Some gamers might remember a game from SouthPeak Games called X-blades, featuring the feisty and partially clothed treasure hunter Ayumi. It was an interesting hack and slash game that was either loved or loathed - mostly loathed.
Blades of Time launched 10 years ago today, and has been all-but forgotten since. That's a shame however, as it had some interesting ideas.
I actually enjoyed what I played of the (prequel, I think?) X-Blades. It had some really rough edges, but what was there was quite fun to be fair.
X-Blades was the first title, Blades of Time was a sequel (with a very different look!).
Actually looks female, I almost forgot they did character designs like that back in the day.
Said the same thing myself. I run into lots of games nowadays that try to run as far away from what a female looks like (some games are even afraid to call them female in character creation lol).
Only it exemplified a problem that in turn got over exaggerated by social political exploiters.
Stop voting Democrat wolves in sheep skin.
And I'm a inter city black American by the time we realized it, it was to late and they Trojan horse that $h!t.
The only "problem" the game had was that its only real selling point was an attractive female.
It's an okay game, not the best, but not the worst either. I found that the game got annoying towards the end, especially that final boss fight. But hey, compared to X-Blades? Blades of Time is a huge improvement. Just look at the cover art!
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Blades of Time was a mess of a game in 2012. In 2019 for the Nintendo Switch, it hasn’t seen many, if any upgrades. You’re better off skipping this game.
Why anyone would buy this on a system that has access to Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 i'll never know.
This was a mediocre game that was not well received and never sold well. Humble Bundle even had it for a $1.00 at one point. Let's remaster it for Switch? Why?
Blades of Time is a title that most won't remember from the Xbox 360 and PS3 era of consoles. It's an action oriented platformer that didn't get a ton of attention during its initial release.
This is incredible how such a crap game can get a sequel when more deserving ideas get throw to the side. Gaijin must have hypnotized Konami.
So Konami is trying this franchise again instead of putting Suikoden on consoles where it belongs?
For shame
I'm not too sure I've heard of it, though the mere mention of X-Blades... let's just say I remember the boxart at least.
I just bought this game this past weekend and I have to say that while it turned out better than X-Blades, it had flaws. The cameras especially when trying to get of your shooting stance into regular stance. The fact that you click into the RS to get in/out of your shooting stance which sometimes **** with your ability to evade oncoming attacks. And the weapons arer no more and no less effective than each other making it rather pointless to upgrade, and even more so when you get the dragon suit halfway through the final stage of the game.
Wow I thought that the games looked alike but I didn't know that it was a sequel.