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    So I guess I have to play this game over again as the boy character now. I enjoyed the first quest, but I honestly don't know if I have the patience for another game. Ugh.

    It's better than Drakengard 1, but that's not saying much. This game is so meh.
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      Editing … I played the demo for this recently, I expected this to be an open world game but it was more like a linear beatemup, like a PS2 rental. Story seemed neat, but I don’t see myself playing through it just for that.
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      Editing … It's a well-made game with gorgeous graphics and music. However, it's very, very repetitive.
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      Editing … I'm more inclined to try Astral Chain on the Switch now. (which I own but still haven't started yet) Judging by Nier Automata, all Platinum games are probably less complicated than I imagine so I might as well check them off my backlog. By the way, I only found out recently that the character art for Astral Chain is by the guy who created the mangas Video Girl Ai and I''s. Never would've thought..
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      Editing … Tried Astral Chain, hated it. You don't control your Legion, yet it deals more damage than you do. The very concept is antithetical to videogames. In general, games ought to always have you as the sole catalyst of interaction/activity.
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      Editing … That sounds almost like Loop Hero, except Astral Chain isn't even trying to become a rogue-like. I dunno. The last great RPG I played with bonafide AI partners was Persona 3. And then Mitsuru kept casting that worthless Marin Karin spell, so that part wasn't fun. Lol.
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      Editing … AI partners typically aren't stronger than the player avatar. They're usually weaker or, if they're particularly strong, they might be close to equal. There may be temporary exceptions for story purposes. (e.g. Sephiroth) But Astral Chain presumably takes it for the entire game. Which would make the entire game essentially a Nibelheim flashback front to end, while also forcing you to be additionally bogged down with having to manually release and recover your Legion as the situation calls for it, while keeping an eye your Legion's fuel meter. Bleh.
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      Editing … You played Loop Hero? I don't ever remember talking about it on here, but I did see on Steam once while browsing for games to play on my laptop. It looks confusing though, and some of the user reviews echo that sentiment. I don't see how it really relates to Astral Chain, but at the time, I was simply looking for low requirement games to play on my laptop that haven't been ported to Switch. Maybe I should get it for curiosity's sake, but I'm looking at it again now and it looks really damned confusing, wow. Every screen is nearly stacked with menus and UI elements. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1282730/Loop_Hero/
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      Editing … interestingly, Loop Hero was one of the games in my Steam wishlist, and I had only 7 games on there..
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      Editing … I didn't get to play Loop Hero, but I heard a ton of buzz about it for some reason. The concept sounds pretty funny, so I might try it out just for fun. Inscryption also sounded kinda trippy.
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