Astlibra Revision (made by 1 crazy guy over 15 years)

Cedric · Post by **Cedric** » August 3rd, 2024, 19:58

This is a very good game!

DDC · Post by **DDC** » September 5th, 2024, 01:36

One of my favorites. Some people are not going to like the jank and gameplay loop, but if you want the ultimate evolution of the retro 2D side-scrolling action RPG like the early Ys games, Astlibra pushes it to its logical limit with tons of story, levels, and equipment. Has a lot of big bosses that were supposedly done by one of the vanillaware guys.

The expansion is OK if you couldn't get enough of the sort of repetitive gameplay in the main game, but doesn't have much of a story and Iiked the main game a lot more.

Post by **Mordred** » January 24th, 2025, 10:43

game is good but i would get the orignal version from archive.org they removed a lot of bodyhorror and censored some mildly racist stuff in the steam version.

Post by **maidenhaver** » January 24th, 2025, 11:47

Mordred wrote: ↑ January 24th, 2025, 10:43
game is good but i would get the orignal version from archive.org they removed a lot of bodyhorror and censored some mildly racist stuff in the steam version.

This?
https://archive.org/details/astlibra

Next time, if there's a preferred version, post it.

Post by **Mordred** » January 24th, 2025, 12:15

yes that is the uncesored one.

Brugmans · Post by **Brugmans** » February 15th, 2025, 20:52

I''ve barely started the game and the (supposedly male) protagonist has already: worn a girl's ribbon, been mistaken for a woman, said he'd like to be reincarnated as a woman.
If this is one of those games please tell me now so I don't waste any more time.

Post by **Tweed** » February 15th, 2025, 21:12

Brugmans wrote: ↑ February 15th, 2025, 20:52
I''ve barely started the game and the (supposedly male) protagonist has already: worn a girl's ribbon, been mistaken for a woman, said he'd like to be reincarnated as a woman.
If this is one of those games please tell me now so I don't waste any more time.

RPGHQ GOTY already?!

Brugmans · Post by **Brugmans** » February 19th, 2025, 22:11

It took me an hour to manage to shoot an arrow at a target while jumping up and down in a lava pool, then 10 minutes later I beat the local guardian beast and the reward was lava-proof boots. In retrospect I don't know why I thought that was the intended way to get a pitiful magic crystal, but at least I got a golden chest from the collateral grind.

Brugmans · Post by **Brugmans** » February 23rd, 2025, 00:12

Brugmans wrote: ↑ February 15th, 2025, 20:52
I''ve barely started the game and the (supposedly male) protagonist has already: worn a girl's ribbon, been mistaken for a woman, said he'd like to be reincarnated as a woman.
If this is one of those games please tell me now so I don't waste any more time.

Update: 15 hours in I discover it is, in fact, one of those games.

Recommended if you like action RPGs featuring homosexual couples and a crossdressing main character.

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Very disappointing, I liked the aesthetics and gameplay.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 23rd, 2025, 00:17

Brugmans wrote: ↑ February 23rd, 2025, 00:12

Brugmans wrote: ↑ February 15th, 2025, 20:52
I''ve barely started the game and the (supposedly male) protagonist has already: worn a girl's ribbon, been mistaken for a woman, said he'd like to be reincarnated as a woman.
If this is one of those games please tell me now so I don't waste any more time.
Update: 15 hours in I discover it is, in fact, one of those games.

Recommended if you like action RPGs featuring homosexual couples and a crossdressing main character.

► Show Spoiler

Very disappointing, I liked the aesthetics and gameplay.

I can't read moonrunes.

Brugmans · Post by **Brugmans** » February 23rd, 2025, 00:25

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 23rd, 2025, 00:17

Brugmans wrote: ↑ February 23rd, 2025, 00:12

Brugmans wrote: ↑ February 15th, 2025, 20:52
I''ve barely started the game and the (supposedly male) protagonist has already: worn a girl's ribbon, been mistaken for a woman, said he'd like to be reincarnated as a woman.
If this is one of those games please tell me now so I don't waste any more time.
Update: 15 hours in I discover it is, in fact, one of those games.

Recommended if you like action RPGs featuring homosexual couples and a crossdressing main character.

► Show Spoiler

Very disappointing, I liked the aesthetics and gameplay.
I can't read moonrunes.

I wanted to post proof but typing a translation feels gay, so that's the best I can do.

Post by **WhiteShark** » February 23rd, 2025, 06:22

Brugmans wrote: ↑ February 23rd, 2025, 00:12

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Dialogue wrote:
Amelia...
For us... this may be the end...
Hey, at the last...
shall we love each other again?

The hero...
is truly beautiful...
I'm glad we exchanged that...

I don't have enough context to know exactly what the last line is talking about, but there you go @rusty_shackleford.

EDIT: Corrected the last line; it was indicative, not subjunctive.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 23rd, 2025, 06:24

gay and WOKE @Furin

Cedric · Post by **Cedric** » February 23rd, 2025, 10:29

It's not woke at all, it's more that the developer, like every independent (and quite a few mainstream) Japanese developer, can't resist somehow injecting his fetish into the game.

Didn't bother me because I don't read most of the dialogue. Illiteracy wins again.

Brugmans · Post by **Brugmans** » February 23rd, 2025, 10:31

WhiteShark wrote: ↑ February 23rd, 2025, 06:22

Brugmans wrote: ↑ February 23rd, 2025, 00:12

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Dialogue wrote:
Amelia...
For us... this may be the end...
Hey, at the last...
shall we love each other again?

The hero...
is truly beautiful...
I think it were better had (we? you?) exchanged that...
I don't have enough context to know exactly what the last line is talking about, but there you go @rusty_shackleford.

The context for the latter lines is that she and the hero exchanged clothes.