Blades of Time
Blades of Time is a hack and slash game developed by Gaijin Entertainment
and published by Konami for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. This game released on March 6th
2012 for the consoles, and on April 21st for the PC, with a Mac OS X
release yet to be thrown out.
Gameplay
Blades of Time is a game that is packed with sword slashing
action much like God of War and Devil May Cry, with the addition of some big
guns, and I mean big stuff. You play as a woman by the name of Ayumi –a blonde
that looks exactly like the girl from Sucker Punch- and you fight your way into
the Dragon Temple in order to find a way to get out of the planet you’re
trapped in.
I love the action in the game to be honest, it’s the type of
game where you can jump in, slash and shoot the hell out of things without any
queuing or strategy, you pretty much just jump in, face-roll buttons and receive
blood. Gameplay wise I’m really happy with the work they put into Blades of
Time, the ability to switch between rifles/machine guns/ rocket launchers and
dual wielded swords that dish out magic is great. The puzzles in the game kind
of give you a break from all the action, but don’t hold you back by being
insanely hard. One of the things I don’t like is the lack of monsters, there
isn’t much to see when it comes to monsters slapping you back, and that makes
the game repetitive from time to time. And the other thing that I didn’t like
was the sensitivity of the mouse for it, I had to drop it to the minimum so it
wouldn’t go off doing twenty 360° turns in one swipe. Other than that, the gameplay experience is
worth it, it is action packed, you will shoot things, they will shoot you, you
will slash things, and they will slash you. I can guarantee you that.
Graphics
This game doesn’t have the best graphics out there, but it
doesn’t really need them, the detail on the spells holds up tight and you’ll
spend 99% of your time worrying about what’s hitting you, rather than how
detailed your fur boots are or how your swords don’t shine enough. This game
will run you on pretty much any decent laptop/desktop, so no need to worry
about having a monster computer if you want to play it.
Sound
Now.. For sound.. Sound is the one thing that threw me off
in this game. The dubbing for Ayumi’s voice and the dragon’s is horrible, I hated
it. I don’t mean to hate or anything, but I think they could’ve picked better
voice actors to do the English voices for it. Another thing that I didn’t like
about the audio was how repetitive it was, there’s barely any music in the
game, so I think it would be better just muting the game overall and playing
your own music to keep you company instead; you won’t really miss much. However
the environment noises held up alright, so it’s not at all too bad. It isn’t
TERRIBLE, it’s bad, but like I said for graphics, you’ll be too busy worrying
about what’s hitting you to have time to really pay attention to the audio.
Overall, I have to say yes to Blades of Time. The game is definitely
worth getting, it’s not very long, but its online feature is sure to keep you
playing for a while. It’s a great game worth buying, and you can check out the
demo for free on Steam if you’re still unsure of it.
Now, having read this, go out there and get this game, if
you depend on your parents to buy it for you, beg them, because you’re missing
out on a great game.
Overall Score: 9.2
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