is another game I finished! I could call it action adventure, where you play as young girl Hilda in kinda ancient Greek looking world. Many reviews say Asterigos is Soulslike game, but I don't think so. Yes, there are some features copied from Dark Souls, like bonfire system, respawning enemies if you die, weapon upgrades, big boss fights. But really emphasis here is on the story. And the story is quite good, at least it kept me finish the game. It starts very traditional, when you are to track your father, but soon it slowly opens up and takes you into this new strange city, its politics, history and actual problems. From typical errand runner you become a local hero. Of course nothing extraordinary, but nevertheless the presentation of story is good. It has the right pace - there was a point when I thought the big surprise is awaiting me ahead, but unfortunately in the end story took safe traditional route. Too bad they didn't went that way.
    On the negative side there is too mach of unnecessary text and lore, NPCs talk and talk even after you got what they want from you - I bet many players start skipping all unvoiced dialogs and avoid reading lore texts at half of the game. It is understandable that authors wanted to make everything clear and comprehensible, it is obvious they put a great effort in the world and story they created, but really it is a bit overdone here, it would be no harm if they cut half of it out.
    Combat, which is most of what you do in game, besides talking with NPCs, reminded me more of Kingdoms of Amalur than Dark Souls. You have given set of weapons, which you can upgrade for better damage, and you can choose to use two of them at same time, like daggers and spear. Some weapons are more OP than others, especially staff, which turns into sniper gun. They all have their own special attacks and skills, which you can learn along the game. Some of those skills are also OP to the point when you become immune to damage while continue beating enemies. This turns boss fights into easy cheese, so no Dark Souls here.
    I liked main character and especially her voice actress - must say voice acting in Asterigos are top notch! While Hilda is obviously a powerful girl, who can beat almost everyone and everything and there are other main characters women of power, I didn't felt like it was some of that modern diversity crap forced on players, it really felt right in place without any hidden "message" lurking behind every corner.
    Another bad thing for me was that there wasn't enough armor or dress for such a game, especially when main character is a girl. As any other man I have soft spot for those bad ass sexy looking women, too bad you can get best looking armor only after you beat the game :-(

    In conclusion I give Asterigos 9/10, being one of rare games I ever finished! It took me 56 hours to complete it, playing mostly few hours at evening for 3 weeks. I was afraid, as with many other games, there will be a point where I had no more will to load it up, but somehow story and combat kept me going. So if you like action adventure it is worth a try!    … Expand
  2. godder
    Oct 13, 2022
    9
    This is for sure one of the better souls-likes. I do not care about the story or the at times cringe dialog.

    I recommend playing it on hardest and choosing gamepad layout C as a Souls player. I had my challenge with some bosses so far. Fighting system feels great and is fun. The backtracking and Side quests are annoying to me without a map and a quest marker. This game is not so    This is for sure one of the better souls-likes. I do not care about the story or the at times cringe dialog.

    I recommend playing it on hardest and choosing gamepad layout C as a Souls player. I had my challenge with some bosses so far. Fighting system feels great and is fun.

    The backtracking and Side quests are annoying to me without a map and a quest marker. This game is not so serious, and therefore it should not copy all the souls tropes IMO.

    Imagine playing this kind of game without a gamepad and giving it a 0 rating because you can not rebind keys. Seriously! And BTW, you can use steam to rebind EVERYTHING, no need for the game to support it.    … Expand
  3. teddiedanh
    Oct 14, 2022
    10
    In short, this game is definitely worth playing for any action game fan in general (not just soulslike) but it's not 10/10. I gave it 10 to offset all the rated 0 reviews from idiots who keep complaining about the key bindings which I am pretty sure will be fixed very soon by the dev team. Given this is from a indie Taiwanese dev, it's actually more fun and polished than many action gamesIn short, this game is definitely worth playing for any action game fan in general (not just soulslike) but it's not 10/10. I gave it 10 to offset all the rated 0 reviews from idiots who keep complaining about the key bindings which I am pretty sure will be fixed very soon by the dev team. Given this is from a indie Taiwanese dev, it's actually more fun and polished than many action games I have played recently (Soulstice, Valkyrie Esylum)… Expand
  4. Domacvk
    Oct 13, 2022
    8
    Nostalgic, feels like game from ps2 era and thats not bad. Its not like souls like, its adventure rpg with combat similar to souls like but not even close as hard even on hardest difficulty. 7,5/10
  5. Dubeau
    Oct 29, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Asterigos was a fun game. The story was interesting. It touch immortality and slavery. I though the theme of immortality wasn't explored enough. No real humour in here. There is fast travel but it is given too late in the game, and that was an odd decision on how it was given. It makes some items completely useless. There was many secrets, I have unlock some of them but the side quests system and navigation makes thing difficult to complete.

    The combat is smooth but then, I only develop two weapons to the max. In that aspect, the upgrade system is really based on the weapons and elemental powers. I don't recommend you try to level everything. The graphics are pretty cool. I think the design of levels however, were way too complicated. It is hard in the first levels to know where to go. When Minerva gives you a second sets of 4 missions, I had to look on the internet on how to get to those areas. So, the game does a poor job at that. The music was good. Sounds effects were decent. I give it 72%. If it wasn't for the hurdle and pain of navigating certain levels, the game was fun to explore and play (with a controller). The ending was good, but it finish with 2d slides...like they didn't have the time to finish it. That was abrupt and surprising in the wrong way.    … Expand
  6. ascjneto
    Jun 2, 2023
    6
    This is not souls like, and combat doesn't feel good or responsive.
    There isn't really many things to praise in this game, exploration is not compelling, story and narrative may be the best things but yet not that good.
    This is an indie game, so one should set expectations accordingly, otherwise it will be frustrating experience.
  7. Armin4
    Oct 19, 2022
    8
    its not a masterpiece but its a great souls-like game
    and you really need a controller for smooth gameplay
  8. watchm824
    Feb 28, 2023
    5
    The game didn't interest me. Everything is very monotonous and primitive. The controls and combat in the game are terrible.
  9. spreyz
    Oct 22, 2022
    9
    After 5 hours and playing around with the skill tree a lot, i have to give this game a good rating, the bosses arent too hard, but a good challenge.
    The weapons are very unique and fun to combo with.
    Very pretty and the sound design is fantastic.
  10. Tonio94
    Oct 17, 2022
    10
    Gran bel gioco molto divertente storia e mondo di gioco molto ben strutturati ha qualche problemino ma ci può stare per un indie
  11. AlucardGrim
    Oct 18, 2022
    5
    the game is alright

    the gameplay and fluidity of the weapon swapping are great but that is about it the story is alright nothing you havent seen before but certainly not AAA material or even AA the worst thing about the game is you have to go to a loading screen go up to the storage chick to get any items you have used so far and than go back through another loading screen    the game is alright

    the gameplay and fluidity of the weapon swapping are great but that is about it

    the story is alright nothing you havent seen before but certainly not AAA material or even AA

    the worst thing about the game is you have to go to a loading screen go up to the storage chick to get any items you have used so far

    and than go back through another loading screen

    this is simply unacceptable and there should be no reason to not just fill up your items on death instead of this horrible system and I'm willing to say whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired/never work in gaming again

    before you say "git good" everything isn't very hard and its actually quite easy at times but stiff movements from enemies and walking mundane like towards you while also being janky as hell is not a good way to make a game    … Expand
  12. bokarsh-z
    Feb 24, 2023
    7
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    worth it full price but not worth to buy DLC even DLC free.
    ========== - 25 - 45 hour long. -repetitive combat, little enemies type, stupid enemy ai, interesting story but boring long dialogs,they give u teleport late game and bad glory ending. -side quests hard to navigation and must remember what they said there's no side quests list to remember. -good content, u have 6    ==========
    worth it full price but not worth to buy DLC even DLC free.
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    - 25 - 45 hour long.

    -repetitive combat, little enemies type, stupid enemy ai, interesting story but boring long dialogs,they give u teleport late game and bad glory ending.

    -side quests hard to navigation and must remember what they said there's no side quests list to remember. -good content, u have 6 different weapon type, good main and secret bosses.    … Expand
  13. z3th
    Nov 16, 2022
    5
    Great aesthetic, artstyle, and soundtrack, marred by lackluster Souls-inspired combat that leans more on the forgiving side but also ends up showing that you instead are your own worst enemy in a world as bland and uninspiring as your entire arsenal. Combat is a mix of smooth and clunky, which translates to mostly clunky that has the camera and egregious input lag constantly sabotagingGreat aesthetic, artstyle, and soundtrack, marred by lackluster Souls-inspired combat that leans more on the forgiving side but also ends up showing that you instead are your own worst enemy in a world as bland and uninspiring as your entire arsenal. Combat is a mix of smooth and clunky, which translates to mostly clunky that has the camera and egregious input lag constantly sabotaging you. Two weapons + comboing + skills and perks sound great on paper, but in reality every single weapon outside of their unique mechanic/technique and a few of their specials reeks of boring and uninspired. Every attack combination is wholeheartedly inconsequential, and offers nothing to personalize or spice up your combat gameplay outside of showing you that some of the game budget went into varied animations, and that they also deal some damage, and that's about it. Hitboxes can also be a bit wonky at times, leading to unintentional difficulty spikes especially in boss fights where I couldn't help but just chuckle at how ending up on the resting ass end of an swung axe still dealt full damage -- or even standing behind them!

    All in all, good effort from what appears to be a new studio, and there are far, far, far worse games you can make to start your studio off with. Is it worth buying? I would say so; give it a try if you can get it as a discount -- that's right, at a discount to the already admittedly discount entry level price. Otherwise, don't bother.    … Expand
  14. kesik93
    Dec 8, 2022
    7
    Pretty solid TPP action RPG game with lite Souls elements. It's very accessible and fairy easy compared to some others Soulslike game. Combat is not bad and level design is pretty good. But its just lack some depth both in the story and gameplay.

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71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 16
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  1. Cubed3
    May 13, 2025
    50
    For what is the debut creation of a small indie studio, Asterigos: Curse of the Stars is quite the impressive feat, and the team behind it should be proud of what has been accomplished here. A very good video game, however, this is not. Combat and generally the controls are good, the developer worked really hard to provide tons of world building, the whole thing looks pretty, and everything works as intended…but it’s just not that exciting. Almost everything on offer here sits exactly in the middle of the fun factor spectrum. It’s an okay game that lasts about 40 hours.
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  2. IGN Japan
    Nov 20, 2022
    70
    While Asterigos has excellent graphics and music, basic elements like the combat system feel cheap, making the package as a whole feel like an unbalanced Soulsborne title.
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  3. Screen Rant
    Nov 14, 2022
    60
    Asterigos has a great world design and a combat system that is similar to the Souls series, while being faster and more action-oriented. It's just the exploration elements that let the game down, as the city of Aphes can sometimes feel a little too empty for its own good, and its residents a little too verbose. Those who don't mind backtracking and skipping dialogue should be able to see through the muddy parts and enjoy Asterigos' finer points.
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