Blades of Time

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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews What's this?

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5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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  • Summary: In Blades of Time, players don the persona of the gorgeous gunsword-wielding treasure hunter, Ayumi. Blessed with beauty and a trigger happy finger, she's on a mission to find lost bounties in a mysterious and dangerous island. Quickly, she learns this island isn't just trees, berries andIn Blades of Time, players don the persona of the gorgeous gunsword-wielding treasure hunter, Ayumi. Blessed with beauty and a trigger happy finger, she's on a mission to find lost bounties in a mysterious and dangerous island. Quickly, she learns this island isn't just trees, berries and gold - but something more sinister lies beneath the surface. As the wonderment of the island becomes to reveal itself, she learns this land can gift her powers man can only dream of, but also she's not alone on this island! Thank goodness she brought her own weapons. Ayumi then proceeds to battle against menacing villains on the island by destroying them and everything in her path while looking to acquire magical powers that only the strongest warrior can possess.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 5 out of 7
  1. GameSpace
    May 30, 2019
    50
    The gameplay was familiar but a bit lackluster as it got old fast.
  2. NintendoWorldReport
    May 24, 2019
    50
    Outbreak is sort of a fun mode, but it does get old quickly, and everything surrounding it is unexplained or prone to error messages, and I can see it becoming kind of gross in a free-to-play way. Blades of Time is bad, and you should not play it.
  3. Nintendo Life
    May 27, 2019
    40
    As hard as it tries, Blades of Time rarely comes close to emulating the success of any of its obvious muses. Its mixture of third-person melee combat, environmental puzzles and platforming are entertaining for a while, but they lack the nuance of Capcom’s long-running Devil May Cry series or Sony Santa Monica’s refreshed God of War. Only the ability to control time, creating a co-operative element as you team up with your past self, offers something truly rewarding to use in battle or as part of a puzzle solution. The MOBA-style overhaul of the game's Onslaught mode offers an improved take on multiplayer, but the wonky combat and lacklustre presentation are impossible to overlook.
  4. 4P.de
    May 27, 2019
    39
    First of all, Blades of Time wasn’t a particularly good game when it was originally released seven years ago. And with this version showing even more performance issues than back then, I cannot find any reasonable answer why this game was granted a re-release.
  5. Gaming Age
    Aug 19, 2019
    33
    It was a mediocre game when it first came out seven years ago, and if anything, the benefit of time has made the “mediocre” assessment seem generous.
  6. Digitally Downloaded
    May 15, 2019
    20
    Re-playing Blades of Time in 2019 is surreal. There are assuredly many better games from the previous generation of consoles that deserve to be on Switch ahead of this one. I can’t even imagine the developers have any hope of using this re-release to springboard the franchise back as they work on a sequel, because no one is going to want a sequel after playing it. Time hasn’t been good to Blades of Time, and and other than for the morbidly curious, I can’t see anyone being masochistic enough to derive any value out of it.
  7. Cubed3
    Jul 15, 2019
    20
    'Unenjoyable' is a very mild way to describe Blades of Time. This turkey is nigh unplayable depending on a player's tolerance for trashy, glitchy gameplay. With so many elements that are broken, nobody should be playing this, which is too bad because there are some aspects at hand that could have made it interesting. There is a surprising amount of unlockable content that nobody will ever bother to get, because who in their right mind would ever wish to torture themselves? Blades of Time is the skid-row of 3D action games.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Benjy5045
    Sep 21, 2021
    8
    AmaZing game for it’s time! Buy it play it love it! You will not regret it one of the forgotten gems of the PS3 era!
  2. TenTailz
    May 18, 2019
    7
    Not a bad Hack and Slash. The game runs smooth until you pass to another area then you may see some stutter but other than that I say it’s notNot a bad Hack and Slash. The game runs smooth until you pass to another area then you may see some stutter but other than that I say it’s not bad if you have never played it. It’s in expensive and holds good value.… Expand
  4. Steyraus
    Aug 27, 2020
    5
    It very badly made, controls make no sense and learning them.is a chore.. Usually would be very forgiving of a game with such a hot mainIt very badly made, controls make no sense and learning them.is a chore.. Usually would be very forgiving of a game with such a hot main character, but there is nothing else good tonsay about the game besides her looks.… Expand
  5. Manifest
    Jun 18, 2020
    0
    Отвратительный порт!
    Лучше бы вообще не делали.
    1) Часто пропадают текстуры, даже в катсценах! 2) Идиотский дизайн магических сфер у врагов.    Отвратительный порт!
    Лучше бы вообще не делали.

    1) Часто пропадают текстуры, даже в катсценах!
    2) Идиотский дизайн магических сфер у врагов. Оставили бы как в ПК версии.
    3) На Switch версии вообще вырезали главу "Пустыня" В прямом смысле вырезали. Её нет!!! Вот это халтура. А ведь в пустыне самый сок. Там и геймплей со временем очень хорошо отыгрывается. Со щитами от солнца, ну вы поняли. Но тут схалтурили. 4) Вода вообще тупо белая текстура, хотя в ПК версии и версии Х360 вода нормальная с отражениями.
    Да и в целом я сравнил на своём ноуте 2012 года и версию Switch. Ну вы понимаете. Картинка на ноуте с древней видюхой смотрится отлично. Все тени, отличная вода с отражениями, текстуры. Ну Switch версия это позор. Не советую вообще. Проходите мимо. За такую халтуру и 1500 р. Про**ал я деньги!    … Expand

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#96 Most Shared Switch Game of 2019