if only it doesn't run like crap on the Switch (intense fps drop on bosses). Would replay (and 100) the game if Nintendo dropped their next gen Switch.
@@OKamiKAT You're not a gamer if you're bitching about frame drops. You're a tech head who's lost his/her way. I had no problem enjoying the game back when it came out. I don't keep an eye out for frame drops, unless it's massively noticeable like Pokemon Scarlet/Violet. But 5-8 frame drops is not even noticeable to me, i'm to into the game to be looking at everything under a magnifying glass.
Jena's design in her third phase is probably my favorite boss design off all time cause of the symbolism to me that she's the one who absurdly powerful like us but she's the one chained to her power
Damn that's so true, only notice it now after you mention it, thanks for the explanation, this gives more meaning to this song, which is considerably deep already.
That part always get's to me man. So incredibly beautifull. I always just let it play after the final hit until the game decides to continue, instead of pressing a button.
I still remember the first time I fought against jena ... I was like "HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE BEST FINAL BOSS EVER, 10 OF 10, FAVORITE GAME" Then I saw that the game continued and I was like "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
@@Scaratrix Ehh, I disagree. I think the X-baton would better suit being used for regular light attacks and smash attacks (heavy sword for side smashes, gun for up smashes and light baton for jabs / aerial moves) and save the special moves for legion-based moves
I'm playing Astral Chain right now and i got to the real final boss. And i'm still impressed how Platinum Games has the hability to make every boss fight to seems like the final boss of the game: epic, massive and apoteosic like Bayonetta, Nier: Automata and Wonderful 101. Balls to the wall.
Akira: Jenna STOP you can't drink that much Blue Evolve! Jenna: Or what? Am I gonna "blow up" Akira: No worst, it'll go right to your thighs. Jenna: My thighs!? Akira: Then you blow up! Jenna: *explodes* Kyle: *chuckles* Yeah I remember my first Blue Evolve.
Had that feeling for Noah fight. I mean, I could litteraly imagine Yoseph yell "This is the power of a god" just like Zanza. Noah and Zanza are quite similar to me
She wanted to kill Yoseph I think. But her goals are weird because she wants "salvation"? I feel like her goals have become very twisted and contradictory with each other and the actions that she takes through the story...
It was essentially letting out homunculi out into the world, where they would feed on chimera that showed up. But what backfired in the plan was that the homunculi had the tendency of being very very violent if left unattended, and the fact that absorbing chimeras only powered them up.
Apparently the world was slowly being pulled and assimilated into the astral plane, like files being moved into a folder, only the files are being turned into crazy looking otherworldly beings, but she preferred that happen than being fused with another crazy looking otherworldly being.
How is making people become part of the astral plane saving them? That is killing them, and causing their bodies to become absorbed into becoming part of the terrain of the astral plane. Like, their bodies or frames of them would be absorbed into these red crystal structures all throughout the astral plane. How is that saving them? There are also many who became aberrations because of her. I don’t understand what they did with her character.
@@thebosstex1172 The astal plane was invading the normal world. They couldn't figure out how to stop it, so merging with it was the next best option. The problem with science is; if no one figures it out, no one figures it out. You take your next best option. The aberrations were happening before her involvement. Probably from a scientific accident. I... do not remember. I need to play it again. Jena loved, she had sympathy for the world. She was doing the only thing she could that she thought was right. To preserve humanity, not enslave it like Yoseph. She is my favorite character. Why? Because my empathy attached to her.
Rockin theme aside, Can anyone tell me what Jena's goal was? Like honestly, is the pure erasure of mankind preferable to its assimilation into a collective consciousness? Yoseph and Jena's motivations feel extremely half-baked at best.
sasaki999pro Another commenter speculated that Jenas plan had something to do with letting the homunculus loose and having them absorb all the chimaeras
I understood her motivations as trying to get people to accept their fate. She seemed like a religious fanatic claiming that the inevitable absorption into the Astral Plane was “God’s will”
jena was truly a cool enemy, i just wish we got to know a little more about her and yoseph. but overall i never regretted buying this game, it was kick ass and deserved way more attention then it got. if there's ever a sequel i wonder if it'd go back to what happened with jena and yoseph and when howard got the twins or if it'll just be recovering earth.
The game was never ignored and in fact surpassed Nintendo's expectations, let me tell you Nintendo produced sequels to both Xenoblade Chronicles and Bayonetta 2, games that sold FAR less than Astral Chain did at launch, so yeah it was both a critical and commercial success, we are getting that sequel, its only a matter of time. the reason they been so silent is because they want to push Bayonetta 3 right now 💜 do not worry pal, im not one bit
tbh, she's worse than yosseph. while yosseph wants all of humanity to get absorbed onto noah, Jena wants humanity to get absorbed into the astral plain, effectively jilling everyone. and at least yosseph didn't slaughter hundreds or thousands innocents
This video was one of the first results to "Astral chain final boss theme"... and for me probably is. I really prefered chapter 9 to 11: the climax was structured in a totally different way and the music was even more interesting. Or maybe it's just the fact that I love Bayonetta's music and designs.
she deserved that. and honestly, she deserved much worse. she slaughtered tons of people with her homonculi, not to mention that she wanted humanity to get absorbed into the astral plain
Jenna is an amazing character, but her plan wasn't really explained, and that made me really disappointed, but I do have an idea on what it could have been: In the case file where we fight Jenna, we learn that she was making/hatching different types of Homunculesses (Homunculi?). The Homunculess can absorb the Chimaras, so I think she was trying to make a Homunculess she could control and manipulate. She would allow it to absorb a huge amount of Chimaras before making it self-destruct, and repeat the process until the Chimaras were gone. Please tell me if this theory has any problems with it, but I think it's a solid idea.
@@Red-va21 i think that it's at the end of the mission in the mall where you first encounter her. she talks about the nature of the astral plane, how all the crystals are life forms concerted to data, and how she wants the same to happen to earth. it's when akira asks "are those all people?" and jenna replies with "how anthropocentric"
I think like the third theme is like fighting against God, I imagine like a choir singing praises while you fight, as if you were so pathetic and worthless that they do not need to interfere
Despite the fact that this isn't even the final boss, that there are still several hours of gameplay after this, I would have easily been satisfied if the game concluded here. Like seriously, platinum just made one of the best hack and slash games ever, with a brand new, non established ip, made music that sounds like this, and then dipped without a word of a sequel Absolute Chads (but give us a sequel pls :))
She was still wrong. Only difference between her and Yoseph is that she wanted to hasten the end of the world while Yoseph wanted to become god. Both needed to be stopped.
Both of their ideas would of harmed the world greatly because both of them were aiming to stop each other Jenas idea seemed fanatical but more realistic than becoming that of gods like Yoseph
file 9 should've been the end of the game imo. this screams final fight too much. if it ended at file 09 i would've been satisfied, however file 10 and 11 kind of... dropped the ball a bit. file 10 was a hard as hell stealth mission, with a neat final fight. File 12 was fun to play, don't get me wrong, but it didn't feel like a culmination of the entire game like file 09 did. i mean there was a lot of problems i had with file 10 and 11 in general lmao. from 9 to 10 and 11 feel like you're playing a seperate game
BossTyrant they did it this way so it would leave nothing to be desired because they didn’t know if they would make a sequel or not with the lore of the game there’s still a shitton to do for the twins and neuron but with the ending given there is no need for a sequel but there could be nothing to be desired but left with more room for improvement
TheUnder F1ip ah i see. so they intentionally didn’t fix problems with their story and games because they didn’t know there would be a sequel? why not just make a banger of a game that gives a ton of lore and all that jazz so the people who play it are screaming for a sequel? idk man making excuses for not fixing discrepancies and problems because they made it that way is pretty dumb
![Astral Chain OST - Jena Anderson [Extended]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/iztnFoJiVPg/mqdefault.jpg)
Astral Chain Soundtrack:
Jena Anderson 00:00
Jena Rebellion and Salvation 01:59
Jena Catastrophe 04:53
Whats amazing about Astral Chain is that it goes from epic like this to running after kitties and delivering ice cream 😺
Just another day in JRPG land. Save a kitten then fight God. 😎
And using the toilet.
@@somakurusoToppled over, sometimes.
and it doesn't feel tone deaf! it's like Avatar!
Astral Chain remains the most criminally underplayed action game on the Switch. It's brilliant.
if only it doesn't run like crap on the Switch (intense fps drop on bosses).
Would replay (and 100) the game if Nintendo dropped their next gen Switch.
@@OKamiKAT You're not a gamer if you're bitching about frame drops. You're a tech head who's lost his/her way. I had no problem enjoying the game back when it came out. I don't keep an eye out for frame drops, unless it's massively noticeable like Pokemon Scarlet/Violet. But 5-8 frame drops is not even noticeable to me, i'm to into the game to be looking at everything under a magnifying glass.
@@OKamiKATI didnt have a single frame drop during bosses.
hope they would patch it in switch 2 with 60fps 1080p handheld mode
Despite not being the true final battle this is an awesome final battle fight.
Is the main villian of the first season obviously
It felt Like litterally seeing an Fallen Angel uprising and then becoming Something worse in the end
But still.
Just Like Joseph Said " Beautiful"
The sad part is when you play di actual final boos
Nobody:
Noah: this isn't even my final form
Yo jena you can't just change into the final boss when you ain't even it!
Jena: FUCK THE RULES!!
It's crazy how we get 3 of the best tracks in the game right after one another
Jena's design in her third phase is probably my favorite boss design off all time cause of the symbolism to me that she's the one who absurdly powerful like us but she's the one chained to her power
For me the only other final boss designs that compare are the final bosses for Three Houses Verdant Wind route, as well as Azure Moon.
Damn that's so true, only notice it now after you mention it, thanks for the explanation, this gives more meaning to this song, which is considerably deep already.
Her Final form is also reminiscent of Julius Visconti's "The One Who Opens the World" Form from God Eater 2 with the whole Chained by Power Motif
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OK. That was just one of the wildest boss fights I've ever done and man that ost have no chill. It just keeps on giving
6:48 I shed a little tear.
That part always get's to me man. So incredibly beautifull. I always just let it play after the final hit until the game decides to continue, instead of pressing a button.
Her boss fight was so good I genuinely thought it was the final boss
I had an easier time against noah prime than her lmaoo 💀💀
I still remember the first time I fought against jena ... I was like "HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE BEST FINAL BOSS EVER, 10 OF 10, FAVORITE GAME"
Then I saw that the game continued and I was like "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
my thoughts exactly!
Why is this game underrated?? I wish Akira would join Smash as a DLC fighter
Another sword man are like 3 now
Angelis sorry this is late by a month but the weapon shifts, he could have like transitioning attacks. Sword, gun, heavy sword.
@@Scaratrix you mean like Neutral or down B switches weapon mode between fast, heavy and gun?
@Sir SpookyBones yeah
@@Scaratrix Ehh, I disagree. I think the X-baton would better suit being used for regular light attacks and smash attacks (heavy sword for side smashes, gun for up smashes and light baton for jabs / aerial moves) and save the special moves for legion-based moves
I'm playing Astral Chain right now and i got to the real final boss. And i'm still impressed how Platinum Games has the hability to make every boss fight to seems like the final boss of the game: epic, massive and apoteosic like Bayonetta, Nier: Automata and Wonderful 101. Balls to the wall.
Akira: Jenna STOP you can't drink that much Blue Evolve!
Jenna: Or what? Am I gonna "blow up"
Akira: No worst, it'll go right to your thighs.
Jenna: My thighs!?
Akira: Then you blow up!
Jenna: *explodes*
Kyle: *chuckles* Yeah I remember my first Blue Evolve.
Jena's 3rd phase gave me so many zanza vibes. It was awesome.
Erik Essene I mean, you’re right. Why didn’t I see it before? Great design choice though.
Had that feeling for Noah fight. I mean, I could litteraly imagine Yoseph yell "This is the power of a god" just like Zanza. Noah and Zanza are quite similar to me
Now that you say that it, does remind me of Zanza and both have great soundtracks when fighting them.
@@ryankaufman6286 there was something similar in the Bayonetа
The music tho, you start really hearing it after the first few deaths, (be honest we all died on her multiple times) and its just gets you hyped.
Pushing out those final reps in the gym @6:47 feeling invincible
Shes born today!
3:40 was playing right when I landed the final blow, it was amazing
If I recall correctly, the game is scripted to discreetly switch to that part just as you land the final blow. Groundbreaking stuff.
They all give me Sephiroth vibes, but damn the beginning of the first one chills me to my core… the build up is so good!
If only they made her goal/plan developed so we know what she was trying to do in the first place.
She wanted to kill Yoseph I think. But her goals are weird because she wants "salvation"? I feel like her goals have become very twisted and contradictory with each other and the actions that she takes through the story...
She was going to let Humanity get exorb into the astral plane
Where Yoseph wanted humanity to join with the Chimera / Legion she wanted humanity to go forward on there own.
It was essentially letting out homunculi out into the world, where they would feed on chimera that showed up. But what backfired in the plan was that the homunculi had the tendency of being very very violent if left unattended, and the fact that absorbing chimeras only powered them up.
Apparently the world was slowly being pulled and assimilated into the astral plane, like files being moved into a folder, only the files are being turned into crazy looking otherworldly beings, but she preferred that happen than being fused with another crazy looking otherworldly being.
too bad we didn't get to see more of her. I feel like her plan was just as dangerous as Yoseph's and yet, we never got to see what it was
Her plan was to Transport or download and save all of humanity into the Astral plane
She just wanted to save humankind. Yoseph wanted to rule over humankind and chimeras
How is making people become part of the astral plane saving them? That is killing them, and causing their bodies to become absorbed into becoming part of the terrain of the astral plane. Like, their bodies or frames of them would be absorbed into these red crystal structures all throughout the astral plane. How is that saving them? There are also many who became aberrations because of her. I don’t understand what they did with her character.
I don’t understand what they were trying to do with her character
@@thebosstex1172 The astal plane was invading the normal world. They couldn't figure out how to stop it, so merging with it was the next best option. The problem with science is; if no one figures it out, no one figures it out. You take your next best option.
The aberrations were happening before her involvement. Probably from a scientific accident. I... do not remember. I need to play it again.
Jena loved, she had sympathy for the world. She was doing the only thing she could that she thought was right. To preserve humanity, not enslave it like Yoseph.
She is my favorite character. Why? Because my empathy attached to her.
This game is worth playing just for this battle
For me she is the best character of the game, and she also have the best music themes. I love her english voice
It feels like English voice acting in both video games from Japan, and also anime I’m general is getting much better with time
Rockin theme aside, Can anyone tell me what Jena's goal was? Like honestly, is the pure erasure of mankind preferable to its assimilation into a collective consciousness? Yoseph and Jena's motivations feel extremely half-baked at best.
Honestly we dont know shit
sasaki999pro Another commenter speculated that Jenas plan had something to do with letting the homunculus loose and having them absorb all the chimaeras
chibi gojira Yeah that’s the thing, they attack humans but we don’t know why. I’m pretty sure they only absorb redshift and don’t cause it.
chibi gojira yeah j forgot about that, it does seem to weird to be a coincidence, maybe it’s one of their abilities.
I understood her motivations as trying to get people to accept their fate. She seemed like a religious fanatic claiming that the inevitable absorption into the Astral Plane was “God’s will”
My reaction to Jena's attacks as her baller themes play in the background:
Jena no. Jena stop. Jena- Oh no. Jena why. Jena!
her music are just so damn badass, in fact whole game has amazing soundtracks
jena was truly a cool enemy, i just wish we got to know a little more about her and yoseph. but overall i never regretted buying this game, it was kick ass and deserved way more attention then it got. if there's ever a sequel i wonder if it'd go back to what happened with jena and yoseph and when howard got the twins or if it'll just be recovering earth.
The game was never ignored and in fact surpassed Nintendo's expectations, let me tell you Nintendo produced sequels to both Xenoblade Chronicles and Bayonetta 2, games that sold FAR less than Astral Chain did at launch, so yeah it was both a critical and commercial success, we are getting that sequel, its only a matter of time. the reason they been so silent is because they want to push Bayonetta 3 right now 💜
do not worry pal, im not one bit
"Only I can save humankind!"
Clearly the best OST in the whole game and the best boss fight
There are 3 songs here from 3 boss fights whats clearly the best one?
i prefer Noah's fight
'You people are leading humanity straight to damnation'
6:48 Is simply beautiful.
The person the government wants you to believe is the villain when the true villain has been the one using you as a puppet
tbh, she's worse than yosseph. while yosseph wants all of humanity to get absorbed onto noah, Jena wants humanity to get absorbed into the astral plain, effectively jilling everyone.
and at least yosseph didn't slaughter hundreds or thousands innocents
How the hell have I never played this game... I need to buy this asap.
Jena Rebellion and Salvation took me legit 4 hours to beat. But Catastrophe took me like 30 minutes. Loving this game so far
Then your equip must be under level, level up your legatus/baton/legions
@@mangano15 it's only when I got saved by Hal after this battle that I realised I could upgrade lmao
I’m surprised you made it that far without upgrading.
The only boss that gave me any trouble was noah prime, took me like 3 hours to beat it but eventually i git gut
@@MrPaws-xd1cr I beat it first try but on the lower difficulty cause I didn't want to think about grades on my files on my first play through
Rebellion and Salvation is my favorite track.
Sorry to correct you but is "are" not "is"
@@hackman4351 Actually no. Rebellion and Salvation is, in fact, one song.
Jena's boss form makes me think if AngewoMon got a megadigivolved form, her final form if that combined with MagnaAngemon
I call her Pamela Anderson, Angewomon, Shin Megami Tensei.
This is one winged angel tier
This video was one of the first results to "Astral chain final boss theme"... and for me probably is.
I really prefered chapter 9 to 11: the climax was structured in a totally different way and the music was even more interesting.
Or maybe it's just the fact that I love Bayonetta's music and designs.
Agreed.
The purple juice will make her more powerful so she can...uh...what exactly was her goal and why?
Stop Joseph, obviously haha
she wanted humanity to get absorbed into the astral plain. ahe believed that that would be "salvation"
Jolyne?!
A convicted criminal who try to stop a Warden/Ark-owner who want godly-acension to erase the original world.
is this a JoJo references?
Oh damn
HOLY SHIT
Minh Hoang Oh.....OHHH
Looks JoJo to me
This could almost fit to pucci theme
I like the jena rebellion and salvation form and the Jena catastrophe form too
🔥🔥🔥
Game is dope.
Yep , I love this game , easily one of my favorite switch games.
Poor Jena
she deserved that. and honestly, she deserved much worse. she slaughtered tons of people with her homonculi, not to mention that she wanted humanity to get absorbed into the astral plain
Jenna is an amazing character, but her plan wasn't really explained, and that made me really disappointed, but I do have an idea on what it could have been:
In the case file where we fight Jenna, we learn that she was making/hatching different types of Homunculesses (Homunculi?). The Homunculess can absorb the Chimaras, so I think she was trying to make a Homunculess she could control and manipulate. She would allow it to absorb a huge amount of Chimaras before making it self-destruct, and repeat the process until the Chimaras were gone.
Please tell me if this theory has any problems with it, but I think it's a solid idea.
i think its a solid Theory!
just the opposite: she wanted the chimeras to win. she wanted humanity to get absorbed into the astral plain. she said that explicitly herself
@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 Wait, did she really? Damn, do you remember exactly when? I can't believe I would forget that...
@@Red-va21 i think that it's at the end of the mission in the mall where you first encounter her.
she talks about the nature of the astral plane, how all the crystals are life forms concerted to data, and how she wants the same to happen to earth.
it's when akira asks "are those all people?" and jenna replies with "how anthropocentric"
I think like the third theme is like fighting against God, I imagine like a choir singing praises while you fight, as if you were so pathetic and worthless that they do not need to interfere
*Im curious, where did you get those artwork from, because they look awesome?*
Its from the artbook of the collectors Edition. I made pictures and edit it
@@ObitoTube Nice, is there a gallery of all the Artwork online?
@@DURIEL1 unfortunately no, this was the only way for me to get these clear artworks.
@@ObitoTube That sucks, hope it get it comes online soon. because im a huge sucker for Artwork like these.
@Hải Sơn Nguyễn Ahh, I really hope they come out with a art book.
Jena is more finalboss as the finalboss
She could be drawn as a Jojo Character and this would be fine.~
it this just me or jena catastrofhe remind me the lumen sage & temperantia theme in bayonetta 2?
Despite the fact that this isn't even the final boss, that there are still several hours of gameplay after this, I would have easily been satisfied if the game concluded here.
Like seriously, platinum just made one of the best hack and slash games ever, with a brand new, non established ip, made music that sounds like this, and then dipped without a word of a sequel
Absolute Chads (but give us a sequel pls :))
bayonetta vibes at 5:16
Haven't got to here yet. Heard this track though. About halfway into file 8 atm.
how bought now >.>
dougdougians........assemble
Is it just me, or do the first few notes of the first theme sound strangely similar to the AI: Somnium Files title screen track?
THIS!
@@linkmastro4980 Glad I’m not the only one who noticed, it’s the female vocals that come in right before, it sounds extremely similar to it
@@charliestunez527 too similar 👁👄👁
I was searching all the comments to find others who agreed lmao
Anyone else think that music starting at 3:27 sounds like the Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel Music?
OST name?
This game’s enemy design gave me massive Resident Evil vibes
ella debió ser el boss final su pelea fue mucho mas genial mejores diálogos y todo y la musica gloriosa
Who composed such beautiful music 🥺 was it the same team as Bayonetta
You fools don't know when to give up?!
From thumbnail i thought this is JOJO character
Am i the only one who found Jena oddly attractive? Lmao
la mejor pelea parecia el final del juego me gusto mucho mas su pelea que el boss final
I thought at first this one will be the final battle
i think we all did!
Kinda reminds me of scott the woz
what
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Kinda unsatisfying that the first note is missing...
In my opinion, jena is more powerful in her second phase than the third, and it's my favorite of them
Who's the illustration artist?
Looks like it was drawn by Araki.
still don't understand why the concept art included her underwear
Haha holy shit it does, that's weird
Kinda hot tho ngl
The first one would be a final battle for a bad game, the second for a middling game, and the final for a great game.
She was only miss understood
She was still wrong. Only difference between her and Yoseph is that she wanted to hasten the end of the world while Yoseph wanted to become god. Both needed to be stopped.
Both of their ideas would of harmed the world greatly because both of them were aiming to stop each other
Jenas idea seemed fanatical but more realistic than becoming that of gods like Yoseph
@@td984 she the right one, look at file 12 lol mc choose different path that's lead mc to fight stupīd billions of chimera
file 9 should've been the end of the game imo. this screams final fight too much. if it ended at file 09 i would've been satisfied, however file 10 and 11 kind of... dropped the ball a bit. file 10 was a hard as hell stealth mission, with a neat final fight. File 12 was fun to play, don't get me wrong, but it didn't feel like a culmination of the entire game like file 09 did. i mean there was a lot of problems i had with file 10 and 11 in general lmao. from 9 to 10 and 11 feel like you're playing a seperate game
I think Noah prime was a better boss but this fight was a lot more climactic
BossTyrant they did it this way so it would leave nothing to be desired because they didn’t know if they would make a sequel or not with the lore of the game there’s still a shitton to do for the twins and neuron but with the ending given there is no need for a sequel but there could be nothing to be desired but left with more room for improvement
TheUnder F1ip ah i see. so they intentionally didn’t fix problems with their story and games because they didn’t know there would be a sequel? why not just make a banger of a game that gives a ton of lore and all that jazz so the people who play it are screaming for a sequel? idk man making excuses for not fixing discrepancies and problems because they made it that way is pretty dumb
BossTyrant thing is platinum went into self-publsihing and they were pretty short in cash i think???
Also file 10 sealth eas ez
Tino023 I see. but ehhh it’s more frustrating then anything
This games soundtrack is just a more modern nier automata mixed with some techno music
idubbbz
No comments about this being the freaking Trailer theme?