Artisan Studios has announced Astria Ascending, a new RPG backed by some of the team behind the Final Fantasy series, will be coming Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One via Game Pass later this year.
With a narrative from Kazushige Nojima (Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy VII Remake) and a score by Hitoshi Sakimoto (Final Fantasy XII, Vagrant Story), the latest RPG looks as though it's in good hands. Astria Ascending follows an epic story where players control a team of Demigods to take on a evil force. It's said to be packed full of content, so get ready for a long fantasy journey.
"In a world where chaos looms, players take control of the Demigods—a motley crew of eight heroes charged with the fate of the world. Each character has their own story, explored across five cities, twenty-five dungeons and thirty hours of gameplay up to fifty for 100% of completion. Along with the finely tuned turn-based combat, players can try out a range of side quests and mini-games, including an original fantasy-themed token game."
With games such as Octopath Traveler, Dragon Quest XI and this hitting Xbox Game Pass, JRPGs are coming in thick and fast to the service. With the Final Fantasy talent behind it, we have our eyes on this one. Hopefully we hear more release details very soon.
Are you interested in Astria Ascending? Let us know in the comments below.
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Comments (12)
This looks gorgeous. It's impossible to overstate how important these games are for Xbox. It gives the platform diversity, something that it was sorely missing last gen, and while it has some way until it matches Nintendo & Sony in that regard, MS are doing a great job at addressing the deficit. 😁 A super happy Xbox Series X customer here.
A wonderful adquisition for Game Pass. Day One.
Not sold on this one to be honest. Looks pretty low quality with the usual bog standard JRPG stuff.
I remain to be convinced.
My interest is peaked but the character designs don’t grab me at all.
Looks intriguing. Obviously I still need to see more to commit the likely playtime these games usually require, but giving the talent involved and the genre, I plan on keeping an eye on this one.
As somebody else said, it's nice to see another JRPG to continue making their new gen lineup their most diverse one in quite some time.
It looks like a mobile game imo. Which is probably intended to be portable to mobile, especially for Japan.
Not quite sold. The 2d environment with 2.5d battles, the fact that the main ff connections are the music from 12 and the writer behind X don't inspire confidence.
But..... It's a jrpg. On xbox. For free... Why not?
@Sol4ris
I wanted to add something to the conversation, but you said all there is to it. 👍🏻
Q) Are you interested in Astria Ascending?
A) With an artstyle reminding me of a Vanillaware game, a race that look like the Crystal Chronicles Lilties, and turn based combat, I can certainly say I'm interested in this game. I look forward to learning more about this game, and if it continues to interest me, hope for a physical release.
@NEStalgia A poster PushSquare pointed out he also did the OG FFVII. Confidence should be restored
@mousieone your definition of confidence must mean something different from mine . Wherever came up with Jenova should not be allowed to make video games.
@NEStalgia “whenever” came up with Jenova ? hmmmm ?
@mousieone whomever. Darn you Google keyboard!
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