You Can Play Co-Op in Astral Chain
Like most of Platinum’s games Astral Chain is a primarily single-player focused event. However, there is a bit of a co-op system in the game, although it might not be what you’re expecting.
Using just two Joy-Cons you can play co-op, with one player taking control of the main character while the other controls the Legion. Because you’re linked together, you can’t go too far from one another, but it’s an interesting little twist on gameplay.
Playing co-op makes Astral Chain quite a bit more difficult, since you suddenly don’t have complete control over all of your skills, and have to rely on another playing taking control of the Legion.
Still, it can make it much easier to bind enemies in your chain, as the Legion player can simply focus on getting the chain around, while the character player is able to just avoid and/or attack.
You might not want to play the entire game in co-op, but it’s worth trying at least just to see how different it is.
