FP can then be spent to increase a character’s effectiveness, up to a maximum of 4 FP to gain +200%. A character can also spend their turn adding 1 temporary FP to the pool, as well. If you hit its resistance or immunity instead, you lose 2 FP.
When you attack an enemy’s weakness, you gain 2 FP. Astria Ascending has a turn-based combat system that adds a new mechanic to its otherwise traditional combat, Focus Points (FP). Noises appear on the field as blue orbs, and coming into contact with one triggers a battle. One section near the end of the preview suffered from a bug that made it unnecessarily tedious until I quit the game and reloaded, but in general, dungeon exploration is fun.
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There are treasure chests to find, a handful of areas that are blocked off until you obtain an upgrade that lets you pass, and a few light puzzles to solve. In dungeons, this 2D presentation lends itself to light platforming elements for exploration, which I enjoyed. The 2D presentation means it’s occasionally difficult to tell what characters can be interacted with and what buildings can be entered, but watching for the interact icon to appear takes care of that. The backgrounds are gorgeous and the character sprites look great, although some of their animations are a bit jerky, such as the cutscene walking animation for certain characters and the clapping animation. The world is presented in a 2D sidescrolling format, and it’s beautiful. In keeping with the Harmony theme, monsters are known as Noises–noise that disrupts the harmony. However, it certainly becomes apparent that while the different races are allied, their relations are far from perfect, so it does come across as a sort of false peace. The occasional reference to punishing people who refuse to eat Harmelons felt sinister, but it remains to be seen if this enforcement of Harmony will prove to be less ideal than the Demigods think. It’s essentially their religion, and everyone is required to eat fruit called Harmelons in order to maintain Harmony. Harmony is a key point in the story that goes beyond a simple hope for peace between the various races that live in the world. You play as the eight Demigods, characters who are granted the power to protect the world and the Harmony between its races–for a short period of time before they must sacrifice their lives.
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For the bottom tom heads I use clear resonant headsįor Kick drums I use a coated EQ4 or the clear EMAD on the batter side and EMAD resonant on the resonant side.Astria Ascending is a turn-based JRPG due out on September 30, and I recently had a chance to play a preview build that took me through the first few chapters, which covers roughly 1/10 of the full game. Sometimes I’ll use coated G1’s depending on the drum and the session.
Pork Pie 5x14 Mahogany w/ maple reinforcement hoopsĬymbals – Sabian- assorted Artisan, HHX, HH and various others.įor snare batter I use Coated G1’s or G2’s or Powercenter. For resonant I use the Hazy 300.įor Toms I use mainly coated G2’s on the batter side. Ludwig Drums – early ‘70’s red sparkle maple kit w/ re-enforced hoopsġ6x22 kick, 8x12 and 9x13 rack toms and 16x16 floor tom Pork Pie Drums (mahogany shells w/ maple reinforcement hoops)ġ5x24 kick, 9x13 rack tom, 16x16 floor tomġ8x22 kick, 9x12 rack tom, 12x14 and 14x16 floor tomsġ6x22 kick, 9x12 rack tom, 16x16 floor tom Pork Pie Drums (silver sparkle w/ maple shells)ġ8x22 kick, 8x10 and 9x12 rack toms,12x14 and 14x16 floor toms
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