BlazBlue: Central Fiction

 PlayStation 4
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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 108 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 108
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 108
  3. Negative: 18 out of 108
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  1. bloodedgesensai
    Jun 6, 2018
    5
    This game is a disappointment. When I first heard of this I had already bought chronophantasma and I was hyped for this game. Unfortunately, this was just lazy. There was nothing new added. There were 2 new mechanics, which are really good, but not enough to justify an $80 price tag. There are new characters, which are great, but also not enough. The only ones of significance were IzanamiThis game is a disappointment. When I first heard of this I had already bought chronophantasma and I was hyped for this game. Unfortunately, this was just lazy. There was nothing new added. There were 2 new mechanics, which are really good, but not enough to justify an $80 price tag. There are new characters, which are great, but also not enough. The only ones of significance were Izanami and Nine. Susano'o just sucks and Kurogane is the Blazblue equivalent of a Sonic fan character. Mai Natsume is also worth nothing. Es is my favorite new character, but that just makes the payed DLC even more insulting. The worst part is that she was free DLC for the first 2 weeks? Seriously? She should have been there originally. When the game initially launched I was pissed that Jubei wasn't added because we needed a Ragna re skin in the form of Kurogane instead. When he was announced as DLC a year later my first reaction was "That took way too long" because he should have been playable at launch. The game also has the same art style as Calamity trigger, which actually had a PSP release. It's amazing to imagine that nothing was improved in 10 years. Even the exceed accels re use animations from other moves on the character's list. Also, they don't even make use of their abilities. Ragna's doesn't use his soul eater, and Terumi's doesn't use his force eater. Also, they removed the unlimited characters and removed the dub so they could get it out in time for Christmas. It's amazing to imagine that tales of berseria released before this and actually had better animations, but was criticized for how they weren't updated while this gets a free pass. The story was good and wrapped up the timeline and had some really nice cut scenes. Unfortunately the fully animated cut scenes are few and far between because most of them are with cardboard cutouts that have 3 expressions. Aksys couldn't just use the in game engine to render cut scenes? Again berseria did that and when they did use the cardboard cut outs at least there were more than 3 expressions. The only significant addition is the new grim of abyss mode. Unfortunately, that isn't worth $80. It also appears that Aksys is developing a habit with this and is turning into another EA. Cross tag battle has so much of this payed DLC **** and has also rehashed everything. If you have played Chronophantasma, don't buy this unless you really want to play as one of the new characters, in which case I don't recommend paying more than $15 for the game itself, let alone the DLC. If you haven't played chronophantasma, buy that instead. For clarification, this game is good, but it's not worth $80 considering all the recycling and DLC… Expand
  2. Xplocion
    Jul 20, 2020
    7
    The Good: A great fighting game, improved effects. Better balance of previous characters. Mai Nataume is playable and continues her story where she stayed in the previous game. Fluid transition of characters moves.

    The bad: It feels like an update to Chronophantasm Extend Edition, not a new game. Except for the balance of certain attacks and ranges, the rest of the game is    The Good: A great fighting game, improved effects. Better balance of previous characters. Mai Nataume is playable and continues her story where she stayed in the previous game. Fluid transition of characters moves.

    The bad:
    It feels like an update to Chronophantasm Extend Edition, not a new game. Except for the balance of certain attacks and ranges, the rest of the game is Chronophantasm as is. The online died very fast

    The Meh!: if you want to understand more about Blazeblue you have to read the short stories of the manga that came out between Chronophantasm and this game. They did not want to risk and take it out on Xbox a pity    … Expand
  3. Bobbylon
    Oct 18, 2022
    7
    Ever since I've stumbled on BlazBlue for PSP I've loved this concept and hoped this figher could live up to it's potential. Today on Switch, seems like the devs would rather destroy the game to make it 100% what they want then compromize with gamers to make something great. Damn shame.
    The game has great visuals, great sound and top options. What it lacks is FUN. Gameplay even tho great in    Ever since I've stumbled on BlazBlue for PSP I've loved this concept and hoped this figher could live up to it's potential. Today on Switch, seems like the devs would rather destroy the game to make it 100% what they want then compromize with gamers to make something great. Damn shame.
    The game has great visuals, great sound and top options. What it lacks is FUN. Gameplay even tho great in tech aspect is still not one bit intuitive, and coming from a great night of MK11 with friends, it's a shame because the platform is there.Not a single person I let try this series will ever buy it, not one even tho' everyone liked what they saw. Because it's not a good challenge, not fun and not easy to learn fast. That's devs fault, this game could be the IVth fighter but they don't want to compromize like MK/Injustice devs do.
    Many great potentials failed it human history, this    … Expand

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#29 Best PS4 Game of 2016

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. games(TM)
    Jan 27, 2017
    80
    Another iterative improvement. [Issue#182, p.81]
  2. GameGrin
    Dec 19, 2016
    85
    Where the story falls short, the gameplay rises up. The fighting is fun to pick up and play, but hard to master. There’s no shortage of combos and character specific special moves, making finding your character of choice and fun and personal experience. For those that are fans of the series, Central Fiction is an absolute must have. For fighting game fans that want a fighting game to keep them busy until Tekken 7 comes out, Central Fiction is definitely worth a try, just be prepared to do a lot of reading if you want to understand the lore.
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  3. GameOver.gr
    Nov 25, 2016
    90
    With tons of content the best story mode ever created for a fighting game and its well known great fighting system, BlazBlue: Central Fight is the best 2D fighting surprise we’ve had this year.
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