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ASTRAL CHAIN™ |OT| PoPo's Bizarre Adventure
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A couple of quick questions:
- After you summon your Legion, do you have to keep pressing ZL constantly so it attacks (like the ZR combos with your X-baton) or does it fight automatically?
- Can you set which enemies your Legion attacks? Like, same/different locked monster, near chimeras or the ones farthest from you, etc.
- After you summon your Legion, do you have to keep pressing ZL constantly so it attacks (like the ZR combos with your X-baton) or does it fight automatically?
- Can you set which enemies your Legion attacks? Like, same/different locked monster, near chimeras or the ones farthest from you, etc.
I can't answer the second question, but the Legion fights automatically. You only need to press ZL to summon the Legion, use its skills, or send it toward enemies, as far as I know.
Anyway, are we supposed to sell everything in the "Salvage" category?
Legions auto-attack, and will attack whatever you are attacking.
Yes, everything in the "Salvage" category exists to be sold, with the exception of the cat food, which you can actually use to feed the cats.
Noob question: I already did some of the challenges in File 12. I want to replay the others files to s+ them. Will the challenges I've completed in file 12 reset if i decide to do another file without finishing 12 in its entirety first?
No. Since File 12 is the last one, leaving it does not reset your progress in it.
Got a question. Endgame/file 12 spoilers.
Is it worth it to finish file 12 or is it disappointing? Because I just got my ass kicked.
Ah, see, now you're the one who saved me time in turn by posting this about the aiming!
It's interesting, though- we had the opposite reaction to the same problem, apparently! I don't quite hate analog aiming by any means, but I do enjoy good motion control aiming quite a bit. Love it in Splatoon, it's felt cool for the bit of Daemon x Machina I've played so far, and so on.
The thing is, here I found myself wishing it wasn't in the game? It's funny that you say someone could not even notice there's gyro support, because I think that would be impossible- I sure noticed it every single time I was using a stance! See, while you got your motion aiming messed up by how much they wanted you to use the stick, what actually happened for me was that my stick aiming was constantly pushed ever so slightly off by the motion controls. I'd line up a shot, and then the slightest tilt would suddenly mess everything up; it was even worse for the sword's line at times. I was playing in handheld 99% of the time (as I usually do for the Switch- that or with split joycons with the screen propped up, but I've done handheld more in the past year or so I feel) so it wasn't exactly easy to try to balance it out either. Especially given that I had no idea how it was interpreting the movement to begin with!
I think if I had the choice I'd actually still just use stick movement here, so personally/selfishly just a way to turn the motion off would have been enough for me if they didn't want to add full sensitivity settings. But as is, nobody really seems to benefit from this weird mix.
In order to achieve an S+ on a file, do
I have to get all high scores during a single time through, or can I get S+ ranks on each section over several attempts?
I have to get all high scores during a single time through, or can I get S+ ranks on each section over several attempts?
Several attempts, thankfully. It always saves the best rank you've gotten for each individual red case. And you only need to get the case ranking before you can safely quit to the file's results; no need to wait till the end of the section/file afterwards. Same goes for any items you've missed and such.
I think I ran into a glitch in File 08.
I went into a tunnel, and Akira comments on a random civilian's presence before they walk away. After following the civilian, we find that they vanished, and Shizu comes and asks me to recreate a photograph. I leave to do that. However, when I return to the tunnel, I see the random civilian again, but this time I can't approach them. There's an invisible wall that doesn't seem intentional since the usual orange barrier is absent. I can send my Legion past the barrier, but I can't physically pass. It's as if the game is waiting for Akira to make the comment again, but she doesn't since she already did it once.
41 hours completionist?
Lol I have 85 hours and not even close to completing. I did finally beat case 70. Imagine my heartbreak when they awarded me with an S rank.
Does that mean I can replay any File section to complete the red/blue cases and/or items I missed, then quit before even completing the section and the cases/items will be considered as completed on the results screen, or at least in the global progression?
I thought I'd have to basically play the whole game again to complete everything (and god, I liked File 03 but it was loooong) but if things work like this, that's a huge relief.
I also loved the fact that you can switch between male or female protagonist at almost any time by just replaying File 01(which is short and you don't even need to complete it to save the change).
Yup, that's how it works!
As someone who did go back to do all of/get S+ in files 1-3 though, I would say you still shouldn't underestimate the amount of unskippable things in each section + how long it can take to get to each red case. And if you mess up one still, you gotta get to it again. So it can still be a big, tedious pain to replay a section. Just nowhere near as bad as it could be.
Prepare for an epic final chapter.
Really fun fights incoming and rather challenging.
Just finished case 11, I wonder if I should do case 12. Does it bring anything new, like a new (and better) ending ?
Speaking of file 11.
Did anyone else summon the ax legion for the final blow because it showed Max when it protects officer Howard in the previous cut scene, only to be greeted by that awesome scene with all 5 legions? No, just me? :p
Maybe someone can help me, im on file 6 after the stealth sections, on the forgotten rooftops. In the roof you fight a bunch of guys to save a cop theres a chest at the top of a cubicle that is impossible to reach from were it seems you can reach it jumping with your legion. Theres zero stairs and even less parts yo can get higher so you can fly there.
How do you get that chest because ive been 15 minutes looking everywhere and some time more looking on the internet and found nothing.
How do you get that chest because ive been 15 minutes looking everywhere and some time more looking on the internet and found nothing.
I asked the same question. Apparently after talking with people after it starts there's nothing besides a challenge and unlockables. No more story.
Yep, I searched through the internet and got to the same conclusion.
Guess this is the end for me then, I did the game on normal, also the first 3 cases in extreme but I know I won't be able to do all the cases, no reanimation is already hard enough, but the ramping up of the damages received made me "nope" out. Can't imagine being able to beat certain bosses like this.
I put around 50 hours into the game and really liked it, despite some flaws, the biggest one being this stupid camera. It took me time to get the gameplay but when it finally clicked it was awesome. Going from Ds to S+ ranks was really nice.
Please help!
At the end of the chapter where you meet Kyle, you get access to these files that give background on some of the story elements. I exited out of this screen before I could read them all and now I can't figure out how to see them. Did I miss out entirely? How do I access these files?
Technically, those appear right at the beginning of Files. Use the file select on your PC to restart the chapter where they appear. I think it's File 07?
If you're in the middle of File 07, you can bounce to an earlier chapter and then bounce out to force a restart of File 07.
But you'll get another chance even in just the story to see them anyway. They show up again, with more entries added, in a later File.
Ah! I didn't try that because I thought it would override my save file. Thanks for the tips!
I'd say do some grind to upgrade your weapon and your legatus. Also strengthen your legions. That's what I did when I hit a brick wall, and it was case 9 for me. I just redid all the other files and finally got good ranks :)
Use the beast legion to auto avoid his attacks, works wonder
I'm just on Chapter 8 now, enjoying the game a lot, but does anyone else have huge problems with camera control when manually sending legions away to collect redshift particles (with L1 moving the and the right stick), start an astral jump thing? Sometimes I think its seems like a problem with my Pro Controller's analogue sticks with the camera going everywhere but where I'm trying to aim it, but the when I dismiss the legion everything is fine. Its like.. the legion and the main character are locked into going in a certain direction for about 3 seconds even though I'm not pointing them that way.
Trying to figure out whether its just me being bad at the tethering chain manoeuvring, or if it could be a problem with my controller.
Trying to figure out whether its just me being bad at the tethering chain manoeuvring, or if it could be a problem with my controller.
Now I have finished, I will say that I really really liked this game.
The visual design is on point and the combat is satisfying and rewarding. The investigations and side missions were also fun.
However, I had to fight the camera so often that it wasn't fun sometimes. It really soured a lot of the game's better moments. The story sadly sucked. It opened with so much promise but then things happened for no real reason and by the end I didn't care any more.
Overall, it is a contender for GOTY alongside Cuphead.
Solid effort guys
The visual design is on point and the combat is satisfying and rewarding. The investigations and side missions were also fun.
However, I had to fight the camera so often that it wasn't fun sometimes. It really soured a lot of the game's better moments. The story sadly sucked. It opened with so much promise but then things happened for no real reason and by the end I didn't care any more.
Overall, it is a contender for GOTY alongside Cuphead.
Solid effort guys
To those having camera issues, are you using lock-on? I haven't used lock-on the whole game--no reason to when attack buttons are on the shoulder buttons--and haven't had issues with the camera. I noticed when i first started the game the lock on made the camera move around in a way that felt kind of disorienting and unnatural, so I just stopped using it.
Normally when you hold ZL the camera tries not to move, but will move to keep you and your legion both on screen. I don't know if it behaves differently if you're locked on.
Your character and legion getting locked into running a certain direction for a few seconds definitely sounds like your controller is losing connection to the Switch.
I don't have any issues controlling the legion. Did you equip that legion ability where holding ZL and flicking the right stick makes them dash?
Normally when you hold ZL the camera tries not to move, but will move to keep you and your legion both on screen. I don't know if it behaves differently if you're locked on.
Your character and legion getting locked into running a certain direction for a few seconds definitely sounds like your controller is losing connection to the Switch.
No I don't have the sprint legion ability equipped. It does sound like the controller is losing connection, it's just very odd that it only seems to do it when I'm trying to guide my legion somewhere. I'll have to do some testing with my joycons I suppose to whittle down the problem. Thanks.
The challenges in file 12 are really great. They take a while to build up but once you get to the higher cases you need to use every tool you have.
I think the game is not for me. It feels really repetitive for me and I am only in File 05. I like the story, artstyle, general atmosphere and music but the investigations are mostly boring and too lengthy, the combat is too chaotic for my taste (not only because of the cam) and I really dislike the samey design of the dimensional gate sections. Subquests are boring too go here, do that. But I force myself to do it because I don't want to miss the rewards.
All in all pretty disappointing title from Platinum (and I adore Bayonetta). Feels like they should have taken more time to bring some more variety.
All in all pretty disappointing title from Platinum (and I adore Bayonetta). Feels like they should have taken more time to bring some more variety.
I hate that I'm still kind of thinking about alternate routes they could have taken with the same plot setup. Like even the pseudo SEELE meeting (which is such a characteristic 'nothing' scene) could have been salvaged if
Finally, to go along with the concept touched on about
they were three co-conspirators on the same level but with radically different ideas to save humanity, concealing their identities for external security; however one of them would have been killed and replaced by Jena shortly before the story begins. Each would use a different codename referring to Platinum's previous work (Minuano for MGR, Sapientia for Bayonetta and Hegel for Nier Automata) - reinforcing the fact that they couldn't even work together long enough to decide on one naming scheme (winds, cardinal virtues or philosophers). Jena would be pushing her homunculus plot in place of the scientist she replaced, the other individual would be going for Instrumentality, and Calvert would be trying to back the one with the best chance of success. The final thing that would save the scene would be Calvert letting the main character listen in on the three of them arguing unbeknownst to the other two, to introduce them to a part of what's going on behind the scenes and potentially pointing to a more complex set of character relations the rest of the story could have done something with.
Finally, to go along with the concept touched on about
the Astral Plane archiving Earth, it'd be an effective later revelation if it turned out the rest of the Earth was already entirely gone and absorbed into the Astral Plane, not just infested, and the Ark was physically all that remained, floating alone. In that case, Jena's homunculi might even have been intended to serve a terraforming role.
No matter how much you love dq11 you always miss some live action every once in a while I get the urge to beat the fuck out of digimon demons.
Just finished File 05 last night. Loving this game! I feel like its going to spoil me on every 3rd person action game in the future. AC's combat is so much fun, I feel like its going to be a long time before something else comes along and I enjoy it more than this.