This looks beyond incredible. Love the box art - I'm surprised so many of you folks don't. It looks like a classic example of SNES era Japanese box art that everyone loves, but which wasn't used for the Western release, in favour of something far less interesting.
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Astral Chain boxart, screenshots, art, trailers, fact sheet (August 30th, 2019)
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Yeah. And it seems there's a lot of info/lore to read too. That's good shit!
The main group in the game Oninaki is called "The Watchers" :D
Is it just me or is this clearly one of the best looking Switch games? Looks incredible, and so fluid too!
please be 60fps please be 60fps
EDIT: The composition is trying a little too hard to lean into Nier. Honestly I think the game overall might be suffering from Nier imposter syndrome due to the director wanting to recapture its success.
EDIT: The composition is trying a little too hard to lean into Nier. Honestly I think the game overall might be suffering from Nier imposter syndrome due to the director wanting to recapture its success.
Who snapped her spine in half so we could see her ass and breasts at the same time?
It's like a marvel cover from the 90's, that shit is awful.
It'll try, I'd expect...a lot of frame dips.
My best guess is that's the dimension where the Legion/Chimeras come from. But there's of course gameplay of the battles in the city proper
The boxart is kinda so dumb that I like it. I know I'll pick this up and play through. It's been a given for the last few Platinum Nintendo releases.
I thought the same thing. Yeah but the city battles are walled off by cars or by actual walls during combat. And these combat arenas are flat and empty too, there aren't any obstacles or anything. I want combat to take place within the organic environments you can explore. Like it would be cool to fight in narrow alleys, throw enemies at cars, etc.
I saw a couple of battles where there's those weird crystals sticking out of the ground all over the place. The dog video posted above also shows a fight on a street littered with vehicles.
So smooth, aaah being a long time since I drooled on a battle system.
Added to the OP. Thanks!
Edit :can't add more than 4 media link >_<
This is easily my most hyped game of this year. My god it's like Bayonetta but somehow even more stylish, and with Nier Automata music? Fuuuuck.
Damn, damage numbers. Didnt know it had RPG aspect to it. Fuck! I'm gonna be broke buying games on the switch this summer.
They are too used to realistic models on poses or faces i guess, the box is inoffensive and mostly fits the game well with its cel shaded look
This is my fucking jam. Platinum combat, cool setting and art direction and investigative gameplay. Let's get it. Time to watch some videos.
It will probably be along other Platinum games, 45 fps ish
Hey if that helps the game fine by me im not complaining
He's the character designer.Zetman manga creator did that boxart?
👀 what if they are all connected!? Seriously tho that wouls be quite neat tbh.
I do not have a switch so have no vested interest in this game, but damn does it look quite good artistically and performance wise for a a game on the switch hardware.
I mean, I've seen those spine-snap covers. This isn't anywhere near that level - it's an over-shoulder-look. It's easy, I'm doing it right now (and will on every box art I am asked to appear in, devs hmu). The fact that she's doing an over-shoulder-look is definitely worth criticising, but this isn't an example of Leifeld-era bad art.
I get the complaints about the character design of course, but I got the impression that a lot of people who don't care for the box art (and didn't specify why) disliked it for other reasons.
Edit: Actually it's not even over the shoulder, it's just a regular look-behind-you. Anatomically sound, but you're right that it's an unnatural pose for sure.
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The gameplay videos... Umph...
It feels unreal.
I'm just so happy to see Video Girl Aï mentioned in a video game description.
Yup, I can definitely see the lineage of the designer's work
It feels unreal.
Yeah, it's surreal. I just happened to check out the DVD from my university's anime library and watch a couple episodes with my friends. I wouldn't have heard about it otherwise.
In the future, female cops are required to wear.... booty shorts as part of standard uniform?
That part never made sense to me when watching the demo/trailer.
That part never made sense to me when watching the demo/trailer.
