Astral Chain

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  1. PS4TRASHCONSOLE
    Sep 1, 2019
    9
    Games pretty good the controls and camera can be annoying sometimes especially when your corned an also the dodge button doesn't cover as much ground but still a good game, an Sony fanboys with your 0 scores u guys are pathetic an ur gunna get your karma when death stranding comes out be prepared for your zeros
  2. MarkKyra
    May 10, 2020
    9
    fantastic graphics, game play and music. Story leaves a bit to be desired and the ending leaves you on edge and not so satisfied. Other than that the most of the game is superb. Looking forward to what else platinum has up their sleeve!
  3. LuisG1823
    Sep 1, 2019
    9
    Opinion sincera, el combate es lo mejor que se he visto en años, coincido con algunos redactores que dicen que el combate se siente revolucionario, no es un machacabotones como parece tiene su complejidad, el apartado artistico me encanta, se siente bonito y fresco, como punto que no me gusta son los 30fps, pero no es algo que impide disfrutarlo, en general es un juego indispensable queOpinion sincera, el combate es lo mejor que se he visto en años, coincido con algunos redactores que dicen que el combate se siente revolucionario, no es un machacabotones como parece tiene su complejidad, el apartado artistico me encanta, se siente bonito y fresco, como punto que no me gusta son los 30fps, pero no es algo que impide disfrutarlo, en general es un juego indispensable que tiene que probar si o si… Expand
  4. aljirik1992
    Sep 9, 2019
    9
    Экзотика Артура Пирожкова

    Если особо придирчивый геймер скажет разработчикам Astral Chain: "У вас есть 15 минут, чтобы меня заинтересовать", - ровно столько же времени со старта игре потребуется, чтобы даже самый ярый противник экзов большой N, как Артур Пирожков, начал напевать: "Зацепила меня", - а в последующем безоговорочно влюбиться в новый IP создателей Mad World, при условии, что    Экзотика Артура Пирожкова

    Если особо придирчивый геймер скажет разработчикам Astral Chain: "У вас есть 15 минут, чтобы меня заинтересовать", - ровно столько же времени со старта игре потребуется, чтобы даже самый ярый противник экзов большой N, как Артур Пирожков, начал напевать: "Зацепила меня", - а в последующем безоговорочно влюбиться в новый IP создателей Mad World, при условии, что аниме стилистика не отторгается уаргонизмом принципиально. Если же идти от обратного, анимешникам, у которых за плечами больше сотни тайтлов, сюжет покажется, отнюдь не оригинальным. Но тут в дело включится выверенный геймплей, с базовым фан-сервисом для подобных эстетов, где градация сложности весьма привлекательна, как для кавайных тянок на стримАх, так и для суровых ронинов, которые изголодались по временам NINJA GAIDEN II. Обобщая, AC - это сериал со средним бюджетом выполненный по высшему разряду, геймплейно являясь хорошей затравкой перед Bayonetta 3.    … Expand
  5. MadBert91
    Dec 5, 2019
    9
    Puede que se trate de uno de los mejores juegos para Nintendo switch. En el apartado gráfico soberbio, en el apartado de jugabilidad, aunque un poquito difícil (no es malo, porque muchos precisamente buscan esa dificultad) es también genial si es verdad que lo que menos me ha gustado es el apartado musical del juego, esta es una opinión muy personal pero me parece un poquito taladrante dePuede que se trate de uno de los mejores juegos para Nintendo switch. En el apartado gráfico soberbio, en el apartado de jugabilidad, aunque un poquito difícil (no es malo, porque muchos precisamente buscan esa dificultad) es también genial si es verdad que lo que menos me ha gustado es el apartado musical del juego, esta es una opinión muy personal pero me parece un poquito taladrante de ahí que mi nota máxima sea un nueve, estar muchas horas jugando al juego con esa música a mi me da dolor de cabeza pero todo lo demás compensa con creces sin duda un gran juego eso si esperad que sea un poquito repetitivo aunque la mayoría de los juegos son los son, quizá mi nota sería más ocho con siete que un nueve pero redondeando se la dejo en nueve… Expand
  6. Sebascr12
    Oct 31, 2019
    9
    PlatinumGames is like 90s Sega, i mean good games and fun. And this game have a unique combat system that have a potential and with a cheesy story but you know? You play this kind for the game for the gameplay (in my opinion). Good combat, nice music and is one of the best of this year
  7. fidelwacho01
    Aug 30, 2019
    9
    Llevo unas 15 horas jugadas y por el momento, me encanta el juego por lo que es y no por lo que pudo haber sido. Entiendo a los usuarios que se quejan porque el juego vaya a 30 FPS pero ¿que queréis que os diga? yo me pasé el Bayonetta 1 en PS3 que iba a 20 FPS y es uno de mis juegos favoritos a dia de hoy, para mi ese dato es irrelevante. El juego pudo ser mejor en ese apartado, peroLlevo unas 15 horas jugadas y por el momento, me encanta el juego por lo que es y no por lo que pudo haber sido. Entiendo a los usuarios que se quejan porque el juego vaya a 30 FPS pero ¿que queréis que os diga? yo me pasé el Bayonetta 1 en PS3 que iba a 20 FPS y es uno de mis juegos favoritos a dia de hoy, para mi ese dato es irrelevante. El juego pudo ser mejor en ese apartado, pero estamos hablando de la Nintendo Switch, solamente que el juego se vea como se ve ya es un milagro. La historia es un poco básica como es de costumbre en este tipo de juegos de accion. Todo lo demás es una maravilla, tanto combate como personalizacion, efectos visuales, diseño artistico, musica, etc. Estoy maravillado con todo y espero que este sea el comienzo de una saga a futuro.… Expand
  8. XV_
    Jul 24, 2021
    9
    Your adventure begins just after you pick a male or female-presenting protagonist, then you’re prompted to a highly stylized and pretty good-looking motorcycle stage to finally hack and slash your way on foot through streets filled with Chimeras. It is a solid kick-off to a mostly solid game. After the prologue that introduces you to this post-apocalyptic world and its colorful cast ofYour adventure begins just after you pick a male or female-presenting protagonist, then you’re prompted to a highly stylized and pretty good-looking motorcycle stage to finally hack and slash your way on foot through streets filled with Chimeras. It is a solid kick-off to a mostly solid game. After the prologue that introduces you to this post-apocalyptic world and its colorful cast of characters, the story develops slowly between 11 chapters. The story has its twists and turns but overall has a good flow that focuses on an event for every chapter to finally tie in with the main narrative. It is not the most groundbreaking story that you’ll encounter but it is pretty interesting and the writers made the right call of keeping it more personal and expanding it with the grander-than-life events that happen in later chapters. Platinum doesn't shy away from doing stories with darker tones, but I think that after working alongside Drakengard and NieR Director/Writer Yoko Taro they got somewhat influenced by his style of writing.

    The real meat, bones, and metal of Astral Chain is its fast pacing yet simple combat. Similar to other action games like Bayonetta or Devil May Cry your character delivers fast and devastating combos with different combinations, the unique feature of Astral Chain that differentiates itself from other games of the genre is the Legion system. Aside from your character, you can summon a Legion that will attack any enemy that you're targeting and move on their own to the next target till they're eliminated.

    In RPG-like fashion, Legions come in the variety of melee, ranged, and tank, they can be upgraded and equipped with different abilities and skills that can be easily adapted to your playstyle, this Legion system compensates the otherwise simple combat as you only have one attack button and that's all. What makes the combat so addicting and rewarding are the Sync Attacks, after you complete a fixed chain of attacks with your weapon of use everything will slow down by a fraction of a second and you'll be prompted to press the Legion summoning button to do a powerful attack, these synced attacks can also be triggered by evading and when meeting certain conditions if you keep upgrading a Legion.

    While the focus of the game is the action parts of it, it has some variety that comes with side questing and puzzle-solving, this could be a matter of taste but not doing combat could be either a hit or a miss, as it might spice things a little at the cost of feeling a little like an obstacle to its "true" gameplay. For the most part, side-quests are fun to do even when many of them don't aport much to the story, so pacing for every chapter will definitely be benefited by omitting investigations and just let you chose freely to hunt down quests or go straight down to the main story.

    When you inevitable arrive at the Astral Plane you'll be entering the puzzle parts of the game, these parts have some reminiscence of the shrines in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild but mostly on an aesthetic level, as its puzzles aren't as deep, they tend to be more in the vein of God of War games, where you need to push a block or hit different targets at once without thinking too much.

    Hidden in the options Astral Chain gives you the possibility of splitting the Joycons and play it co-op, I don't know if the dynamic between twin and Legion change or if you can play with two Pro controllers (a scheme which I highly recommend as maneuvering your character and Legion at the same time can feel a little bit uncomfortable with the Joycons) as I couldn't test any of this by myself, but it surely is a pretty nice addition that in a way feels like an old school hidden option of the SNES era.

    After finishing Astral Chain I was pretty happy with the time I had while playing it, it was satisfying, fast-paced and for the most time, it was fun. If I was required to condense the feeling of the game it will be "Heavy Metal the game". It is not perfect but it is undoubtedly a great game, in more than a way it feels like a culmination of Platinum gameplay, mechanics, storytelling, and art direction. In terms of gameplay, it doesn't reach the finesse of the likes of Bayonetta but it is still a blast to have. Playing this in 2021 and not when it came up, make me feel a little guilty, Hack and Slash games aren't as popular as before, so bad sales could destroy a potentially great follow-up to a game.    … Expand
  9. flowqi
    Sep 15, 2019
    9
    The pros:
    + amazing graphics
    + totally japanese storyline
    + combat is easily accessible once the basics are learned, but it provides enough depth to provide a nice learning experience
    + Marie ;)

    The cons:
    - gets a bit repetitive in the first hours, after that more variation starts to freshen things up
    - awkward running controls
  10. Justjoined83
    Dec 9, 2019
    9
    If you are feeling apprehensive about the amount of content in Astral Chain, allow me to ease your mind. This game can be as long or as short as you want it to be. There are approximately 130 red cases and 90 blue cases to solve over the course of 12 chapters, and some cases (like the heavy traffic puzzles) can take upwards of 20+ minutes to solve. Plus, you have to keep your eye-risIf you are feeling apprehensive about the amount of content in Astral Chain, allow me to ease your mind. This game can be as long or as short as you want it to be. There are approximately 130 red cases and 90 blue cases to solve over the course of 12 chapters, and some cases (like the heavy traffic puzzles) can take upwards of 20+ minutes to solve. Plus, you have to keep your eye-ris peeled for cats, chests, digging spots, arrow rewards and red matter in every area you go. Between upgrading your weapons and legions and completing the appropriate orders to acquire the necessary premium material codes needed for upgrade, you can easily spend 40-50 hours. It took me 60 hours to fully upgrade my x-baton, Legatus and Sword legion and I have not even s-ranked everything yet. My biggest regret is not taking a picture of every enemy right away because now I don’t know what photos I’m missing which makes it difficult to 100%.

    As stated above, there is a ton of depth to this game. Everything from puzzles to riddles to platforming to stealth and escort missions can be found in this platinum title, so if you were expecting a simple hack & slash, think again. The game isn’t perfect though. The motion controls function poorly in tv mode (even if it is hardly used), the camera can be a little funky when you are trying to fight multiple enemies and the FPS will go bonkers at certain junctures. The biggest problem, however, is the fall damage incurred in the astral plane. That sense of satisfaction you get from dodging attacks is quickly gone the moment you get close to the edge, and I suspect the developers knew this was cheap because the game allows you to survive with 1 hp. Also, your fall damage INCREASES relative to your hp. How stupid is that? The game provides abilities that grant immunities to just about everything except fall damage. I would honestly deduct 2 points off the final score if it were not for the fact that this is mostly a post-game issue than a main game issue.

    All these things prevent Astral Chain from getting a perfect score in my view, but Astral Chain is the best game I have played in 2019 and that’s gotta count for something.

    Thanks for reading.    … Expand
  11. FreelancerRai
    Apr 26, 2020
    9
    Astral Chain is a tongue and cheek, guns blazing, baton swinging, artistic thrill ride. While its story is fairly predictable, Platinum Games does a great job of being aware of this fact and keeps you coming back with exhilarating, yet easy-to-learn combat and fun gameplay mechanics. It's music, atmosphere, and overall UI looks fantastic, even if it's lack of a dedicated save feature andAstral Chain is a tongue and cheek, guns blazing, baton swinging, artistic thrill ride. While its story is fairly predictable, Platinum Games does a great job of being aware of this fact and keeps you coming back with exhilarating, yet easy-to-learn combat and fun gameplay mechanics. It's music, atmosphere, and overall UI looks fantastic, even if it's lack of a dedicated save feature and strange difficulty setting is somewhat jarring.… Expand
  12. ianhsieh2008
    Sep 8, 2019
    9
    Just finished the game. I love everything about it. The only gripe I have is the camera control - especially the lack there of when controlling the legion. The control scheme need some getting use to, but after that, I like this more than using the face buttons for attack. I play less Bayonetta 1 and 2 because my thumb feels hurt when playing it for a longer sitting.
  13. yoyogo
    Sep 1, 2019
    9
    For me the first 1 hour was kinda week and the combos were not really there but after you get back your legion the game has great combos, fast gameplay and great characters and story. But my one problem that for me doesn’t make it a 10 is that the controls, sometimes I get confused because there is so much options you kind forget what button does what in the heat of battle and sometimesFor me the first 1 hour was kinda week and the combos were not really there but after you get back your legion the game has great combos, fast gameplay and great characters and story. But my one problem that for me doesn’t make it a 10 is that the controls, sometimes I get confused because there is so much options you kind forget what button does what in the heat of battle and sometimes the legions get a bit clunky. But overall I like the customization, the story, the gameplay and the characters… Expand
  14. vodkaffee
    Nov 15, 2019
    9
    an amazingly fun game, looks great, plays great, is just a bit anime, not to any cringe point and the replay value with extra missions give you dozens of extra hours of gameplay; the music is also amazing, the plot could be better, is not bad, is not super new and innovative on storytelling but still makes for a great excuse to throw your Legions to the enemies.
    Also fully customizable,    an amazingly fun game, looks great, plays great, is just a bit anime, not to any cringe point and the replay value with extra missions give you dozens of extra hours of gameplay; the music is also amazing, the plot could be better, is not bad, is not super new and innovative on storytelling but still makes for a great excuse to throw your Legions to the enemies.
    Also fully customizable, you can change from your hat, to the colors of the legion and a lot of thing in the UI    … Expand
  15. Jhonuru
    Sep 4, 2019
    9
    Este juego es la ostia tios, no os lo perdais. Como te sumerges en esta historia es una experiencia que le recomiendo a todo el mundo.
  16. Regata
    Sep 3, 2019
    9
    Nice game
    Only idiots give 0 to this
    This is a smooth game and very cool to play
  17. Jugadeitor
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un gran videojuego, la jugabilidad es completamente novedosa, la posibilidad de poder manejar a dos personajes al mismo tiempo es algo muy diferente a cualquier juego de accion o hack&slash que se haya visto..

    -La jugabilidad es impecable como todo lo que hace platinum games todos los movimientos son muy precisos. Hay decenas de mecanicas que vas desbloqueando con forme avanzas en el juego que le dan una variedad a la jugabilidad increible y recuerdan a muchas otras mecánicas de otros juegos de platinum como el corte de la legion espada que lo vemos en el Metal Gear rising o ir montado en la legion bestia que recuerda a bayonetta. Tambien otros toques de platinum como ir en vehiculos como en bayonetta le dan una gran variedad al juego.
    La banda sonora es muy buena y con mucha variedad e inspirada en otros juegos o peliculas como blade runner o ghost in the shell,
    Tambien tiene un diseño de niveles realmente bueno dentro de los portales, con partes muy originales de plataformeo bastante profundas, en ese entorno tan increible que a simple vista puede parecer plano o repetitivo pero una vez que empiezas a explorar los portales ves la variedad tan buena de paisajes que realmente sorprenden.

    -Visualmente tambien es increible los diseños de personajes son muy buenos, y los diseños de las kimeras y legiones sencillamente son buenisimos.
    Las partes de la ciudad literalmente son espectaculares recordando aveces a callejones de japon con mil luces y colores o a ciudades de grandes capitales llenas de luces, carteles en movimiento etc que recuerdan bastante a peliculas como akira, ghost in the shell o blade runner.

    El juego tiene decenas de mecanicas, no solo en las batallas, a la hora de investigar tambien le da mucha variedad al juego y nunca estas obligado a resolver todas las investigaciones con lo cual aveces tambien se agrade, por que dan la posibilidad de ir al grano en la historia siempre que lo desees.

    La historia es relativamente compleja y muy interesante de seguir y le da mucho sentido al juego y a la jugabilidad en general, no son cosas seperadas como en otros hack & slash, que te cuentan una historia y es la escusa para tener batallas sin sentido.

    En definitiva, es un gran juego que merece la pena, aporta un sin fin de mecanicas novedosas a los videojuegos de este tipo, la jugabilidad es compleja, por el sin fin de posibilidades que tienen los combates, y a la vez es realmente buena y profunda, y las sensacion de accion es muy buena y visualmente espectacular. La ambientación al mas puro estilo anime y futurista es uno de lo mejores puntos del juego y tambien en ese sentido aporta algo novedoso.

    Mi punto negativo puede ser, que aveces la exploracion puede hacerse algo tediosa, pero esta no es algo que sea obligatorio para avanzar, y en ocasiones incluso se agradece para disfrutar de los entornos y descansar de los combates que a veces se encadenan muchas batallas seguidas

    Juego recomendadisimo
    Nota 9¨5    … Expand
  18. TutelaryClover
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    Una de las mejores entregas de este año, un juego que va más allá de la satisfacción del jugador. Astral chain para mi punto de vista es un juego que aporta por mucho a la industria. Y estoy seguro que este juego tendrá estudios detrás sirviendoles como ejemplo y apoyo para futuras entregas. Gracias a este juego nos veremos más cerca a una nueva era para la industria de los video juegos.
  19. Camer6
    Mar 31, 2020
    9
    El juego mas original de platinum games hasta la fecha, complicado de dominar, una historia que cumple y personajes que te llegan. Graficamente es de lo mejor visto en switch a dia de hoy, el único pecado que comete? ser exclusivo de switch y por lo tanto tener la nota que tiene en esta pagina, es una pena que la gente no sea capaz de valorar si un videojuego es bueno o no según para laEl juego mas original de platinum games hasta la fecha, complicado de dominar, una historia que cumple y personajes que te llegan. Graficamente es de lo mejor visto en switch a dia de hoy, el único pecado que comete? ser exclusivo de switch y por lo tanto tener la nota que tiene en esta pagina, es una pena que la gente no sea capaz de valorar si un videojuego es bueno o no según para la compañía que salga.… Expand
  20. verdammte
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    Don't let the angry switch-hating review bombers fool you. This game has a unique gameplay, it's absolutely gorgeous on the switch (on the same level as Doom), it has interesting music, and the setting and climate are well made. It's not perfect yet, not at all, but it's certainly an A+ quality game. There are small user interaction glitches that make a small number of sections in the gameDon't let the angry switch-hating review bombers fool you. This game has a unique gameplay, it's absolutely gorgeous on the switch (on the same level as Doom), it has interesting music, and the setting and climate are well made. It's not perfect yet, not at all, but it's certainly an A+ quality game. There are small user interaction glitches that make a small number of sections in the game difficult, but it's brand new. It will be patched.

    In short, this is an excellent game, I enjoy the unique qualities it has, and is well worth a $60 USD price tag in every manner. I gave it a 9 instead of a 10 because it launched with a small number of glitches that should have been caught in QA but nothing more.    … Expand
  21. FalcoZuero
    Aug 31, 2019
    9
    good story, very good combat style, good music, its like a mix between bayonetta and your traditional anime game. Worth picking up
  22. aislandener
    Sep 8, 2019
    9
    I really enjoyed the game with an amazing story, the duration of the game is reasonable and I really liked the game. Unfortunately it is an exclusive game of Nintendo Switch. I would like other platforms to have this title to play on the preferred platform
  23. KratosKong
    May 8, 2020
    9
    Mi anterior critica con este juego fue algo injusta, en mi primera critica mencione que en el apartado de acción el juegos es sobresaliente y que las partes de investagacion rompían el ritmo del juego. En mi segunda partida he tenido una sensación totalmente distinta y considero que las partes de investigación son bastante pocas en comparación con las de acción, el problema de este juegoMi anterior critica con este juego fue algo injusta, en mi primera critica mencione que en el apartado de acción el juegos es sobresaliente y que las partes de investagacion rompían el ritmo del juego. En mi segunda partida he tenido una sensación totalmente distinta y considero que las partes de investigación son bastante pocas en comparación con las de acción, el problema de este juego es que hay muchos combates interesantes que están ocultos y eso no debería ser así, dando en la primera partida una sensación bastante equivocada de lo que este juego puede ofrecer. Ahora que lo he jugado como debería, mi opinión es que es de lo mejor del catalogo de switch y de los mejores juegos de Platinum games.… Expand
  24. ZeroXR
    Sep 4, 2019
    9
    A great game. Contains exploration, investigations, collectibles and a great combat system. The plataform parts may be a little boring, but not so many. A good gameplay duration.
  25. iMustang
    Sep 23, 2019
    9
    This game truly is Platinum at their finest, giving us what felt like an odd hybrid of the Bayonetta franchise mixed with the investigating of the Phoenix Wright series. Gameplay is the biggest seller of this game, giving you 5 different legions to fight alongside each with their own fun play styles that constantly make you want to change them up in battle because they're all so fun toThis game truly is Platinum at their finest, giving us what felt like an odd hybrid of the Bayonetta franchise mixed with the investigating of the Phoenix Wright series. Gameplay is the biggest seller of this game, giving you 5 different legions to fight alongside each with their own fun play styles that constantly make you want to change them up in battle because they're all so fun to use. The amazing action is complimented only by the amazing soundtrack that pulled no punches at any given moment, sometimes being worth it to pause and just enjoy the beat. The game is fairly lengthy as well and gives you a ton of super rewarding side quests to do, so you're definitely getting your money's worth. This game could have been perfect in every way... but alas, I have to say story is the biggest heel to this adventure. While the beginning starts off strong, playing as a silent protagonist going through the motions really manages to distance you not only from your own character, but as well as the world at large. By the end of the game I still had many questions, and so many of the awesome NPCs were side-lined it makes me wonder if they intend to make a sequel. Not to say the story they have is bad mind you, but it's simply only 'good enough' for what it is. Overall this game is definitely worth a purchase, and here's hoping for a sequel!… Expand
  26. Khalic
    Sep 1, 2019
    9
    Great game, nice pacing, frantic combats. It exceeded my expectations a little
  27. Eddie89
    Nov 4, 2019
    9
    What a game!!! just fun to play, excellent control, cool story, great graphics. game play really nice.
  28. Azantii
    Aug 30, 2019
    9
    MANY NEGATIVE REVIEWS ARE FAKE DUE TO SWITCH EXCLUSIVITY

    Darn fantastic. One of my favorite games, ever. Amazing combat, fun story, awesome all-around.
  29. Rixh
    Dec 20, 2020
    9
    The Platinum Games people once again show why they are the masters of hack n 'slash. The combat is intense and frantic very much in the style of the company, having touches throughout its existence that will remind of other titles such as Rising Revenge or Nier: Automata, but introducing the legions as a very unique touch.
    On this occasion instead of having several buttons for our    The Platinum Games people once again show why they are the masters of hack n 'slash. The combat is intense and frantic very much in the style of the company, having touches throughout its existence that will remind of other titles such as Rising Revenge or Nier: Automata, but introducing the legions as a very unique touch.
    On this occasion instead of having several buttons for our character to attack, we will have to control the attacks of our protagonist with one trigger and with another the legion -you can alternate between four different determined mapping options- and the combos are based on the synchronized movement between the two characters, adding variables by turning the stick, waiting a moment before pressing the trigger again, keep pressing the trigger, etc. If things are done well, the result is a beautiful deadly dance between the main character and his legions to destroy everything on the screen, pay attention to the tutorial and I recommend practicing in the training area. This depth is introduced by passing the first two operations and then by improving the weapon of the main character and the legions. The difficulty in normal mode is not very high, although sometimes it may take a while to achieve that desired S + and the hard difficulty that is added to each operation after completing it, offers quite a challenge.
    The game also introduces other mechanics, which almost all enrich the experience, such as a little platform or acting as detectives -remember that in the end we are cops-, however others, such as espionage missions, could well have been saved or left in the section of secondary missions where, although the variety is nothing awesome, but it's ok, these can range from just helping a child with his lost balloon to making puzzlee of parking cars, some of these may not want to hear from them again -that of cars will possibly fall into that category-, you can also ignore them or have a good time doing them to obtain an extra reward or complete the game one hundred percent and it must be taken into account that whether or not to perform these do not affect the final qualification of the operation.    … Expand
  30. Huguit0
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    Excelente juego de Platinum Games, con una BSO espectacular. Una pena que aquí cualquiera pueda entrar a votar notas muy negativas simplemente por hundir a un juego que ellos no han comprado ni piensan hacerlo.
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#9 Best Switch Game of 2019
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#2 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2019
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#70 Most Shared Switch Game of 2019

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 92 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 89 out of 92
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 92
  3. Negative: 0 out of 92
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 28, 2020
    85
    This one is more of a crowd-pleaser than a game-changer. [Issue #42 – October 2019, p. 68]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    100
    Astral Chain consists of varied genres, but is mostly an action game, which has great ideas and interesting, relaxed humour, that doesn´t spoil its serious plot. [Issue#298]
  3. ZTGD
    Nov 7, 2019
    85
    Despite the hardware limitations and a handful of odd design choices, Astral Chain is one of the best new IPs to hit in recent years and one deserving the attention of every Switch owner.
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