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Lightning Strikes
08/26/19 9:59:38 AM
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https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/astral-chain

https://opencritic.com/game/7870/astral-chain

Metacritic - 88
Opencritic - 87, 97% recommend.

Oh ya go my Platinum.

Also hell of a streak Nintendo is having.
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_stingers_
08/26/19 10:33:07 AM
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But I still need to play fire emblem
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LadyVyxx
08/26/19 11:07:47 AM
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I'm curious but I'm going to pass as I have to much to play right now, it's on my radar as a title to grab after price drop
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colliding
08/26/19 12:47:35 PM
#4:


this game looks like goty material for sure

got it preordered
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iiicon
08/26/19 1:47:16 PM
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any word on length?
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Nanis23
08/26/19 1:49:06 PM
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It's supposed to be such a great game and yet it seems like there is barely any hype for it
Shitty marketing. Game was announced two directs ago, and then showed up in the last direct and that's..about it?
And now it's suddenly out

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ChaosTonyV4
08/26/19 1:49:30 PM
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So it's Platinum ReCore?
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mnkboy907
08/26/19 2:01:25 PM
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iiicon posted...
any word on length?

Sounds like 25-30 hours for main story, but with some solid post-game and side stuff (harder challenges or replaying chapters on a harder difficulty is the bulk of it, it seems).
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Xiahou Shake
08/26/19 3:32:20 PM
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mnkboy907 posted...
Sounds like 25-30 hours for main story

That's crazy long for a game of this kind! Though apparently they're putting a good amount of effort into world building and such so I guess we'll see.

I'm pretty bummed that this game is 30 fps, though. I know a lot of folks on this board don't give a toss, but whatever your opinion, the action genre is one of the cases where frame rate does make an objective difference on how the game plays. Maybe the Switch Pro will eventually bail us out, but it's not like this has any chance of going to any other platforms so I'm going to play it anyway. Just a shame since Platinum has historically been pretty dedicated to the 60 fps lock, even when it was slightly out of reach like with Bayo 2.
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iiicon
08/26/19 5:59:03 PM
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mnkboy907 posted...
Sounds like 25-30 hours for main story, but with some solid post-game and side stuff (harder challenges or replaying chapters on a harder difficulty is the bulk of it, it seems).

Sounds pretty good, although it's a bit longer than I thought it would be so that means I'll have to play it further down the line.
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Waluigi1
08/26/19 7:03:14 PM
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mnkboy907 posted...
iiicon posted...
any word on length?

Sounds like 25-30 hours for main story, but with some solid post-game and side stuff (harder challenges or replaying chapters on a harder difficulty is the bulk of it, it seems).

Jon of GX said it was around 15 hours.
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ninkendo
08/26/19 8:13:11 PM
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profDEADPOOL
08/26/19 8:16:05 PM
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Xiahou Shake posted...
I'm pretty bummed that this game is 30 fps, though. I know a lot of folks on this board don't give a toss, but whatever your opinion, the action genre is one of the cases where frame rate does make an objective difference on how the game plays. Maybe the Switch Pro will eventually bail us out, but it's not like this has any chance of going to any other platforms so I'm going to play it anyway. Just a shame since Platinum has historically been pretty dedicated to the 60 fps lock, even when it was slightly out of reach like with Bayo 2.

It sucks, but I'd rather deal with 30 FPS than not play it, and I can kinda understand why that might not be doable on the Switch specifically.
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Mac Arrowny
08/26/19 8:37:07 PM
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I think his point is that he would rather see downgraded graphics with 60 FPS.
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Xiahou Shake
08/26/19 9:23:10 PM
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^Mac's got the right of it. Or at least an option to choose between frame rate and graphics, as has gotten more popular at the tail end of this gen with stuff like GoW, MHW, Nioh etc etc
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profDEADPOOL
08/26/19 9:41:40 PM
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That'd be nice if you could choose yeah.
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ZenOfThunder
08/26/19 9:45:37 PM
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i'd def take like 540p or some other shitty resolution for a stable 60 fps

that really only applies for platinum and from games though I don't give a fuck about FPS for any other dev
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ninkendo
08/26/19 9:47:46 PM
#18:


I just hope for a good video game regardless of frames or resolutions
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masterplum
08/26/19 9:49:51 PM
#19:


On one hand I hated bayonetta

On the other I loved Nier Automata

Im in holding pattern

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Xiahou Shake
08/27/19 1:20:10 PM
#20:


https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFriendsPlay/comments/as1i3i/the_booty_shorts_on_astral_chainss_lady_cop/

Having major flashbacks to the real time ass drying discovery on the week of Nier Automata's launch.
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Peace___Frog
08/27/19 1:31:58 PM
#21:


Incredible
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voltch
08/27/19 2:34:08 PM
#22:


Can all Platinum games now be Waifu Character Action games?

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foolm0r0n
08/27/19 2:56:30 PM
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They could if not every single one of their games had strong themes against objectification of women (and then kinda did it anyway, but that's beside the point)

iiicon posted...
mnkboy907 posted...
Sounds like 25-30 hours for main story, but with some solid post-game and side stuff (harder challenges or replaying chapters on a harder difficulty is the bulk of it, it seems).

Sounds pretty good, although it's a bit longer than I thought it would be so that means I'll have to play it further down the line.

Seems like a good chunk of it is the RPG investigation stuff which always pads the game out way too much. Nier was pretty streamlined so I'm not too worried, but there's nothing like a straight action Platinum game.
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LapisLazuli
08/27/19 3:00:07 PM
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Interested in hearing thought because I'm not actually hearing great things. Sounds like the game is stupid easy and you can max rank every encounter efforletsly by mashing, and can't up the difficulty until you beat a stage.
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foolm0r0n
08/27/19 3:02:25 PM
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Okami was like that and is still a top 5 game of all time to this day
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LapisLazuli
08/27/19 3:04:22 PM
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So you don't actually play a character? You're an empty silent protagonist?

Not very platinum...
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GANON1025
08/27/19 3:11:00 PM
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Im interested in this game... but Control came out this week too..

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Grand Kirby
08/27/19 3:43:26 PM
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Xiahou Shake posted...
https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFriendsPlay/comments/as1i3i/the_booty_shorts_on_astral_chainss_lady_cop/

Having major flashbacks to the real time ass drying discovery on the week of Nier Automata's launch.

That's why the framerate is so low.

Got to focus all the CPU power into more realistic ass.
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Xiahou Shake
08/27/19 4:10:44 PM
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Grand Kirby posted...
That's why the framerate is so low.

Got to focus all the CPU power into more realistic ass.

Platinum's really putting my principles to the test here. How much is a man willing to sacrifice in his pursuit of ass?
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foolm0r0n
08/27/19 4:30:56 PM
#30:


You guys realize there's no ass there right? 2Booty made sense but not this
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Mac Arrowny
08/27/19 4:33:49 PM
#31:


LapisLazuli posted...
So you don't actually play a character? You're an empty silent protagonist?

Not very platinum...


Is this a reference to Amaterasu being a silent protagonist too?
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Lightning Strikes
08/30/19 3:10:02 AM
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It is out!
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Lightning Strikes
08/30/19 3:52:49 AM
#33:


I have played it for a bit this morning and man you can really feel the Nier Automata.
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htaeD
08/30/19 4:27:18 AM
#34:


Sounds good to me.
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GANON1025
08/30/19 10:59:03 AM
#35:


Well how is it??

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paperwarior
08/30/19 11:10:57 AM
#36:


I was at Walmart and was like "Hey, we're actually at Walmart on Friday" but they were sold out of Astral Chain.
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iiicon
08/30/19 4:37:38 PM
#37:


I ended up getting this and jeez, it's definitely a platinum game
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_stingers_
08/30/19 8:36:12 PM
#38:


iiicon posted...
I ended up getting this and jeez, it's definitely a platinum game

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
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iiicon
08/30/19 8:43:40 PM
#39:


it means that it does in the first hour what most other games wait the entire game to do
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ninkendo
08/30/19 8:49:28 PM
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foolm0r0n
09/01/19 12:46:22 AM
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I don't think it ramps up nearly as fast as Bayo or MGR but the first non-tutorial mission is pretty strong

It's also hard af so whoever said it was easy needs to stop playing on easy mode
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LapisLazuli
09/01/19 9:52:50 AM
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I mean it was Austin Walker, not exactly known for being a big skill game player, who bemoaned that that the difficulty could not go up higher, and even made a long list of ways you could artificially make the game more difficult for yourself because the highest default difficulty was mindless.

But I will just have to try it for myself! It may be lower priority in the current rush of games for me, but it's not like I'm gonna skip out on an original Platinum game.
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foolm0r0n
09/01/19 9:56:17 AM
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I wonder if the review version only had casual mode enabled. It would make sense in that case. But the retail version has "platinum standard" difficulty available after the intro and it's equally difficult as other PG games so far. Then when you beat that you unlock platinum ultimate which I haven't tried.
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LapisLazuli
09/01/19 10:03:52 AM
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Hm, maybe? One thing he mentioned was that on the highest available difficulty, you received a full health regen after ever single encounter.
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Grimlyn
09/01/19 11:44:40 AM
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I tried Ultimate chapter 1 right after i beat it and oh boy the real battle part where you start being able to do things was a buncha slaughter, those were some high damage bastards
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pjbasis
09/01/19 12:19:28 PM
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I heard the title of this game a lot but thought it was just another retro rpg thing

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iiicon
09/01/19 12:31:51 PM
#47:


LapisLazuli posted...
Hm, maybe? One thing he mentioned was that on the highest available difficulty, you received a full health regen after ever single encounter.

this was specifically about the 'finish off' mechanic.
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Xiahou Shake
09/02/19 3:46:32 AM
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Only had time to do the first two chapters but uh, jesus. That moment when the game actually gives you your real move set had my blood pumping big time. I have a feeling this is going to be a great one.
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Lightning Strikes
09/02/19 6:35:43 AM
#49:


https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-09-02-platinumgames-scores-first-uk-no-1-with-astral-chain

Strong UK sales, first ever number 1 for Platinum. Now if only I had time to play it...

Also this is an aside but oof at Control's placement.
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foolm0r0n
09/02/19 10:13:01 AM
#50:


Xiahou Shake posted...
Only had time to do the first two chapters but uh, jesus. That moment when the game actually gives you your real move set had my blood pumping big time. I have a feeling this is going to be a great one.

I love how it didn't even tell you the controls but just pressing buttons you felt so different and upgraded
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