Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

Keoi loves hack 'n slashes. Seeing that they have been making money hand over foot with their Warrior series, slowly and slowly they have been perfecting the mindless hack-a-thons, that they are known for.
But enter Bladestorm: THYW, seemingly different, yet feels the same. This time you do not unlock 50+ characters, you focus on one. You make what he or she looks like, sounds like etc... and the game play is more of a command system then smashing X 10,000 times. You control a certain type of group (swords, knights, archers...etc...) and slowly level up in each type of unit. Plus you get to chose what stages you want to play, pretty open ended for this type of game.
Very fun, very hectic. I highly recommend it.

Let me preface my review by saying I had high hopes for this game, being from the Romance Saga team I was hoping for that level of depth in the game.

In this game you play the vital role of mercenary on the battlefield as you run across an unbelievably large map and take over troop types to help win the war for whatever side pays the most coin. Unfortunately, the game spans the full 113 years of the war between the French and English, and the gameplay feels like you repeat yourselves that many times. The game is simple for any strategy buff but you can't beat the feeling of deja vu... every single time. The objectives are easy and you earn more money than you can possibly spend. There isn't enough options to give you the feeling that this is a game you should keep playing, instead you realize that you have played a game similiar to this before. That would be Dynasty Warriors, only..and this is extremely sad to say...Dynasty Warriors has much more depth.

Unless you love Japanese strategy games, leave this game off your Q