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(More customer reviews)I already reviewed the Limited Edition of this game but I believe this game is so great I had to review it again.First of all thank heavens for Street Fighter IV.Because of the success of that game, (yeah, go get that one too if you haven't already), the 2-D fighting genre has been revitalized.Anyway, back to the review, there are many elements to BlazBlue that make it such a great fighter.So if you wanna know why I gave this game 5 stars, read on!
First thing is the diverse cast of characters.Each character in BlazBlue plays completely different.In some games, if you've mastered one character, you've mastered half of them.This is not the case here.Aksys accomplishes this with an interesting mechanic called the Drive System.Each character's drive can be performed by simply pressing a button.This simple action opens up a wealth of possibilities.For one character, it enables you to freeze them.Another character's drive allows them to control the wind, giving you further control over your movements and even your projectiles movements.Yet another's character's will drain their opponents life and... well...you get the picture!You WILL find a character you fall in love with!I play mainly with the general who freezes and the kid vampire who controls wind.Which brings me to another point.Not only do the characters play differently they LOOK completely different too.The characters designs are completely over the top, thought not in a way which will repulse you.You do have some insane characters though.There is a scientist whose degenerated into a goo of insects, an asian doctor with huge boobs, a cat girl, and so on.Really the character designers had no problem thinking out of the box.
The second reason I love this game are the fighting mechanics themselves.BlazBlue does a couple of things to further differentiate itself from other games in it's genre.First, there is the combo system.Unlike SFIV, which to me felt like most of the combos were scripted, Blue's combo system encourages expirementation.Each combo relies on a stun value each hit produces.If you can get another move out before the character recovers, then you can create a combo.If you hit a character and create a "counter", which the game will announce, then the stun value is extended even more, letting you create some other combos not otherwise possible.Although there are some bread and butter combos, I was able to come up with some pretty awesome combos on my own, including some which takes more than half damage.I also enjoyed Blue's defense system.Instead of just holding back, you have the option of adding a barrier, which pushes back your opponents from you.You can also hit back at the moment an opponent attacks you.This gives you a shorter recovery time, allowing for some counters.And finally you have the barrier burst.The barrier burst drains all your barrier gauge, but stops any combo and pushes your opponent across the screen.This is very handy for stopping those insanely damaging combos, but leaves you in a "danger" state where you can no longer use your barrier, and you take about 25% more damage for the rest of the match.
The graphics in this game are simply phenomenal, and will appeal to those who appreciate anime and just great art in general.The characters are all high res 2-D sprites and beautifully animated.The backgrounds are combination of 2-D and 3-D and look great.As far as the music, many people have fallen in love with blue's soundtrack but apart from a few numbers, was mostly forgettable for me.As long as it didn't distract from the game, I was good.I did enjoy the sound effects though.
Finally, BlazBlue excels in it's online component.There is occasional lag but this is mostly limited to the introduction of each match.The actual matches themselves are almost flawless.Blue also lets you record your matches, and download other user's matches.A cool thing is that these are not huge video files. I believe it works by the game recording all the controller inputs, and then replaying them, thus effectively recreating the match.I'm not sure if this has been done before but I thought this was pretty clever, since this takes a minimal amount of space in your hard drive.
Wow, I could go on and on and on but I would easily double the length of this review.Blaz has multiple game modes, it looks great, and most importantly, it's just plain fun!Do yourself a favor and buy this game!Highly recommended!
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BlazBlue: Calamity TriggerProduct Description: BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger by Aksys Games is a 2D one-on-one fighting game, which features an original cast (including many weapon fighters) and uses a four-button control scheme (weak, medium and strong attacks plus an EX button which makes your character perform unique special attacks). The fighting system is based around the ability continue combos when opponents are in a down state. On the defensive side, you'll have a number of ways of getting back up when down, so combo attacks don't pummel you. BlazeBlue employs the Type X2 arcade board and mixes 3D characters and 3D backdrops.
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