There are bunch of gameplay footage out there, do you like what you see? I personally loving everything and I saw so far, to point that this game can get 5 or lower score from western reviewers and I would still buy it.
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Astral Chain Preview Thread [see staff posts]
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I'm mostly confident about it ever since seeing that Treehouse gameplay, but at the same time there's just no good reason for me to use my voucher before Monday, because well, ya never know
My bad feeling is because I already pre-loaded it with a voucher, something I pretty much never do without seeing reviews. So, knowing my luck, of course I would pre-order/load a dud.
....but it does look just so amazing.
That's my problem, I love what I'm seeing and what I saw in the Treehouse but.... I just have a bad feeling, it's dumb I know.
What if the game is not meaty enough, too short, with not a lot of replayability, too "monotonous" with a limited bestiary/bosses that would be re-used a lot....
Again, I really hoping I'm wrong.
It's at least 12 hours long. There's a YT video up (I think it's somewhere in this thread) and the player has 11 hours, 49 minutes on his save file. And he didn't appear to be anywhere near the end of the game, so it's probably closer to 20 hours in length.
Edit -Here's the video
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If you are afraid the game is not gonna be perfect, then ask you what game is? My suggestion is read/watch actual review instead just looking at score alone. Maybe the issue some reviewers might with the game might not be issue for you, most my favourite games like original NieR or God Hand got terrible reviews but I still end loving them and games that got 10/10 in most reviews felt underwhelming. At this point I played enough games in my life that I know what like in my games and it looks like Astral Chain is definitely type of game I'm going to love.
If it makes you feel better, I had that same feeling with Breath of the Wild, Metroid Prime, and Resident Evil 4. My top 3 favourite games ever, from announcement to hype cycle to release.
Astral Chain is not the case like The Wonderful 101 or Kid Icarus Uprising or Starfox Zero where the writing was on the wall. Astral Chain, so far, doesn't seem to have any major control/gameplay issues. It's all been pretty positive.
I think the worst case scenario, review wise, is it lands around the 80MC mark, being just a good romp and nothing more. I sort of don't get the impression it's going to be a 95MC or anything, people say the game is good fun, but I havn't heard too many impressions saying the game is incredible, amazing, or breathtaking.
I would predict an 85 on MC. I know discussing/guessing MC scores is lame, but I find it fun.
I hope the game sets itself apart from Bayonetta style combat, more specifically i don't want that dodge feels like it does in Bayo 2. There are some similarities to it as far as i can see it from videos, but i have to play it for my self to judge it properly.
The game looks and sounds fantastic so far and i really love the exploration and semi openworld aspect from what we have seen in the previews.
The game looks and sounds fantastic so far and i really love the exploration and semi openworld aspect from what we have seen in the previews.
「」is just standard Japanese quotations mark, hence why you typically see them around the song title names in anime openings. And no, you don't put them around band names, but track titles.
Astral Chain |OT| Star Platinum
would be a more apropo reference to Jojo, while referencing the developers.
What's weird is that I'm really hyped for this, but I kind of agree. I feel like some shoe is going to drop. I think it's because the game feels so out of nowhere.
You do when the band name is also a stand name in a stats card:
The fact that you wouldn't use it for bands otherwise only solidifies the reference, if anything.
I know what quotation marks are, I was just explaining assuming they didn't, because what matters for the thread title is that it's instantly recognizable for people who follow the series.
I'm ok with Star Platinum for the title, though, even suggested it myself, but I think "The Police" is better due to the whole discussion around playing as cops. It works as a meta joke even if you don't give care about JoJo, unlike all the other suggestions.
Too good. I hope it's this.
What was the original Octopath one again playing off Schreier's hyperbole comment? Always forget it despite it being my favorite OT title of any game
Did anyone do Astral Chain |OT| 「Don't Stand So Close to Me」
'Cause if not, that's the one I'm going with.
I will second this. It works on many levels.
there's also
Astral Chain [OT] Neuron Genesis EvanJojolion
It's going to be this eventually
Considering how easy the game seems to be, doesn't seem likely.
KH series is not exactly hard but still had secret boss fights. Also like I said my pervious posts, from I have seen so far it's not that game is "too easy" is that the Ranking is too forgiving compare to Bayonetta. Even Taru himself was playing previews it had use health packs in some of the boss battles.
It's hard enough for me with director use a shit load of potion and even die during boss fight.
Its seems people are just mistaking "forgiving Ranking" to overall easy game. they are two different things.
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KI:U is one of my favourite games ever. But we knew about it's obtuse control setup early on and it definitely affected reviews and sales and a lot of people's enjoyment.
I never could understand that part, KI:U controlled exactly like Metroid Prime Hunters for DS.
The part you're dismissing is that Hunters was also awkward as fuckI never could understand that part, KI:U controlled exactly like Metroid Prime Hunters for DS.
Maybe because I personally never had that much issue with control to begin with.
I can't remember the last time I was so curious to see how a game would review and how the community would receive it.
Oh my God, you get the Arm Legion 12 hours in? There's like two more of them to obtain after that point. Gamescom demo had like three save states from after you have all the legions and none of them, except maybe the one with the Astral plain bleeding over in the real world, looked like they could be set anywhere close to the endgame.
Yeah, this game is most certainly NOT too short.
Oh, reviews on Monday already? That's nice, I prefer to get that debate over with before the actual game launches, since I am very confident I will enjoy this game already.
Everything except the monotonicity have been discussed in previews with positive implications (areas that can be unlocked on a second go when returning to the area later on your own volition, being 12 hours in and not nearing the conclusion, comments like that). It should be fine I think.
I'm feeling quite torn over this. Part of me wants it, yet I'm not 100% convinced.
Decisions...
Decisions...
The soundtrack for this game is phenomenal! Task Force Neuron is still on top for me at the moment.