Is Astra: Knights of Veda the terrible Genshin Clone people say? | Review

#astraknightsofveda #gacha Astra Knights of Veda has recieved a mixed reception from reviews around the internet talking about it's gacha rates, banners, limited progression, how much it copies Hoyoverse in Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, its marketing speaking about it as an MMO, and more. I can't see a game with mixed reception on steam without just running out and trying it for myself to tell you if the game is good, bad, or worth your time.

[@Mugthief]

Hate to repeat something so many times but it bears repeating: Game installs Tencent anticheat without warning and it must be manually removed after uninstalling: If you plan to download the game out of curiosity on Steam, please be aware! Oh, and have a great day!

[@based6783]

@@Kyle_Riel 🤡

[@icantthinkofagoodnameso1954]

How do I manually remove it? What program do I use?

[@scarletwarlock9325]

​@@icantthinkofagoodnameso1954 kekw

[@552jacki3]

Genshin clone? What? It's not even the same genre... Wtf are people taking about???

[@Guy1nthecorner613]

Did u watch the video? They’re talking about the paimon, gacha rates, and UI being cloned. Not the gameplay itself.

[@marielcarey4288]

​@@Guy1nthecorner613yep but people are jumping to conclusions a lot with this game too though, calling this games gacha genshin gacha when it's more like star rail - which is an important, since this game gives much more pull income and has a much more lenient weapon gacha

[@TheOshinoMeme]

The UI IS EXACTLY the same, even the farming of ressource is the same, i don't think that it is a Bad game but damn there is definitely some poor decision.

[@raychan963]

@@TheOshinoMeme In short it is indeed NOT a clone, got it

[@TheHeartThatRunsCold]

@@marielcarey4288 Ignore the fact that Star rail is pretty easy to progress through, and Astra lives off of power gating you, and artificially inflating how long it takes to do anything because it doesn't have enough content.

[@bobbytan1984]

I being playing more than 50 hours. Super addictive with free selector 5 star after playing one month. Its a masterpiece game. Buying stamina is only 25 gems. Very cheap compare most games. Coop is really fun with tank and healer role is important. Its not just dps. Need skill to dodge and it need strategy as well. Story is amazing.

[@joaomarcoscosta4647]

It's not a selector after a month, it's a random 5 Star, unfortunately... I hope they at least give those out frequently. You do eventually get a selector after 200 or 300 pulls in the regular banner, though. (Not sure which it is... The text says 200, but the progression bar says xxx / 300 so... Either way, this could probably take anything between 6 months to a year for a f2p player.)

[@brianlee5033]

It is nice to see someone who is actually playing the game make a comment about it. It seems most people that actually play the game give it a positive review and the negative reviews are from people that just have an opinion with no actual play time.

[@playamusa]

The story actually gets good towards the end. There are also a lot of times I felt like I was playing an Elden Ring/Dark Souls inspired game.

[@TheHeartThatRunsCold]

Please don't tell me because it has a sense of stamina management and I-frames on dodging...

[@churchofthetea4273]

@@TheHeartThatRunsCold prolly referencing the theme and the visuals since he was talking about story combat is different for sure

[@theangrybarman384]

Enjoying the game immensely so far...ftp and I've managed to gather a decent team and hit end game. They've announced an accelerated release cycle so I'm interested to see what's coming up

[@zionne2716]

Its a niche game, super fun and great dev communication on updates and issues. The anticheat thing is bs tho ty for the info.

[@SSJGengar]

Did you know that Nikke's PC client uses the same anticheat? The developers of Nikke developed Stellar Blade btw.

[@SSJGengar]

Did you know that Nikke's PC client uses the same anticheat? The developers of Nikke developed Stellar Blade btw.

[@ARStudios2000]

Nikke does that too? I hope Stellar Blade doesn't do that

[@jamesadd4566]

This game has a dark souls style look. It did have a little mess up on the launch date, but it got better now. This game is addictive if you look into the story.

[@scarletwarlock9325]

How its better?

[@ZeeeGamer]

This game has ground-breaking visual setup never been done before and style. This game, if you're high, is freaking amazing. What's literally like a death metal dream.

[@Someone--Else]

Most of the Genshit comparisons seem to come from people that had it as their first gacha, or just don't know much outside of Genshit, so seem to think Genshit was the originator of all things, when pretty near all of it basically copied other games, and such that came before it. -The UI was common in mobile games before Genshit. For instance, I remember when Noah's Heart came out, people claimed the UI was a copy of Genshit, when it was actually a copy of that dev's prior game, Dragon Raja, which was released before Genshit. -Annoying followers like Piamon were common for decades in Disney animated movies, or if you want a gaming example, Zelda: Oracles of Time. -The equipment system Genshit more, or less copied from other games, like Epic Seven. -The basic process of progression systems used for characters, and such have been common in mobile games since well before Genshit. -Companies on a whole just copy things from other companies, this applies to games, and anything else. Companies were trying all sorts of systems for their gacha, to find something what would make the most money, since Genshit made stupid amounts of money, many gacha games have just just adopted something similar. Plus various aspects were already common in other gacha games before Genshit. -Calling Genshit generous is funny, really. Just try telling most Genshit players that around any of its anniversaries. -Some anti-cheats install as a part of the game, some install as their own separate shared resource, so if multiple games all use the same one, it would only be installed once, instead of once per game. ACE is of the second type. -They increased the max stamina pool, and regeneration rate at least twice so far, so it's not bad now. ASTRA is okay, not amazing, just okay. I'll play it for as long as I'm still more, or less enjoying it, as I do like town hub instanced dungeon type games, but once I get tired of it, I'll quit.

[@MinhucVoPham]

^This.Wish more people is as open minded as this person

[@Geese17]

I was curious to the game and saw this pop up, this is a pretty good straight to the point review. dont get too many of those anymore. Thanks for the vid and for that, you get a sub !!

[@nickvaynard3828]

since you mention kuro games have you tried punishing gray raven? best flashy action combat on the genre and very f2p

[@captanblue]

Saw that it uses stamina and immediately noped away from it.

[@khelmepls]

thanks for informing the anti cheat app thing. i still have it on my pc gotta uninstall it now XD

[@marielcarey4288]

This game is incredible, plays a lot like a paid game, exp and progress gets expensive sure, but feels organic and not bloated unlike a LOT of mobile games. Gameplay is better than many paid games, and the localisation has some rough moments but the story is really good though Also the art. My god, stunning.

[@Dan24305]

True

[@supertesla7610]

The game its awesome!! Im loving the game!!

[@TheHeartThatRunsCold]

When you wear your Vanillaware inspiration on your sleeve, your art design better be good. But relative to Dragons Crown, yeah... Astra is alright, it'd be better if it wasn't a time gated gacha more interested in getting players to log in daily. Which isn't organic.

[@marielcarey4288]

@@TheHeartThatRunsCold it is a gacha game and by gacha game design its really good, and the artwork is stunning, you just sound like a hater

[@TheHeartThatRunsCold]

@@marielcarey4288 "by gacha game design," boom that right there, is the entire problem. People who play gachas don't evaluate games as games. Because the expectation of what a gacha should be is set in stone, and none of you want better. My apologies for hating on games that tell me how much content I'm allowed to access, while revolving around gambling as a main source of progress.

[@Oxes]

this game is amazing, play it for yaselfs!

[@Fenharelcamelater]

It’s not bad. It’s actually amazing. Last boss is so hard.

[@SpirituelleSicht]

Tip, at 60% youll transform by story to death crown and can kill it easy.

[@cynthiahembree3957]

I actually was pleasantly surprised. I didn't expect to like it that much but it's actually very fun

[@izonefunny8777]

Blood type kill the boss easily

[@jakecristina54]

I don't know why but you saying you'll love subscribers forever got Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" stuck in my head. .... Keep up the good work?

[@riyakanujoshua5334]

Best thing about the game is Co-op and PvP, its soo addicting

[@concettooniro-artsandtales3673]

I am having lots of fun and I believe is a great game with a solid start. Lot to fix, yes, but that’s normal for most of game launches.

[@kinoshkiwa]

Looks so different. Why is this a "clone"?

[@charlottesplayground1096]

i like the game so far. i play on steam and yes its true the game is quite grindy. but any mmo player is used to that. i liked the story btw it was quite ok but nothing crazy but still enjoyable

[@Zango25]

if someone as an MMO player complains about grindy, they are not an MMO player imho.

[@kanaria-cu3uv]

is this an ad?

[@amrasculnamo7784]

Your speech pattern is remarkable you sure you're not AI LOL just kidding anywho enjoy the review thank you I subscribed

[@yslaar]

I can never bring myself to play gacha games, but I do like learning about game mechanics; you're doin' me a favor playing through some of these games and talking about them in my stead.

[@ElNebuler]

Tbh the story isn't bad, the translation is horrendous tho, and the exposition dumps are overwhelming sometimes. But I do think the story is good. Personal opinion

[@ShinichiKudo14122]

this is a gacha game with the best story i've ever played so no its not a genshin clone 😂 Edit: to truly appreciate the story you have to reach chapter 6 and 7. chapter 6 was mind blowing chapter 7 pure gosebumps!

[@byDariusABrown]

Hot take, Imma help you out just don't make a review on a game if you haven't played the game in detail. I understand you want views on your channel and that's good but when you give a half-ass review people who play the game like me can tell you didn't pay attention to the details. Just helping you out and wish you the best.

[@StyleshStorm]

Looks like a vanilla ware game. Art style anyway

[@mackoy1018]

people complaining got a lot of skill issues...coming from a soul-borne and Elden ring..i find this game impressive..not too greedy like genshit

[@Enuma-Elis]

Not bad but definitely a genshin clone in major levels

[@slevin003]

The anticheat not deleting with the game is enough for me to never touch the game. Just having a kernel level anticheat isn't an issue for me bc the main competitive br i play uses one and i have like 3k hours on that, but if i delete the game the anticheat goes with it. Definitely doesnt seem to be a Genshin clone by any means, to the point i wonder if people saying that have ever played genshin or if they just hear gacha and blur them all together.

[@esotericchungusism]

Genshit and space genshit fans are always pricks, so they probably just want something to whine about

[@SSJGengar]

Did you know that Nikke's PC client uses the same anticheat? The developers of Nikke developed Stellar Blade btw.

[@astreakaito5625]

What?? What have they done to Dragon Blaze?? Oh NO

[@youness4247]

Is Astra: Knights of Veda the terrible Genshin Clone people say ? Yes

[@Tamer83214]

just kids noobs and genshin lovers who hate the game the game really gorgeous am 41 old and find it so nostalgic foe what i play in old days its ok for me to copy all UI of genshin because ite the most clean UI in game history .. the game just need some improvement and more event only and everything fine .. and most of them cry for that anti cheat cant uninstall with the game what a wimps ... i know kids my english not good not my first language so use ur brain to understand .. if you guys have one ..

[@supertesla7610]

The game its awesome!! Im loving the game!! 😊

[@drims675]

Another mobile cash grab baiting ppl with good graphics (ripped from Vanilla Ware though). Pass.

[@TheHeartThatRunsCold]

No its worse than being a Genshin clone, (and progression wise it is VERY Genshin inspired) this is a level-time gating gacha that feels awful when you aren't at a proper power level. And since you have no control over progression, you can end up just hitting walls with seemingly no solutions because you can't just level up units at your leisure. Also, it's not really skill based, stamina is far too limited for genuine skill expression, and that's by design. Great for mobile gamers used to having their time be wasted, but for Steam? Yeah... no

[@mackoy1018]

skill issue??

[@FelisImpurrator]

My favorite gacha game is still Arknights. Excellent lore, great stories (if you don't mind the dense writing style), fantastic art and designs all around, peak music, and it's still just a great strategy game at its core.

[@LowProductionValues-fj2nu]

Doomer BS

[@alavien]

this gaem is new and fresh not like another copypaste genshin like wuwa ;/ or boring ZZZ (anyone played beta will know what im talking about)

[@vodkaffee4856]

"is this game so terrible?" ... Yes.is a gatcha game you could as well be playing pachinko

[@TheKillianKanVT]

To be fair, some gachas, if you get past the microtransaction bs (let's face it - lootboxes are the same thing) - are more competent than some AAA games. Genshin (and Star rail, as the most well known gachas) is entirely free and playable and completable fully without spending a dime and rolling a single character. And free updates. Should i take the 70$ slop of last of us2 remade of remastered remake? At least gacha devs try to please their customer base, instead of alienating it.

[@vodkaffee4856]

​@@TheKillianKanVT yeah. But they don't make the games to be good and free. They make them to take advantage of whales

[@playamusa]

The LoU2 reference is so accurate

[@vodkaffee4856]

@@playamusa is not tho. Thats a complete game that you pay once and is not trying to exploit people weakness for gambling

[@bluerose5387]

On mobile I been crashing like 23 to when ever and I’m on an iPad 8 gen