Fascinating Cyberpunk World
While Astral Chain certainly takes many inspirations from anime, fans of the cyberpunk genre will find a lot to love, and there’s quite an interesting world and story at the game’s core.
Astral Chain takes place on Earth, where humanity has been driven to the brink of extinction by the appearance of another dimension called the Astral Plane.
This dimension corrupts the world and humans, and terrifying beasts called Chimera emerge from it and attack. Now humanity has moved to a mega-city called The Ark, where a militaristic police force keeps the peace and protects them from the Astral Plane.
While Astral Chain doesn’t generally delve too deep into the major cyberpunk themes of morality and corporate corruption, they are still there.
There’s some great world-building the game does to teach you about everything, especially you read all the database entries you can uncover.
Science gone wrong, government espionage, and restriction of information are just a few of the things that contribute to Astral Chain’s cyberpunk themes.
On top of that, the game just screams cyberpunk visuals with dazzling neon splashes, futuristic technology, and grungy city streets. While we’re waiting for Cyberpunk 2077, Astral Chain is the perfect type of game to give you that fix.
