Astonishia Story

Can Ubisoft's retro style role player turn nostalgia into gold, or will it just feel old?

Genre: Role Playing
Release date: Jun 6, 2006
Published by: Ubisoft
Developed by: Sonnori
4 FLAWED
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Screenshots updated May 31, 2006
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Astonishia Story gets illustrated
New screens of the PSP RPG
Feb 21, 2006
It's tough for nostalgia and great gameplay to co-exist in the same package. Astonishia Story, a very old-school Korean RPG, is the latest to make the attempt, and the latest game to fail utterly. Granted, the nostalgia is largely due to the fact that the game originally appeared on PCs in 1994. But this new translation passes on any updates, with the exception of a comically bad translation. The hero is Lloyd, a knight who's on escort duty when the empire's super-special holy Cainan Staff is ...
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Gorgeous art and simplified strategy - it's the classic RPG you've never played
May 31, 2006
Who doesn't love graphics and gameplay that hearken back to the Super Nintendo days? Lots of people, probably. But there's a healthy audience out there for RPGs done in that classic style, and UbiSoft is angling for their dollars with a North American release of the Korean PSP title Astonishia ...   » Read Full Astonishia Story preview
ESRB Rating
Astonishia Story is rated:
Everyone 10+
Animated Blood, Language, Use of Alcohol, Mild Fantasy Violence
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