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Astral Chain
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Astral Chain by PlatinumGames Gets First Gameplay: Character Customization, Tons of Action, and More

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Published: Jun 11, 2019 05:20 pm

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Today, during the Nintendo Treehouse E3 coverage, PlatinumGames showcased the very first gameplay of Astral Chain.

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The gameplay was presented by Game Director Takahisa Taura, and starts with character customization. Interestingly, we learn that the way we customize our character will also influence what their sibling will look like, which makes sense.

On top of that, we get to take a look at plenty of action gameplay, including a section on a motorbike, plenty of combat, and even some tutorial sections in the training room. If it looks familiar, that’s because Taura-san was the Lead Gameplay Designer of NieR: Automata.

The later moments of the demo show a battle against a massive Chimera named Briareos. I wonder if that’s a homage to Masamune Shirow’s Appleseed, considering that the setting certainly feels similar.

You can check out the video below.

One thing is for sure, the game looks absolutely fantastic, and I absolutely adore the art style by Masakatsu Katsura, which you may know for Video Girl Ai,  I”s, and Zetman.

If you want to see more, you can check out the latest screenshots, the latest trailer, the original announcement, and the first details and screenshots.

Astral Chain will release exclusively on Nintendo Switch on August 30 both in North America and Europe.

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Giuseppe Nelva
Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.
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