

With the stage set, let’s dive into the gameplay: Kress Cizel: A calm Zeft who prioritizes her family above all else.Īrpajo Malvado: Alassia’s husband who is a jokester and a thief.Įko Livelino: A healer Peyska who is the youngest of the group and doesn’t like being treated as such. Has a good-spirited relationship with Ulan when it comes to wanting to be leader.Īlassia Malvado: a summoner who is married to Arpajo, another Demi-God.ĭagmar Udasse: An Arktan who despite appearances is more like a red mage from Final Fantasy rather than a brute fighter. (Side note: I don’t know if there is any correlation but the number 333 is associated with divine guidance according to the Christian Bible.)Ī lek Reogan: A soldier like Ulan who prefers the approach that makes the most sense. Ulan Merer: The leader of the 333rd Demi-Gods. Let’s meet the 8 Demi-gods chosen to save the world: Ulan Merer is the leader of the group and who the player starts off controlling as in the game. The Peyskas are small aquatic creatures that require a helmet bubble composed of water to breathe. Arktans are lion-like creatures similar to male Beast laguz from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. The Awisis are harpy-like creatures as shown in the screenshot above. The Zefts are armor-wearing almost dragonlike creatures metamorphosed into human form much like Bangaas from Final Fantasy XII. Migmies are small flying creatures that wear a jester-like mask. There are several individual races in which the game comprises of. The place where the game starts is in Harmonia. And so we grow up in fear, knowing that one day we might too be selected for greatness.” The Awisis make up one of several races in the land of Harmonia. Then they die, leaving their families greatly compensated and the most wonderful gift of all: Harmony. Many parents tell their children that the Demi-gods go on to play among the stars.īut even children know the truth: to obtain zodiac powers, a Demi-god must pay with their life. The chosen ones battle the bringers of chaos for three years before leaving our world. Using zodiac powers that enrich both the mind and body, they fight to protect the Harmony from the Noises. In town, they all come together in Harmony.


The Meryos reside within the United Town suburbs. The Migmies grow the Harmelon the Zefts strut along the Zeft Heights the Awisis twitter among the Awisi Woods the Arktans roar through the Arktan Valley and the Peyskas boast of their Peyska Spring. As I always state, the developers can say it best. Let’s dive into the world in which Astria Ascending takes place called Orcanon. Again, there is plenty more great work on his resume. He has beautifully drawn characters for such games as Tactic Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Bravely Default, Final Fantasy XII, Vagrant Story, and Nier: Automata. Here he also acts as director.Īkihiko Yoshida, a fantastic artist also at one time part of the Square-Enix staff. Again, there is plenty more beautifully done by him, it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Hitoshi Sakimoto, also a one-time former Square-Enix member who is the video game composer or co-composer with masterpiece level quality of music on games such classics as Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII, Vagrant Story, and the Valkyria Chronicles franchise. And that is not even the complete list of his works. He was co-scenario writer of Final Fantasy VII, scenario writer of Final Fantasy VIII, co-scenario writer of Kingdom Hearts, co-scenario writer of Final Fantasy X and x-2, and story/scenario writer for the Final Fantasy VII remake. Kazushige Nojima, a longtime former Square-Enix member who directed Bahamut Lagoon, a Squaresoft classic for the SFC/SNES. Astria Ascending is a AAA title in terms of development team members alone.
