The Stillness of the Wind review - "A moving and important story about time and people"Īnd, of course, there's the online play, which is again fantastic, assuming you've got a stable connection.They all offer ways to extend the life of BlazBlue.
If you want to get better at BlazBlue, there's the challenge mode which will help you learn to combo with each character, and there are yet more battles to fight.Ī wave based mode where you take on fighters one after another, a speed mode where you beat enemies as quickly as possible, and a score mode where you take on high scores. The high skill ceiling and exciting gameplay cements it as one of the best.
In fact, it might be one of the most refined 2D fighters available, full stop. No surprise that the story is a bit of a dud, but the gameplay is still incredibly solid. It's all voiced in Japanese, but it's just faster to read it all like a visual novel and skip through. It even warns you that recapping the story of the previous games before jumping in here will take about 30 minutes. A convoluted, complex tale weaving all the characters together, told in long dialogue expositions, with no combat to break it all up. As is typical with Arc System Works fighters, it feels superfluous. Oh, and then there's the actual Story mode. It's also a surprisingly well balanced game too, despite some obviously strong members of the cast.Ĭharacters even have multiple Arcade mode paths, offering different challenges and small story scenes to give you more of the world of BlazBlue. Up close brawlers, zoning specialists, giant weapons, hand to hand combat, grapplers - essentially every kind of 2D fighting game character you could want to play is accounted for, with crazy combo potential. Though, it's arguably a less satisfying experience.Ĭentral Fiction has loads of characters, and loads of content. The Stylish play style allows you to pull out incredible combos with more minimal effort, without needing to learn motions and specific button combos. If you're a more casual player, you are still catered to. It's a satisfying game to learn and play. Extensive combos to learn and spend hours in training mode with - though that's no bad thing. If you're a fighting game player, you know what that means. This is a hardcore anime fighter, through and through.
The basic but fun combos of Cross Tag Battle are missing, in exchange for awkward unique button combos and dragon punch motions. Make no mistake, unlike 2018's BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, this entry in the BlazBlue franchise is a much more difficult affair. Once again, another confusing yet somehow epic line among dozens that get you pumped before a match where blades and spells are tossed around the screen in frenzied, lengthy combos that test the limits of human reactions. It's a testament to Arc System Works' dedication to pure style. "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him." This baffling, apocalyptic line that feels straight from the Book of Revelations is just one of many universe-impacting statements that introduce stages in BlazBlue Central Fiction, yet another hyperactive anime fighter from Arc System Works.