Awaken: Astral Blade

Release Date: October 22, 2024

Action, science fiction, platformers, RPG elements, metroidvania, indie games, 2.5D, side-scroll, singleplayer

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An action platformer with elements from RPGs and metroidvania games. Awaken: Astral Blade features Tanya as the protagonist - a bionic girl who explores rainforests and other areas of the Horace Islands. The game allows to make choices to influence the story and its ending.

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Awaken: Astral Blade is an action platform with RPG elements. The game was developed by the independent Chinese studio Dark Pigeon Games.

Plot

The main character of Awaken: Astral Blade is a bionic girl named Tania, who was sent to the rainforest on the fictional Horace Islands to find a missing member of the Investigation Force. The missing person was sent there to investigate the mysterious energy of Karpas, transforming animals and plants into mutated beings called anatemorphs.

How Tania's future unfolds largely depends on our actions and the choices we make. At key moments, the game allows us to make decisions that influence the further course of the story and its ending.

Mechanics

In Awaken: Astral Blade we watch the action from the side. The gameplay is based primarily on traversing locations and engaging in dynamic battles with opponents. Tania is capable of combining attacks into spectacular and deadly combos, performing lightning-fast dodges and parrying blows. On the battlefield, the protagonist primarily uses melee weapons (such as swords or hammers) and a wide range of combat skills.

As we progress, we collect a mysterious substance called Ether, which allows us to develop the heroine, unlocking new abilities and improving the ones we already have. Over time we also acquire better weapons and other useful items, which increase our combat potential.

The game is enriched by arcade challenges that force us to jump on platforms and avoid traps and terrain obstacles, as well as the choices we make. Our decisions affect not only how the story will unfold, but also the direction Tania will take while traversing the Horace Islands. In addition, along the way we find various information about the world around us.