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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: CHOW CHOW on April 11, 2009, 03:27:46 PM

Title: x-blades
Post by: CHOW CHOW on April 11, 2009, 03:27:46 PM: anyone play this? the review i read said the combat system is surprisingly good...that alone is reason enough to give it a shot if you like 3rd person action games. i don't think there's a demo, at least not on ps3. i also haven't seen it at my blockbuster because it's probably too small of a game...
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: bork on April 11, 2009, 03:29:33 PM: The videos looked awful and even the typical GameFAQqer responses weren't so hot when it came out. Basically described it as a bad DMC clone with its selling point being the western-animu chick. Better to wait for Bayonetta, me thinks.

EDIT: Hmm, people seem more favorable about it now. Basically sounds like a 7/10 game that's ultra-repetitive and gets a bit better the more you play it. Definitely sounds like the kind of game to rent or wait for bomba price drop on.
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 11, 2009, 03:36:16 PM: only dave halverson liked it. that should tell you something right there.
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: CHOW CHOW on April 11, 2009, 03:41:25 PM: Quote from: the lyte edge on April 11, 2009, 03:29:33 PM
The videos looked awful and even the typical GameFAQqer responses weren't so hot when it came out. Basically described it as a bad DMC clone with its selling point being the western-animu chick. Better to wait for Bayonetta, me thinks.

EDIT: Hmm, people seem more favorable about it now. Basically sounds like a 7/10 game that's ultra-repetitive and gets a bit better the more you play it. Definitely sounds like the kind of game to rent or wait for bomba price drop on.

that's pretty much what i remember reading about it (your edit) + fun combat system...it sounds like a solid rental, but BB doesn't have it. prices on ebay range from $30-35 for a used copy...not too bad
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: bork on April 11, 2009, 03:44:21 PM: I see the price has dropped to $45 new ($50 USED, lol) at Gamestop.

Prole's comment has me scared to want to check it out though. I bet the game's better than Golden Axe Beast Rider though.

If you can tolerate the reviewer's voice, this seems like a pretty honest take on it.
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Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: bork on April 11, 2009, 03:47:27 PM: :rofl

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Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: bork on April 11, 2009, 03:53:00 PM: Two more
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So it's definitely a 6-7/10 game. I like the arcade hack n' slash genre, but I'm afraid to try this after Golden Axe. Plus the description of "Paris Hilton: Treasure Hunter" for the main character pops up in more than one description of the game.

...Or is it?
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Descructoid really makes it sound not worth it.
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: Smooth Groove on April 11, 2009, 04:01:03 PM: Judging from the demo, X-blades is pretty terrible.

It's like one of those early Xbox 1 games with gaudy anime art because they were designed to look like Japanese games yet they weren't actually made by Japanese devs.
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: bork on April 11, 2009, 04:05:54 PM: What's the demo on, PC?

I think the last line (cut scene from the game) from the GT review seems to sum it up best- "GO AWAY, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE." :lol

Normally I'd go waste cash trying this, but Golden Axe pretty much scarred me for life.
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: Smooth Groove on April 11, 2009, 04:11:01 PM: Yeah, PC.
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 11, 2009, 04:15:17 PM: All three versions have an average of about 50% at GameRankings.

And I played a little bit of it at my friends house and it was really bad.
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: Smooth Groove on April 11, 2009, 04:17:40 PM: What's up with crap like X-blades and Rise of the Argonauts? They seriously look worse than God of War.
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: bork on April 11, 2009, 04:27:38 PM: X-Blades was apparently developed in MOTHER RUSSIA by people who made some animu-Paris Hilton and then decided to try and craft a game around it.

HOT GIANT BOMB X-BLADES GLAMOUR SHOOT
(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/27/882952-img_0348_super.jpg)
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: demi on April 11, 2009, 04:28:19 PM: :drool Ryan
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: bork on April 11, 2009, 04:29:26 PM: Is Ryan the guy on the left? Cuz "Demi" was the first thing I thought of when I saw that pic. :lol
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: demi on April 11, 2009, 04:30:23 PM: He is so hot
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: CHOW CHOW on April 11, 2009, 04:43:17 PM: i'm prepared to take one for the team and give this game a shot...
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: bork on April 11, 2009, 05:11:49 PM: If you got a capable PC, try the demo, or at least wait for a bigger price drop!
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: Don Flamenco on April 11, 2009, 08:22:49 PM: who said the combat was good? Was it Play by any chance?
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: Trent Dole on April 11, 2009, 08:46:44 PM: Sharkey over at 1up hated this game, one of my coworkers declared it to be terrible with a shit camera that tends to go under the floor when you're locked onto enemies.
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I kind of want to try it anyway. :shh
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Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: ToxicAdam on April 12, 2009, 02:48:03 AM: I just finished the demo. The combat is way too loose to actually feel like you are in control, but it's kind of a fun hack-n-slash.

Also, my PC has a single core Pentium and a x700 Radeon (4 years old) PCI-E graphics card. Had no problems running it on medium settings.
Title: Re: x-blades
Post by: bork on April 12, 2009, 05:01:40 AM: Quote from: Trent Dole on April 11, 2009, 08:46:44 PM
Sharkey over at 1up hated this game, one of my coworkers declared it to be terrible with a shit camera that tends to go under the floor when you're locked onto enemies.
spoiler (click to show/hide)
I kind of want to try it anyway. :shh
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A good point that someone brought up there is that lot of the stuff he trashed the game for is the same in Oneechanbara, yet he gave that a B.

I dig hack n' slashers and beat-em-ups, so I'd like to try this one day, but not for $45. It seems like a good garbage game for $10-$20 max.