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Platform: Xbox 360

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X-Blades invites players into a fantastic universe where the enchanting heroine Ayumi fends off innumerable monsters and imposing bosses with her power, spells, fighting tactics and her deadly Pistol Blades. The anime-style level and character designs are what give X-Blades its special flair. Nearly 40 indoor and outdoor worlds dazzle players in an enthralling rhapsody of color and detail. Nonstop action and vivid magical effects are impressively incorporated in gameplay through the use of cinema stylizing such as bullet time or motion blurring. X-Blades will prove to be a hack ‘n’ slash spectacle for fans of entertaining action games and anime.

Meet our heroine, Ayumi.
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Hack ‘n slash to your hearts content.
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Explore spectacular environments.
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Unleash hidden abilities and spells.
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Enjoy beautiful anime cutscenes.
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In the distant past the universe of X-Blades was ruled by two powerful beings, the Enlightened on the side of good, helping his people how and when he could and the Dark One who was quite the opposite. Both were revered by all peoples and a balanced, but never-ending battle between the two persisted for centuries. Humans suffered terribly in the constant combat between the two, combat which shook the universe to its very core. In order to ease this suffering, the Enlightened banished the divine power of the Dark One, imprisoning it in a stone, known as an Artifact, but at a price. Inseparably linked, where one of the divine beings went the other was bound to follow and so the power of the Enlightened was captured in a matching Artifact. Together the two were hidden away and peace, as well as balance was restored to the universe. But peace is a fragile thing. It is said that any human who comes in contact with the Artifacts will be cursed and the power of darkness will once again be awakened.

Enter the game’s heroine Ayumi. As the game begins a map which has been lost for countless years suddenly turns up and it shows the location of the artifacts. Unaware of the curse, the adventurer Ayumi searches for and finds the immensely valuable stones, releasing powerful forces in her body. Her goal and the player’s is to discover what the secret of the curse is, free herself from it and at last defeat the darkness.

Characters
Ayumi
Ayumi is a charismatic heroine and fearless treasure hunter. Now that the map with the Divine Artifacts has been found, she’s going on the most thrilling and dangerous adventure of her life. As always, she prefers to work alone - partners just get in the way. Jay
Jay is an adventurer like Ayumi. He rescues her from a deadly trap and attempts to support her in her fight against the Powers of Darkness. Jay is skillful in combat. He uses powerful explosions of light and his punches have to be seen to be believed. The Enlightened
A powerful being who guards the Artifact of Darkness, as a Master of Magic, he uses spells to hurl opponents to the ground and metes out massive damage, but avoids close combat. The only way to defeat him is to use black magic and/or fire magic. The Dark One
The Dark One is the guardian of the island - he conceals the Artifact of Light. Even the most powerful spells hardly affect him and only a strong blow with a blade can break through his defenses and affect him in any way.
Gameplay
X-Blades offers action-packed enjoyment in fantastic Hack-and-Slash style. Using various weapons, spells and tactics, the player must fight his/her way through many indoor and outdoor levels, killing hordes of monsters on the way. The story, exciting and rich in variety with numerous cutscenes not only motivates the player, it also cleverly interlinks the individual levels. Besides the ‘normal’ monsters, there are also “Monster Generators,” which ceaselessly create new creatures (and of course powerful Boss opponents) for the game world. Hidden powerups and coins ensure that the player is rewarded for exploring a level. Some locations can only be reached by bold and daring leap/jump combinations.

Player achieve ultimate success in the game through use of the extensive character development system for the heroine Ayumi. For example, experience points earned, must be converted to Skills. Powerups, such as combat techniques, magic, weapon enhancement and teleportation are available as well and the right mix will lead to success. Apart from that, the use of skills on the “good or bad side” also affects the finale. Depending on player actions, two different game endings await the heroine Ayumi.

Key Game Features:

Gripping fantasy story with spectacular landscapes and characters.

Attractive anime-style heroine.

Special Alternate “Demonic Power” mode.

Innovative “Pistol Blades” for shooting projectiles and close-quarter fights.

Over 40 indoor and outdoor level environments.

Over 30 different types of enemies.

Over 20 different types of magic in different classes.

Strong Boss opponents in fantastic detail and designs.

Hidden powerups animate players to explore the levels.

Alternate endings depending upon the player’s behavior throughout the game.

Product Description
X-Blades offer action-packed enjoyment in fantastic Hack-and-Slash style. Using various weapons, spells and tactics, you must fight your way through many indoor and outdoor levels, killing hordes of monsters on the way. The story, exciting and rich in variety with numerous cut scenes not only motivates you, it also cleverly interlinks the individual levels. Besides the “normal” monsters, there are also “Monster Generators”, which ceaselessly create new creatures (and of course powerful Boss opponents) for the game world. Hidden Power-ups and coins ensure that you are rewarded for exploring a level. Some locations can only be reached by bold and daring leap/jump combinations. You will only achieve success in the game if you make use of the extensive system for the further development of the heroine Ayumi - Experience Points earned, for example, must be converted to Skills. There are various Power-ups available to help you as well, like combat techniques, magic, weapon enhancement and teleportation and the right mix will lead to success. Apart from that, the use of skills on the “good or bad side” also affects the finale. Depending on your actions, two different game endings await the heroine Ayumi.

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Fun but Long!,

By Corey A. Lawrence (California) - See all my reviews

  

Fun:

When I got this yesterday (10 FEB 09), I thought to myself on how the fact that there is a scantily clad woman with big swords going around slashing would be fun.

Okay… Firsts things first. They cell color shaded the entire cut scenes of the game. I thought at first it was really cool… but then we actually get into the game. The game at first is simple, and all around just clunky. The first scene kind of skipped here are there, but I think that might be my Xbox (I hope not). So when I began playing this game it is just that a hack n’ slash genre. However, it is aggrevating that the character jumps sooo slowly. She glides in the air. Then I remembered the game Devil May Cry. What I didn’t know is that she actually had guns for use.

Jeeze, the controls should have been really thought out. The controls seem clunky and clumsy. The forward flip which is a quick flip where you hold forward down and press A at the same time is rediculously difficult to master and has no leway in non-timing experts.

Now the levels, some of the levels are just filled with just too much light or lens flare. I think the creators pushed too much into the scenary when you don’t look at it.

Mini-boss… prepare for every mini boss to be a very long and arduous task just take them down. “Unaffected by magic, swords, and your guns.” Wait how do you kill him? Kill his minions why he is totally unphased by your attacks…

I find myself using global spells as MASS destruction spells just to keep them off my back. The repetition occurred the second level of the game. “Shoot, shoot, shoot, slash, slash, slash, magic, magic, magic etc.”

Okay bottom line the game is fun if you don’t care about repitition, laughable voice acting by the only male character in the game, somewhat clumsy controls, and frustrating jumping physics.

The experience point system isn’t anything new at all. You gain experience points for killing things, and you spend the experience points to buy spells.

But, the only unique thing I found was that you can use the “Souls” (experience points) to heal yourself over and over and over again. Just be forewarned it gets expensive.

Story line is half decent though a personal friend of mine stated that the “story line” is “good.” I didn’t want to break it to him that the story line was entirely cliche.

Okay lemme break it down.

Pros:
Half Decent Story Line
Beautiful Scenery
Well done in game graphics (looks almost flawless)
Very little clipping
Just all around fun Hack n’ Slash Genre
Purchasing of health with Experience Points

Cons:
Half Decent Story Line
Too much glare in some levels
Clumsy Controls
Poor Jumping Physics
Poor use of controls
Cell Shading Cut Scenes (not-so-good)
Laughable male character voice acting.
Purchasing of health with Experience points.

All-in-all, this game is fun if you like to just go through the game and hack and slash. Simple game mechanics and enjoyable cut-scenes.

Plus the best part about this game is about a hot chick with swords and guns with practically nothing on goes around killing things. What do you expect from a game like this?
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