Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds

 PC
Metascore
64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Twinfinite
    Feb 5, 2015
    80
    With a solid cast of characters, nonstop action, and solid 16-bit look and sound design, it’s a treat for those of us who recall the SNES/Genesis era with nostalgia.
  2. Multiplayer.it
    Feb 1, 2015
    80
    Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds evokes pleasant memories to anyone who has lived (and played) through the 80s and 90s.
  3. Vandal
    Jan 24, 2015
    79
    It’s far from perfect, but we had a lot of fun playing this game. If you’re looking for a old-school beat ‘em up to play with friends, you should check it out.
  5. Shacknews
    Feb 11, 2015
    70
    Phantom Breaker's best features are its multiplayer modes, especially the cooperative ones. While it's disappointing that the game doesn't have online play, the chaotic fun of throwing multiple fighters into the mix makes up for it.
  6. Hooked Gamers
    Feb 9, 2015
    69
    The setting and tone of Phantom Breaker is quite forgettable, particularly for those un-initiated in the way of the Otaku. However, for the most part it’s still hectic and mindless fun.
  7. ZTGD
    Feb 6, 2015
    65
    I think when a game is ported to a more powerful platform, it’s a great opportunity to truly make the game shine, not make it worse by omitting key functionalities. Still, for fans of the genre who love beating down countless enemies as cute anime girls and don’t shy away from a serious challenge, they can expect to have a good time with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds.
  8. Digitally Downloaded
    Feb 9, 2015
    60
    Battle Grounds isn’t going to convert anyone who sees beat ‘em ups as mindless entertainment. Yet even when its ideas are half-baked in execution, the overwhelming style and ambition here make for one of the genre’s more memorable entries in recent years.
  9. DarkZero
    Feb 1, 2015
    60
    As PC ports go, it’s pretty mundane in features, and the lack of online cooperative play hurts it, but the game, despite some of the shortcomings with its combat, is fun and charming that scratches an itch for people who like levelling up characters to take them through the difficulties, and as for what is available on the platform, you can do much worse than Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds.
  10. We Got This Covered
    Jan 23, 2015
    60
    With a tidal wave of cutesy nostalgia and high-octane action thrown into the mix, Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds ends up being a relatively fun beat 'em up.
  11. Riot Pixels
    Apr 19, 2015
    40
    If the developers catered less to fans of dumb teen-oriented anime and tried to make their game more PC-friendly, I would have given it a better score. Because the combat system here is excellent.

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User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 3 out of 19
  1. 5wshrzyf
    May 28, 2015
    10
    10/10 It's like if Scott Pilgrim, and Madoka Magica had a baby, and that baby had an offspring with Neon Genisis Evangelion.

    Each    10/10 It's like if Scott Pilgrim, and Madoka Magica had a baby, and that baby had an offspring with Neon Genisis Evangelion.

    Each characters story lasts for about two hours, there are plenty of characters to unlock, I don't think I have them all unlocked either. Lots of different game modes, a killer sound track, and a story just as confusing as any other Japanese story. You'll love it.    … Full Review »
  2. periculummagnum
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    Pros:
    - Awesome 32-bit era graphics.
    - Good music. Cons: - Controls...Jesus, how would I descibe it. It's like most of beat'em ups, yet    Pros:
    - Awesome 32-bit era graphics.
    - Good music.

    Cons:
    - Controls...Jesus, how would I descibe it. It's like most of beat'em ups, yet imagine that your up and down buttons on the D-pad are broken and you can only move back to the background and to your initial position. Switching between these 'lines' takes way too much dynamics from the game and slows it down quite a bit. What's more, it is very diificult to maneurve when there're a lot of enemies (sometimes on nightmare+ it maybe even be impossible to evade their attacks)Secondly, who the **** thought, that having UP as a jump button is a ******* great idea!? Jet let me punch that person in his ugly face.
    - Although music in this game is really good, I feel that it suits Castlevania type of games much more.
    - Leveling up, which isn't that necessary, so why even bother putting it in this game? To make you feel that you've accomplished something?
    - The storyline...it's just there.
    - Voice acting...please, somebody, kill me already, I can't hear it no more. Play the arcade mode to avoid this nuisance.

    Verdict:
    Mediocre.
    That graphics, man...it saved the game for me.    … Full Review »
  3. Nugginator
    May 2, 2016
    10
    Very fun brawler with in depth combat the feels almost like a fighting game,surprising customization with the skill tree, cool charactersVery fun brawler with in depth combat the feels almost like a fighting game,surprising customization with the skill tree, cool characters amazing graphical design and feel… Full Review »
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