X-Blades
In X-Blades, the player takes on the role of the enchanting heroine Ayumi, who survives a breathtaking dance of blades through the Hordes of Darkness. The long-haired beautiful anime, with her pistol blades…
X-Blades is an adventure developed by Gaijin Entertainment, released 1 November 2007 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.29 at IndieGala. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What X-Blades is
X-Blades is an adventure game developed by Gaijin Entertainment and released in 2007. It was published by SouthPeak Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Dagor Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
X-Blades is a fast-paced hack and slash adventure starring Ayumi, a spirited young treasure hunter who fights with a pair of gun-blades. Its tale is rooted in an ancient myth: long ago the universe was ruled by two divine brothers, the benevolent Enlightened and the malevolent Dark One, whose eternal rivalry brought endless suffering to mortals. Through a cunning trick, the Enlightened at last sealed the Dark One's power inside an Artifact, sacrificing his own divinity in the process, and hid two immensely powerful stones deep within a great temple. Yet those artifacts hold absolute power, both good and evil, and any mortal who touches them risks a terrible curse. The story begins when a…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
X-Blades holds a critic score of 47 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 17 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.29, that works out to about $0.16 per hour of the main story, or $0.13 per hour if you finish everything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.29 at IndieGala, 87% below its usual price.
What it launched against
X-Blades launched on 1 November 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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