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Astral Chain | Review Thread (Accolades Trailer Up)
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But why would the YT channels get to upload their reviews and the other sites not ?
Are the YT people just using public footage ?
I said from the very beginning that this game would sell well if it got great revews.
It has great reviews. The logic behind poor projections doesn't seem anymore nuanced than "previous Platinum games sold bad, so this will sell bad" to me.
It was a french site
millennium.org or something
The reviewer's name is listed as "Lloyd". No last name.
One more review:
https://www.consolecreatures.com/latest/review-astral-chain/
"Astral Chain is an exciting and expansive title from PlatinumGames. With exciting Synergetic combat, a cyberpunk city worth exploring and some interesting cases to solve, this is the best Nintendo exclusive in years. Don't miss out on one of the finest action games this year!"
https://www.consolecreatures.com/latest/review-astral-chain/
"Astral Chain is an exciting and expansive title from PlatinumGames. With exciting Synergetic combat, a cyberpunk city worth exploring and some interesting cases to solve, this is the best Nintendo exclusive in years. Don't miss out on one of the finest action games this year!"
Perhaps all the video editing bandwidth went to Control. I've seen some outlets that made a Control video review in addition to a written one, but didn't have an AC video review in addition to the written one.
I know that site i think, they used to be ones of the sites i went to for non english coverage.
Gonna check it out, even if my french is kinda rusty.
Best Nintendo exclusive is a very bold claim when we had BotW, Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Xeno 2, Ultimate and FE:3H.
I'll take it.
Nintendo just released three 88 (89 I think fire emblem actually jumped a point) games in 2 months lol.
Deacon X Machina and Links Awakening might be on the lower end, but it's the onslaught of releases that's fascinating.
Deacon X Machina and Links Awakening might be on the lower end, but it's the onslaught of releases that's fascinating.
Nier also had 100+ million consoles and PC to sell to though.
Well that first part is entirely subjective and I don't expect that to be a major factor in reviews. No changes wouldn't make it worse.
However the controls should be seen objectively as an improvement, as you wont have to pause all the time now.
Worse art style? Have you actually seen the game?
It's one of the prettiest games of the last few years
Worse art style? Have you actually seen the game?
It's one of the prettiest games of the last few years
I hate it so much, for me, it looks incredibly cheap, like it's build in an amateur developer starting kit.
You know, like how you immediately know when a game got made with the RPG Maker, this looks like someone used a building kit with pre build graphic style and just added some Zelda models.
But I know I'm almost alone with that. Most people love it.
Oh yeah without a doubt. In its best moments Astral Chain is flipping amazing - I don't feel it maintains that standard all the time and can sometimes come to a halt but for a first attempt with this IP? I'm in for any possible follow ups no questions asked
Switch audience is more than large enough to support 4M sellers. At a certain point, userbase differences are not terribly important anymore.
I can see this game doing, at the very least, something similar to ARMS (at about 2 million).
Either way, it definitely doesn't feel like another W101 type of game, something that completely tanks and is forgotten about outside of a small following.
Either way, it definitely doesn't feel like another W101 type of game, something that completely tanks and is forgotten about outside of a small following.
I know Switch can support multi million sellers(irc MK8 switch is closing in on like 15m) , but my understanding is that Action Games like the ones Platinum make have a kinda niche audience, so you need as much reach as possible to get numbers as high as Nier.
Is it safe to say this game is sorta similar to Devil May Cry/Bayonetta? If so I should probably pass since I'm not the biggest fan of either franchise.
MK8D is closing in on 18M actually- https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html
Probably above that as of now.
Nier an Astral Chain benefit from not being pure character action games.
It's insane actually. Remember when people were worried about a game drought after Metroid Prime 3 was rebooted, Animal Crossing was delayed, and all of the heavy hitters (Mario, Zelda, Smash, etc) had already dropped. Now most of us can't even keep up with the releases.
Nier Automata repeats the main campaign twice, and it has lots of traversal, sidequesting etc... Astral Chain seems to have too lots of non-combat sections, but seem more interesting from what the reviews say (investigation segments, some light puzzles etc...).
first half was drought though
and 2018 was not any better except for holiday season
It's possible that the video embargo from the preview period is still in effect; in other words, it could be that outlets are still limited to showing the same first five hours (or whatever it was) of the game that they showed for previews.
I don't know if this is the case, I haven't even watched the current video reviews because I want to go in blind, I'm just speculating. When review embargoes lift days before the launch of a game, it's typical to see separate, specific rules for what you can and cannot show in a video review, if anything at all.
Nice to see this getting really high scores.
I'm not interested in this, but I do think it deserves a good commercial performance based on these scores.
I'm not interested in this, but I do think it deserves a good commercial performance based on these scores.
Hmm kinda but not really. There's much less of a combat focus.
I wasn't planning on getting this one but with these scores I'll definitely pick it up after I'm done with Control.
I understand disliking it, but I've never seen another game that looks like it. So it seems weird to say it looks like a default kit.
You aren't alone, I don't like the art style either. Nor do I want to pay $60 for a 16 year old Gameboy game where the main difference is fancier graphics that I don't especially enjoy. Gameboy games aren't overly complex and it is only like a 13-15 hour game vs 30+ hours of N64 and newer Zelda games.
I'll gladly take Astral Chain instead and skip the September Switch releases unless I decide to double dip on DQ 11.
I feel sorry for Daemon X Machina.
You had people talk about this game not getting buzz or how it's gonna bomb(I don't believe that) but compared to Astral Chain DxM almost feels invisible.
You had people talk about this game not getting buzz or how it's gonna bomb(I don't believe that) but compared to Astral Chain DxM almost feels invisible.
I expect Nintendo will start a more aggressive social media-based marketing push for DXM after Friday. We'll, of course, have residual Astral Chain posts to maintain retention and push more sales, but I think we'll start seeing a few more clips and insights into DXM in the weeks and days leading up to launch.
Daemon X Machina is developed on a much tighter budget and for a nicher userbase than Astral Chain. It's natural for the game to have less marketing.
Oh I forgot Demons X Machina is September too. Sheesh, so crowded - I am definitely keeping an eye out on it - the early alpha demo didn't really help my opinion of it but allot can easily change in the year or so. Which means it might even be less likely for me to double dip on DQ11 lol. Definitely using my last voucher on Astral Chain and will probably pick up one September release physical.
They've released trailers showing all the improvements they've since made from their feedback demo.