Almost immediately after our coverage on the E3 2019 of Astral Chain gameplay, Nintendo released another 10-minute Japanese overview trailer with Platinum Games and game designer Takahisa Taura.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRgolbpH6Qg&width=720&height=405[/embedyt]Aside from the aforementioned chain binding, you are able to bind multiple enemies as well based on the video. Here are the features mentioned before (with a bit of add on) on E3 reveal:
- Each Legion has it’s own skill tree
- Attack enemy from behind will allow critical damage popping up as yellow text
- Exploration of headquarters Neuron and city with the use of Legion for investigating cases and solving environmental puzzles
- Control your legion via ZL button via an attached chain
- The chain can be used to subdue citizens, get red matter in environments tainted with it, hack CCTV’s and close dimensional rifts gate
- You can enter Rift Gates as means for a challenge mode, story and puzzle elements
- Linking the chain with combos, bind or throw to your enemies mid attack/defence
- Learn and utilize all Legion benefits as the combat can be quite challenging especially the bosses
- You are able to summon 2 legions at once midst combat
- Changing Legion will stop time for a better tactical approach to combat
- Linking combo’s is available midst combat while pressing the corresponding button as your character shines which is also called sync attack
- Finish off enemies is available
Astral Chain will be chaining its way into stores this coming August 30, 2019.
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