X Blades for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

For people that like a good story this is not the game for you. If you like decisive action, also not for you. If you like replay value, also not for you. If you want easy trophies, well son come on down! Despite the advertised 20 hours of gameplay, this this game is relatively quick and easy. Played through on hard and I got about 75% of the trophies in one sitting(about 6 hours of play). The action is nice. I like having full control of the camera and a quick and simple targeting system. Although, the targeting is not automatic, which means when you are trying to dispatch flying monsters the ground ones get in the way and can be annoying. I think this nuisance may have been intended. Best part of the game was the integration of magic and the fast pace combat. There are gonna be long fights where you face hundreds of monsters but in rapid spawns not all at once. I think this game utilized that well as to not slow down gameplay with tons of them on the screen at once. I love the gunplay and magic and melee. Specifically, you have gunblades. This makes it fun cuz they have combos later on that integrate the gun feature in melee combat. Worst part of the game is the color. The red sky with clying elementals and flaming swords nearly burned the retinas out of my eyes. The graphics are gorgeous and the voice acting not to mention writing is horrid, but overall worst part of the game is looking at it, and the best part is not part of gaming it's the trophies. Hope this was helpful.

X-Blades is a game you can completely ignore. The idea is good on paper, but was translated poorly. There are so many things wrong with this game, I am surprised that it made it to the assembly line and shipped out. You play a feisty adventuress in search of treasure. You armed with a set of pistols and a pair of swords. Along the way you gain magic powers and can upgrade your set of weapons to dish out more damage and look cool eliminating the baddies. You can switch from blades to guns with the press of a button and its all done seamlessly. The gameplay is ok, think of devil may cry meets tomb raider, but made for 10 year olds. Yes the game is very easy and doesn't take to long to finish. The gameplay itself gets a bit hectic when you are battling many enemies on screen, but you have a variety of ways to deal with them. When they die, you collect their souls which you use to purchase new spells, etc. What makes this game fall below average is how its all handled. The camera needs to be constantly adjusted, causing you to move frantically around the level, while fighting dozens of enemies at a time. The enemies are automatically targeted when you face them, but having to move around so much makes this feature useless. The controls are very loose and have no level of sensitivity you can adjust. Button mashers will rejoice as this game requires no strategy whatsoever. Me? I prefer something more structured allowing me a little time to decide how to get rid of my enemy. The enemies themselves are your standard fare of things that crawl to things that fly to things that roar. After a while you will get bored at fighting hordes and hordes of the same enemies. I have to say that the anime cut scenes are great and the graphics are competently done. The music is a mix of techno beats and bad rock music. Overall, this game could have been much better. Rent before committing to buy.