Astor: Blade of the Monolith

Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients

Release Date: May 30, 2024

RPG, TPP, fantasy, adventure elements, indie games, action RPG, singleplayer

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A third-person RPG starring a young boy named Astor. Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients tasks us with traversing a fantasy world, eliminating hordes of enemies and finding a way to save the realm from dark forces.

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Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients is a fast-paced action RPG. It was developed by a Colombian indie team C2 Game Studios and published by Versus Evil.

Plot

Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients is set in Gliese - a fantasy world threatened by dark forces. The game's protagonist is Astor; he embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the world's past, solve the mystery of how its ancient inhabitants vanished and find a way to save the land.

Mechanics

Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients is a third-person game. The game is set in many various locations - beautiful outdoors, mysterious ruins and ancient temples. Astor can transport himself to the spirit realm, letting him reach inaccessible places and acquire valuable hints.

On the way, he must face many opponents; regular enemies and powerful bosses. Combat is fast-paced, requiring constant movement, dodging, counter-attacking and chaining our moves into flashy combos. We can wield many different melee and ranged weapons (we can switch between them at any time, even mid-combo), as well as combat skills.

The mightiest of these is Runic Swarm, mysterious energy Astor wields to materialize weapons, tools, distractions, shields and allies. It also lets him execute powerful finishing moves.

As we progress through the game, we acquire orbs used to develop the protagonist. Over time, we unlock new skills and combos, letting us face greater challenges.

Technical aspects

Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients features colorful, cartoonish visuals. It runs on the Unreal Engine 4.

Last updated on February 21, 2020

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6.9

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Game is Recomended by 37% of Critics. There are 28 Critic Reviews.

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Shacknews: 7 / 10 by Lucas White

Astor: Blade of the Monolith reflects one of the coolest aspects of video games as a medium with a deep history of iteration. You can take a familiar set of concepts, add new context, and come up with something that stands on its own rather than feeling like a ripoff. Astor does this with an impressive sense of knowledge and understanding of not only Zelda-style exploration, but character action-style combat. The latter is much more niche and specialized, therefore harder to pull off. It’s not quite a bullseye, but gets respectfully close and has me curious about further updates, as well as what this studio does next.

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COGconnected: 70 / 100 by Mark Steighner

Astor: Blade of the Monolith is a great introduction to the Soulslike mechanics that dominate ARPGs right now. I can see it appealing to younger or novice gamers. It’s family-friendly, colorful, and pretty satisfying to play. More hardcore action fans will probably find it too familiar and not quite as polished as their favorites. Overall, Astor: Blade of the Monolith brings together a collection of tried-and-true mechanics in a pretty satisfying way.

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Nintendojo: by Caleb Fink

Given the small team that it was made by, they have done a nice job delivering an entertaining experience. It just falls short by trying to be too many things in its gameplay and not having enough depth in its story to deliver the best experience possible.

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