Imagine a world where doctors have fled, and psychics are the new doctors. It sounds downright crazy, doesn’t it" In fact, most of Astrologaster ($4.99) follows the pattern of seeming downright impossible, but the impossible is actually true. I know this is a bit confusing, so this review will begin a bit differently than normal, with a brief history lesson. What I’m about to write will seem outlandish and untrue, but it is historically accurate – or so the developer promises.
In England during the late 16th century, the population was severely affected by the bubonic plague. Doctors fled to avoid it, but one wannabe named Simon Forman decided to cure his own illness by looking to the stars. And it seems to have worked. So he sets up practice, reading the stars to cure a range of illnesses. The problem" He’s selling himself as a doctor, but he never studied medicine.
The police have warned the public about people like Forman, and if they catch him they would undoubtedly arrest and charge him. There is a way around this, as Forman needs to get at least eight of his patients to write a letter of recommendation. This will give him the chance to become a medically recognized doctor; for now, he’s operating illegally. It’s a true story that seems insane when considering modern science, but it didn’t seem so crazy four hundred years ago.
Astrologaster is based on Forman’s tale and Horay astrology, which uses a square ...