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Astral Chain Review

Platinum Games are masters in creating unique, vibrant and exhilarating action games with many of their projects such as Nier Automata and Bayonetta being some of the best in the genre. Their games focus on intensive, stylish combat and Astral Chain not only delivers on that front but is also one of Platinum's most unique games to date with its dual-character gameplay. Astral Chain places you in the role of a detective in a special police task force known as "Neuron" and your goal is to protect the futuristic city known as "The Ark" from mysterious creatures known as Chimeras. Using the Astral Chain, you tie yourself together with different Chimeras of your own known as Legions and take control of yourself and your Legion simultaneously throughout the game. Astral Chain's presentation is gorgeous and the game is easily one of the best looking games on Nintendo Switch. The sci-fi anime art style is striking and while the game runs at 30 FPS, it does