Someone over at Koei really needs to call a shrink -- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War is suffering from a major identity crisis. The publisher's latest history lesson (rather than sticking gamers into ancient China once again, this one drops us onto European soil and recounts the famous feud between England and France during the 14th century) thinks it's both an action and a strategy game, but ultimately falls short of excelling at either.
Digitally Downloaded writes: "Just recently Bladestorm, a Koei game from back in 2007, was released for download on the PlayStation Network."
AWESOMEoutof10's Fraser Brown proposes that anachronisms in video games can be a good thing. From the anything in history goes attitude of the Civilization series, to the use of swords in modern settings. It's all part of games offering players freedom and the keys to the toy box.
But at the end of the day, the game simply wasn't received well enough for Tecmo Koei to feel the need for a sequel. It's a pity, because this kind of game is a niche that isn't really being filled right now.
I loved this game, but I only play it every so often, the combat can get rather boring very fast.
good, but not great. And by great, I don't meant to say that this was so under appreciated that it was great (only some deserve it).
an amazing game, just wish i had completed it, got to last battle and it broke. typical
Now that's a 1UP score I totally agree with. Bladestorm truly deserves such a low score with PS2/last-gen graphics, controls and gameplay. Seriously, the game looks like a mediocre Wii game not a PS3 and 360 title.
And the gameplay is exact copy of other Koei Warriors games.
Anything from KOEI is crap. I made the mistake of buying one of the Dynasty Warriors for original Xbox.
The Dynasty Warriors games arnt that bad.. But they would be a helluva lot better if you could make your own character and form your own "Dynasty".
This game aint that great, I think it deserves this score. But, one neat thing in the demo I found was, mattering on how much castles, or territories, you took over formed the next mission. I thought that was kinda neat, though.
I had a lot of hopes for this game... maybe I'll try to get it cheap.
I really like the demo.
about the demo was how freaking long it was, battle after battle i got tired of the demo and was about halfway through it. Why would i want to buy the game when i was done way before the demo finished.
Also the battle system is way to messed up, having units attack is one thing but its like your limited to fighting like a pretty pathetic average fighter which is fine if you had more freedom of movement and fighting techniques.