Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers

 PlayStation 3
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 32
  3. Negative: 7 out of 32
  1. Gaming Nexus
    Dec 26, 2013
    49
    This PlayStation 3-exclusive is long-winded, simplistic and not much fun to play!
  2. XGN
    Feb 3, 2014
    45
    Brave Soldiers is the example of how not to make a game. It’s too simple, the differences between the characters aren’t noticeable and the story is too complicated to understand. Even though it offers us a lot of content, it doesn’t impress us in any way.
  3. CD-Action
    Feb 10, 2014
    40
    A weak attempt to suck some cash out of Saint Seiya fans. [02/2014, p.75]
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  5. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 26, 2014
    40
    A good narrative could have saved Saint Seiya from bargain bin oblivion. [Feb 2014, p.94]
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  6. Gaming Age
    Dec 2, 2013
    33
    It’s just a lackluster experience from head to toe, and while I’d like to champion the idea of more unlikely releases making their way to North America, it’s really hard to do so when faced with a subpar release like Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers.
  7. God is a Geek
    Dec 6, 2013
    30
    There are a lot of characters here, and the game covers quite a bit of narrative ground, but the presentation and combat engine are just so clumsy that it’s impossible to recommend Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers to anyone but the most desperate fans of the anime.
  8. Gameblog.fr
    Dec 4, 2013
    30
    Saint Seiya Brave Soldiers is probably one of the worst manga adaptations we have seen so far.

Awards & Rankings

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#90 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2013
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#91 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2013

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User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 54 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 54
  3. Negative: 7 out of 54
  1. KDIZZLE84
    Dec 12, 2013
    8
    The game mechanics and structure works perfectly wether it be for 1 or 2 players. I would only recommend to fans of the series. OnlyThe game mechanics and structure works perfectly wether it be for 1 or 2 players. I would only recommend to fans of the series. Only disappointment are the missing Asgard characters and storyline. When you see DBZ games full of characters you think why didn't we get all Bronze Saints and all Silver Saints too. Its such a vast universe and it would be great to have access to them all. Other than that it works.… Full Review »
  2. smagous
    Dec 10, 2013
    9
    Too many things to do, 3 big story arcs, collection mode, you can get access to all those toys we love when we are kids. a lot of charactersToo many things to do, 3 big story arcs, collection mode, you can get access to all those toys we love when we are kids. a lot of characters to play and many modes too. It quite simple to play but makes you learn fast how to do and avoid combos. Graphics look amazing and you can see a lot of the Naruto fight system there, that makes success. For you that enjoy Saint Seiya, is sure a buy!… Full Review »
  3. Masamune001
    Apr 15, 2014
    8
    Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, BraveUnlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise-based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two "burst attacks", a knock-away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack(called a "Big Bang Attack"), every character also has an universal dodge-action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half-a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame-rate issues and the cell-shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact(fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the "Seventh Sense" awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage/defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes. all in all, Brave Soldiers is a decent fighting game, with a balanced cast of characters, a fast yet technical combat, lovely graphics, a lot of content to explore and all that 80's swag… Full Review »
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