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Astra: Knights of Veda, the first video game from the company behind K-pop megastars BTS, looks like a 2D Elden RingReal-time combat with RPG progression in a dark fantasy world.
Real-time combat with RPG progression in a dark fantasy world.
Image credit:Hybe IM/Flint
Image credit:Hybe IM/Flint
[ASTRA: Knights of Veda] Official Reveal Trailer | gamescom 2023Watch on YouTube
[ASTRA: Knights of Veda] Official Reveal Trailer | gamescom 2023
The game’s reveal trailer shows off characters wielding swords, spells and bows - while dodge-rolling for their lives - against a variety of enemies including knights in hulking armour, red-eyed knights on horseback, a hairy dog beast straight out ofBloodborneand a mountain of muscle that reminded me ofElden Ring’s Hoarah Loux.
If that wasn’t enough to convince you of Astra’s “…butDark Souls” credentials, there are also some shots of gothic cathedrals, dragons, big golden doors that open verrrrrrry slowly and some kind of weird fetus that ties into the game’s story surrounding a dark plague, mysterious rituals and a Mad King.
Image credit:Hybe IM/Flint
Arguably less of a riff on theSoulslikeformula is the game’s apparent love of open cleavage, and characters who say things like “Jeez, you’re making me blush.”
The game will allow you to team up with other players to take down its bigger bosses inco-op, or fight against rival players in PvP, all using what Flint calls “a fully manual, 2D combat system”.
Image credit:Hybe IM/Flint
Astra: Knights of Veda has been in the works over at developers Flint for seven years now, with the studio including former Nexon, NCsoft and EA Korea veterans amongst a team of 120 devs previously responsible for Dragon Blaze - a mobile RPG that has seen 20 million downloads since, so it seems like they know what they’re doing.
For its part, Hybe IM is the picture of hubris, with the publisher saying it’s “confident in calling its premiere title a ‘grand masterpiece’”.
