History VideoGame / Astebreed

The game boasts an extreme example of Platform/HighDefinition: The game has native support for 4K (3840 × 2160) and even 8K (7680 × 4320)! Quite high for a 2013 doujin game.

A demo version was released in 2012; the final version was released at Comiket 85 on December 31, 2013, and was later re-released digitally via PLAYISM up until the store's closure in 2021. An overseas version was released on May 30, 2014 and can be purchased through [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/283680/ Steam]], [[http://www.gog.com/game/astebreed GOG.com]], or the [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/astebreed_storefront Humble Store]]. A trailer of the game can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lOlRh__Uk0 here]], and gameplay of the first stage can also be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsAHUkzD0oI here]]. A UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 4}} version was released in Japan on March 19, 2015, and overseas on June 25 for $19.99. A Definitive Edition was later released on November 6, 2017, which backports all of the improvements and new content from the [=PlayStation=] 4 version back into the PC version; those with the original version received the Definitive Edition free of charge. On November 8 2018, the enhanced version was brought to the Nintendo Switch.

* UsefulNotes/HighDefinition: The game boasts an extreme example of this: The game has native support for 4K (3840 × 2160) and even 8K (7680 × 4320)! Quite high for a 2013 doujin game.

* {{Fanservice}}: Besides the fact that the Nono sisters have SensualSpandex, HartmanHips and [[ShesGotLegs notable legs]], and at least one MaleGaze in what few cutscenes there are, one piece of extra development galley artwork in the UpdatedRerelease notably bumps this up compared to the entire rest of the game without even having to change their clothes. Some of the concept designs also accentuated this even more.

A demo version was released in 2012; the final version was released at Comiket 85 on December 31, 2013, and was later re-released digitally via Playism. An overseas version was released on May 30, 2014 and can be purchased through [[http://playism-games.com/game/147/astebreed Playism]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/283680/ Steam]], [[http://www.gog.com/game/astebreed GOG.com]], or the [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/astebreed_storefront Humble Store]]. A trailer of the game can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lOlRh__Uk0 here]], and gameplay of the first stage can also be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsAHUkzD0oI here]]. A UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 4}} version was released in Japan on March 19, 2015, and overseas on June 25 for $19.99. A Definitive Edition was later released on November 6, 2017, which backports all of the improvements and new content from the [=PlayStation=] 4 version back into the PC version; those with the original version received the Definitive Edition free of charge. On November 8 2018, the enhanced version was brought to the Nintendo Switch.

A demo version was released in 2012; the final version was released at Comiket 85 on December 31, 2013, and was later re-released digitally via Playism. An overseas version was released on May 30, 2014 and can be purchased through [[http://playism-games.com/game/147/astebreed Playism]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/283680/ Steam]], [[http://www.gog.com/game/astebreed GOG.com]], or the [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/astebreed_storefront Humble Store]]. A trailer of the game can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lOlRh__Uk0 here]], and gameplay of the first stage can also be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsAHUkzD0oI here]]. A UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 4}} version was released in Japan on March 19, 2015, and overseas on June 25 for $19.99. A Definitive Edition was later released on November 6, 2017, which backports all of the improvements and new content from the [=PlayStation=] 4 version back into the PC version; those with the original version received the Definitive Edition free of charge.

''Astebreed'' is Edelweiss' SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' and ShootEmUp doujin game that, like its spiritual predecessor, uses [[TwoAndAHalfD angle-changing]] [[GameplayRoulette gameplay]]. Now you fight beyond vertical, side, or frontal shooters and more angle changes than before. The style has considerably changed, more akin to ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders''.

''Astebreed'' is Edelweiss' SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/EtherVapor''. It is a ShootEmUp doujin game that, like its spiritual predecessor, uses [[TwoAndAHalfD angle-changing]] [[GameplayRoulette gameplay]]. Now you fight beyond vertical, side, or frontal shooters and more angle changes than before. The style has considerably changed, more akin to ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders''.

* DownerBeginning: The prologue starts with Grato and his team in a hopeless fight against the alien forces. Both of Grato's teammates bite the dust while he narrowly escapes the onslaught.
** [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he dies before making it back to Earth.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: It look like Estina took this trait from [[VideoGame/EtherVapor Luca]]. She mocks Roy as an "ugly brute", who's very sensitive to such comments, looks down on her younger sister, and [[ContinuityNod once again calling Daniel "baldy"]].
** [[spoiler:Subverted as this is her being programmed by the Filune. Once she snaps out of it, [[TookALevelInKindness she is much, much nicer]].]]

* LifeMeter: Unlike ''Ether Vapor'', you have standard life meter instead of (technically) being a OneHitPointWonder.

* RealityWarper: The basis of the Lucis system.

* GoodColorsEvilColors: Guess who's good and who's evil?

* AntiFrustrationSystem: Your multiplier stops going down during cinematic parts of levels, where there's nothing to shoot to keep it up.

* RevisedEnding: [[spoiler:By beating the Arrange Mode, an alternate ending depicts Roy, Fiona, and Estina visiting Grato's grave.]]

* UpdatedRerelease: The [=PlayStation=] 4 version features updated graphics, adds an Arrange Mode, re-balances the difficulty, and updated the controls to incorporate the right stick to lock-on to enemies. These improvements and features were then backported to the PC version as the Definitive Edition.

''Astebreed'' is Edelweiss' SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/EtherVapor''. It is a ShootEmUp doujin game that, like its spiritual predecessor, uses [[TwoAndAHalfD angle-changing]] [[GameplayRoulette gameplay]]. Now you fight beyond vertical, side, or frontal shooters and more angle changes than before. The plot line has considerably changed, focusing more on a ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''-esque battle than an aircraft one.

A demo version was released in 2012; the final version was released at Comiket 85 on December 31, 2013, and was later re-released digitally via Playism. An overseas version was released on May 30, 2014 and can be purchased through [[http://playism-games.com/game/147/astebreed Playism]], [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/283680/ Steam]], [[http://www.gog.com/game/astebreed GOG.com]], or the [[https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/astebreed_storefront Humble Store]]. A trailer of the game can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lOlRh__Uk0 here]], and gameplay of the first stage can also be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsAHUkzD0oI here]]. A UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 4}} version was released in Japan on March 19, 2015 and overseas on June 25 for $19.99. A Definitive Edition was later released on November 6, 2017 which backports all of the improvements and new content from the [=PlayStation=] 4 version back into the PC version; those with the original version received the Definitive Edition free of charge.

* ContinuityNod: Daniel is set of by the same "Baldy" BerserkButton as in ''Ether Vapor''. Only this time, it's the villain who calls him that.

* GameplayRoulette: Even moreso than ''Ether Vapor''. Expect the gameplay perspective to change several times during the same stage.

* GovernmentConspiracy: [[spoiler:It turns out that war with the Filune was already over. In exchange for a ceasefire, the Terran Coalition Forces handed over a large fleet and an ''entire city'' for the Filune for experiment on for the Lucis system.]]

* HordeOfAlienLocusts: Several Filune resemble insects.

* LimitBreak: You have three kinds of EX Attacks that you can pull off. One can be done without locking onto enemies where you can perform a SmartBomb-like SpinAttack that clears your surroundings of enemy fire and [[InvulnerableAttack provides temporary invincibility]]. Another can be done by locking onto multiple enemies and perform a series of lightning-fast slices on locked enemies. The third however requires locking all of your shots to a single enemy, but doing so will allows you to perform a flurry of slashes that deals heavy damage.

** The story itself also plays along the ''Kamen Rider'' plot. [[spoiler:A large chunk of the Filune aliens are actually humans converted and programmed into machines. Fiona can be considered the Kamen Rider as she's the one to escape before she being fully programmed.]]

* ThemeNaming: Each of the Filune ships are named after Mathematics terms. Triforium, Cissoid, Conchoid, Evolute, [[spoiler:Asymptote]], etc.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Oliga and Hugo, the two squad-mates who are lost during battle on the Mobile Planet.

* NiceGuy: Roy plays with this. A little deconstructed since he gets bossed around by the rude side of Fiona. Fortunately, it's rebuilt when he becomes TheHeart and is willing to use force, even to [[spoiler:snap the Nono sisters out of it and reunite them as allies.]]

* AchievementSystem: Just like in ''[[VideoGame/FairyBloom Fairy Bloom Freesia]]''. There's 40 to unlock, some of which are split from each difficulty level. These Achievements ranges from playing through the prologue, going through the tutorials, clearing the game on X difficulty, {{No Damage Run}}ning X difficulty, and more.

** [[spoiler:''[[VideoGame/FairyBloom Fairy Blossom Freesia]]'' is played on Roy's computer in the ending.]]