Blades of Time

 PlayStation 3
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
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  1. Game Informer
    Mar 21, 2012
    45
    I'm not your financial advisor, and I don't care how you spend your money. As one human being to another, I feel a responsibility to advise you not to bother with this boring mess. There are way better bad games out there to play, and even more good ones that are worth your time.
  2. Official PlayStation Magazine Benelux
    Apr 25, 2012
    42
    We're pretty sure the guys over at Gaijin Entertainment mean well. They have genuinely tried to improve the mediocre X-Blades, but that game didn't exactly raise the bar for the genre. This time Ayumi (now with more clothes on) travels to - wait for it - Dragonland. [May 2012, p.85]
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    May 7, 2012
    40
    Features; criminally stupid AI, rehashed enemies, ear-defiling voice acting and paint-by-numbers levels. This is 'so bad it's bad' gaming. [May 2012, p81]
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  5. Gameblog.fr
    Mar 19, 2012
    40
    Blades of Time had a good starting point with this time bending idea, allowing the player to clone himself for combat or puzzle purposes. But its basic level design, poor artistic direction, and overall confusing combat, when paired with an uninspired story render the game quite disappointing.
  6. Eurogamer Sweden
    Mar 26, 2012
    30
    Blades of Time is a decidely below-average game that tries to make up for it's generic nature by invoking the "sexy card". The treasure hunter Ayumi, is promoted in and out-of game as 'the sexy, gorgeous treasure hunter', but even her bare midriff can't hide the flaws in this action platformer. With a story and characters that are as thin and predictable as game manuals these days, there isn't much to appreciate in Blades of Time.

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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 33
  3. Negative: 7 out of 33
  1. Shion16
    Mar 23, 2012
    10
    It has an interesting use of time and space concepts for combat and puzzle solving.
    The combat is kinda simple but is entertaining.
    The    It has an interesting use of time and space concepts for combat and puzzle solving.
    The combat is kinda simple but is entertaining.
    The enviroments are beautiful , the character model are pretty decent.
    I liked this games, its like a Prince of Persia game with better battle system.
    For a low budget game i totally enjoyed it.    … Full Review »
  2. YakusokuNoJi
    Jul 7, 2023
    8
    A very pretty looking choise of levels, interesting combat and this time at least a bit more story than X-Blades, though still lacking andA very pretty looking choise of levels, interesting combat and this time at least a bit more story than X-Blades, though still lacking and with the end of it very underwhelming. With me having a thing for anime-styled characters I think Ayumi does not look as good as her spiritual ancestor as well as did I miss the Gun-Blades but I really liked the game mechanics with the combat, the dashing and generally playing through what I thought of just very good looking and interesting levels, the choice of levels in general was a colourful mix and I guess that is what I like about it the most. A bit of a let-down for me might be though that the combat can be quite a bit too hard at times.… Full Review »
  3. Steyraus
    Mar 27, 2021
    4
    When your stuch on the first tutorial because the controls are so convaluted and the explation so vauge , you know your playing a world classWhen your stuch on the first tutorial because the controls are so convaluted and the explation so vauge , you know your playing a world class trash game. Even the beutifull leeding lady cant make this irritating game tolerable.… Full Review »
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