Astral Chain 2019

Is it still worth playing?

PlatinumGames' 2019 action adventure for the Nintendo Switch, set in a dystopian future in which a special police task force protects what remains of humanity from interdimensional creatures. You play a detective of the Neuron task force, solving cases on the Ark and gathering clues from questions and evidence. In the Astral Plane you cross hazardous terrain, solve puzzles and fight, and you summon a Legion, a tethered familiar bound to you by the chain of the title. Legions come in different forms. A sword Legion cuts circuitry and interrupts attacks, an archer hits weak points and distant switches, and a K9 tracks scents and can be ridden. You capture them as you go and can swap them at any time in battle. The same companion serves investigation, puzzles and combat, so the game stays one idea and not three, and that is why it still hangs together.