Naraka: Bladepoint

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 75
  3. Negative: 31 out of 75

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  1. kuai
    Dec 10, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game developers modify purchased game content at will. Do not deal with plug-ins… Expand
  2. Carpal
    Apr 1, 2023
    0
    Era un buen juego, de mis BR favoritos, pero completamente arruinado por censura sin sentido, los trajes que compré los cambiaron y no es lo que yo pedí, alta estafa ahi, deberían habilitar una opción para alternar con o sin censura para los paises fuera de China, que ese es otro problema, ahora los servidores están llenos de asiaticos con 200 de ping, y niveles excesivos. juego ARRUINADO
  3. Momori
    Aug 13, 2021
    9
    First battle Royale that I can actually say I'm sticking with. This game is a ton of fun, Despite the bots right now but oh well. Enjoyable combat, beautiful aesthetics, intuitive weapons. It is clear the team worked very hard on this game. Come hang out and check it out.
  4. Admer
    Aug 16, 2021
    2
    Разработчики совсем ахуели, продавать посредственный батлрояль за 60$ и при этом от продавать ещё скины и боевой пропуск, наглость и жадность не знают границ. Я бы ещё понял продажу батлпасса и остального в случае бесплатности игры, но в платной..идите нахуй
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    The developers are completely fuсked up, selling a mediocre battle royal for 60$ and at the same time selling skins and    Разработчики совсем ахуели, продавать посредственный батлрояль за 60$ и при этом от продавать ещё скины и боевой пропуск, наглость и жадность не знают границ. Я бы ещё понял продажу батлпасса и остального в случае бесплатности игры, но в платной..идите нахуй
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    The developers are completely fuсked up, selling a mediocre battle royal for 60$ and at the same time selling skins and a battlepass, arrogance and greed know no bounds. I would still understand the sale of the battle pass and the rest in the case of a free game, but in a paid. Fuсk you    … Expand
  5. JimmyH56
    Aug 13, 2021
    9
    Good concept of a game, reviewed after about 20 hours of play.

    Good: Easy to learn combat system that sill has some depth for advanced players Good tutorial and guides built in Good graphics and fairly well optimised with almost no lag Fairly good match finding times (for SEA servers at least) Detailed and interesting background stories for characters Bad: Microtransactions,    Good concept of a game, reviewed after about 20 hours of play.

    Good:
    Easy to learn combat system that sill has some depth for advanced players
    Good tutorial and guides built in
    Good graphics and fairly well optimised with almost no lag
    Fairly good match finding times (for SEA servers at least)
    Detailed and interesting background stories for characters

    Bad:
    Microtransactions, thankfully its all cosmetic and doesn't affect gameplay but boy there are a lot of em and not all are freely earnable in game
    Could do with a few more game modes like single player story for the characters, its just BR (Solo or 3 player teams) and Deathmatch right now.    … Expand
  6. Serendipity_7
    Aug 13, 2021
    9
    NARAKA: BLADEPOINT is the most satisfying game I played in 2021. It jumps out the limtied concept of Battle Royale game and shows the world how a BR game could iterate into a game full of potential.

    Pros: - Great melee combat system. The motion of the game is smooth. Honestly do not expect such a great battle system before. But ngl, I’m surprised to see this feature in a BR game. - Hero    NARAKA: BLADEPOINT is the most satisfying game I played in 2021. It jumps out the limtied concept of Battle Royale game and shows the world how a BR game could iterate into a game full of potential.

    Pros: - Great melee combat system. The motion of the game is smooth. Honestly do not expect such a great battle system before. But ngl, I’m surprised to see this feature in a BR game.

    - Hero skills are well-balanced. Personally I prefer Kurumi, which is a healer character. Unlike other games, it emphasises the teamwork while the battle. The strong connection between the teamates fight together also amazes me.

    - Movement. Yes the map of NARAKA is pretty huge - but you could make yourself move faster by their grappling spools. Also the design of aiming your enemies by grappling spools also brings the enjoyment. You could use the target system to solve those enemies prefer lurking around.

    Overall, except some of the skins are nice but rare af, the experience of playing NARAKA is well-recommended.    … Expand
  7. JustKamelot
    Aug 13, 2021
    10
    As a beta tester, I'm a bit worried about the poor optimization and cheater in last beta. The developer has done a good job actually. The launch version is running smooth for me and I don’t see any hacker so far.
     
    NARAKA: BLADEPOINT is q Battle Royale with a surprising amount of depth in Movement, Combat and Player Customization. Its a nice breath of fresh air to have a BR that isn't a    As a beta tester, I'm a bit worried about the poor optimization and cheater in last beta. The developer has done a good job actually. The launch version is running smooth for me and I don’t see any hacker so far.
     
    NARAKA: BLADEPOINT is q Battle Royale with a surprising amount of depth in Movement, Combat and Player Customization.
    Its a nice breath of fresh air to have a BR that isn't a FPS. Cool theme Cool Gameplay.    … Expand
  8. Nekoyashiki_Yui
    Aug 13, 2021
    10
    Play the game longer than 10 minutes and you will love the game. Incredible combat system for an BR. And the Asian character are beautiful. Amazing character art design!
  9. NepwOLF
    Aug 13, 2021
    10
    only playable BR with sword ever. ONLY CHOICE！
    Great ACT gameplay. Great eastern art style.
    I will play NARAKA until SEKIRO BR comes ture
  10. ClarkKunt
    Dec 28, 2021
    0
    Garbage mess with terrible netcode and no region lock for bum asian players that take advantage of high ping on EU servers. Also weapons and heroes are not balanced and skill based matchmaking is non existent. **** this game, don't waste your money on this. They are adding more pointless things to the game instead of addressing the core issues. P.S. Game won't tell you, but matches areGarbage mess with terrible netcode and no region lock for bum asian players that take advantage of high ping on EU servers. Also weapons and heroes are not balanced and skill based matchmaking is non existent. **** this game, don't waste your money on this. They are adding more pointless things to the game instead of addressing the core issues. P.S. Game won't tell you, but matches are riddled with ****ing bots (even after I played like 15hrs).… Expand
  11. Kennchy
    Aug 21, 2021
    0
    Absolutely unplayable at the moment. 50-60% of the lobbies are filled with asian players (200+ Ping) making the game unplayble. The monetazation of the game is disgusting too. The mods on reddit censor any critic about the game.
  12. harrydubois
    Aug 13, 2021
    9
    Possibly the best br game I've ever played. It's not shooting so a bad aim like me can enjoy really well. And it's also really thrilling from the second you spawn. The fight and parkour are really hidden-dragon-like. Sick as f.
  13. WitcherWitch
    Aug 13, 2021
    9
    Best melee BR ever!

    Pros: - Really in-depth melee combat system. Reminds me of For Honor kind of play. - Stunning art and character is definitely beautiful - Parkour part feels insanely dynamic. Cons - bots in the first matched. I know it's supposed to get me trained, but still to many bots - translation errors - monetization feels a bit aggressive but I don't buy cosmetics so    Best melee BR ever!

    Pros:
    - Really in-depth melee combat system. Reminds me of For Honor kind of play.
    - Stunning art and character is definitely beautiful
    - Parkour part feels insanely dynamic.

    Cons
    - bots in the first matched. I know it's supposed to get me trained, but still to many bots
    - translation errors
    - monetization feels a bit aggressive but I don't buy cosmetics so nevermind

    plus I didn't see any cheater after 10 hours.    … Expand
  14. Red_Madness
    Aug 13, 2021
    1
    I will summarize the reason why I gave this game a low ranking in one word and it is CHEATERS. The game is rampant with cheaters. I have played the game through the beta phases and the cheating problem has not been fixed. The most common types of cheats you will find are ESP (see where players are), auto-parrying, and speed hacking. The game had potential and was fun initially, but withI will summarize the reason why I gave this game a low ranking in one word and it is CHEATERS. The game is rampant with cheaters. I have played the game through the beta phases and the cheating problem has not been fixed. The most common types of cheats you will find are ESP (see where players are), auto-parrying, and speed hacking. The game had potential and was fun initially, but with rampant cheaters I would say it's not worth playing.… Expand
  15. DuckOnTheTruck
    Aug 13, 2021
    3
    The game has a lot of potential. But right now i would not recommend getting it. There are lots of bot players(Literally bot accounts) and it drags the game down. I would rather have to wait 3-5 minutes to find a game full of real players than 2 seconds for a game with maybe 5 real players at best(out of 60). The combat system is little bit clunky as you try to learn but I imagine you canThe game has a lot of potential. But right now i would not recommend getting it. There are lots of bot players(Literally bot accounts) and it drags the game down. I would rather have to wait 3-5 minutes to find a game full of real players than 2 seconds for a game with maybe 5 real players at best(out of 60). The combat system is little bit clunky as you try to learn but I imagine you can really get to do some crazy stuff. I have refunded the game for now but look forward to a time where it is actually playable.… Expand
  16. ZWLW1
    Aug 13, 2021
    9
    Play the game longer than 10 minutes and you will love the game. Incredible combat system for an BR. And the Asian character are beautiful.

    Some people say it's only left click spams, which is definitely not true. The game has a rock-paper-scissor combat system that needs some learning. Also the grappling hook adds a whole layer to the strategy. Hero has abilities and you could play    Play the game longer than 10 minutes and you will love the game. Incredible combat system for an BR. And the Asian character are beautiful.

    Some people say it's only left click spams, which is definitely not true. The game has a rock-paper-scissor combat system that needs some learning. Also the grappling hook adds a whole layer to the strategy. Hero has abilities and you could play smart. Already ranked Silver V in North America and I can see myself playing hundreds of hours in the next months.    … Expand
  17. Goldfish4m
    Aug 14, 2021
    9
    AWOSOME COMBAT SYSTEM!!!

    Naraka has some magic that leads you fall into the insane world.When I pick up the Pistol in game and take the first shot,I feel I'm the chosen cowboy fight in the ancient oriental country and that's really incredible.

    Play the game,you will get real happiness.
  18. xSazu
    Oct 4, 2021
    0
    No Regionlock, Lobbies are 80% filled with chinese, game runs in dx11 and the optimization is awful. It makes no fun at all.
  19. Untilted
    Aug 13, 2021
    2
    Unstable servers, spam-like combat system, and a microtransaction nightmare makes this game one of the worst martial arts Battle Royales released.
  20. Abral6
    Aug 13, 2021
    3
    I had fun playing for a while, but the ping started to spike all over the place when I load into a match. It feels like the game doesn't load the entire map from the start or something. My computer is really nice but the optimization feels really bad for this game, even on the lowest settings the game is clunky.
  21. Icraftfirestars
    Aug 18, 2021
    10
    Its a wonderful game with polished combat i wish rhe servers were better but besides that i highly recommend its only 20$
  22. Inuyasha1
    Oct 9, 2021
    10
    Blade action game. It is interesting. As it is an ancient Chinese swordsmanship action game, it has dual swords, double swords, and daggers as its weapons, and there are many great armors.
  23. hastlil
    Aug 21, 2021
    10
    Novel fighting style! beautiful graphic! easy to get used to, has many new ideas compared to the market,
  24. Downfall89
    Aug 16, 2021
    10
    Very fun game. The first few matches is against bots. Its a high skillcap game so some training is good. Very fast paced action combat. Lots of challenges. Big ranking system. Diversity in how you build your character and what items you use.
  25. gwwxgseb
    Aug 20, 2021
    10
    very good game, i like it so much, i have played it every day since its release
  26. siltkr
    Aug 21, 2021
    10
    Been playing since final beta and never looked back. Game is a refreshing take on the BR genre, and add in beautiful graphics and realistic kungfu moves, it simply has the best to offer in the market at the moment. Grab it if you have 20 dollars to spare and it'll keep you engaged for longer hours than most other games.
  27. RoverDiscover
    Jun 23, 2022
    0
    Pretty much sucks at everything. Poor graphics, awful mechanics, button masher.
  28. Zennek666
    Jan 4, 2022
    0
    Game with potential. But all ruined by cheaters and China laggers. Anty-cheat is not functional and game system give laggers advantage, what is abused by china players in our region. In effect game is unplayable.
  29. AJCk19
    Jul 17, 2023
    2
    This game has so much potential. One of the selling points was the great aesthetics, but it decided to self censor itself. Which was a weird decision, art shouldn't be censored. Also, it should have gone the route of the free to play model similar to Overwatch 2, it would have benefited from it.

    UPDATE: They listened and made it free to play, but still didn't roll back the censored art,    This game has so much potential. One of the selling points was the great aesthetics, but it decided to self censor itself. Which was a weird decision, art shouldn't be censored. Also, it should have gone the route of the free to play model similar to Overwatch 2, it would have benefited from it.

    UPDATE: They listened and made it free to play, but still didn't roll back the censored art, and never spiced up the boring melee combat. Which feels like a water down ninja gaiden. PS. Turning off memory integrity just to play, is foul.    … Expand
  30. Yusts
    Aug 21, 2021
    10
    Игра понравилась, качество на высоте, играется хорошо и картинка радует глаз. Баланс?? Не берусь судить, подленький геймплэй (убей из-под тишка, пока тебя не видят занятые дракой) как его тут понять? И надо ли? В целом, всё хорошо и весело. Стоит покупать или ждать скидок, а тем более тратиться внутри игры, личное дело каждого.Игра понравилась, качество на высоте, играется хорошо и картинка радует глаз. Баланс?? Не берусь судить, подленький геймплэй (убей из-под тишка, пока тебя не видят занятые дракой) как его тут понять? И надо ли? В целом, всё хорошо и весело. Стоит покупать или ждать скидок, а тем более тратиться внутри игры, личное дело каждого.
  31. Bioreactor1987
    Aug 24, 2021
    8
    + Отличный визуал и стиль.
    + Крутой паркур и полеты на крюке.
    + Классные пушки и герои. + Всякие интересности на карте. - Пэйтувина нет, но всё в донате и ценник удручающий. - Батлпасс не отбивается получаемой валютой. - Оптимизация... Ну, на 1060 периодически тормозит на минималках. Ну, тут ладно, калькулятор таки... Из неоднозначного: Чот сложна, ИМХО. Моя пятая точка не    + Отличный визуал и стиль.
    + Крутой паркур и полеты на крюке.
    + Классные пушки и герои.
    + Всякие интересности на карте.

    - Пэйтувина нет, но всё в донате и ценник удручающий.
    - Батлпасс не отбивается получаемой валютой.
    - Оптимизация... Ну, на 1060 периодически тормозит на минималках. Ну, тут ладно, калькулятор таки...

    Из неоднозначного:
    Чот сложна, ИМХО. Моя пятая точка не выдержала накала, расстались с наракой друзьями.
    Боевка поначалу нравилась, но когда на определенном этапе меня начали комбить как моба из дмк, чото конечно уже ну такое... Но спишем на мои клешни, есть же ребята по которым и удара не провести... В бронзе... >_<

    В целом игру рекомендую, но если у вас не клешни. Лично мне игра поначалу принесла тонну позитива, но скилла и нервов не хватило.    … Expand
  32. Haider93
    Jul 15, 2023
    10
    Oyun gerçekten harika, oynadiğım tek online oyun bu diyebilirim. Mekanikleri çok iyi. Ufak tefek hatalar var ama zamanla giderilir
  33. Sitri444
    Apr 22, 2023
    1
    Came back to the game after a long hiatus only to find out that it's been heavily censored with numerous changes to female costumes, and they even had their physics removed. I'm sure the company had little choice with the way the Chinese government is, but it's still unacceptable to me so I refuse to play it now.
  34. Blooed
    Aug 23, 2021
    10
    Game has so much potential with the unique weaponry and characters it provides. It will for sure go big once it’s released on consoles. The only negative comment I had is it needs to be optimized.
  35. Yondaime3443X
    Aug 28, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game
    Pro:
    -Great gameplay, suitable for the vast majority of players from basic to demanding skills, has an interesting melee combat system
    -Good graphics
    The gameplay is old (BR) but still interesting
    - Hero skills are well-balanced. Personally I prefer Kurumi, which is a healer character. Unlike other games, it emphasises the teamwork while the battle. The strong connection between the teamates fight together also amazes me.

    - Movement. Yes the map of NARAKA is pretty huge - but you could make yourself move faster by their grappling spools. Also the design of aiming your enemies by grappling spools also brings the
    enjoyment. You could use the target system to solve those enemies prefer lurking around.

    Cons: Connection is still poor sometimes    … Expand
  36. yeezyboi215
    Jul 14, 2023
    0
    This game suck, bought Ultimate version and got nothing, game change to F2P and got absolutely NOTHING, thought I will receive something special but NO, NOTHING! Except I have to grind all over again, fck this game!
  37. MisterX123
    Nov 11, 2021
    5
    The game is becoming a total trash.
    The game has alot of potential but the devs dont seem to manage to make this game balanced.
    First there was the OP Great sword.... long reaching weapon. too much damage no skill needed. insta counterattack after blocking.... want to make at least a chance to win??? use this weapon. many noob players use it and they even think they are good. now they    The game is becoming a total trash.
    The game has alot of potential but the devs dont seem to manage to make this game balanced.
    First there was the OP Great sword.... long reaching weapon. too much damage no skill needed. insta counterattack after blocking.... want to make at least a chance to win??? use this weapon. many noob players use it and they even think they are good. now they added a new hero. lots of dmg and almost not beatable after they using ultimate. this game is starting about just taking the most hero or weapon. a healer is almost worthless in pvp games    … Expand
  38. XyRathh
    Jan 7, 2022
    6
    It's a verry complicate combat-action battle royal, u can spend hours learning diferent play-styles. But u will get destroyed by the VPN players from other regions, and that's frustrateing. even in Silver 4 u get to play in rank with top 100 players (all of them beeing Chinese with no life). It's fun to play, i don't really got problems with lag or frame-rate. in QP u get only bots ond 3-4It's a verry complicate combat-action battle royal, u can spend hours learning diferent play-styles. But u will get destroyed by the VPN players from other regions, and that's frustrateing. even in Silver 4 u get to play in rank with top 100 players (all of them beeing Chinese with no life). It's fun to play, i don't really got problems with lag or frame-rate. in QP u get only bots ond 3-4 players (Chinese), in rank "only players with more then ur rank" and the rank sistem points are a mess.… Expand
  39. MarkyX
    Jan 7, 2022
    1
    Probably the worst game I've played in 2021.

    Visually, it's a stunning game with outstanding landscape and parkour animations to boot. Moving around feels fine with a rather straightforward system. The use of the items isn't anything special, although it does have a simple yet engaging "Jade" system to modify your stats or access new weapon features. Unfortunately, that's all the    Probably the worst game I've played in 2021.

    Visually, it's a stunning game with outstanding landscape and parkour animations to boot. Moving around feels fine with a rather straightforward system. The use of the items isn't anything special, although it does have a simple yet engaging "Jade" system to modify your stats or access new weapon features.

    Unfortunately, that's all the positive I can say about the game.

    The controls feel floaty, where it feels like you are controlling a puppet instead of a character. In a well-designed game, if you want to crouch, you simply hold down the crouch button, and they will do that in the next opportunity if they are locked in an animation.

    Weird that I'm bringing this up, right? That's the thing. In Naraka, your character will not crouch. They will only listen to your orders if they are completely free to do this. Even holding the key doesn't force them to do the command.

    Now combine this in a game where killing off a player can be done in a handful of seconds and is very reliant on hit stuns, and you'll see where the problems come in. Your character is not responsive to you at all, and everything feels floaty and unnatural. Press shift to dodge? Sorry, you will never shift because your character is in a hit stun animation. Play any fighting game like Yomi or Street Fighter and then this, and you'll see what I mean. If we want a more fair comparison, games like Mordhau and Chiv 2, while being much slower, have far more responsive controls. Because of this, winning or losing fights in Naraka doesn't feel at all satisfying as in other games. Yes, you've read that right, winning fights doesn't feel that great. That's a complete failure in a fighting game.

    Even if the controls were fixed, the character balance is out of whack. Many of the top tier characters have hard crowd control abilities, such as five second stuns, or large AOE stuns for several seconds with no counterplay. Whoever thought hard crowd control abilities would work in a Battle Royale is an idiot, and same goes with anyone who praises such concepts.

    Weapons like the dagger are simply overpowered because the weapon speed plays a huge role in winning due to the hit stuns. Battle Royale itself isn't that interesting as you can sometimes spend 15 or 20 minutes not meeting anyone because of how slow the shadows (the game's restriction) move. Trios (3 person teams) is also a laughable effort because of the hit stuns and huge emphasis on crowd control abilities. It's not worth the time or effort, especially with games that have far better melee systems like Chiv 2 or Battle Royale systems like Apex Legends.    … Expand
  40. SeventhParrot
    Sep 25, 2022
    0
    This game is terrible, it asks for you to disable your kernel security to play it and says so Chinese so you have no idea what you are doing. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME, IT IS A SCAM.
  41. mal0ver
    Feb 25, 2022
    3
    Absolutely dead game, installed it 2 days ago, but I play against streamers and guys with Solar rank. Crappy matchmaking, **** balance, wait 5 minutes for a match to start, play 10 minutes
  42. Emik
    Jun 23, 2022
    0
    worthless and boring, there are far better games of this genre than this one
  43. XBOSS
    Jun 23, 2022
    0
    Really poor optimisation. No net code rollback and really boring characters. It’s a huge no from me
  44. 5o4
    Aug 7, 2022
    8
    The game isn’t perfect but the fun factor is there especially with the right teams. Fornite meets melee basically. You will get hooked once you get the fighting mechanics. Slight stutter at random times though hopefully they could release an update soon. Can’t wait for the new map!
  45. Asoka
    Sep 24, 2022
    10
    The game is simply brilliant, if you like fast fights in close combat and want a cool movement, this is the game for you. Yes, there is no region lock, but the people here exaggerate, there are now and then 3 Asia players and you can also defeat them. There are ingame purchases but only cosmetic, so no pay2win what many write here. Too bad that such a beautiful game is so badly rated by noobs.
  46. Quazder
    Aug 22, 2023
    0
    Thought i could just play the game after 20 minutes tutorial but nonono, there was another xdd so I unistalled obv
  47. vinhvu
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game nhái pubg, đồ hoạ đẹp hơn nhưng nói gì thì nói vẫn nhái pubg nhé lê tuấn anh:))
  48. Willhelmet
    Aug 7, 2023
    0
    For a game with a focus on melee combat, they made the game as clunky as possible. Between getting stun lock in a combo, getting beaten to a pulp because the parry system needs to be pixel perfect, or not being able to do anything because the game doesn't register my inputs, after a solid month of playing every day, I reached my limit and gave up on this game.
    Maybe if the developers were    For a game with a focus on melee combat, they made the game as clunky as possible. Between getting stun lock in a combo, getting beaten to a pulp because the parry system needs to be pixel perfect, or not being able to do anything because the game doesn't register my inputs, after a solid month of playing every day, I reached my limit and gave up on this game.
    Maybe if the developers were more worried about making the core mechanics of their game actually work like they are supposed to and less worried about making money with skins, they could have made a game that would have been a huge success.    … Expand

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#49 Most Discussed PC Game of 2021

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. GameGrin
    Jan 3, 2023
    65
    Naraka: Bladepoint is a beautiful-looking and sounding game with some neat battle mechanics and fun martial arts action that is challenging to master. Finding opponents in your area may be tricky so being put against players from a different region with a higher ping rate feels unfair.
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  2. CD-Action
    Nov 15, 2021
    80
    A fun battle royale and a viable alternative for Chivalry II and For Honor. Naraka Bladepoint puts emphasis on closed combat, not skulking around the bushes with a ranged weapon. It drips the atmosphere of ancient China and offers a great combat system, but also doesn’t shy away from spells and well-implemented parkour. However, said combat system along with the game’s fast pace sets the bar rather high for newcomers. [11/2021, p.47]
  3. Everyeye.it
    Sep 14, 2021
    75
    Naraka Bladepoint is not a perfect battle royale, but it manages to mix a series of gameplay mechanics that make it frenetic, fun and above all immediate.
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