- Publisher: Nintendo
- Release Date: Aug 30, 2019
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 3379 Ratings
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Positive: 3,002 out of 3379
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Mixed: 134 out of 3379
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Negative: 243 out of 3379
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Aug 30, 2019Fantastic graphics but everything else is really mediocre or outright poor. Go buy Devil May Cry 5 or Bayonetta for a true action game experience. Gameplay is worse than NieR Automata's.
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Aug 12, 2021cool gameplay at first, and after 6 hours just boring, story that didnt click with me and ended in an anticlimactic and very open way, and **** endgame, just grinding 50 boring missions with an already boring spammy combat to get to the true boss, which also was anticlimactic, I hope you listen to me and dont waste your money on this game unless you adore spamming moves
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Mar 2, 2020
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Apr 15, 2020I thought it was mediocre at best. I couldn't get into it. The story was lame, the battle system was clunky, the art was unimpressive, and the levels were too linear. 3/10 is a charitable score.
I feel like some of these 10/10 reviews may not be legit... -
Sep 16, 2019i fell for the hype surrounding this game. Combat boring and repetitive. Music cheesy and not suitable to environments. Acting is garbage. Story predictable.
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Dec 7, 2019Switch devs need to do better. I know the hardware isn’t great to be working with and god knows how much it limits them, but this title is unacceptable.
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Apr 21, 2020Awfull game, like all games of platinum, this Japanesse games like a manga or anime are boreed and so fuc...and annoying, the music make a headache, the gameplay its simply bad and the palet of colors are sooooo fu... ugly, this colors have can to provoke a epiletical attack.
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Sep 8, 2019Franchement l'un des pires jeux de chez Platinium Games, tout dedans est très mauvais voir nul.
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Sep 20, 2019
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Sep 3, 2019I am stunned, how the well known sites and reviewers are hyping this game.
For me it plays like a 10$ game, unpolished and uninspired. Graphics are nice, but that is all.
Pro:
- graphics
Cons:
- sloppy programmed acting of the characters
- uninspired story
- no reason to play it, basically. Predecessors (Bajonetta, Nier Automata) are way better -
Sep 4, 2019This is such a meh game, I can not understand the hype around it, It does not excels in anything, is pretty but no different from many other arts I've seen in other Japanese games, and that this level of graphics are running in 30 fps is just a shame.
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Sep 4, 2019Una falta de respeto por borrar las notas. El juego es uno del montón. No destaca en historia haciendola muy predecible. El sistema de combate nada innovador.
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Sep 3, 2019
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Sep 4, 2019No comprendo a la gente que está tan contenta con este juego. Va completamente a tirones y me ha crasheado varias veces, la historia no tiene ningún sentido, es completamente infumable.
A ver si tengo suerte y no borran mi review por ser negativa, ya que gastarste 50€ en esto es tirar el dinero completamente. -
Sep 5, 2019I traded it in after playing for several hours. Exploration is a bore and using the astral chain is clunky. Rumor is it gets better but I want willing to put any more time into this game. Traded in within the first week. Buyer beware. Rating game too low because others are rating it too high. Visuals are great but gameplay is most important to me.
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Nov 10, 2019Cast: 2/10
Story: 2/10
Fun: 2/10
Gameplay: 4/10
Not Recommended
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Sep 3, 2019
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Sep 2, 2019This is a game about making circles... its aggressively mediocre. Boring and bland. What happened? How is this popular? It looks worse than some phone games. I'm disappointed I spent the money for it, was really excited actually. Love the bayonetta series, why did they waste their time on this.
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Aug 30, 2019
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Sep 3, 2019Barely 30fps action game with a silent/bland protagonist, bad graphics, forgettable story and mediocore combat. Just bad.
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Sep 3, 2019Un juego.mas del montón de switch en lo personal no me gustó.....eso sin contar a nivel gráfico deja mucho que desear...en fin
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Sep 4, 2019
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Sep 2, 2019I'm not giving it a zero because "Not on PS4" like some people, but the game literally crashed my Switch. It's unplayable to me.
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Sep 1, 2019
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Sep 2, 2019Switch died during a Fight on Chapter 8.
Started slowing down really hard and overheated. Looked nice at least... But a Dead switch... -
Sep 3, 2019The gameplay is really bad in TV mode,gameplay is worse than NieR Automata's
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Sep 7, 2019After finishing the game and giving it a chance, I can give an appropriate opinion with knowledge about this game. For my taste it has been long, heavy, boring and repetitive, I have not liked the graphics and the game mechanics very thick. With all this I do not recommend it at all and I give it a 1 of total note. Dont Buy this game people.
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Aug 30, 2019
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Aug 30, 2019If you want a good action game buy Bayonetta, Nier Automata or MGR. This game has none depth.
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Aug 30, 2019
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Sep 2, 2019Couldn’t get it to work at first. After 3 hours of customer service with a woman who definitely hates my guts, I finally got to play the game. It was buggy, generic, and had a lackluster story. Extremely disappointed, was looking forward to this game awhile now.
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Aug 31, 2019
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Sep 9, 2019
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Sep 6, 2019-Bad story
-Too easy
-Bad optimization
-Bad graphics
-Goes at 30 fps
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Sep 3, 2019Totally dissapointed not an open world, very repetitive, 60 usd very expensive, low resolution and low frame rate on portable mode.on switch
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Aug 31, 2019So tired of Nintendo games being cell shaded, first Breath Of The Wild, Fire Emblem, now **** Chain, Stop with everything being Cell Shaded. What's next Metroid Prime 4 being cell shaded? Done with it.
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Sep 3, 2019The game is short, 9 hours I finished and easy, the story is very linear, I expected something else.
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Aug 30, 2019Awful, awful. Do not recommend. The combat is not as cool as the trailers made it seem. Characters are boring and uninspired. The controls are hit and miss. Do not buy.
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Sep 1, 2019Annoying combat features (slowing down), ugly graphics/character design looking pixelated, bland characters and predictable typical anime story. Just returned the game half-way in. Not everyone who gave this game a low rating was because it's an exclusive tbh. Just personally unenjoyable.
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Aug 31, 2019
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Sep 2, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 30, 2019Astral Chain is The Little Engine That Couldn't become a Nier: Automata.
It was a good try, though. Maybe in a better platform with not that many limitations. -
Sep 4, 2019Bad game and boring nothing special about it it just hack and slash game with boring storyline
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Sep 6, 2019I don’t like the colors of this game. The gameplay is not very appealing. I am very disappointed, maybe I would give it better score if it was much cheaper. I don’t understand why many were excited about this.
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Dec 12, 2021
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Sep 6, 2019El juego es monotono y muy molesto, los colores pastel dan una apariencia extrana y tratan de ocultar la baja capacidad gráfica de la consola con movimientos de cámara extraños, es un intento desesperado por aparentar variedad en este sistema
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Oct 18, 2019I am sorry but it is just not a good game. I love Platinum games and for me Nier Automata is the best game i ever played, but this....NO. It has too many mechanics, too much to control
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Oct 7, 2021I started this game and it was really exciting but also so forgettable. I played about am hour and then forgot about it. I do this about every 6 months. I play it and then lose any interest to put it on again.
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Dec 5, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 20, 2019The character design is amazing and the game has a nice pace to it. Being mission based rather than open world is the better fit allowing levels to be replayed on higher difficulty while seeming out secrets or side quest at times. Overall a must own for switch
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Oct 23, 2019This game contains a lot of locations in the "parallel world" with extremely poor level design (like "organic levels" in DMC5).
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Jul 6, 2020Poor story and boring game play. The game is too short. I don't know why the review score is too overate
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Nov 11, 2021You either keep your character's family alive and be deemed awake yet imprisoned in police jail, or you kill your family and be cursed asleep but gain access to full functionality of the game mechanics. gtfoutta here platinum games. I'm reselling this game for 15 bucks.
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Feb 1, 2021boring, combat is a joke, music is awful and repetitive, designed to put you to sleep, just like the rest of the game. couldn't care less about any of the characters or their motivations, this just feels really half @$$ed honestly. i'm done after a couple hours. I can't believe how much money they're asking for this. unbelievable. I've never had a more boring gaming experience in my life.
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Apr 8, 2021`This game and I mean this with my heart, blows more than my ex wife when her boyfriend was over! Some Dicc named Nicc said this game was I dunno and I was like **** it's dumb anime stuff you weeb!" and he was like "I'll give you a copy dumb jewish human" and I was like "fine" then he came and kept his copy and then made a baby with my dog. Weird day but yk not bad still DNF was better.
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Jul 10, 2021
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Jul 30, 2021
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Sep 10, 2021
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May 1, 2022boring boring story. confusing colors moving so fast, can't recognize what I playing. waste my time and money. my worst game of nintendo switch.
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Jun 22, 2020Definitely a case of game that's not for me. I thought this was the one to convert me to stylish, button combo action, and gave it a solid 15 hours before I had to quit. Frustrating, headache inducing combat. I later switched to Unchained but that only replaced the frustrating combat with boredom. So, yeah. Not for me. Also, playing as a cop. Yuck.
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May 15, 2022Could be fun, but his story is mediocre and the camera problems are unbearables.
Awards & Rankings
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Nintendo Force MagazineApr 28, 2020This one is more of a crowd-pleaser than a game-changer. [Issue #42 – October 2019, p. 68]
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LEVEL (Czech Republic)Feb 28, 2020Astral Chain consists of varied genres, but is mostly an action game, which has great ideas and interesting, relaxed humour, that doesn´t spoil its serious plot. [Issue#298]
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Nov 7, 2019Despite the hardware limitations and a handful of odd design choices, Astral Chain is one of the best new IPs to hit in recent years and one deserving the attention of every Switch owner.