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Astral Chain is being made as a trilogy, sequels depend on sales performance (UPDATE: not true, see threadmark)
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2 part trilogy, probably. If the first game does well then they can assume 2 will do well, meaning they can tie the stories for 2 and 3 more closely together.
Some of you guys like to be 100% off the mark in a simple thread. Like comparing to old RPG, vaporware and whanot. Like they're postponing Bayo 3 to make this...
I mean, it's a super light topic here and in a few posts we already have the usual drama/reading comprehension/"hey look at me" post in force.
gamerz...
I mean, it's a super light topic here and in a few posts we already have the usual drama/reading comprehension/"hey look at me" post in force.
gamerz...
People who are saying they'll wait out a full trilogy has got to be insincere as fuck lol.
It's one thing to miss out things when it came out years ago but deciding to wait an indefinite amount of years for a full trilogy? Who does that?!
Just say you're not interested in the game to begin with.
It's one thing to miss out things when it came out years ago but deciding to wait an indefinite amount of years for a full trilogy? Who does that?!
Just say you're not interested in the game to begin with.
For real. Some people just can't extricate themselves from a cynical pessimistic attitude. This IP has been getting a lot of praise, a lot of hype, gameplay looks amazing, and it's co-owned by Nintendo — yet suddenly when a creator talks about wanting to do more with it, suddenly it's doomed to failure, and consumers have a gun to their head.
Like, get a grip.
It's a random event that can happen on your way to a mission, so yeah it's not a main feature but it shows that Plaitnium tried here to add some spice. I hope it will have more spices, like the hidden toilets, lol
I'm just not sold on the game from gameplay I have seen. If they don't drop a demo then I don't buy. With that being said I do hope it sells well. I mean when is the last time an outside developer has created a trilogy for a Nintendo console exclusively?
I'm not seeing anything wrong with this? Sounds pretty good and I'm looking forward to the gameplay being further expanded in the subsequent games if they get made. I think they have a solid base with the world building and gameplay (from just what I've seen in trailers and gameplay footage) and it'd be a shame to be finished with the IP after one game. I'm sure this is a common thought a developer for a new IP frequently has and we just don't know about it 99% of the time.
On another note, can NA get a good collector's edition?? I'm just holding out my wallet here NoA.
On another note, can NA get a good collector's edition?? I'm just holding out my wallet here NoA.
Only when people are not smart enough to differentiate between announcing a trilogy and having plans for a possible trilogy if its a successful IP.
Maybe a bad example indeed but there are enough other games that standalone and dont need sequels to feel complete.
Also sorry but i always have to laugh when someone brings up the 2 locked realms. Of course they are there its a fucking destination map.
That would be like complaining a phone has the all numbers 0-9 on it in a game despite not using all of them. Duh
Why does it matter "when an outside developer has created a Trilogy for a Nintendo console exclusively?"?
This game will probably only need to sell a million copies to be considered a major success. I have every faith in it hitting that number if marketed correctly in Nintendo Direct's.
Probably gonna buy a pair of vouchers & use one of them on this. Looks so cool. I'll probably be terrible, but I'll try to get my brother to play with me co-op or something and struggle our way through together.
So have fun waiting 10 years+, it's not a FF 7 RE situation where 1 game is split into many parts.
Why not? Good games that don't bomb often get sequels. If Taura has more ideas and likes the universe, it's only natural that he would like to make more Astral Chain games, if there is demand.
I already paid for the Special Edition and i hope/think i'm not alone. Also the normal edition was sold out at Amazon.de pretty fast i do think it will find it's audience.
Eh, in a game where a good part of the progress is unlocking the different realms, it's absolutely some sort of "cliffhanger".
Especially if one realm is freaking Asgard!
Probably doesn't even need to sell that much.
I expect all three games will be made.
Platinium seems to have different team which is normal if you think about it because the Director of Astral Chain didn't worked on Bayo
I still think that Nintendo launched too little copies of TW101. It could have done better, even if it wasn't by a wide margin. The same seemed to happen with Pikmin 3, but at least they re-issued that one.
It's good to know that they're not planning any major post-launch content. I will pick this on launch. My time for gaming became too limited to revisit each game when they release a new content, so I tend to wait for a GOTY / Complete Edition of sorts. There are too many games with Season Passess, Expansion Passes and continuous updates these days.
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This never works out. Remember when Star Wars bombed and they cancelled Empire Strikes Back? Because I don't.
Yeah i wouldn't despair yet lol
Review scores are very, very important for this title and they should be much higher than W101 or StarFox, around Bayonetta and Nier , that alone increases the chance of a trilogy.
Then, sales wise i think it will do ok, it has much more appeal than 101 and this is Platinum post Nier, maybe the fans are more willing to buy their games now on the popular Switch.
Only thing im worried is the release date, AC comes right between major Switch releases both first and third party , i think it should have been released sooner :^S
Tbf Japanese publishers are known to do this but it's usually to make people buy an undesirable game just to maaaybe get the "real" one later on.
"Buy this full price ultra late port / lame ass spin-off nobody asked for, and maybe we'll give you the next mainline game. Probably not but you never know!"
Here this is a first-party game so the dev's comments can safely be taken at face value.
There's a whole month's gap between FE:3H and Astral Chain, it's not that bad. Releasing it before it was finished would also likely do more harm than good.
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yeah but i was thinking june instead of Maker would have been a better month, maybe early june
After Astral there is Daemon X Machina, Zelda, Witcher 3 and DQXI the same month
im still optimistic it can do fine though :^)
"Buy this "undesirable" Astral Chain to get "desirable" Astral Chain 2"?
I'd say DxM is more of the one to suffer since it's a harder game to sell to the public and it's sharing September with two bigger games. Astral Chain is pretty much by itself for about two weeks.
Cool, I love trilogies. I also love arguing with Era for allowing a franchise to die because they are only interested in AAA games.
No, but I'm not sure how well this will sell and if the game is planned as a trilogy I know now that the storyline doesn't end with this game.
So if it doesn't sell well, I might not know the ending.
Kinda like I already made peace with ASOIAF books most likely never getting finished.
I'm interested in the game, and I hope Japan saves it, but it easily looks like it's going to flop in the US.
Astral Chain will do great.
Daemon x Machina on the other hand might flop considering that's coming out a week before Link's Awakening.
Daemon x Machina on the other hand might flop considering that's coming out a week before Link's Awakening.