Thank you for the compliment! Personally, I feel that this amount of effort is necessary, especially when attempting to explain combat mechanics in an action game. Since action games can be kind of hard to get into, especially if it's your first game, new players will need every bit of help they can get. So I thought it would be best to put some visual elements into a tutorial video, so that players can more definitively see what actions are being performed on their first view. It would be really awesome to make this sort of content for bigger gaming outlets but I'm not qualified enough, ha ha. I remember trying to apply for some video editing jobs at gaming outlets like Nintendo and Namco and got instantly rejected because I don't have a video editing degree lol.

@@PhotobrickStudios super helpful man. Loved every detail you put into demonstration bits

This man deserves better than ign

Sometimes I remember this video and the amount of effort put in it. I mean, you mimic every hud element and transition of the game. Hope those skills have you a high paying job or something

Yeah, when the game presents you a combat scenario, it definitely doesn't let up. The training room is pretty nice to help familiarize yourself with all the different Legion attacks. I've spent a huge amount of time in there, just doing the "1v1" sparring matches to figure out what combination of Legions work best.

The editing was so amazing that despite watching this video multiple times I only realised the blue case things on the left as being edited in after reading the comments

however, I realise now that if you were able to produce such high quality content it probs mean you have a work in this type of field, meaning you probs already earn more than what you'd get from youtube lol if so, do you have any project you would like to share/recommend ?

Don't worry about it! I've played a lot of Platinum's titles but this game actually gave me quite a bit of trouble for quite a while. This game can be a bit relentless at times but I'm sure it'll click with you eventually.

Photobrick Studios hopefully! I’m more of a jrpg guy, but Platinum games do make me WANT to put in the effort ~

The main hurdle for me is that I don't have a lot of time on my hands. So if I do have free time, I can only really put all that energy into one video at a time. The violin covers are more creatively satisfying for me but if people are more interested in these sort of, informative and thorough kinds of content, I'll definitely look into it. I really appreciate that you left this comment since I don't get this kind of feedback often.

Same here bro. Copped Bayonetta a yr ago when I first bought my Switch, played it for a little bit then went to something else. Recently I’ve picked it up again to see if I’d get better at it but no dice. In actual combat I still get thumped. It’s very frustrating. Thinking about trading in Bayonetta to get this instead cause like you said trying to learn dodge offset just made want to put the game down

Dodge offset is automatic on Astral Chain. You dont have to worry about this.

Astral Chain doesnt work without dodge offset.

Yup! I used a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator for recreating the graphics and Premiere to animate them.

Wow nice! Thanks for thr reply! :)

I actually use the default control scheme but it shouldn't matter too much. The main reason I use this is that you can attack and move the camera at the same time. With control scheme C, you can dodge and move the camera so it's really up to you. Personally, I don't really use the dodge button all too often as perfect calls are a lot less risky. I don't think it should make a huge difference since this game isn't too combo heavy. Whichever control scheme is more comfortable to you is the one I'd go for.

yes especially in a corner with an ennemy locked otherwise it's still managable for me

In Astral Chain, dodge offset is automatic. The inputs you listed are correct.

You dont need to learn all this stuff to beat the game on standard difficult. Those advanced technicques is more useful on ultimate difficult. This game have a very long learning curve, but it worth.

Actually does, slow attack 10% with effect spread is 👌🏾

You just dodge and continue attacking (Bayonetta requires holding the attack button during the dodge but that isn't the case here). There's a tutorial in game for it.