The intro looks amazing and the song is so catchy!
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Unexpected first postThis game was the cause of my break up
My ex boyfriend was an asshole
Can't wait to play it
This game was the cause of my break up
My ex boyfriend was an asshole
Can't wait to play it
What I was looking for from Astral Chain was the flavor—a game with world-building and extras on par with game director Takahisa Taura's previous project, the outstanding Nier: Automata. So far, I've gotten exactly what I wanted.
What now?This game was the cause of my break up
My ex boyfriend was an asshole
Can't wait to play it
Music to my ears. I knew the combat would be fun, but was far less sold on everything around it. Very encouraging!
Kotaku loves the non combat aspects of the game and they find the quality of the world building and "extras" on par with Nier: Automata
The OP or the gameplay?
This game was the cause of my break up
My ex boyfriend was an asshole
Can't wait to play it
I'm missing something, could you explain?This game was the cause of my break up
My ex boyfriend was an asshole
Can't wait to play it
The game isn't even out yet.About that break up though... how did a game cause a break up?
I think it's way more anime than toku, even without taking into account that it's not live action :P
Impressive thread derail.This game was the cause of my break up
My ex boyfriend was an asshole
Can't wait to play it
The op. it was so bad I didn't even want to watch the gameplay. Maybe later.
MY EYES.The picture in the Kotaku article is hideous. I hope it at least runs decently, though I'm not expecting much out of PG on that front either.
About that break up though... how did a game cause a break up?
Glanced through the article and I gotta say that I didn't expect investigation to be anywhere near as in-depth as what they are describing.
Kotaku loves the non combat aspects of the game and they find the quality of the world building and "extras" on par with Nier: Automata
Before one can hack and slash, one must figure out what to hack and slash, and why. Investigating is a major component of Astral Chain missions. The player canvases the area of an incident, gathering keyword clues by questioning witnesses, police officers, and analyzing evidence. When 100 percent of the clues are gathered, the player must answer a series of questions, with answers selected from the collected keywords and phrases.
While the odd random encounter can occur during an investigation, mostly these investigation segments are made up of casual puzzle solving and information gathering. During the game's third mission, a group of children gave me the old "only one of us tells the truth" puzzle. Each of the five kids gave me a statement, and I had to use logic to determine which of them was being truthful. This happens to be my favorite kind of logic problem, next to the ones where you have to make a grid in order to figure out the ages and favorite foods of a series of random people.
Solving the problem correctly awarded me with a new clue, which was integral in completing my investigation. I could do this all day long.
Got sidetracked into reading todays previews after the thread.
Everyone is giving the game Nintendo 1st party beloved IP hype level compliments.
If this game ends up being GOTY -contender, would it be the first time ever Nintendo exclusive 3rd party?
There some games that you just know are going to be hits, and this is one of them.I can sense this is going to be my GOTY... my spidersense is tingling.
This is basically Platinum Games using Nier Automata work experience and making an entirely new IP and concept with it, so yeah I'm confident that it can reach that goal. Shit its defacto a sleeper hit, the original reveal gave us the idea of a wholly different game from what we know now and people are still working with those impressions.Got sidetracked into reading todays previews after the thread.
Everyone is giving the game Nintendo 1st party beloved IP hype level compliments.
If this game ends up being GOTY -contender, would it be the first time ever Nintendo exclusive 3rd party?
It's got some stiff competition with Fire Emblem for me. I'm very excited to play it though, but everything about these previews sounds excellent.I can sense this is going to be my GOTY... my spidersense is tingling.
That would be truly crazy.The previews looked so good that a pre order took place, and knowing life was too short, and games are better than a partner anyway, the break up happened.
That my prediction 🤷♂️