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!

[jacki]

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

[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.

[bobbytan]

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.

[zionne]

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

[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.

[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.

[Fenharelcamelater]

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

[jamesadd]

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.

[SSJGengar]

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

[marielcarey]

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.

[theangrybarman]

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

[hannesisking]

This is literally the best and most in-depth review of the game available. Great job!

[Oxes]

this game is amazing, play it for yaselfs!

[nickvaynard]

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

[mackoy]

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

[Geese]

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 !!

[riyakanujoshua]

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

[jakecristina]

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?

[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.