JWeinCom on 31 July 2021
Bayonetta 2.
Astral Chain is more unique from Platinum's previous entries, but it takes kind of a while before you have enough abilities and legions to really make it interesting. And even then there are some elements that don't quite work (Sword legion's slashing for instance is kind of unintuitive). Whereas Bayonetta 2's gameplay is great from the start. I also just prefer Bayonetta's over the top style in terms of both gameplay and characters. Silent protagonists can sometimes work, but I don't feel they make good use of it too. And, whereas Bayonetta gets right to the action, Astral Chain has the investigation sequences which are never really that fun.
Wonderful 101 is better than either though.
