Alas Astra

Unfinished and really bad game

great game play it

"Alas Astra" is an abandoned early access third person shooter/adventure game where you control a robot and shoot stuff. The graphics look pretty good but the control scheme is a mess. The game was abandoned three years ago, unfortunately, and will never be completed, which disqualifies this for being recommendable to gamers. Not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming idustry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 5 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother addi…

Игра 'Alas Astra' - это глоток свежего воздуха в жанре космических стратегий с roguelike-элементами. Визуальный стиль, выполненный в пиксельной графике, создает приятную ностальгическую атмосферу, а глубокий геймплей удерживает у экрана на долгие часы. Каждый забег уникален благодаря процедурной генерации галактик и случайным событиям, что заставляет постоянно адаптироваться к новым вызовам. Исследование космоса, сбор ресурсов, улучшение корабля и дипломатия с различными фракциями - все это продумано до мелочей. Несмотря на свою сложность, игра достаточно дружелюбна к новичкам благодаря обучению и возможности регулировать уровень сложности. Единственный минус - иногда не хватает информации о некоторых механиках, и приходится искать ответы в вики. В целом, это отличная игра для тех, кто любит сложные и захватывающие стратегии с высокой реиграбельностью. Рекомендую к ознакомлению всем любителям космоса и roguelike-игр.

The graphics are decent and I like how you are just dumped into the game without an explanation as if setting up some future world building. However, as it is, the UI is pretty bad. The hit boxes for enemies are super small requiring you to be right on top of them to do any damage. The same can be said for the puzzle interactive elements. Rather than being able to adjust the "puzzle pieces" from the front of the console I had to jump around just to get into position to "grab" and adjust. There is menu to speak of to figure out controls and somehow I got stuck in strafing mode which made the puzzle that much more difficult. It has potential but needs work and I hope the devs will take their time with it.

stuck in the first room