Blue Fire

 Switch
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 55
  3. Negative: 6 out of 55

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  1. Cyanthian
    Feb 11, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I absolutely loved this game at first, until I realised how utterly ridiculous some of the platforming void challenges were. Five of the twenty voids infuriated me so much, I had to stop playing for a while. Additionally, the game is full of bugs; I fell through the floor and continued to fall beyond the programming of the game, I had to fight the fish boss in the water temple three times because he kept freezing and no damage could be given or recieved, and the BIGGEST ONE OF ALL!!! The key for the final of the three bosses before the Queen, Von gives it to you, glitched into a Ruby in my bag and I cannot progress any further, so I will never complete the game. Ruined it… Expand
  2. AstralEvren
    Feb 10, 2021
    0
    Don't waste your money on this buggy, weak imitation of Zelda and Hollow Knight. Your character is so floaty and light but still takes massive fall damage. It takes too long to reach a new save station and will drain almost all the resources you've collected just to open them. The combat is basic, enemies are basic, but the platforming is punishing you for the developers lack ofDon't waste your money on this buggy, weak imitation of Zelda and Hollow Knight. Your character is so floaty and light but still takes massive fall damage. It takes too long to reach a new save station and will drain almost all the resources you've collected just to open them. The combat is basic, enemies are basic, but the platforming is punishing you for the developers lack of understanding how light your character is.… Expand
  3. Cmpfcf
    Mar 9, 2021
    0
    Eu tive uma experiência terrivel com essa copia de hollow knight e zelda, no começo ja estava bugado e tive que reiniciar o meu save pois nao conseguia passar por causa de um bug do jogo, o jogo tem uma péssima animação como por exemplo as plataformas atravessam paredes e alguns personagens invisíveis para o preço dele, ele deveria ter sido mais trabalhado para ficar mais divertido eEu tive uma experiência terrivel com essa copia de hollow knight e zelda, no começo ja estava bugado e tive que reiniciar o meu save pois nao conseguia passar por causa de um bug do jogo, o jogo tem uma péssima animação como por exemplo as plataformas atravessam paredes e alguns personagens invisíveis para o preço dele, ele deveria ter sido mais trabalhado para ficar mais divertido e menos bugado… Expand
  4. Shrek_Wazowski
    Feb 17, 2021
    3
    The game itself is in my opinion below average.

    - Gameplay In terms of movement, the gameplay is very uncomfortable. The controls feel slippery and inconsistent, and also quite unoriginal. The platforming sections (void levels) are ok, with the exception that some of their designs are downright bad, and the fact that whenever you take damage you return to the beginning. A similar    The game itself is in my opinion below average.

    - Gameplay
    In terms of movement, the gameplay is very uncomfortable. The controls feel slippery and inconsistent, and also quite unoriginal. The platforming sections (void levels) are ok, with the exception that some of their designs are downright bad, and the fact that whenever you take damage you return to the beginning. A similar problem occurs in normal gameplay with checkpoints, which are spaced really badly throughout the world. Bad game design is generally a recurring issue in the game- the bosses are pretty bad, some enemies are designed horribly in the sense that they are just there to annoy you and take away from the game, most of the areas are extremely repetitive etc.
    Tl;dr- gameplay is mediocre at most, and the game is badly designed.

    -Plot
    It's really bad lol. The game basically tries to be Hollow Knight and Zelda at the same time, and this resulted in having a really bad, uninteresting, kind of funny (because of how bad it is) story. At first it seems like the game is a dungeon-based zelda-like game, with a pretty boring plot to drive it. Then the game pulls a 180 and tries to pull a Hollow Knight and have the player defeat 3 bosses in order to stop the bad stuff in the world (which is an obvious Calamity Gannon malice ripoff), and the reason for this doesn't even make sense. The main character doesn't have a motivation to do what he does, other characters who seem more capable than him are purely useless and are a bad excuse to give irrelevant and boring plot details. The name of the game- Blue Fire (which is a thing in the game) isn't even relevant to the main plot, and sometimes I wasn't even sure what the main plot was.

    In general- average at most gameplay and game design, bad , weird, and boring plot. Go play Hollow Knight or Zelda instead lmao.    … Expand
  5. alivemau5
    Apr 6, 2021
    2
    Boring platformer, uninteresting dialogue, forgettable adventure. Borrowed a lot of mechanics from past zelda games without the interesting story
  6. Vandura
    Oct 1, 2021
    4
    I was so incredibly disappointed when i finally played this... The Combat is clunky and irritating, Enemys are mind numbingly generic, platforming is mediocre at best and to top it off you have to deal with all the bugs and typos. The game has a very unfinished feel to it.

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71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. Cubed3
    Jun 7, 2022
    70
    There's a slow burn to this fire, but it's certainly worth waiting for it to catch and see the sparks. Blue Fire offers up a challenging, and dynamic 3D platforming experience that is sure to make it a cult hit with those brave enough to persevere through the frustrating opening - but 'cult' it will remain, with little chance of garnering attention from wider audiences, sadly, as there are just too many issues to elevate this to something more. The recycling of areas in that second half combined with the flimsy fundamentals stops this from becoming a classic.
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  2. Everyeye.it
    Aug 22, 2021
    72
    By blowing on the dormant flames of Souls iconography, Blue Fire brings an experience with an authentic and challenging character to the panorama of independent development, evoking an almost melancholy scent. The inspiration from names such as The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario does not betray any lack of personality, on the contrary it reveals the attention of a team - that of ROBI Studios - which has been able to combine all the influences sought elsewhere with great coherence and playful effectiveness. The result is a 3D metroidvania that makes good platforming its stylistic code, net of the frustration inherent in some phases, on which, however, the goodness of the proposed challenge and the charisma of its atmospheres allow you to easily fly over.
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  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Mar 18, 2021
    40
    3D platform games are too often intended for kids. Where Mario and co. are a proverbial splash pool, Blue Fire immediately throws the player into an Olympic-sized swimming pool, filled with piranhas and other mischief. The concept of the game is great, unfortunately it is poorly executed.
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