20:34 don't apologize. Taura has stated it is Platinum's destiny to show off good butts in Video Games, it'd be a shame to not show off their hard work.

I jockingly called it cyberpunk may cry bizarre adventure , which isn't as far fetched as it's sounds

20:30 I appreciate the level of detail on the butt creases. Japan number 1.

Know this: calling a boss Kyle and making him a likeable threat is one hell of a feat.

I could seriously listen to you talk about anything for any length of time and be 1000% interested.

Hard disagree with you about the anime-esque songs. Saviour and Dark Hero are great songs and hearing them in the boss fights was so damn hype. Hearing saviour in the last boss in file 12 was such a good nod to how you'd hear the opening again towards the end of an anime.

So basically a cyberpunk character action game with jojo stands? YES.

i hear that beautiful nier ost in the background. well played.

I would love a second Astral Chain, the Game was Awesome.

That guest artist with more amazing work on the thumbnail 👌

Astral Chain is my absolute favourite Switch game. I really hope this game doesn’t get forgotten.

That synced beat scene... "I'm sorry" No, you're not, and neither and I.

This game is worth getting for the music alone, the soundtrack is so so good. Oh and also the gameplay and aesthetic are amazing too. Probably my favorite game on the Switch

Nintendo suggested the cyber punk focus. Look at Nintendo being all cool and all

i'm getting some "Chaos Legion" vibes from this game, and i like it

Everybody on metacritic who called the combat shallow probably only played for like 20 minutes

this may be my favorite speaking voice in the world.

I actually love Savior and Dark Hero

I got such a huge metal gear rising feeling from this game and now I know why

Anybody remember Chaos Legion? This game is it's spiritual successor!!!

Absolutely love your voice. I could listen to it every day 💜 Greetings from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

“I’m sorry” Nothing to be to sorry about Suzy 🤣

Really starting to admire the artwork displayed in your later videos. The level of detail has increased exponentially great work. Absolutely looking forward to this game.

"Videogames cause violence" The Sphere Hunter : 16:50

Been waiting for this one Suzi. Real in depth as always

Since I've finished the game, I"ve been looking for a video essay about it that is as much fun to watch than it was to play it. I finally found it!

I was not expecting a full video on Astral Chain, let alone so soon. Happily surprised ^^

Hell YES, this game is an easy GotY candidate for me thus far, great to see you cover it!

I love to listen your videos because they're very well written and i love your voice because it's really relaxing

Always appreciate the time and effort and detail you talk about for any game you review. Great video as always!

I am really glad to see one of my favorite KZfaq channels cover what might well be my game of the year for 2019 - even in spite of this being easily the best year for video games I've had in quite some time. Sure, I felt like DMC5 and Sekiro might have been strictly better, but Astral Chain felt new and fresh. In spite of its flaws, it gave me that feeling of being a kid again, playing a game that I didn't feel like I had already played before. And that makes it my favorite game this year.

I started Astral Chain yesterday. Considering I'm only at the beginning, I can't say much about it but I would like to share one similarity I picked up right at the beginning. Monsters attacking humanity and only some people can "sync" with some of them that were caught reminds me of the premise to God Eater. In that series, some characters are able to wield weapons made from the cells of Aragami, monsters that are indestructible to conventional weapons and only these "God Eaters," essentially slaves to a mega-corporation that controls what's left of the world, are able to defeat, let alone damage, these creatures. It's an interesting competitor to Monster Hunter with a fascinating lore, although the story presentation can be a little cringey. I do like the comparison to Evangelion, and considering that, and Ghost in the Shell are two of my favorite anime, Astral Chain is definitely a game I plan on getting further into. I discovered your channel only recently, but you are quickly climbing my list of favorite reviewers.

On top of Ghost in the Shell and Evangelion, I kept getting feelings of Bubblegum Crisis as well. I absolutely loved this game

Thank you. I had a massive anxiety moment and your voice and knowledge soothed me completely. I also like your taste in games and anime!

Honestly, I found this story to be amazing!! It really shows just how far Platinum has come since Bayonetta and it shows in their writing, it was a refreshing change of pace.

11:03 That's it, I'm buying this game. 16:54 Pick up that can.

The vibe of this game is like a mix of 90's anime and a classic PS2 game and I mean that in the best way.

Just found this channel i you seem to know what you are talking about, and your voice is so soothing... you got a new subscriber!

Your channel is a love letter to games. Thanks for taking me on a guided tour through this game as a budding Platinum fan. Much more into ShiftUp, but Platinum has fun stuff and inspired ShiftUp a lot.

Some would say this game is....off the chain.

Man I was looking forward to seeing your thoughts on this game. Your videos are super comfy.

I love Astral Chain. It's my favourite PlatinumGames game and one of the best Switch game for the system.

Legit just glad Tabletorgy was behind this thumbnail. I love their artwork!

Just wanted to say I finally got a switch and I’m finally getting to play this game! thank you so much for this in depth video I’m excited to explore this world!

Bought this last Friday and still working through it. Freaking amazing!! Though I hope one day we get a sequel to Metal Gear Rising.

i love this game soo much! i'm so glad you did a video on it!

This looks solid. That said, I am completely, and unapologetically impressed that they got the shorts to move the way they do when the character is moving. Like, I get that that's "kind of" a common thing now, but it ALWAYS blows my mind when I see a game's developers actually put the time and effort into doing that. I mean hell, I still remember the moment i saw the horses muscles in the first Red Dead Redemption actually tensing up and relaxing as they moved. It never ceases to amaze me that games have progressed from the first time I saw Solid Snake move around in MGS1, along with Jill and Chris in RE1 when my cousin brought his PS1 down when I was in 1st grade, to where we are now, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY MODEL CLOTHES MOVING THE WAY THEY SHOULD. What a time to be alive lmao.

This game really is great! My only regret is not picking it up much sooner, and I'm glad the initial review bombs didn't bring it down. I really hope it does get picked up for a sequel. That was my fist thought once I finished it. Even with the post credit wrap up narration it still felt so open.

Best Video Games with well done game mechanics: -Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) (Gunplay, customization, Lean system, Peek System, Killstreak System, Vehicles System, Fast Paced) -Need for Speed (2015) (Driving mechanics, Customization, Drifting Mechanics) -DOOM Eternal (Gunplay, Creative Kills, Fast Paced) -Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X (Skating Mechanics, Creative Extensive combo moves, Handling System) -Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Skating Mechanics, Creative Extensive combo moves, Handling System, Nail the Trick Mechanic) -Rainbow Six Siege (Peaking and Leaning Mechanic, Paced Combat, Strategic Gameplay) -Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain (Extensive Full body handling mechanic, Customization, Gun play, Creative Kills, Strategic/ Tactical Gameplay) -Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes (Extensive Full body handling mechanic, Customization, Gun play, Creative Kills, Strategic/ Tactical Gameplay) -Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots (Extensive Full body handling mechanic, Customization, Gun play, Creative Kills) -Battlefield 4 (Paced Combat, Realistic Combat, Customization, Vehicle System, Environment Destruction System, Strategic/Tactical Gameplay) -Mortal Kombat 11 (Paced Combat, Balanced Strategic Combat System, Handling, Extensive Combos, Specials) -Street Fighter V (Paced Combat, Balanced Strategic Combat System, Handling, Extensive combos, Specials) -Tekken 7 (Paced Combat, Balanced Strategic Combat System, Handling, Extensive combos, Specials) -Street Fighter III 3rd Strike (Fast Paced Combat, Balanced Strategic Combat System, Handling, Extensive combos, Specials) -DragonBall FighterZ (Fast Paced Combat, Balanced Strategic Combat System, Handling, Extensive combos, Specials) -Killer Instinct (2013) (Fast Paced Combat, Balanced Strategic Combat System, Handling, Extensive combos, Specials) -Dead or Alive 6 (Fast Paced Combat, Balanced Strategic Combat System, Handling, Extensive combos, Specials) -Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Extensive Full body handling mechanic, Customization, Gun play, Creative Kills, Strategic/ Tactical Gameplay) -Assassin's Creed Unity (Parkour Mechanics, Creative Kills, Strategic/ Tactical Gameplay) -Red Dead Redemption 2 (Gunplay, Horse Riding Handling, Engaging interactive combat) -Marvel's Spider-man (Extensive Swinging mechanics, Strategic/ tactical gameplay, Creative Kills, Fast Paced Fluid Combat) -Far Cry 3 (Gunplay, Customization, Strategic/ Tactical Gameplay, Intelligent A.I.) -Ninja Gaiden Black (Customization, Fast Paced Fluid Combat, Strategic Gameplay, Amazing combo cinematics, Challenging A.I.) -Ninja Gaiden II (Customization, Fast Paced Fluid Combat, Strategic Gameplay, Amazing combo cinematics, Challenging A.I.) -Devil May Cry 5 (Customization, Fast Paced Fluid Combat, Strategic Gameplay, Amazing combo cinematics, Challenging A.I.) -Devil May Cry 3 (Customization, Fast Paced Fluid Combat, Strategic Gameplay, Amazing combo cinematics, Challenging A.I.) -Devil May Cry (Customization, Fast Paced Fluid Combat, Strategic Gameplay, Amazing combo cinematics, Challenging A.I.) -Vanquish (Gunplay, Fast Paced Fluid Combat, Strategic Gameplay, Amazing combo cinematics, Challenging A.I.) -Metal Gear Rising Revengeance (Customization, Fast Paced Fluid Combat, Strategic Gameplay, Amazing combo cinematics, Challenging A.I.) -Sekiro Shadows Die Twice (Customization, Paced Fluid Combat, Strategic Gameplay, Amazing combo cinematics, Challenging A.I.) -Sonic Mania Plus (Amazing well thought out levels, Fluid gameplay, Amazing Soundtrack, Amazing character models, Amazing in game cinematics) -CupHead (Amazing well thought out levels, Fluid gameplay, Amazing Soundtrack, Amazing character models, Amazing in game cinematics, Paced Progression) -Streets of Rage 4 (Amazing well thought out levels, Fluid gameplay, Amazing Soundtrack, Amazing character models, Challenging A.I., Amazing Multiplayer teamwork) -Nioh (Customization, Fast Paced Fluid Combat, Strategic Gameplay, Amazing combo cinematics, Challenging A.I.) -Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (Fast Paced Combat, Balanced Strategic Combat System, Handling, Extensive combos, Specials) -Jet Set Radio Future (Skating Mechanics, Creative Extensive combo moves, Handling System, Soundtrack) -Lost Planet 2 (Amazing Multiplayer mechanics, Handling, Strategic/ Tactical Gameplay, Fluid gameplay) -Titanfall 2 (Gunplay, customization, Parkour System, Jaeger Handling System, Killstreak System, Vehicles System, Fast Paced)

Good job reviewing the game. One thing about this video commentary greatly surprises me, especially knowing you're a DMC fan. The biggest exploration of combat mechanics stems from chaining abilities from one legion to another for a single combo. One example would be using Beast to electrify a chain then swapping to the next legion to auto bind for lots of extra damage. Legions can be mapped in any order for custom combos. This is very handy since the legion menu freezes combat. Once you got that pattern down it doesn't really have to be that way though. Could go on for a while about how great these legion combos can get.

This game and it's gameplay is a truly a love letter to Platinum games older games meshed into 1 awesome game.

Great video! Incisive voice and perspective, and can relate to your trajectory with the game before launch.

Bought this game , on your recommendation and your incredible review , I've been subscribed for a while but this one is fabulous, thank you again , now I'm playing an incredible game

I just started watching&enjoying the videos&your KZfaq channel&I find you very beautiful person inside and out. 😇

This game just might lead to me getting a switch .😁👌

I've been waiting for summoner action based games, and now we've got two of them. Yes. Platinum standard!

I love how you used Nier's soundtrack in the background sort of like a little nod. The subtle "I know, you know, we all know" when speaking of a Platinum game.

You have a very sultry voice that's great for narration. The review is very concise and honest and I love it. Subscribed!

After finally beating the game a few hours ago, Spherehunter pretty much voiced everything I felt about the experience. I absolutely loved it right from loading the game up. I love all the anime tropes they wire in all over the place I think Sphere probably "got" the combat system earlier than I did, lol. But now that I understand all the mechanics, I'm super excited to play through the game again on a higher difficulty. I feel like I played boring, since I stuck to Sword legion and the default color schemes/costumes. Maybe next game I'll mix it up. Next game on the list is Daemon X Machina, so might be a bit. Great vid!

I adore this game!! Played it a few times and go back to it every once in a while. In my opinion it’s one of the most beautiful well designed Switch exclusive games

I was on the fence about getting this but once again you've convinced me Suzi

I'm so glad I found this channel!

I was really intrigued when I first saw this game. It reminded of Chaos Legion on PS2. I remember renting that game for weeks lol. So when I saw Astral Chain it felt almost familiar. Great vid btw.

I love your channel. I've been watching since the ff12 review (obviously one of my favorite games :p) and i like never comment on your stuff but I just wanted to say if no one has said it lately: you do good work. Keep it up. :)

This reminds me of the game Chaos Legion so much. I didn't know I had been waiting for something like that for so long. My god.

This is my favorite game on the switch, and will be for years to come. I don’t feel bad for anyone who hasn’t gave this game a chance, it is pure art that that appeals to a certain kind of person. Anyone who feels like this game was made for them, you already know what im saying.

I'm addicted to your voice, you sound like a Residen Evil female character!!!😍😍🙌🙌🌹🌹

Best and most balanced take on the game I’ve heard so far, thank you!

The best video I've seen about Astral Chain! Wonderful game!

Ok deffinetly I need a Nintendo Switch, this game looks really amazing, like platinum classic style, good luck with the RE videos coming up :), also thx for the 20:29 scene, wow that physics

I was on the fence for this one, but I'm sold for sure after your video.

Your reviews are always awesome. Thanks for this one.

Might get this seeing some of the Revengeance influences in the gameplay. I'm a massive fan of that game, and I was soooo happy seeing what was essentially my boy Blade Wolf being in there! But now I'm sad we'll probably never get another Rising game... 😭

Easily my favourite game of 2019. It’s soooo amazing! 😍

It took awhile to get into the game but the boss fight toward the end is so anime I love it!

Ive been waiting for you to make a review of this game, nice video.

I’m just now watching this video and even more enjoying that Automata OST.

Your videos are amazing. I love it.

Man this game has a lot more going on than I thought it did at first, thanks for covering it! By the way, have you heard of a game called Crosscode? It's a great pixel art action RPG. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that if that's something you're into. I think it's an amazing game with a pretty good story.

Clicked as soon as I saw the notification, lol I love this game

Great vid! Guess I’ve gotta check this out at some point haha.

I honestly was as confused as you about this whole title so hearing it's such a swansong is kinda relieving, anyway great vid Sue

I might add this to my wish list down the line

In addition to arms base combo, you can actually perform other moves like the spin attack and lunge attack while wearing it. My favorite is the latter because you can follow up with a sync attack that shoot dozens of lasers in a first person point of view

I'm about halfway through the game and loving it

I can agree so hard with everything mentioned here. 4 years on in 2023, I'm still playing the heck out of this game. I've picked up every collectible, beat every mission with the highest rank, and did it all on all 3 difficulties just for fun. (We don't talk about unchained mode in this house.) When I first got the game I wasn't so sure about it because of its steep learning curve. But once I just embraced it and fully immersed myself in the game, WOW was it rewarding. Platinum were firing on all cylinders when this game was made. My favorite legions are sword, beast, and axe, as they're the most used for me. Arm and arrow are all fun too, but they don't get as much use out of me unless I'm really working with all of them. Poor Arm, a heavy hitter, but struggles with accuracy. The lock-on button's your best friend when using the Arm legion btw. As for everything after the story ends, it was decently challenging. Though, my scrubbiness was showing on a few missions the first time I went through it all. I actually had to give up and start the whole game again fresh, and once I did, it was SO worth it. I understood the importance of leveling up your legions to CX, giving them all good abilities, and really dove into the possibilities that skills presented and made crazy openings. A few of the last file 12 missions were borderline unfair due to the enemies presented. Mostly because of the black boss chimeras and throwing multiple of them at you alongside Kyle or Jena, sometimes at the same time. Then came the true final boss, Aether. The goddess of the astral plane and a being powerful, she makes Noah Prime himself look like chump change. And that's BEFORE she gets angry. lol This video really does sum up the best and worst parts of this game. The story is good for the most part, and I agree it was kinda sequel baiting. Which I would welcome, btw. The gameplay itself is the real star of the show here. You're given the tools you need to make stylish kills, and look good while doing it. This game really is a love letter to Platinum's history and wears its inspirations proudly on its Ark Police uniform sleeve. I only hope this game gets a sequel soon. We did get an Astral Chain reference in the Bayonetta 3 trailers before the it came out, so it gives me hope.

This might finally make me buy a switch, always look forward to your vids sphere!

This is an awesome video, Suzi. I'm sold on Astral Chain now. I need to play through Bayonetta 2 first, though.

Genuinely enjoyed this review. Good job.

God the title to this video sums up my thoughts about this game.Not only a love letter to those games, but also to the fans that recognize them. One nice thing I like is the multiple control set ups (no full custom control set is something I do knock off a few points for). Another nice thing about this game is the evolving title screen. I was getting Spec Ops The Line vibes from that. All in all. Not a bad title from Platinum Games

i am happy to hear about all the glory of this game being that I just got a switch and picked up Daemon X Machina, looking forward to getting Astral Chain! Awesome review.

Me, having just discovered the channel: Oh, Astral Chain, nice! Sphere Hunter: I'm not really a fan of the anime-style opening song. Me: So you're saying this just wont work between us. Still love the videos though.

the door at the end :3 I cant wait

I love this game but hearing the NieR music and having you mention 2B make me really want NieR on the switch so I can play on the go.

Enjoyed the warning that this may take some getting used to. I think ima pick this up when I get a chance

Amazing content as always!

Keep up the good work with your videos!!!

I'm both proud and annoyed that I beat the whole game without levelling, not because I was trying to, I just forgot. I'm coming back to the game realising how much I missed and it was easier by actually playing the game

Great review. So this is what happens when you combine aspects of JoJo, Ghost in the Shell, Evangelion, with a little bit of Patlabor mixed into a game. Neat!

I don't know what first trailer you watched but I was on board day one and was not disappointed upon release.