Astral Ascent: A Roguelite That DESERVES Your Attention

[@DaleNorth]

Thank you so so much for the kind words about my soundtrack and the music. And of course, thank you for the thorough and super kind review.

[@sl1ppey]

WOAH! Thank you for watching! You did a phenomenal job with the soundtrack. Every time I get to the final boss it feels so awesome with it playing in the background. The game is genuinely great and your contributions are a big part of that!

[@DaleNorth]

@@sl1ppey this is basically the best thing you can say to a composer. Thanks again!

[@martialfarts31692]

I sit there and let the music play for like 5 mins at the start of every run. It's so good. I nominated it for best soundtrack for the steam awards. You should be very proud of your work. Not many games make me legit STOP playing them just to listen to the background music.

[@DaleNorth]

@@martialfarts31692 oh my god thank you so much

[@erndraco]

dale you were amazing for wizard of legend and astral ascent. music was so fluid in transition and was beautiful

[@FakeFlameSprite]

Fun fact, The composer who did the soundtrack for this also made the soundtrack for wizard of legend

[@breadguyyy]

and dreamscaper!

[@DaleNorth]

Itsa me!

[@FakeFlameSprite]

@@DaleNorth very great work!

[@DaleNorth]

@@FakeFlameSprite thank you so, so much!

[@munchy4238]

​@@DaleNorththis is so incredible to find out. Wizard of legend is still one of my favorite roguelikes. Your music is wonderful

[@forestflood5338]

With Voidigo and Astral Ascent released this year, thats two roguelite masterpieces in 2023

[@jam3syboy]

Shoutout to Cobalt Core for deck building rouguelikes!

[@Dzumeister]

Risk of Rain Returns, too

[@shiggitydiggity4839]

Viodigo has been out for like 4 years

[@M.Nihankin]

@@shiggitydiggity4839yeah, exactly! The EA in Steam sometimes makes it a bit harder to properly realize for how long a game has been truly out. My way is checking reviews, since review history show the real release date.

[@ZamWeazle]

​@@shiggitydiggity4839Not on Full releases only EA

[@SUPERLEAF026]

Whoever created this fanart at the beginning of the video deserves the 10th circle of hell

[@sl1ppey]

It was me. I’m sorry. (He wasn’t sorry)

[@ZamWeazle]

Bit harsh lol

[@TheQuirig]

Another underrated KZbinr I’ve come across. Keep up the awesome reviews

[@sl1ppey]

Thanks for that. It means a lot :')

[@goobatroopa_]

Everything looks great - but with all of those animations stacking up i could see enemy attack readability being a real issue. I'm curious if there's some accessability settings for that like Dead Cells allowing you to change size of the ! mark

[@sl1ppey]

The only gameplay option I've seen is being able to turn off screen shake. Could be worth suggesting to the devs. I will say the character outline is a must for me, as I do lose track of myself otherwise.

[@goobatroopa_]

@@sl1ppey Cheers!

[@Burr_]

Yes. I agree. Everyone should be trying this game. I'm also glad I'm not the only one who needed to know 47 things before playing korb. Great video as always sl1ppey!

[@tenthirtyseven-v1]

It's a jump, sure, but I had seen a few people praise this game before. I bought it after I watched this video and hell, even the intro is telling me I'm gonna have a good time. It was the part on the bosses that did it, they look frankly crazy as hell, especially for a sidescroller roguelite, excited to fight my first, 10/10 video, once again.

[@kylekgh]

Hopefully you enjoyed, the bosses are great, no matter how many times you fight them they're fun. Helps that all of them look badass

[@milikitito]

I just pick this almost blinded and OMG is totally a 10/10 roguelite for me!! And i played like 6 this year (one of them Risk of rain 2, wich is also a blast, but Astral Ascent got me totally off guard!!)

[@lermonz]

this seems similar to One Step From Eden in a lot of ways. The spells being the main source of combat and being forced to cycle through all of them, the gorgeous flowy pixel art, in depth tutorials on core mechanics and previews of spell but still being left to figure out a run on your own.

[@ropocop]

One of my favourite games this year, and that’s saying a lot in 2023. Keep on returning to this one. ”Just one more round…”

[@henriquemarcio4367]

This looks like wizard of legend+dungreed

[@zinv08]

2D Wizard of Legend? Sign me up

[@FakeFlameSprite]

Same composer as wizard of legend too

[@1hotrpg]

I'm really happy as a kickstarter backer to this game to see it getting coverage.

[@ronindelray]

You said hades and Dead cells had a baby. I look at the game footage and my first thought is Risk on Rain.

[@someBSchannel]

Libra gang ♎️ ! Sorry we keep kicking your ass 😊

[@papermachete8071]

I saw dead cells and clicked lol

[@Zectifin]

the rotoscope animation is weird but kinda cool looking.

[@timmbonator039]

It flew completely under my radar, thanks for bringing my attention to this gorgeous game. Wizardry, an art style reminding me of Avatar the last airbender and studio Ghibli, amazing pixel art, what more could you ask for? :D

[@The_Bloody_Nine01]

I just started playing this 2 days ago and it’s already one of my top favorites ever.

[@lightedtwice]

I just have this game in my cart. It looks right up my alley and will buy it very very soon.

[@xXnithicXx]

Your video is very entertaining :> Give you a sub

[@sideatsrocks]

i don’t even play video games but your videos are so entertaining that i clicked as soon as i saw the notification lmao. keep up the good content

[@sl1ppey]

Thank you! I honestly wouldn’t have expected someone who doesn’t play games to be into my videos lol

[@Bofrab]

I will never get tired of pixel art.

[@tasoganedude]

Now I've put it in my wishlist, waiting for payday.

[@funkey6737]

I would like to hear your take on dead estate

[@breadguyyy]

lets fucking go, i was hoping youd make a video on it

[@Shinira21]

I don't know if it's just the video, but damn there's so much screen pollution that it's difficult to distinguish between an enemy attack and your spell. Indeed there may be red light warnings to be wary of an enemy attack, but for me watching visual cues on the enemies' portraits and listening for sound cues would be a much better indicator. Instead playing the game would be like, "keep mashing buttons and spells then wait for the red warning indicator to dodge".

[@breadguyyy]

it's easier to parse when you're playing but yes it can get chaotic

[@zaxon810]

It's not that bad when you're playing. Dead Cells feels worse in that regard imo.

[@jaydenyamada2916]

Might I suggest The Void Rains Upon Her Heart? Shmup boss rush roguelite, just had a big update

[@sl1ppey]

Oooohh this game looks cool. Wishlisted!

[@God-ev7ll]

Play wizard of legend

[@kirbybabyluigiultra8030]

im surprised i didnt hear you mention One Step From Eden in this video due to a very similar spell cycling mechanic. altho everything else in that game is way different from this. I feell like you'd enjoy One Step From Eden and your probably not gonna hear anyone talk about since its 3 years old now.... anyways its a kickass deck building rogue lite based off of megaman battle network. also its getting a fighting game semi-sequel

[@TheOrangeMan13]

you make me wanna play any game you talk about

[@sl1ppey]

Awe thanks!

[@arlom5132]

I put it on my Deku Deals wishlist.

[@averywalden5204]

Just picked it up for $1.50 Cena review on steam that had 500 hours on it I could not pass that up watching video tutorials on just basic information now as I eat in about to get into this I'm so amped.

[@_bluebolt_5591]

I just discovered your channel today, and it’s easily the most underrated channel on KZbin. Keep up the good work.👍

[@sl1ppey]

Damn that's high praise. Thanks a lot!

[@wboosh.]

slippey you're the freaking goat man i love you 2023 has been a freaking dope year for games! will definitely check this game out. I sure hope ur enjoying risk of rain returns as well!

[@joshualewno1440]

1. Hades 2. Dead Cells 3. Astral Acent 4. Undermine Gold standard for roguelites

[@josephreynolds2401]

Its cool, I'm like 2nd or 3rd wave coming into this game (im buying very soon) but it feels like this one just hasnt been unearthed by the streamosphere yet.

[@supremegrimmy]

love your videos. since youre big on rougelikes do you think you could give roboquest a try? its fairly new and itd be dope to see you make a video about it.

[@sl1ppey]

Roboquest looks REALLY good. Definitely want to play it!

[@dadtier564]

Welp glad you made a video on this, i had no idea, new subscriber here!! Love your taste in roguelikes!!

[@sl1ppey]

Thanks! And thanks for watching!

[@SUPER_HELPFUL]

I can tell from how seizure inducing the screen gets that this game is up my alley.

[@TheMilitiaGamer]

Bruh I wanna try this so bad. This sounds so awesome

[@saraisnthere]

Is this the first Duckeh cameo in a video?

[@sl1ppey]

sure is!

[@breadguyyy]

btw the 17 endings are one for each character and zodiac summon

[@sl1ppey]

Jesus Christ.

[@AlphaFlare]

Good video, made me wanna buy the game

[@sl1ppey]

Thanks dood!

[@HansKuloss]

Everything great but too bright and cute for me 😂

[@LRC]

also when somebodys new to a game nobody goes fuck a boss everybody goes fuck yes a boss

[@moradosryanjay8281]

Wizard of Legends as a SIdescroller holy shieeesh

[@garyburginjr1366]

Idk what my problem is, brothers and sisters of roguelike lover'sville, but I just cannot get consistently passed the first biome of this game and I'm usually pretty decent at these games as it's my favorite genre by far.. why am I hitting this wall so early while every single person I see is flying around just wrecking lategame areas like it's stupid easy?? Please any meaningful advice besides "gitgud"?

[@sl1ppey]

I would say to focus on doing exploration rooms (particularly ones that reward auras at the start) as much as possible to up your chances of early spell drops to replace your starting spells, and make sure you have at least 3-5 keys on you at all times (every exploration room will have one upgrade altar. Ideally you want to always purchase the upgrades that cost 5 keys as these are always more cost efficient, but the 3 key ones are better than nothing). So don’t make the early mistake I did and do way too many fight rooms than is necessary. Make sure to claim Sun points from Sire Bapy for any challenges/achievements you’re completing to buy upgrades from Zim Zim, especially max health. Try your hand at practicing with Kiran as his signature spell counters any and instances of damage in the game. It’s a very forgiving window for the parry to activate to the point that it’s practically a free damage negation every 13 seconds. For me personally I ran with Kiran until I got better at dodging. Speaking of dodging, abuse the fuck out of your dodge. Don’t be afraid to abuse its i-frames to phase through attacks, particularly outside of boss fights where enemies gang up on you with multiple hitboxes. My natural instinct at first was to try to simply move out of the way of most attacks, but realized you kinda have to do a healthy amount of both to avoid most of the damage in this game.

[@gkjzhgffjh]

As always a fan of your cute lil drawings.

[@Openreality]

I love side scrollers, however the market is over saturated with them. I'm still enjoying dead cells, mummy demastered, Shing and several others. I wish that they gave 3D options or something.

[@sl1ppey]

We did get Roboquest recently which I still need to try out (along with Gunfire Reborn)

[@L88_]

Gotta love roguelikes

[@JulesNekro]

Ayo? Those bosses look bussin'!

[@sillypinkmoth]

queue (homestuck reference)

[@rainwaterrenegade8869]

Nothing deserves my attention.

[@rukief7976]

I bought this game because of this review thanks I absolutely love it

[@sl1ppey]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@smilinginkboss502]

you should play roboquest! it recently came out of early acess, its not 2d but i have a lot of fun with it really

[@sl1ppey]

Thinking I will. Heard amazing things and it's also on sale right now 👀

[@altrumystic]

This game is super fun, my sister and I love playing together! Co-op is so rare on roguelites!

[@noahmcalister]

Good stuff man, really enjoyed watching this. Ok I do have to ask though: I've played a few of roguelikes (Binding of Isaac and Dead Cells are the two big ones), but do you or anyone else like, listen to audiobooks or podcasts, or something else, while you're playing these? It's a weird question, I know, but I always find myself doing that if I play one of these types of games Again, great stuff dude, keep it up!

[@sl1ppey]

When I’m playing Nuclear Throne going for the “Everything Hurts” achievement (basically a no-hit run) I’ll sometimes put on a podcast to distract me from how much I’m getting my ass kicked. Also, thanks a lot, Noah!

[@shardperson3777]

What's the accessibility settings like? Dead Cells has extensive accessibility options that take it from looking good to actually being playable for me (I struggle with all the information on screen, if it wasn't for stuff like the Longer Parry Windows i wouldn't be able to play it at all), they're pretty essential what is this one like?

[@sl1ppey]

Unfortunately, this one only has the ability to alter the screen shake. It’s one department I think they could improve upon.

[@shardperson3777]

@@sl1ppey oh well, Dead Cells didn't launch with em, hopefully this game will get them too at some point

[@propaul1369]

We got masterpieces in 2023 with rogue-lites and they didnr even get their proper recognition 😔 This one looks so cool and I didnt even knew about it until now, looks so cool

[@sl1ppey]

It's so hard in general to keep up with all of the amazing indie games that come out. It's both a blessing to have so many games to play and a curse to not have the time to play them all.

[@pilgrimspromise1132]

What else

[@Vespoid]

nah man this is too good

[@zephalion7386]

It’s such a shame what happened but i’d urge you to check out neon echo, the game might be dead but it deserves to be talked about, it has so much style and heart put into it

[@SahiPie]

Oh shit what happened with that game?

[@Dioxys420]

@@SahiPie abadoned because the publishers didn't see enough profit

[@moonvo7368]

it's $24.99 😭😭😭

[@WeekendDive]

Solid video mate

[@sl1ppey]

Thanks!

[@WeekendDive]

keep it up

[@alexsudati]

*Has a Snek avatar - Ok, interesting *Says characters are hot and zooms on a 6 pack dude - Keep going, keep going *Complains about the fratboy trope - Oh no... It's happening *PUNS - Subscribed

[@RedX1II]

Thanks for the great suggestion!! Subbed!

[@Bell_420]

omg a review that talks about the important shit is this real?

[@sl1ppey]

Thanks lol. I try to write my scripts with the assumption that most people watching me have at least a basic understanding of games in general.

[@benjaminsettlemire7006]

don't tell stellarjay

[@carlosjunior4062]

This game seems great

[@eazyrat]

gonna get this but the art style really puts me off. They should've put a bit more detail on the characters it would go a long way sales wise imo everything else looks polished.

[@Seoul_Soldier]

You earned a subscription from me, and Astral Ascent will get my money. I am a huge fan of wizard games, and I haven't seen one that looked this good since Wizard of Legend.

[@sl1ppey]

Hey thanks! I think you'll enjoy this game a lot, then.

[@HansAlRachid]

You've convinced me, I'm getting this game. Thanks for covering it!

[@sl1ppey]

Hope you like it!

[@alexanderwizardjar9540]

Not gonna lie, this spell system looks a little too complex for me, as does the game as a whole. But I'll be sure to give it a shot after this amazing video

[@sl1ppey]

It’s much more intuitive in practice than it sounds on paper. It’s a bit daunting at first but will become second-nature to you with a little but of time!

[@TwirlingFern]

Nice review

[@RafaelReyes-xm3jk]

EXACTLY!!!

[@drakesayshi3321]

You gonna make me buy another one this month

[@phoenixx913]

What was that game on the right at 1:04?

[@sl1ppey]

That’s Dead Cells! Another very good roguelite that Astral Ascent took inspiration from (as far as I know).

[@allenromero5567]

I almost have a hundred hours on the game can’t wait to see what else happens since I’m nowhere near done

[@ZamWeazle]

Yeah 100 hours in a Roguelike/lite are rookie hours.

[@VonSlakken]

Thanks for the rec

[@HiHi-iu8gf]

omg this is such a pisces video of u to make

[@sl1ppey]

which is so weird being that I’m an Aquarius

[@HiHi-iu8gf]

​@@sl1ppey omg pretending to be a pisces is such an aquarius thing to do

[@AsteroSloth]

It’s 9 dollars on G2A btw!!

[@xkidmidnightx]

looks like trash compared to dead cells. I really dont like the art at all