Astonishia Story
In Astonishia Story, players embody an honorable royal knight and embark upon an epic journey to recover a stolen sacred relic that symbolizes prosperity and fortune. Players must seek the help of wizards and…
Astonishia Story is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Sonnori, released 12 August 2005 on PlayStation Portable.
What Astonishia Story is
Astonishia Story is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Sonnori and released in 2005. It was published by Compile Heart. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A hundred years after the elven Queen Brimhil sacrificed her youth to restore the dying Tree of Life, tensions between humans and elves have grown into deep mistrust. Sir Lloyd von Roiental, a young knight of Astonishia, is tasked with escorting the magical Wand of Kinan, but the mission fails when the artifact is stolen. As Lloyd sets out to retrieve it, he forms a party and uncovers a larger conflict led by Francis De La Cross, a half-elf seeking divine power to restore the elves’ glory and repay the injustices they have suffered. While his goal stems from real discrimination, his methods threaten to destabilize the world. Lloyd’s journey evolves into a struggle not only to recover the…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Astonishia Story holds a critic score of 45 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 22 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 23 hrs.
What it launched against
Astonishia Story launched on 12 August 2005, within three weeks of Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Dungeon Siege 2, Dungeon Siege II and Fatal Frame III: The Tormented. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Dungeon Siege 2, Dungeon Siege II, Fatal Frame III: The Tormented.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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All media
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