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''Astlibra'' plays similarly to games like ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' and ''Dust: An Elysian Tail'', with real-time combat sections that make use of a hit-counting combo system and a magic meter that fills with every hit, creating a satisfying back-and-forth between flashy multi-hit chains and unloading powerful spells that you will [[NintendoHard definitely need]] if you want to survive. In addition to experience, levels and attribute points that are easy to reassign to match your build, progression revolves around the accumulation of various flavors of experience points to unlock nodes in a labyrinthine skill tree. You also have access to the Libra system, where you must attempt to balance the items you find on your journey on Astraea's scales by their karmic weight to ensure the buffs they give are as strong as possible.
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''Astlibra'' plays similarly to games like ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' and ''Dust: An Elysian Tail'', with real-time combat sections that make use of a hit-counting combo system and a magic meter that fills with every hit, creating a satisfying back-and-forth between flashy multi-hit chains and unloading powerful spells that you will [[NintendoHard definitely need]] need if you want to survive. In addition to experience, levels and attribute points that are easy to reassign to match your build, progression revolves around the accumulation of various flavors of experience points to unlock nodes in a labyrinthine skill tree. You also have access to the Libra system, where you must attempt to balance the items you find on your journey on Astraea's scales by their karmic weight to ensure the buffs they give are as strong as possible.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:After the Baker's daughter was forced to kill the Hero, she became the temporary bearer of the Scales. After the Scales are activated, she went back to the start of the DLC, prior to the Guild leaving the town to enter the cave. This gave her a chance to rush to the cave's entrance and cause a cave-in, thwarting Geist's plans, saving both the Guild and the town and setting the rest of the base game's events back into motion.]]
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* WhamShot:
** Once they venture further into the Cave of the Phantom Mist, the Baker's daughter, Polin and the player finds something that was never supposed to happen at that point in the base game's story: [[spoiler:Kuro's corpse, reduced to a skeleton, on the floor.]]
** After they deal with [[spoiler:Geist]], the Baker's daughter and Polin expect things to go back to normal. However, the cave starts shaking and something else happens: [[spoiler:the Scales are activated.]]
** Once they venture further into the Cave of the Phantom Mist, the Baker's daughter, Polin and the player finds something that was never supposed to happen at that point in the base game's story: [[spoiler:Kuro's corpse, reduced to a skeleton, on the floor.]]
** After they deal with [[spoiler:Geist]], the Baker's daughter and Polin expect things to go back to normal. However, the cave starts shaking and something else happens: [[spoiler:the Scales are activated.]]
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
** Treasure chests no longer require keys to open it, possibly due to how tedious it would be to grind for key molds alongside lottery tickets and magic stones.
** The arena will bump your level to 10 to give the player a fighting chance against the bosses. That is, if your base stats are high enough to fight them.
* Interquel: The DLC is set between the events of Chapter 5 and 6 of the base game. [[spoiler: It then skips to the Postscript after the fifth stratum and then after the ending for the rest of the story.]]
* Main/{{Roguelike}}: The game takes the same formula used in the final dungeon of the base game and refines it as the basis of the DLC.
* TheStoryThatNeverWas: This is a story that takes place during the events of the base game, yet it was never referenced during the story or its characters. [[spoiler:Because it was retconned from existence.]]
* UnexplainedRecovery: For some reason, Polin returned [[spoiler:from the dead after the events of Chapter 2, even though he was retconned out of existence by the Hero and Karon until he was brought back during the Postscript]] and the DLC doesn't explain why [[spoiler:until you reach the halfway point, when he reveals that he's still dead. His soul was bound by the Cave thanks to Geist.]]
** Treasure chests no longer require keys to open it, possibly due to how tedious it would be to grind for key molds alongside lottery tickets and magic stones.
** The arena will bump your level to 10 to give the player a fighting chance against the bosses. That is, if your base stats are high enough to fight them.
* Interquel: The DLC is set between the events of Chapter 5 and 6 of the base game. [[spoiler: It then skips to the Postscript after the fifth stratum and then after the ending for the rest of the story.]]
* Main/{{Roguelike}}: The game takes the same formula used in the final dungeon of the base game and refines it as the basis of the DLC.
* TheStoryThatNeverWas: This is a story that takes place during the events of the base game, yet it was never referenced during the story or its characters. [[spoiler:Because it was retconned from existence.]]
* UnexplainedRecovery: For some reason, Polin returned [[spoiler:from the dead after the events of Chapter 2, even though he was retconned out of existence by the Hero and Karon until he was brought back during the Postscript]] and the DLC doesn't explain why [[spoiler:until you reach the halfway point, when he reveals that he's still dead. His soul was bound by the Cave thanks to Geist.]]
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** Once you reach the Demon King's castle in Chapter 5, the hero enters a corridor filled with tubes, each of them containing enemies fought in previous chapters. Later on in the chapter, we see another set of tubes... [[spoiler:and they contain growing copies of ''Anulis'', the hero's childhood friend. And to make things interesting, one of the tubes is ''broken''.]]
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** Once you reach the Demon King's castle in Chapter 5, the hero enters a corridor filled with tubes, each of them containing enemies fought in previous chapters. Later on in the chapter, we see another set of tubes... [[spoiler:and they contain growing copies of ''Anulis'', the hero's childhood friend. And to make things interesting, one of the tubes is ''broken''.]]]]
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On October 13, 2022, following KEIZO partnering up with publisher Whisper Games and Creator/{{Vanillaware}} artist Shigatake, a definitive version of ''Astlibra'' was released on Steam, titled ''Astlibra: Revision''. A port of ''Revision'' was released on the Nintendo Switch on November 16th, 2023. A DLC titled ''Astlibra Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist'' is set to release in February 13, 2024. It will be set during the events of the main game and features the Baker's Daughter and Polin as the main protagonists.
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On October 13, 2022, following KEIZO partnering up with publisher Whisper Games and Creator/{{Vanillaware}} artist Shigatake, a definitive version of ''Astlibra'' was released on Steam, titled ''Astlibra: Revision''. A port of ''Revision'' was released on the Nintendo Switch on November 16th, 2023. A DLC titled ''Astlibra Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist'' is set to release was released in February 13, 2024. It will be set Set during the events of the main game and features game, it focuses on the Baker's Daughter and Polin as she tries to save her sister with the main protagonists.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler: During the demon invasion, a long female voice can be heard off-screen in a locked-off area going toe-to-toe against multiple bosses. If you decide to help out and kill the bosses (by using ranged attacks to bypass the barrier), you'll come across a very shy girl hiding behind a tree who gives you some baked goods and a Love piece as thanks. In the final chapter, she (revealed to be the baker's daughter, if it wasn't obvious) goes on off-screen demon subjugation quests against "larger demons" with the dog, Polin, who joins the guild.]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler: During the demon invasion, a long female voice can be heard off-screen in a locked-off area going toe-to-toe against multiple bosses. If you decide to help out and kill the bosses (by using ranged attacks to bypass the barrier), you'll come across a very shy girl hiding behind a tree who gives you some baked goods and a Love piece as thanks. In the final chapter, she (revealed to be the baker's daughter, if it wasn't obvious) goes on off-screen demon subjugation quests against "larger demons" with the dog, Polin, who joins the guild. She gets a major role in ''Gaiden'' as the main protagonist of the chapter.]]
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On October 13, 2022, following KEIZO partnering up with publisher Whisper Games, a definitive version of ''Astlibra'' was released on Steam, titled ''Astlibra: Revision''. A port of ''Revision'' was released on the Nintendo Switch on November 16th, 2023. A DLC titled ''Astlibra Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist'' is set to release in February 13, 2024. It will be set during the events of the main game and features the Baker's Daughter and Polin as the main protagonists.
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On October 13, 2022, following KEIZO partnering up with publisher Whisper Games, Games and Creator/{{Vanillaware}} artist Shigatake, a definitive version of ''Astlibra'' was released on Steam, titled ''Astlibra: Revision''. A port of ''Revision'' was released on the Nintendo Switch on November 16th, 2023. A DLC titled ''Astlibra Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist'' is set to release in February 13, 2024. It will be set during the events of the main game and features the Baker's Daughter and Polin as the main protagonists.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: '''AND HOW.''' After all the hell the hero goes through, [[spoiler:all the deaths, tragic losses and going through a time loop the second time, not only does he manage to save the world from an alien-like parasite and restore Gaia to its original state, but also managed to create a timeline where EverybodyLives. And if you gave enough Love to Anulis, not only she recovers her memories, joins the Guild and ends up declaring her love to you, you also saves her from Geist before he pulls a fast one on you.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: '''AND HOW.''' After all the hell the hero goes through, [[spoiler:all the deaths, tragic losses and going through a time loop the second time, not only does he manage to save the world from an alien-like parasite Geas and restore Gaia to its original state, but also managed to create a timeline where EverybodyLives. And if you gave enough Love to Anulis, not only she recovers her memories, joins the Guild and ends up declaring her love to you, you also saves her from Geist before he pulls a fast one on you.]]
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On October 13, 2022, following KEIZO partnering up with publisher Whisper Games, a definitive version of ''Astlibra'' was released on Steam, titled ''Astlibra: Revision''. A port of ''Revision'' was released on the Nintendo Switch on November 16th, 2023. A DLC titled ''Astlibra Revision Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist'' is set to release in February 13, 2024. It will be set during the events of the main game and features the Baker's Daughter and Polin as the main protagonists.
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On October 13, 2022, following KEIZO partnering up with publisher Whisper Games, a definitive version of ''Astlibra'' was released on Steam, titled ''Astlibra: Revision''. A port of ''Revision'' was released on the Nintendo Switch on November 16th, 2023. A DLC titled ''Astlibra Revision Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist'' is set to release in February 13, 2024. It will be set during the events of the main game and features the Baker's Daughter and Polin as the main protagonists.
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: The Steam's page for ''Gaiden'' outright spoils [[spoiler:Polin's return, which is something that happens during the Postscript.]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler: During the demon invasion, a long female voice can be heard off-screen in a locked-off area going toe-to-toe against multiple bosses. If you decide to help out and kill the bosses (by using ranged attacks to bypass the barrier), you'll come across a very shy girl hiding behind a tree who gives you some baked goods and a Love piece as thanks. In the final chapter, she (revealed to be the baker's daughter, if it wasn't obvious) goes on demon subjugation quests with the dog, Polin, who joins the guild.]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler: During the demon invasion, a long female voice can be heard off-screen in a locked-off area going toe-to-toe against multiple bosses. If you decide to help out and kill the bosses (by using ranged attacks to bypass the barrier), you'll come across a very shy girl hiding behind a tree who gives you some baked goods and a Love piece as thanks. In the final chapter, she (revealed to be the baker's daughter, if it wasn't obvious) goes on off-screen demon subjugation quests against "larger demons" with the dog, Polin, who joins the guild.]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler: During the demon invasion, a long female voice can be heard off-screen in a locked-off area going toe-to-toe against multiple bosses. If you decide to help out and kill the bosses (by using ranged attacks to bypass the barrier), you'll come across a very shy girl hiding behind a tree who gives you some baked goods and a Love piece as thanks. In the final chapter, she (revealed to be the baker's daughter, if it wasn't obvious) goes on demon subjugation quests with the dog who joins the guild.]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler: During the demon invasion, a long female voice can be heard off-screen in a locked-off area going toe-to-toe against multiple bosses. If you decide to help out and kill the bosses (by using ranged attacks to bypass the barrier), you'll come across a very shy girl hiding behind a tree who gives you some baked goods and a Love piece as thanks. In the final chapter, she (revealed to be the baker's daughter, if it wasn't obvious) goes on demon subjugation quests with the dog dog, Polin, who joins the guild.]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler: During the demon invasion, a long female voice can be heard off-screen in a locked-off area going toe-to-toe against multiple bosses. If you decide to help out and kill the bosses (by using ranged attacks to bypass the barrier), you'll come across a very shy girl hiding behind a tree who gives you some baked goods and a Love piece as thanks. In the final chapter, she (revealed to be the baker's daughter, if it wasn't obvious) goes on demon subjugation quests with the dog who joins the guild.]]
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* GuideDangIt: Some treasure chests are very well-hidden, and unless you equip the skill that tells you how many chests are in a given room, there's often no clue they're even there. Which is one thing when they have things like magic crystals or Small Metals, but these chests can also contain key items like the bow, the fast-travel item, and ''the backstep skill''. And what's worse, there's often little to no indication these things are even in the game, meaning players can very easily have no idea they're missing these things.
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* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: [[spoiler:By the time Chapter 8 starts, every member of the Guild is dead in the past with no way of undoing their deaths after Anulis destroys the Scales. And once you reach the midway point of the chapter, Kai sacrifices himself to destroy a horde of automatas, leaving the hero and Karon to deal with Anulis on their own.]]
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* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: [[spoiler:By the time Chapter 8 starts, every member of the Guild is dead in the past with no way of undoing their deaths after Anulis destroys the Scales. And once you reach the midway point of later in the chapter, Kai sacrifices himself to destroy a horde of automatas, automata, leaving the hero and Karon to deal with Anulis on their own.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: The normal ending. [[spoiler:Anubis is destroyed, the demons are no more and Anulis is finally free of her suffering. But Karon is gone again (he gets better), the Guild is no more, Kai and the Scales are destroyed, the hero is stuck in future Tokyo with no way to return back to his time and Earth is doomed to face a slow death. And just when the game seems to end, Astraea reacts to Anubis' destruction.]] Cue the final chapter.
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* BittersweetEnding: The normal ending. [[spoiler:Anubis is destroyed, the demons are no more and Anulis is finally free of her suffering. But Karon is gone again (he gets better), the Guild is no more, Kai and the Scales are destroyed, the hero is stuck in future Tokyo with no way to return back to his time and Earth the world is doomed to face a slow death. And just when the game seems to end, Astraea reacts to Anubis' destruction.]] Cue the final chapter.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: '''AND HOW.''' After all the hell the hero goes through, [[spoiler:all the deaths, tragic losses and going through a time loop the second time, not only does he manage to save the world from an alien-like parasite and restore Gaia to its original state, but also managed to create a timeline where EverybodyLives. And if you gave enough Love to Anulis, not only she recovers her memories, joins the Guild and ends up declaring her love to you, you also saves her from Geist before he pulls a fast one on you.]]
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2023. A DLC titled ''Astlibra Revision Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist'' is set to release in 2024. It will be set during the events of the main game and features the Baker's Daughter and Polin as the main protagonists.
