The story starts off well enough but quickly devolves into a mashup of various anime tropes, including twists and arcs ripped straight from some very famous shows and films. As well as for combat, you'll use your Legion(s) to solve crimes and traverse environments.Īstral Chain sticks closely to a loop of detective work, platforming puzzles and combat - a little too closely, if I'm being critical - with the game split into cases that serve as chapters. Encounters play out with you controlling both your character and the Legion simultaneously to deal with waves of mobs and larger, more challenging enemies. The game's gimmick is that you can tame these creatures to become Legions that you use in combat. In a future where the world is under constant attack from creatures that exist on another plane of existence, you play as an officer in a special force that deals with this threat.
I needn't have been so worried, as it's one of the more original titles to come from PlatinumGames, the developer behind the Bayonetta series, in recent years. It all felt a little too generic, almost a paint-by-numbers rendition of an action game. I was on the fence about Astral Chain from the day the first trailer came out until a good few hours into my playthrough. – Aaron Souppouris, Executive Editor Paramormasight Then you'll randomly achieve the secret red medal on a level, say “oh no” and realize that there's a hidden tier of perfection for you to attain. Then you'll see the online leaderboards and realize you've left some seconds on the table. You'll quickly turn that bronze medal into a gold, and then an “ace” that is supposedly your ultimate target. Despite its first-person shooter visuals, it plays out more like a cross between Trackmania and a platformer. There are just shy of 100 levels, all begging to be learned, repeated and perfected. The real challenge comes from the scoring system, which grades you based on the time you took to complete a level. It plays like a fast-paced first-person shooter, with the complexity coming from your weapons, which are cards that can either fire or be spent for a special movement or attack ability. The basic ask is that you vanquish every demon from a level and head to a finish marker.
Like all good games, Neon White is simple to learn, and difficult to master.
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