Fully playable on yuzu at 60fps, very smooth as it is no longer bogged down by 1995 hardware.
The game itself is quite underwhelming. The story sucked ass and the mechanics feel like playing a compilation of previous Platinum games but with less depth. I almost started drawing W101 shapes with the right thumbstick. The levels start to blend together after a while, especially the astral planes. I can only stomach so many sci-fi cityscapes with a purplish-blue hue splattered over them. Anything to do with the astral planes is tedious. The worst instances of "platforming" and "puzzles" are concentrated there.
Platinum games still has no idea how to break up the combat in their games without forcing you into gimmicks that overstay their welcome before theyre even introduced.
The one stand out thing is the ost. Some really great stuff here, I'd almost put this over bayonetta and nier automata.
This might be my least favourite platinum game after Vanguard, but to vanguard's credit it had a bit more personality than astral chain. At least the mc actually speaks there.