The gameplay was described by Takahisa Taura as being inbetween that of Bayonetta and NieR:Automata in a video posted on Nintendo's YouTube. The game allows the player to switch between three different X-Baton types and five Legion types in real-time battles, with each Legion having its own unique combat style and ability, and features a skill tree for each Legion for added customization as the game progresses. Combat ĪSTRAL CHAIN features a Synergetic Action system for combat, allowing the player to control both the protagonist and their Legion at the same time during battles, or alternatively for two players to each control one of the protagonist and Legion. The Legion can assist in investigations as well as in combat, in several different ways. In an interview with Polygon, Director Takahisa Taura described the game's style as a middleground between the linear nature of Bayonetta, and the open-world gameplay of NieR:Automata.Īs a member of Neuron, the protagonist needs to solve cases and investigate crimes as well as fighting chimeras. Levels can be replayed, and are ranked with a scoring system which can grant different bonuses at the end of the level depending on how well they were cleared. The separate levels are linked together by the police station, which acts as a base as the protagonist heads out to solve incidents or crimes, and then returns. ↪ For a comprehensive timeline of events within the ASTRAL CHAIN universe, see Timeline.ĪSTRAL CHAIN is a semi-open world Action RPG, where the game progresses through different cases, which tell a mostly linear story. ↪ For a more detailed description of the plot of ASTRAL CHAIN including spoilers, see Story (Astral Chain). As a rookie Neuron officer newly recruited into the team, the protagonist and their Legion partners must work together to investigate, solve cases, fight chimeras, and save humanity itself. Only a few people have the potential to wield the Legion effectively as officers of Neuron, and the protagonist along with their twin sibling Akira Howard are two police officers with such qualities. Neuron officers employ the use of the Legion, a special living weapon created by capturing a chimera, neutralizing it with armor, and neurologically syncing it to a human operator through the eponymous "Astral Chain". The existence of the chimeras was kept secret from the residents of the Ark while a special police task force known as Neuron was established specifically to counter the extradimensional threat. The survivors took refuge in a massive artificial island metropolis known as the Ark, where peace was enjoyed for ten years before gates finally began appearing in the Ark as well, bringing invisible creatures known as chimeras from the world behind the gates - the Astral Plane. Within six months of the gates' appearance, 90% of all land on Earth was rendered uninhabitable. Smaller gates began appearing throughout all continents, causing global collapse as pollution from the gates known as Red Matter began corrupting the people and land of Earth in a process known as redshift. In 2043, a meteor impact with the Earth caused a mysterious wormhole known as a gate to form, triggering an apocalyptic series of events.
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