It's one of those games that is impossible to master because there are so many options and combat scenarios. Astral Chain is going to be a cult classic for sure.
If you hold the change legion button and quickly flick the stick. You can actually swap to any specific legion without having to wait for the radial menu to pop up.
Awesome tips! I didn't know Chain Bind prorates every time you use it. Very helpful to know. I would also add that try to get Finish Off at the end of the battle because it heals you to full health. And I find using all of the Legions you have gives a higher chance of getting S+ at the end of a battle, instead of using just 1 or 2 you like.
tip: if you see press a to finish a chimera, do it. this heals you. You can't do this on legions, protolegions, people, or anything Jena cooked up. I think ( but have not tested ) that it also nets you more gene codes and might have a slight effect on item drop rate. That last one is sheer speculation cause I happen to have gotten more items when I did that, but I can't really prove it. Just think it's worth noting that it's just always a good idea to do it even if I'm wrong about that and the gene codes.
Rin, you should totally upload this to your channel! Or at least link to it in your community feed. So surprised (but then not surprised) to see it's you in a Gamespot video for this game. (For people reading, this guy is a Zelda: Breath of the Wild master)
sameold23 Yeah, I got used to it over time but I just switched to the “C” controller configuration and it immediately feels more comfortable, in my opinion.
I know this comment is ages old but, idk if it shows up in any tutorials or onscreen button commands, but when you press L and use the unique legion skills like the sword slash or arrow firing you can press B to do a small dash and stay mobile even when in these quite janky modes.
Also don't be Austin Walker bringing politics and complaining about being able to button mash his way through (and somehow S+ ranking the entire just by button mashing).
@@golfer435 Probably playing on baby mode with automatic combat? You have to do a lot to get S+ consistently, taking minimal damage, no item, using all 3 baton forms, switching Legions...
A good trick for harder fights I sometimes use is I just put (the passive abilities you put on legions, don't know their name) the one that makes it not spend energy after activation for 3 seconds on the Arrow legion, and bring it out using L (the special attack) + time slowing. You'll shoot a lot of arrows before almost running out of energy, but when that point comes just close your legion and bring it out again and the 3 second thing will work again. But the best thing is that it will be restoring its energy during those 3 seconds, so you it'll last even longer. I usually don't use it because you know, I like fighting the normal way, but it's a good way of not getting hit in the harder fights.
I've has this game for two days now and love it! ... even though I think I might be terrible 😅. I am playing on the difficulty above casual tho.... should I dumb it down?
I actually originally thought the combat was basic as hell but it’s not at all. I’ve only got two legions so far but boy it’s really cool. I’ve not had this much fun on a Game in years.
As a sonyboy, I apologize on behalf of those half-witts, I haven't tried it but this game looks amazing, I'm thinking about getting a switch for this, breath of the wild and ssbu
Bought a lite last weekend scooped this, Breath of the Wild and Animal Crossing and I'm very picky about gaming and the Switch Lite is delivering some quality entertainment when it's needed the most.
Im not great, i take a ton of damage, but ive found that if cycle through your legions and use their abilities as fast as you can, even if they don't do anything, then its pretty easy to get s+. On standard anyway. not tried the harder difficulty yet.
Is it possible to replay a file to cheese being able to upgrade the x baton? I'm currently on the last chapter and haven't made a single upgrade since the one that explains it.
You can see the inputs for the flashier attacks in Legion Learning and on the upgrade menu for your X-baton, I'm unsure where you can find baton attacks after the upgrade goes through though
Yeah a lot of their models remind me of the it since both are summoning about 6 allies defined by their weapon. All thats missing from Astral Chain is a bomb legion.
The biggest problem i have with the legion abilities, like sword slash or arrow, is that i can't ever activate the slow down fast enough. I activate the mode and then get punched in the face.especially with sword slash. I know its got a whole counter mechanic built in but ive never used it because its too finicky and the enemies are al too fast.
Hope this proves helpful, I was just confused because I played the [Awake] file for the first time and got my ass kicked only getting a D :P I switched from Casual to Standard before that as well
How do you even play this game? Seriously I need help! I can beat DMC on DMD but this game is brutal. The enemies are so aggressive I have no idea what to do.
Why is the footage I'm seeing so smooth? For me, FPS is barely 30 at any given time. Not the only thing putting me off, as enemies seem to attack like maniacs off screen, the dodge is puny and doesn't cancel some attacks, and the legion controls can be so finnicky (Looking at Sword Zandatsu). It honestly feels like a mess compared to previous platinum games, mostly due to the awful frame rate and jaggy visual mess the game can be most of the time. Hope it gets better as it goes on, because the first 4 missions have not been particularly fun as a whole.
I just beat the 4th mission and I've had zero framerate issues so far. The only clunkiness I've encountered so far is chain dashing across gaps when there's literally anything in the way even ever so slightly.
I underestimated this game. I thought this will be like DMC or GOW where you can combo dash aerial etc. Something's going on when the attack button is ZR. I wondered the use of A B X Y keys. It turns out that you need to press all the buttons in the switch! HAHAHAHAA. What a fantastic game.
There's an install skill called Chimeric analyzer and when you put it on a legion, summoning the legion will show health bars. But I would suggest installing a more useful primary skill that has the analyzer on it instead of wasting a whole slot on just that.
The multiple chain binds gradually degrading over is an actual good tip that I think the game glosses over. Guess even once in awhile videos like this actually know what they are talking about.
It is also hardly 'glossing over' when the effect is extremely obvious in the game. Chain a boss once, chain it again and again it will not last as long as previous. Even if it is not telling you directly (which it did tell you btw) just simply binding would have shown you through experience. And binding is not an 'advance' move
The game is honestly a drag in the beginning. It’s unlike any game they’ve made before. You feel so limited in the beginning. So much so I gave up on it after an hour or so. I just came back to it to give it another chance, and boy does the combat get good once you start to unlock skills and such. Still don’t much care for the detective work and all that, but combat wise, it gets real good after a while.
I’m going to try this game again. I’m about 2 hours in and it’s so slow. Sounds like the combat gets better and hopefully the detective sequences get better
@@TheTriforceDragon yeah it tries to ease you in. Once you have all 5 legions and have some good skills set then the fights feel much more quick and fun. General rule: if you're only pressing ZR, you're playing the game wrong.
I'm glad I stuck with it cause I went from regretting it to beating it in two days once I got abilities and more and more legions. I couldn't beat the final boss though cause I could never switch to the beast legion fast enough to outrun that cheap one hit kill move.
@@Keenangraz Holding down the Legion switch button slows down time and allows you to choose the Legion directly from the wheel that pops up, should give you plenty of time to go directly to the Beast Legion. Alternatvely my own experiences indicates that the final boss is programmed to only use the one-hit kill attack when you are a sufficient distance away. Keep in his face and he should rarely if ever use it (he only did it once during my fight with him).
@@TheTriforceDragon I'm so dumb, I forgot that mechanic was even there. I arranged it so that the beast legion was one spot away and I was still too slow. I'll try again
I cannot use any Legion skill since both buttons I have assigned them on, are already in use!!! Whenever I mash them I either get healed or switch Legion. Such a sh....
