Chains of Love | Astral Chain Reviewmpressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- Here's my half-review-half-impressions video on Astral Chain, which I must say has surprised the heck out of me.
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As soon as you started talking about graphics, I thought "He's going to mention Fire Emblem."
Yep.
Is he right tho
@@folly_ah_duh yes he is, fire emblem three houses looks awful in many aspects
rasol alvarez models look good, but everything else looks like ass
@@rasul01 There are some aspects of that game that look pretty good, but for every one thing that looks good, there are five other things that look rough. Luckily it's a good game. I just hope their next Switch outing is an upgrade in the visual department.
@@nintendonerdjoseph the way you answered me makes it seem like you're answering to someone who thinks the game looks good when I already said that it looks awful
Didn’t think Arlo would talk about this game but I’m glad he did
His affiliate (Nintendolife I think) has slapped a 9/10 on this already. And deservedly so. And they're not the only ones. I told ppl wailing at me about my hating on 2.5D indies and Fire Chess Emblem; it's 2019. This sort of beautiful mix of accessible 3D RTA hack n slash with an upgrade-system to boot in an actual passable storyline is huge for the Switch, if not gaming overall, it was choking under all these inides and re-makes,, ugh. Relief!!
Metoo
“It’s sad that this game isn’t selling well.”
*#1 Best Seller in the UK*
@Tom The Fish It is for Platinum Games, given their best selling game Nier Automata didn't get that in its launch week.
Yessir, We Brits know our proper games!! None of this 2.5D J-rpg / indie choking smog
@SquidBag Eastern? or too "Anime" looking? I can understand that though, the art style is definitely not for everyone.
That's impressive considering Europe is nowhere near as big when it comes to Nintendo.
The fact that it managed to beat Automata is a big deal.
@@frickthefuckoff - i keep seeing people say this - but its not a big deal it beat Nier and not surprising. its the exact definition of "standing on the shoulders of Giants".
Nier came out and no one knew what it was - it didn't get youtubers streaming the demo, it didn't get people watching and reporting foreign review scores. I know people were still questioning what it was when others talked about it months later at "game of the year" conversations.
Most people just knew that the original Nier was weird. This new Nier had very little hype behind it, (and i played and beat the original so i know I was excited). I guarantee the advertising budgets between the 2 games in night and day.
Now Nier has come and gone, was super great and everyone knows its good - a Switch exclusive comes out on a hyped system from that hyped developer, (and Switch still doesn't have a ton to choose from right now), unless the initial reviews said it was absolute garbage - it was going to sell well.
How many Asteral Chain videos did you see before last Friday? i saw the game mentioned at least 20 times the past few months whether it was talk of demo of release date or foreign review scores or Nintendo Directs. i saw Nier mentioned maybe 2 times before it came out and I was looking for it.
Arlo.
We all saw you try to go into the women's restroom with the male character.
For shame.
I wouldn’t dare because that’s bad, but when I was wearing the Lappy costume I tried just to see if I could use the toilet for the Sake of the Toilet fairy.
@@samuelturner6076 Really? You comply with toilet etiquette in a single player video game?
Xario Withoutalastname Yes, and traffic etiquette, and general etiquette, and perfectionist mood (and especially litter etiquette in this game because £ and also it made me loose faith in humanity when I was throwing cands away for legit at least 30 seconds straight). One side quest I had to get a drone, and I ended up breaking the drone, and I felt so bad I wanted to restart the file (chapter) but I was so far in it would’ve been a bad idea, earlier in the same mission there’s a side quest to get a girl Ice cream, and I kept restarting to try and get her the biggest one for a good 30 minutes until I gave up and got her a large with one fallen scoop.
😂😂
@@xario2007 😂😂
I love how Arlo refers to the Legion as ''your guy'' and enemies as ''a dude''. So you wrap your guy around a dude and then zip over and such.
From now on, I will type out your reports, Cadet Arlo. FOREVERMORE
Can we all just appreciate how Arlo always starts his videos saying something positive to the people watching? Like it just makes my day better
“Egg pooping friends”
@@ej9244 like they said, positive
The thing I've been loving about this game is how well it introduces you to the combat. I hate it when games start with a tutorial dump.
In Astral Chain they start with action, you don't need to know what you're doing, it's just BAM, in on the action, and one by one they start giving you the mechanics, bit by bit.
And then when I got my first Legion I thought they told me all that it could do, but then they give you a different one and THEN they give abilities to them, and the learning curve is helped a billion times by giving you a training room within the game. Not a tutorial menu, not a tutorial dump, but a training room within the story, that helps a lot with the immersion.
AND THEEEEEN, they even change the person teaching you in the training room so it doesn't feel like tutorial, it feels like game and you're doing nothing but learning the attacks, and it feels fun and enjoyable!
I spent a lot of time in the training room specifically because I was testing stuff instead of being taught by force. Not only do you get to learn the controls, but you get used to the pacing of fights.
@@muntu1221 I thought I was the only one. I've spent most of time in training practicing evasion, combos, and how to control both characters optimally. I''m pretty sure most of my gameplay has been there.
I like how it starts clunky, and suddenly boom you're zooming all over the place, and doing awesome moves.
Exactly! The way they introduce all those battle mechanics/gimmicks is so subtle. However, I did end up using sword guy, the punch guy and the dog legion way too often. I barely used arror and hammer legion.
No Arlo, I will not sleep on this game; I've never slept on any game, they do not make good pillows.
King Toast I recommend sleeping on Kirby star allies, it’s very comfortable
I mean, you're not wrong.
Been there, done that.
00:05 the floor reminds me of those moon rocks in Mario Odyssey which you can break once you beat the game. Anyone else feel the same or is it just me?
We might have a theory here dude...
afonso f Moon Rocks are Legions confirmed. The rocks are what caused the world to get taken by them. The pre apocalyptic world was really odyssey.
All the gameplay I see of this game remind me of the final mementos dungeon in Persona 5
Also reminds me of some parts in Control (another new game)
It's just the fortnite cube lol
Arlo: “you got your little sword...”
X-Baton: “Am I a joke to you?”
Confession time: this game is my first time playing a Platinum Games title.
Same.
Good for you, it's probably one of the best
I'd recommend you Bayonetta 1 and 2 on the switch, but if you have a PS4 or a good PC I'd recommend MGR and Nier: Automata
mine as well, and i keep forgetting to use the chain blinding skill.
I like Astral Chain more than Bayonetta 1/2 tbh
Other than bayonetta same
My chains of love are attached to Arlo. One of the best Nintendo youtubers out there!
Which one is better then?
One of? He is THE BEST
It's so refreshing watching a Nintendo TH-camr that doesn't get political. I love kicking back and watching Arlo and Vinny (Vinesauce) because they just do Nintendo. So many TH-camrs from Somecallmejohnny to Alpharad have been slowly injecting politics into their videos over the years, and I've gotten to the point where I can't watch their videos anymore because of it. I watch videos about video games for the video games, and maybe a bit of personal stories from the TH-camr. That's all.
Nintentubers
epiccarrot88 examples of including politics?
Astral Chain: Stardust Crusaders.
...Someone had to do it.
Ender, Ace of Spades nobody had to do it
@@cashbag thank you
There's a chained creature with a multiple punch power ." Ora ora ora".
The creatures are just stands lol
+Tempest Universe They’re more like Personas.
"No spoilers" immediately spoils the marie/lappy twist.
Smh cmon man thats a huge plot point
Barely even a twist, obvious the first time you see her.
@@EchidnaKida r/woosh
@@EchidnaKida Da fuck. That was the one of biggest plot twist in gaming history. You would have to be fucking Batman to see that shit coming.
It's not even true!
Play FIle 07, Marie is on the roof, Lappy is in the elevator room.
Ace nah, when you first meet her, she drops her dog helmet and is searching around for it, then gets it and introduces herself as lappy
Best things about this game:
-Pet the Beast Legion
-Throw Soda cans into the Garbage
Arlo! How DARE you spoil Lappy's true identity!
We would never have guessed that
I'm intrigued by this game, because I want to unleash my *「STANDO POWAH」*
Cae Pez Let’s hope they don’t have a D4Z.
Behold my Legion, [Arm Platinum: Za Warudo]!
There is a creature with multiple punches in this game. I can't help but think about star platinum.
Legit the Arm legion guys, there’s literally a skill to just make him ORA/DORA/MUDA and the “L combo” also has a section of them and it’s glorious.
This chain of replies has interested me even more... I might try the game.
Nintendo: This game isn't selling well.
Sakurai: Well, have to see about that.
i don't get it :[
@@icyurchins It's a joke for how any unrepresented franchise in Smash get a playable character, and their games get a boost in sales.
Lol oh
Next up the pilot from the galaga games
I would love them too add the main to smash in the next season makes a lot of sense and I can see her/him being a fun character
@@zamon8erz10 We simply need more puppet fighters.
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it's not annoying, don't force it to meme status, buddy !
It kinda is. I wish it wasn't as frequent.
You can avoid this by just leaving it on lol. I never turn it off unless in a fight
@@minasegazi4000 The information part doesn't stop even if left on... at least it didn't for me.
@@123christianac that's cause fighting a peep or item with info will always pop that up, however you can see those things and avoid placing your cursor on them.
"in the first several hours, it does not stop giving you tutorials."
As a Tales fan, I feel like I'd be totally at home with that.
Ah tales of symphonia, still getting tutorials while at level 50, good times
@@jordankelly4684 A man of culture I see.
Fully relate
XD
As a xenoblade fan...
I’m not surprised at all. This game was made by the same people who made Bayonetta
Yeah but they also made Star Fox Zero and that TMNT game sooooo...
@@AlexysRM pretty sure their involvement in star fox was small, and tmnt has more to do with activision being a garbage publisher.
@@amurter19 - Just pointing out the fallacy in claims like "This game was made by X developer so it must be good!"
@@AlexysRM That's not really a fallacy. I mean, if you say it's automatic, then sure. But it's not fallacious to say that a certain developer is good at certain things and you trust them with new IPs.
And Nier Automata
The combat seems pretty basic and button-mashy at first, but it gets absolutely bonkers when you get further and get good at swapping between legions and start getting S+ rankings, especially once you unlock the moves that let you unchain your legions.
Like, the average fight for me at the beginning of the game was basically:
Press ZR.
Press ZR some more.
Press ZR even more.
Occasionally press ZL.
Press ZR again.
But now the average fight for me is more like:
Send the wolf into the middle of the enemy group and howl to stun them.
Swap to arrow legion, call it back to me, unchain it to lay down support fire, swap to sword.
ZL to send the sword out, ZL+ZR to pull myself into the group.
Do the area chain attack to bind the whole group and sync attack follow-ups, then continue attacking until the arrow is done.
Unchain the sword and swap to arm.
Merge with the arm and MUDA MUDA MUDA everyone until sword is done.
Unchain the arm and swap to whoever seems like the best at this moment.
And repeat. Swap to legion, use ability, do some damage, unchain, swap to next legion, etc.
And I'm sure there are a lot of options I'm not even using. Like I haven't figured out how to effectively use the axe legion yet.
Hold up, you can switch while they are doing those unchain attacks? I never knew that
@@Gankstomper - Yeah, it's pretty much the whole point of the unchained attacks. But you can only have one unchained at a time. If you unchain another one, it'll disappear.
Pt standard is giving me a run for my money. Definitely can't just mash to win.
I've found that triggering and leaning hard into sync attacks is key :)
Marcus Joyner master the timings and sync attack for days baby.
I jumped straight into the game on platinum standard. I feel like this game shines on it's higher difficulties. The whole Lettered rank system for levels and quests is satisfying af. I'm about to run through the game all over again Platinum ultimate!!
i started on this as well, mostly because more reward? Sign me up!
Best moment of play for me so far: While fighting the arm nemesis there are all these goopy glue puddles around that you're "ment" to avoid, but the boss has one attack that creats a gravity effect that pulls you in and deals damage if you're pulled all the way to the center. So what do you do, well you can just run away or use you legion to pull you away OR jump into the gloopy glue and get stuck and feel like a genius. That fight takes about 5 mins, the fact that someone took the time to create that great moment for me just thank you Platinum.
Love this game. Stopped playing fire emblem to play this game and I love fire emblem.
Same, I feel bad because I love Fire Emblem but I don't have time to play both
@@KellyJoule you mean you haven't finished that 80 hour game 4 times already like everyone else on the internet /s
@@KellyJoule Me either. Had to take a break to do one at a time.
@@halkon4412 Well, Astral Chain actually has real-time combat, unlike Chess-mate Emblem
3 houses got me back in fire emblem fates was sooo bad, and echoes wasn’t enough to ease my worries, then xenoblade 2 went full on waifu weeb pandering ( I know they’re separate developers but still) then we got the high school trailer, I almost skipped but began hearing very positive reviews from people who share my likings of games and am glad I gave it a chance, may even topple RD as my new favorite, but I think silver snow was pointless and they should have devoted the effort to give crimson flower a more fulfilling route
I am absolutely floored by how dope this game is. It’s my GOTY thus far in 2019, and that’s a tough nut to crack.
Lol. Nut.
I'm at 28 hours and on the 10th chapter. There are 12 chapters I think. This is just for main story.
You should get it. It's $49.94 at Walmart
@@joycmo6425 Great, tell me how you like it after playing for a few hours!
SquidBag it’s a reasonable choice. My goty is sekiro but astral chain looks right up my alley
@@sonymicronin There are 12, however Ch. 12 is one of those epilogue chapters. Can't say anymore it would be a spoiler.
When I was at about 10 hours in, I read that the first playthrough has ~15 hours, so I was disappointed about being almost done and decided to play less hours a day, since it's still some time until Zelda comes out. Also while I was already exploring a bit (about 80% per chapter done), I decided to be even more thorough for the remaining chapters, so I can stretch the time even more. I'm now at ~28 hours playtime at the start of chapter 11. I guess I will end the game with around 30 hours of playtime. I'm unsure, if I will make a second playthrough or will complete each chapter with 100% and do all tasks (or however they are called in english in this game). I usually like completing stuff, but as I understand it, chapters will be reset completely when redoing them, so I'll have to find everything again I already found, which means I can't forget a single thing on each try. I'm not sold to this idea.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is three things:
- I like that game very much (despite not having it mentioned in the first paragraph)
- For anyone fearing it's way too short: There is easily 30+ hours of content, if you don't rush it, but keep exploring.
- I really wonder why people rush all the games. As another example: Fire Emblem Three Houses most reviews mentioned ~70 hours playtime, I cleared it at ~110 hours. Yes, I did some grinding, because I changed classes with most characters, but it wasn't 40 hours of grinding. Just because there are many interesting games releasing, doesn't mean we should rush them. There will be times when less interesting games release and then we will have games left to fill the gap.
@Arlo what is your top 10 most hours played games on switch?
I believe he gave his friend code one time, you could probably find his account
Well I ain't Arlo but here's mine:
1) Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 285 hours
2) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 265 hours
3) Octopath Traveler - 125 hours
4) Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! - 80 hours
5) Super Mario Odyssey - 55 hours
6) LEGO Harry Potter Collection - 25 hours
7) Pokkén Tournament DX - 25 hours
8) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 20 hours
9) Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - 10 hours
10) Spyro Reignited Trilogy - 5 hours
@@Foxes01 my top one is probably Minecraft or DOOM
@@Foxes01 Those are rookie numbers.
I have 500 hours in Zelda. Currently on a no map, no fast travel, no heart container run. It's great to explore Hyrule like this.
I hear that hub music in the background
It's so freaking good though, I was shocked by it. I leave the game on the station just for ambience
I'm absolutely in love with this game. They hit it out of the park.
I think Astral Chain is my game of the year. I love it so much.
Same. It might be my favorite Platinum game, even over Nier Automata and Bayonetta.
should i play docked or handheld? difficulty level?
SquidBag sorry to hear that. Personally I really enjoy it but it just might not be for everyone, even some fans of other Platinum titles.
Hala Juventus Y nada mas Arlo says all of this in the actual video. It doesn’t matter if you play docked or handheld. It’s the same thing except the resolution is a bit better on TV. The game has three difficulties. Stupid easy baby mode, casual, and platinum difficulty. Which is the hard mode.
@@theblitz1070 It actually has four. You unlock the fourth one after completing the Platinum Standard for that mode.
It's called Platinum Ultimate.
Arlo, you're my favourite blue monster and my favourite Nintendo-TH-camr. I'm always happy to see a new upload by you. Good stuff, as always! 💚
I just recently discovered you so I'm here late. Astral chain is one of my favorite games that has been released on the switch. I was fully engaged in the combat system the instant we had access to the legion. I spent endless hours on the post game missions refining my strategies because the combat felt so rewarding.
The game sold over a million copies by the end of 2019, and I think platinum games has expressed interest in a sequel dependant upon the overall reception so I think a sequel is likely.
My favorite thing about this game (and multiple action games for that matter) is that you can have beaten the game and then watch someone trying things out in the lab and you’ll see an attack or technique you’ve never seen before and think “wait a minute, you can do that?!” A good example is in this very video I had no idea you can pull off a sync attack after landing a successful slash through an opponent’s attack and now I’m trying to find practical uses for it during boss fights to up my score. This game just seems to have endless depth and I love it!
Starting a game in casual at first just to get the feel of the controls and gameplay is nothing to be ashamed of Arlo. I sometimes do this just to practice and then, later on, I go on full force hard mode!
*Who is hyped* for the September Nintendo Direct
I bet they are gonna start the direct with a game no one saw coming
Wario land. I hope it everytime. Or a new mario.
@@rambowha4703 nah bro. hold the mario games, we deserve a new wario land
@@cerealbeforemilk3566 Persona 5 confirmed! ;)
Tomorrow!!!
Thank you for this video! Thanks for your time and your work :)
I discovered your channel a few months ago from your breath of the wild review, and I am so glad that I did. You provide the most in depth and honest (*cough cough ign*) reviews that I have found, and entertaining at that! I don't have any plans to buy astral chain, but I still watched the review because of how much fun these are to watch. Thank you for making great and passionate reviews :)
Feels like a game before HD era where it's not just cool combat but actual exploration without being open world, balances progression, paced out story moments. So amazing
I wasn't expecting a Jim Sterling crossover on this channel.
WHOA
Im playing on the hardest difficulty right now and honestly, its painfully fun. Its so fucking good. Its just the right amount of difficulty so retry a boss once or twice
Astral Chain: Neon Genesis Stardust Crusaders
+ Ghost in the Shell..
Ghost in the Genesis Stardust Crusaders.
@@hizumizaigo4219 + Attack on Titan.
The Ark = The Walls.
Attack on Neon Ghost: Stardust Crusaders.
I Hope Wonderful 101 gets finaly ported to the Switch that game is fantastic and deserves better
I would be curious to see how they would handle the move form changes. I never played it but I would definitely buy it on the switch with new DLC
It will. Soon.
The one I'm worried about and NEEDS to be released from the WiiU's grave is Xenoblade X.
@@Daremodesu I want that game rereleased too
@@TheBlackShinigami You could do it with the right stick, which is actually MUCH easier to do on the run on the WiiU version.
@@TheBlackShinigami As a person who played it, the game is 100% complete-able with just the gamepad. They would have to tweek a couple of obstacles, but most of it can be played with one screen.
Arlo videos just make me happy. Thank you arlo.
Thank you for talking about this game. It's so good and I haven't seen many TH-camrs talk about it
Butternut Squash? Yes please!
So glad you reviewed this, ive been super curious about it, you seem to have similar tastes in games as I do, so keep it up buddy
Congrats on 400k subscribers!
The game foreshadows the plottwist that joseph is the bad guy so strong that you always wait for it, but it takes so long that you think it‘s not coming anymore but then the story presses that whole plottwist into two files
At first I wasn't interested when I saw this at E3, but now that you've shown more I think i might try it!!
Thanks Arlo. This video finally made me able to decide that i want this game
Good job Arlo. Looks interesting.
A little easter egg I found is one of the preset colors for you legion is the Eva unit 1 color scheme, pretty neat
Good news, Arlo! It's shaping up to be Platinum's best-selling game if early sales data by Amazon, the UK and the eShop is anything to go by.
Gamestop has this game (digital version) like 60% off for Black Friday 2021! I've had my eye on it for a while but thought I'd check what the internet had to say before buying. This Arlo stamp of approval was all I needed to push be over the edge and get it.
Same 😅
Ah platinum games seems to be back on top of their game
Good work boys
You forgetting they made Automata very recently?
They got back on their game 2-3 years ago.
@@_-Lx-_
Automata followed up the teenage mutant ninja turtles game
I reserved my right to be skeptical in case it was a fluke
@@alexlee4154
They were just in a rough patch for a while, i never saw it as a permanent thing personally.
@@_-Lx-_ Fun fact: Astral chain was planned on before nier automata
@@lum1notryc828
I remember seeing that a few days ago
I was so sceptic about the whole game. But you did convince me to try it, when I have the possibility, thank you Arlo!
For me, it's going to be hard to pick GOTY between Fire Emblem and Astral Chain for Nintendo. While I'm certainly excited for the games releasing later in the year, I just don't see them being as good as these two. I know other people probably don't like Astral Chain as much as I do - but dammit if this game wasn't made for me.
I would agree though I give room for Pokenob to be amazing
Skinner McLane it's just a shorter, easier, less deep version of bayonetta
@@justin02905 That's...one of the weirdest ways I've seen this games be reduced. Astral Chain is a combination of ALL Platinum games (it has the Zandatsu and core-stealing mechanic from Revengence, the chain mechanic operates very similarly to Wonderful 101's line drawing, and the 'glimmer' mechanic comes from Transformers of all things). -but on top of that, it's also a simple but fun police-simulator in what is essentially a rip-off of Neon Genesis + JoJo. These are my favorite things, so I dig it. It's definitely not trying to be a masterpiece like Nier: Automata, but it's exactly the kind of game I like.
-and Bayonetta is already perfect. If I want to replay those games, I'll just replay them for the 30th time.
Skinner McLane the investigation segments felt like boring filler meant to pad out the game's playtime. Personally I liked Platinum more when they were Clover Studios and just focused on the action
@@justin02905 I can totally understand why a lot of people wouldn't like the other stuff. I'll openly admit that a lot of parts are genuinely bad (kicking the soccer ball across the district in Chapter 3 is hilariously tedious, and the writing in some scenes make me want to gag after coming from the high mark that was Fire Emblem). -but hey, I still enjoy it. It lets me make my own character and be a badass and letting me look like Armitage the III while using EVA Unit-02 to beat up samurai-monsters with flaming naginata is something that overrides flaws like some scenes being garbage.
I could believe that nobody in the world would like the game as much as I do, but it seems others like the side-content, too. -and if it helps a more casual audience get into Platinum games and support Bayonetta 3 when it comes out, all the better.
NGL Astral Chain's my favorite Switch Exclusive.
Akira the waifu police for smash bros as 1st fighter from the 2nd dlc pack. 🤯🤯🤯
Couldn‘t say it any better!
This game came out of nowhere and simply blew my mind.
It exploded on youtube and I was a bit skeptical about the hype.
But man… Best surprise on the switch since I bought the system.
It ramped up to one of the best games I ever played.
This game is packed and I think the story is way better than the usual platinum games action hack and slay games.
It is actually one of the best things in this game.
Can‘t recommend it enough. Cheers
You’re an inspiration for my channel Arlo. 😘
Another exclusive to add to my wishlist for when I pick up a Switch. I was following _Astral Chain_ briefly when it was announced but had no clue it was already out. Nice to see that impressions are good, though I kind of expect that when Platinum is doing original content.
Love the longer vids
Was waiting to see Arlo’s thoughts on this game. I’ve been on the fence about using one of my vouchers on it. Gonna wait till after the direct tomorrow to decide
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Arlo trying to get into the women’s bathroom lol
Got Astral Chain recently and I’ve been loving it so far.
This was the first 'Platinum Games' game I played, anndd it's super duper great! In my opinion at least. Though i'm kinda bad at it -.-
Seriously using the chain in combat in multiple ways makes me feel so smart at times xD. Its such a cool well realized mechanical tool.
Oh shit!!!
Thank you for showing me this game like this...you got me interested...again
Man I just love your channel so much, big fan, thank you.
Great game, glad to hear you’re enjoying it!
I love this game. Been dying to get it ever since I happened to watch the E3 reveal and fell in love. and I finally did! Haven’t finished it yet but it’s one of my favorites for the switch for sure. It’s so much fun
Exceedingly pleasant is the best way to address an audience. Arlo, you know your fans well
Other reviewers: “You play as a special forced operative who is tethered to.a Chinera, a nightmarish monster from a parallel world...”
Arlo: “It’s you, and you got a monster chained to you.”
Thanks for being concise!
Arlo it's very nice to come to your reviews to see a simplified version of big corporate reviews. I love how IGN will take a minute explaining a basic gist of combat and you just say "you're a dude and you got a guy chained to you".
Thanks for the review, you just convinced me to pick this up. I really like skill-based games that reward you for getting good at combat (Kingdom Hearts, BotW, even Metroid: Samus Returns does it well enough!) so this looks like a good one!
Then it sounds like sekiro would be the game for you.
Platinum Games needs to make a new Digimon game. This Astral Chain system could definitely work with the concept of Digimon.
I beat it already and I already have 28 hours of gameplay done I'm trying to complete everything
It's a small game to pay full price
@@joaoaraujo9629 maybe but it sure is fun
Astral Chain is blowing me away. I am glad you are giving it a chance.
I could listen to that HQ background song all day long.
I am just asking, did you borrow the gameplay footage from zackscottgames?
Cause the movements and slashes are so similar including where you slashed the energy current for the robot in maison forest
I fell in love with this game and enjoyed it WAY more than I anticipated. I jumped straight into the game on platinum standard. I feel like it shines on it's higher difficulties. The whole Lettered rank system for levels and quests is satisfying af. I'm about to run through the game all over again Platinum ultimate!!
I got it and been loving it!!
Loving it so far, i picked it up first day
This game is so damn awesome. The year of the Switch once again
I'm definitely getting this.
This game is amazing! Enjoyed playing it so much!
I just started File 6 and I have to say I adore this game, it might be my GotY
It would be a little bit cool if where the chain was represented the relashonships like if it was on the legions hand they where close and bonded
by chance, would that chain be of an astral persuasion?
OMG ARLO SPOILERS I DIDNT KNOW MARIE AND LAPPY WERE THE SAME people!!!
Just got it today. Haven’t played it yet, I’m excited to though.
I still can't get over these gorgeous graphics. This game proves that you can't take the switch lightly. I'm hoping for more quality titles like this one in the future.
Can we talk about how much Anime this game is? Ffs it's has an opening and it's so good
CRAP there's a nintendo direct today?! MUST GO WATCH! As well as Arlo's reaction.
tis a good game
Nice I really want to play it.
Never heard of this but I guess it’s cool? Looks awesome from the gameplay. Considering picking up a copy for myself..
Edit: Bought a copy! Enjoying it
This game was so fun, I was very pleasantly surprised.
The way this main character run speed and animation (and slows quickly to a stop from a run) looks just like 2B from Nier: Automata. Another amazing game by these guys. And thats A-OK