XBlaze Code: Embryo

Xblaze Code: Embryo is a Japanese visual novel and the prequel to the fighting game series BlazBlue. The game is set 150 years before the events in BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. The player assumes the role of…

63 25 July 2013

Adventure Simulator Visual Novel Fantasy

XBlaze Code: Embryo is an adventure developed by Arc System Works, released 25 July 2013 on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What XBlaze Code: Embryo is

XBlaze Code: Embryo is an adventure game developed by Arc System Works and released in 2013. It was published by Aksys Games. It is available on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set 150 years before the events of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, XBlaze Code: Embryo is a visual novel that follows Touya Kagari, a high school student whose world is turned upside down when he is attacked by a seemingly otherworldly being and saved by a mysterious girl named Es. Delve deeper into the BlazBlue mythos and learn about events prior to Ragna the Bloodedge’s epic journey!

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 39 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the BlazBlue series

XBlaze Code: Embryo is the third of 11 entries we hold in the BlazBlue series. It arrived 4 years after BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. The next entry was XBlaze Lost: Memories in 2015. Its critic score of 63 is 12 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is BlazBlue: Entropy Effect X at 88.

See all 11 BlazBlue games in release order →

How it was received

XBlaze Code: Embryo holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 7 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2 Duo, 1 GB RAM and nVidia GeForce 7900 GT or better / AMD Radeon X1900 / nVidia GeForce GT 620 (Windows 8.1). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

XBlaze Code: Embryo launched on 25 July 2013, within three weeks of Dota 2, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please and Europa Universalis IV. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dota 2, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Europa Universalis IV.

Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

XBlaze Code: Embryo — frequently asked questions

When did XBlaze Code: Embryo come out?

XBlaze Code: Embryo was released on 25 July 2013 for PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for XBlaze Code: Embryo?

At minimum, XBlaze Code: Embryo needs Intel Core2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, nVidia GeForce 7900 GT or better / AMD Radeon X1900 / nVidia GeForce GT 620 (Windows 8.1) graphics, 7 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is XBlaze Code: Embryo?

The PC version needs about 7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("7 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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