X-Blades - Out Now! (NA) - Blu-ray Forum

Marine Mike · 02-13-2009, 02:46 PM

X-Blades

X-Blades is an anime-inspired hack-and-slash action game, featuring a heroine armed with guns, blades, and magic.

Long, long ago, in an age that only the gods can now remember, the universe was ruled by two powerful beings that were revered and worshipped by all races - but the ‘brotherly’ relationship between these two creatures was always in question from the beginning of time, simply because no one knew who the real number 1 was. While the Enlightened was on the side of good, helping his people how and when he could, the Dark One was quite the opposite, full of hate and devilish works - and so the never-ending battle between the Enlightened and the Dark One persisted for centuries. Humans suffered terribly thanks to this constant combat between the two – combat which shook the universe to its very core. Finally, thanks to a trick, the Enlightened succeeded in banishing the divine power of the Dark One, imprisoning it in an Artifact - but in doing so, the Enlightened lost his own divine powers, because the two divine beings were inseparably linked to one another. This is how two Artifacts came to be hidden in a huge Temple - and how the Enlightened prevented the downfall of the entire universe. However, these two artifacts contain total, absolute power - both good and evil. Any human being who comes in contact with the powerful stones will be horribly cursed - and the power of darkness will once again be awakened.

The game begins when a map which has been lost for countless years suddenly turns up - and it shows the location of the artifacts. The adventurer Ayumi starts searching for the immensely valuable stones. Powerful forces against which she is helpless threaten to awake in her body. Now it's up to her to discover what the secret of the curse is - and at last defeat the darkness.

dereksworl · 02-13-2009, 02:59 PM

Is this like an RPG, or like an action RPG or something?

kpkelley · 02-13-2009, 03:07 PM

Gamestop has it catagorized as a Shooter, which is wrong.

It's supposedly a hack-n-slash with some magic thrown in, Action RPG.

Marine Mike · 02-13-2009, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dereksworl

Is this like an RPG, or like an action RPG or something?

I updated the OP with that info.

Goodintentions · 02-13-2009, 03:11 PM

from the video ive seen it looks like your typical hack and slash not doing anything particularly special .. may not be a bad game at like a 40 dollar price but unless it got glowing reviews 60 is too much especially since sacred 2 is just around the corner

dereksworl · 02-13-2009, 03:14 PM

doesn't sound too bad. would like to hear member's feedback first though before i do a blind buy.

chnandler_bong · 02-13-2009, 03:25 PM

A demo of this game would be great.

Demos of more games would be great.

ThingontheFloor · 02-13-2009, 03:30 PM

Okay, this is going to sound like I'm overexaggerating and that I have no credibility when it comes to reviewing games, but that's not true. I can enjoy a game for what it is. I enjoy hack-n-slash games, I really like Devil May Cry 4. God of War is awesome. Heavenly Sword was good.

But I forewarn anyone looking to purchase this game; don't. Just don't. It's honestly one of the worst games I've ever played, if not the. There are absolutely no redeeming qualities about this game to speak of. $60 for a trashbin-destined title like this is the real tragedy here, I couldn't even recommend it at $10.

It's typical hack-n-slash action, with some shooting thrown in and the typical magic use. Graphics are lacking to say the least, the story (and cutscenes) are brief and tell you NOTHING of what's going on (which could be a good thing, because the voice acting is atrocious). Each "level" plays like an instanced battle where you basically enter a room with a bunch of enemies, there's a bar in the bottom right corner showing how far you are to killing every enemy, and along the way you collect useless little power-ups. You can heal at ANY point in the game by just going to the menu and using a heal option (costs a few "points" or whatever you are collecting throughout the game). It's so mind-mendingly boring once you realize that's all this game is; a bunch of instanced battles one after another, you literally will finish one, open a gate, go into another battle, repeat.

I suppose if your idea of a good time is running into an uninspired and horrible designed open area, having 100s of enemies attack you while you spam magic and knife them down (shooting is horrible in the game, you can't aim beyond "locking on" to an enemy", then maybe you'll get something out of it. But it's literally nothing beyond that. Garbage.

Marine Mike · 02-13-2009, 04:42 PM

I added a gameplay screenshot to the OP.

dk3dknight · 02-13-2009, 06:16 PM

I think im just going to buy the game for reasons that fully escape me.. I just feel compelled to...
Oh yeah I remeber I love hack and slash, + monster death, + other things.

ThingontheFloor · 02-13-2009, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dk3dknight

I think im just going to buy the game for reasons that fully escape me.. I just feel compelled to...
Oh yeah I remeber I love hack and slash, + monster death, + other things.

I honestly wish I could convince you otherwise. I love those things too like I mentioned earlier, but the gameplay and everything else about it KILLS it. It's not even fun in a "oh wow this is so bad" kind of way, it's more like a "I just blew $60" feeling. I'm really glad I could sell my copy on eBay and only lost out on ~$10.

I purchased it for the curiosity factor. Was left with a sinking feeling in my stomach.

Goodintentions · 02-13-2009, 06:38 PM

after looking at the trophies id say this game will be rather lackluster .. i mean there are a FEW trophies for beating levels without losing ANY health .. one for eating beating 6 levels and one for beating a boss without losing health .. sory but sounds like a simple game ..

dk3dknight · 02-13-2009, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThingontheFloor

I honestly wish I could convince you otherwise. I love those things too like I mentioned earlier, but the gameplay and everything else about it KILLS it. It's not even fun in a "oh wow this is so bad" kind of way, it's more like a "I just blew $60" feeling. I'm really glad I could sell my copy on eBay and only lost out on ~$10.

I purchased it for the curiosity factor. Was left with a sinking feeling in my stomach.

If you were me you would never sell anything on ebay, because im a collector/pack rat...

I do have a large collection of strange games and movies that I can tell you now are the worst movies ever made by man, Solar Adventure is so terrible that your lungs will colapse if you try to watch it, I had to save a friend who could no longer breath after just a few moments of watching it. *disclaimer he could not breath because he was laughing so hard at the low production values*

Taken from a review of Solar Adventure...

"Solar Adventure is largely a bucket full of piss, crap, used condoms, and cigarette butts”

And it sits proudly in my collection... I will let the game sit on its own merrits..

Anyway whats the worst thing that could happen lol... Im not as picky when it comes to games for I look for different things then others..

Marine Mike · 02-13-2009, 06:46 PM

So Edeuinu, Sid, why did you two decide to put it in the Trash Bin? Have you played this game yet and what did you think?

dereksworl · 02-13-2009, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

So Edeuinu, Sid, why did you two decide to put it in the Trash Bin? Have you played this game yet and what did you think?

Thats what i wanna know. did you guys even play the game? I'm just asking...

Marine Mike · 02-13-2009, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dereksworl

Thats what i wanna know. did you guys even play the game? I'm just asking...

Don't get me wrong, if someone thinks a game should be in that category then they have every right to put it there.

For example ThingontheFloor did and he explained why.

However these two have not given a reason as to why it should so its hard to say if they have even played the game yet.

dk3dknight · 02-13-2009, 07:20 PM

Well mike as soon as I play it ill tell everyone.. my personal feelings if that is any corelation.

*on the 20th of feb im getting a check for 975 buh from the IRS in which is why I feel more adventourous..

*

Marine Mike · 02-13-2009, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dk3dknight

Well mike as soon as I play it ill tell everyone..

*on the 20th of feb im getting a check for 975 buh from the IRS in which is why I feel more adventourous..

*

Its supposedly coming to my home tomorrow from Gamefly and if not then, Monday. I think that we both have similar tastes in Video Games so I'll let you know whether or not you'll enjoy it.

If you don't agree then you can jump on my head with your mad Dragoon skillz. (See, didn't say Dark Knight

)

dk3dknight · 02-13-2009, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Its supposedly coming to my home tomorrow from Gamefly and if not then, Monday. I think that we both have similar tastes in Video Games so I'll let you know whether or not you'll enjoy it.

If you don't agree then you can jump on my head with your mad Dragoon skillz. (See, didn't say Dark Knight

)

While very similar our tastes maybe, theres alot of games I own and like to play that you were most likely never play or be caught playing..

And if I dont like it ill have a pretty case to look at.. :P

jkwest · 02-13-2009, 07:51 PM

meh...i knew this sort of thing was going to happen...its just like the user galleries...all of a sudden, everyone is a critic and can find everything possible wrong with a game, even though they have never even tried it out.

View Poll Results: What would you rate this game? (After you play the game)
Platinum	1	9.09%
Gold	1	9.09%
Silver	2	18.18%
Bronze	1	9.09%
Trash Bin	6	54.55%
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02-13-2009, 02:46 PM	#1
Marine Mike The Busey Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Ohio Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:120 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:4	X-Blades - Out Now! (NA) X-Blades X-Blades is an anime-inspired hack-and-slash action game, featuring a heroine armed with guns, blades, and magic. Long, long ago, in an age that only the gods can now remember, the universe was ruled by two powerful beings that were revered and worshipped by all races - but the ‘brotherly’ relationship between these two creatures was always in question from the beginning of time, simply because no one knew who the real number 1 was. While the Enlightened was on the side of good, helping his people how and when he could, the Dark One was quite the opposite, full of hate and devilish works - and so the never-ending battle between the Enlightened and the Dark One persisted for centuries. Humans suffered terribly thanks to this constant combat between the two – combat which shook the universe to its very core. Finally, thanks to a trick, the Enlightened succeeded in banishing the divine power of the Dark One, imprisoning it in an Artifact - but in doing so, the Enlightened lost his own divine powers, because the two divine beings were inseparably linked to one another. This is how two Artifacts came to be hidden in a huge Temple - and how the Enlightened prevented the downfall of the entire universe. However, these two artifacts contain total, absolute power - both good and evil. Any human being who comes in contact with the powerful stones will be horribly cursed - and the power of darkness will once again be awakened. The game begins when a map which has been lost for countless years suddenly turns up - and it shows the location of the artifacts. The adventurer Ayumi starts searching for the immensely valuable stones. Powerful forces against which she is helpless threaten to awake in her body. Now it's up to her to discover what the secret of the curse is - and at last defeat the darkness. Last edited by Maximus; 02-13-2009 at 06:21 PM. Reason: resized and rehosted screen...

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02-13-2009, 02:59 PM	#2
dereksworl Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Around Home Theater Gallery:18 Trading Score:1	Is this like an RPG, or like an action RPG or something?

02-13-2009, 03:07 PM	#3
kpkelley Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Framingham, MA 4K collection:385 Blu-ray collection:2478 Digital collection:113 Blu-ray reviews: 152	Gamestop has it catagorized as a Shooter, which is wrong. It's supposedly a hack-n-slash with some magic thrown in, Action RPG.

02-13-2009, 03:11 PM	#5
Goodintentions Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2009 Location:the Anals of Uranus Blu-ray collection:16	from the video ive seen it looks like your typical hack and slash not doing anything particularly special .. may not be a bad game at like a 40 dollar price but unless it got glowing reviews 60 is too much especially since sacred 2 is just around the corner

02-13-2009, 03:14 PM	#6
dereksworl Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Around Home Theater Gallery:18 Trading Score:1	doesn't sound too bad. would like to hear member's feedback first though before i do a blind buy.

02-13-2009, 03:25 PM	#7
chnandler_bong Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Sep 2007 4K collection:91 Blu-ray collection:598 DVD collection:182 Digital collection:97 iTunes collection:132 Trading Score:329	A demo of this game would be great. Demos of more games would be great.

02-13-2009, 03:30 PM	#8
ThingontheFloor Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:331	Okay, this is going to sound like I'm overexaggerating and that I have no credibility when it comes to reviewing games, but that's not true. I can enjoy a game for what it is. I enjoy hack-n-slash games, I really like Devil May Cry 4. God of War is awesome. Heavenly Sword was good. But I forewarn anyone looking to purchase this game; don't. Just don't. It's honestly one of the worst games I've ever played, if not the. There are absolutely no redeeming qualities about this game to speak of. $60 for a trashbin-destined title like this is the real tragedy here, I couldn't even recommend it at $10. It's typical hack-n-slash action, with some shooting thrown in and the typical magic use. Graphics are lacking to say the least, the story (and cutscenes) are brief and tell you NOTHING of what's going on (which could be a good thing, because the voice acting is atrocious). Each "level" plays like an instanced battle where you basically enter a room with a bunch of enemies, there's a bar in the bottom right corner showing how far you are to killing every enemy, and along the way you collect useless little power-ups. You can heal at ANY point in the game by just going to the menu and using a heal option (costs a few "points" or whatever you are collecting throughout the game). It's so mind-mendingly boring once you realize that's all this game is; a bunch of instanced battles one after another, you literally will finish one, open a gate, go into another battle, repeat. I suppose if your idea of a good time is running into an uninspired and horrible designed open area, having 100s of enemies attack you while you spam magic and knife them down (shooting is horrible in the game, you can't aim beyond "locking on" to an enemy", then maybe you'll get something out of it. But it's literally nothing beyond that. Garbage.

02-13-2009, 04:42 PM	#9
Marine Mike The Busey Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Ohio Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:120 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:4	I added a gameplay screenshot to the OP.

02-13-2009, 06:16 PM	#10
dk3dknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Arlington, Texas PSNetwork: dk3dknight PostCount: 0001 Blu-ray collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 2	I think im just going to buy the game for reasons that fully escape me.. I just feel compelled to... Oh yeah I remeber I love hack and slash, + monster death, + other things.

02-13-2009, 06:38 PM	#12
Goodintentions Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2009 Location:the Anals of Uranus Blu-ray collection:16	after looking at the trophies id say this game will be rather lackluster .. i mean there are a FEW trophies for beating levels without losing ANY health .. one for eating beating 6 levels and one for beating a boss without losing health .. sory but sounds like a simple game ..

02-13-2009, 06:46 PM	#14
Marine Mike The Busey Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Ohio Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:120 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:4	So Edeuinu, Sid, why did you two decide to put it in the Trash Bin? Have you played this game yet and what did you think?

02-13-2009, 07:20 PM	#17
dk3dknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Arlington, Texas PSNetwork: dk3dknight PostCount: 0001 Blu-ray collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 2	Well mike as soon as I play it ill tell everyone.. my personal feelings if that is any corelation. on the 20th of feb im getting a check for 975 buh from the IRS in which is why I feel more adventourous..

02-13-2009, 07:51 PM	#20
jkwest Off-Topic King Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Northern California PSN Id: jkwest5 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:20	meh...i knew this sort of thing was going to happen...its just like the user galleries...all of a sudden, everyone is a critic and can find everything possible wrong with a game, even though they have never even tried it out.

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