It's made by PlatinumGames, the same company that brought us the Bayonetta series, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and NieR: Automata. Having a page dedicated to the amount of awesome moments in Astral Chain is pretty much a given at this point. Spoilers Off applies to all "moments" pages so beware of unmarked spoilers.
- The first scene in the game, as dark as it is, shows just how badass the director of Neuron is, with Yoseph not even flinching after the Sword Legion breaks free of its binds and stabs through the glass protecting him. And he's likely been through this exact process at least four more times when taking the other Legions into account.
- Made more spine-chilling when you look back and realize that this was an Evangelion scene reference, and you'd met this game's version of Gendo Ikari.
- What is "Startup's" first segment of gameplay? Not the usual Platinum fare of character-action just yet. In a scene reminiscent of the opening to NieR: Automata, File 01: "Startup" features you racing to the scene on a police motorcycle, shooting at what are essentially data-zombies who are flying around or careening around on cars, all trying to kill you. It culminates in a large truck veering out of control and blowing up, and you go through that completely unscathed.
- You later repeat the sequence much later with your Legions, but as soon as you reach the truck section—CRASH! A giant chimera smashes it aside and starts attacking you.
- While the first boss isn't anything to write home about, how you finish it off is undoubtedly an awesome moment. The protagonist and their Legion execute a great amount of teamwork, utilizing the chain to pull the protagonist underneath a truck that's about to crush them, catapulting several meters into the air, and finally executing a crossing slash on the Laius.
- File 02: "Awake":
- The Big Damn Heroes moment. Despite your best efforts, the chimera Enceladus catches you off-guard and is about to kill you. And just then, the rest of the Neuron team suddenly appears in the Astral Plane, using their Legions to attack Enceladus in rapid succession. It culminates in Max and his Axe Legion dealing the final blow. This scene shows that you've still got a long way to go to reach their level—especially with your old man.
- When all of Neuron's Legions go berserk in the Astral Plane, the player character manages to not only fight against the Sword Legion, but even manage to tame it back to their side. Bonus points for being able to do so while heavily under the influence of the Plane's corrupting nature.
- Max's Heroic Sacrifice. Armed with nothing but his and Jin's X-Baton, he manages to hold off all four of the berserk Nemesis Legions long enough for the rest of his team to escape. And much like everyone else, he was heavily under the affects of redshift at the time, which means he wasn't even fighting at peak capacity when he did this!
- Kyle. The leader of the Hermits can only be described as a cybernetic ninja wielding lightning attacks. You and Hal investigate the Hermits and eventually come across the shocking sight of a lone Hermit fighting off a chimera and winning without a legion! And enters the leader of the clan who immediately knows of your presence. Kyle agrees to give the desired information on who is supplying the Blue Evolve in exchange for a demonstration of your skills. After a brawl against a squad of Hermits, the leader himself literally jumps into the fight sticking his sword into the ground and balancing on it while sending out a burst of electricity! And then he gets the boss subtitle screen!
- The return of Akira as a full-fledged, black-clad Legionis in File 06: "Complicit", as they rescue the player character from Jena's new Homunculus. Sure, it might be a surprise in a first playthrough, not to mention only one of the many seeds of doubt that Astral Chain sews about your sibling, but it's undoubtedly one hell of a comeback for Akira Howard!
- The moment the protagonist willingly fuses with their Legionis in order to stop their rampaging sibling, who has also fused with their Legionis, while "Dark Hero" begins to play.
- The protagonist unleashing a barrage of Synch Attacks with all of their Legions to finish off Noah Prime.
- Akira's final sacrifice mirrors the opening cutscene: through sheer willpower, they restrain the weakened Noah Prime with astral chains, all so that you can deal the final blow to it and Yoseph. That is some fine irony.
- Hal's custom drone is strong enough to airlift an entire person by itself. To wit, he's saved a redshift victim and you, twice, with it.
