Blades Of Time

Hi guys, recently I was playing a very interesting video game and the reason for that is that it reminds me of great titles like devil may cry, tomb raider, uncharted, Prince of Persia. I did not think that a video game had a bit of the characteristic of the aforementioned games, that's why I was aroused by the interest and desire to play it. Therefore, this week's video game is called Blade of time.

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With regard to Blade of time, this video game belonging to the genre of Hack and slash and adventure went on the market for the platform of PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 and Mac OS X in March 2012, developed by the Russian company Gaijin Entertainment and published by Konami. It should be noted that Blade of time is the successor of the video game X-Blades (2008), giving continuity to the video with a new story, graphics, and more dynamic combats.

In short, the protagonist of our story is a woman called by the name "Ayumi", who is dedicated to hunting treasures, is also very skilled with the use of firearms and has two blades one in both hands.

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The story begins with the secret meeting of a group of treasure hunters waiting for those who will have the great privilege of being teleported through a magic sphere to the great Dragonland, where they hope their names are immortalized in stone for fame that brings to discover the mysteries and treasures that are in Dragonland or that is what they believe, because the reality is different and it is "Ayumi" who interrupts by force the secret meeting with his friend "zero". Both are teleported by the magic sphere to the great Dragonland but each one by different paths, bewildered "Ayumi" embarks on her adventure in search of "zero" and all the way is full of creatures of metal and stone denominated Guardians of the way of the dragon, Giant spiders, Zombies and will have to deal with the war between the dragon warriors of the celestial guard and the creatures of chaos that dominate the areas of the Great Dragonland.

On the one hand we must say we will have the help of a magical entity in the shape of a dragon woman who will guide us along our way to leave the Dragonland and learn magical skills of fire, ice and chaos provided by a mysterious statue that He apparently knows the fate that awaits us, even if it means releasing the great guardian something that seems to be bad for everyone.

As mentioned previously, Blade of Time has many similarities with great titles that we already know, such is its diversity that it is inevitable to compare it, however "Blade of Time" also has its personal touch, it deepens us in a world full of creepy creatures capable of ending with our bar of life in a matter of seconds, that is why we have the possibility to go back in time during the game and strategically think about the correct way to attack the enemies in masses but this we will see later on so that they understand me better.

Not everything is action, we can also explore the "DragonLand", where we will enjoy an exotic environment giving the feeling of uncertainty, there are many that we have to discover during our adventure, also the search for treasures is very important as it is the only way to get really necessary weapons to kill certain enemies. It should be noted, the game of lights in the environment is spectacular compared to its predecessor "X-Blades", the designs of the enemies are acceptable, even others really great for the way they look thanks to their graphics.

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At first, I thought that the game would not be so relevant but to measures that we advance in it, we can realize that it has a lot to offer, strategic combats, treasure hunts, riddles and interaction with the environment.

We come to my favorite part of this publication, "Blade of Time" bears some similarity with other games, for example with "Lara Croft - tomb raider" no doubt is one of the most popular female characters of all but if we combine the female attributes with certain abilities of "Dante - devil may cry", guys the result is "Ayumi", expert in the handling of weapons, skillful with the use of swords and as if it were not enough with the ability to make elemental spells to incapacitate the enemies.

During combat we can make successive basic attacks, however after executing a powerful spell we gain an elemental damage bonus on our sabers, we have the ability to dodge enemy attacks, set targets for greater accuracy when attacking and execute with special moves.

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We can also make use of various weapons and sabers with built-in elementary attributes that added to the magic bonus the damage is considerably high. It should be noted that we have the ability to turn back time or travel a few seconds to the past and fight next to the versions of yourself, time runs out which makes your "clones" vanish. Positioning is very important in combat because it allows us to break the guard or distract certain enemies while attacking from a safe area.

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The correct choice of certain spells is important because if I carry a weapon with fire attributes when using a magical fire attack or damage is doubled (2x).

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We can also use a kind of floating flower that allows us to reach the heights and sometimes make air battles.

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During the game, we can use a compass that indicates the route of the main mission and treasures hidden in the map as well as using elements of our environment to overcome obstacles that are difficult with normal movements.

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The weapons can not miss in a great game full of action and adventure, we will have at our disposal rifles, machine guns each one of them with bonuses such as regenerate the life bar and the bar of fury depending on the type of game you like.

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HISTORY 7/10

The background of "DragonLand" is really interesting, since we are a treasure hunter belonging to a group of mysterious men and for some reason we decided to reveal ourselves to them, as a consequence we are sent to a mysterious island and acquire magical powers and during the voyage it seems that we are being manipulated by someone.

GRAPHICS 8/10

The graphics are really good, however sometimes it is difficult to identify enemies at long distances, it is noted that some enemies were not well designed even they are very repetitive, also activating the special ability of "backing the time" hinders the player's vision, something that I really do not enjoy at all.

GAMEPLAY 7/10

The truth is that the combat is fun but it lacks combos, that is, the group of special movements does not have great variety and they are very repetitive, we can not interact much with the environment (climbing and jumping with precision). Dodging enemy attacks can be very difficult on occasion forcing you all the time to use the special ability to go back in time.

SOUNDTRACK 7/10

I did not mention it before because it did not seem so relevant to me, however, it fulfilled its purpose during the game as well as the SFX effects.

My final score for "Blade of Time" is: 7.2

Although this qualification is personal, I have no doubt that it has the necessary features to guarantee hours of entertainment for any video game lover that likes the genre Action and adventure, therefore, even if you do not play it, you should do it.

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Blades Of Time - Review

HISTORY 7/10

GRAPHICS 8/10

GAMEPLAY 7/10

SOUNDTRACK 7/10

My final score for "Blade of Time" is: 7.2