Finished playing Astral Chain on the first playthrough and I have to say this is a really great addition to anyone's Switch Library. If your into Cyberpunk, Psycho-Pass, JoJo's Bizarre Adventures and of course that sweet Platinum-style of combat, this game is definitely an awesome pick. I will say though that some of the side missions are these repetitive fetch quests which are not that fun but then their are some fun little quests where you investigate crimes, questioning other people, looking for clues, stealthily follow people however I'm not going to lie, I can see some die-hard Platinum fans who just want to get into the meat of the action find this slow-pace of gameplay to be annoying on a second or third playthrough. The side-missions and just any of the interactive portions of the main mission itself too, I'd imagine those are enjoyable on the first playthrough. On the second playthrough or third, I'd imagine it'd be like going through a bunch of cut scenes you've already experienced from Sun & Moon.
As for the action, so if your a big fan of Platinum games action-packed titles with that DMC-spiritual combat, I do have to say the control scheme is a bit different, with more focus on the analogue stick, specifically moving around your legion. In fact there are literally some enemies you cannot defeat without the analogue stick and it's definitely a control scheme that you don't get use to it so quickly early on. It takes a bit of time to adjust it but Platinum fan or not, you do eventually learn the control scheme properly enough early on that it feels natural to a point where it feels like it's easy to use but difficult to master. Even though I finished the game, there are probably some combo moves I've never really learned. For example the Axe Legion is freaking slow as hell and I never bothered using that much in the fast-pace action but the Legions I have use are full of surprises so by ignoring Axe Legion a lot, I probably also ignored some interesting combos along the way. Perhaps on a second playthrough, I will take more notice of it.
On another note, the bosses. The bosses are awesome, flashy spectacles requiring you to think fast in time. Some bosses you can use your preferred legion as much as you want but there are also some other bosses that are somewhat like a puzzle where you are required to use other legions similar to a Legend of Zelda-style boss. Also it's not just awesome bosses but there are also unique enemies that can only be found in sidequests. Actually to be fair, their more like skin swaps of older enemies but it's still a nice surprise when you invest time into these side quests.
Finally! Lappy! Lappy is either the scariest character you've seen or the most awesome character you've seen lol and... that's about it for my thoughts. Oh man this is an awesome game... Oh yeah.
You also get to fight "Kars" as the final boss.
