BLADECHIMERA on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
BLADECHIMERA is a metroidvania, side scroller and exploration game
developed by Team Ladybug and WSS playground
and published by WSS playground and PLAYISM.
Released on January 15th 2025 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Korean.
It has received 954 reviews of which 846 were positive and 108 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or higher
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Open GL compliant video card
- Storage: 300 MB available space
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Great metroidvania for beginners, for a huge reason: the "teleport anywhere on the map" ability. Unlock that first, then you can conquer the game screen by screen, without backtracking, while exploring at your own pace. Combat is awesome, platforming is fine, aerial acrobatics are accessible, the story is interesting.... Even if you don't usually play metroidvanias, try this one.
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It's a "Drainus" Metroidvania. You should play Drainus, then play this. Or both. They're both awesome games. Recommend. As a bonus, this engine is pretty tight. You could play this game on a potato.
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This feels more like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night than most things. Soundtrack is bangin'. Absurdly good pixel art with impressively detailed sprite animations, especially the boss fights which are an absolute spectacle - the art might be the game's biggest selling point. The backgrounds are equally impressive and ridiculously detailed. I can't stress it enough, the game is beautiful to look at. 2D platforming controls and mechanics are what they should be - tight and responsive. There's a small learning curve in using Lux, your sword companion, effectively. But it feels rewarding, and the wall jumping that it lets you perform is malleable enough to go off the beaten path for some light sequence breaking, skipping some puzzles and setting up speedrun tech without making it too obvious or necessary. There is a slight issue with the direction that you roll when you cancel out of a melee attack - I hope this gets fixed. I was pretty shocked to find an interestingly crafted story, characters and lore that brought me in, which is something that games like this tend to gloss over. I generally prefer the visual storytelling of something like Super Metroid for 2D exploration games, but Blade Chimera manages its dialog and characters tastefully and it doesn't feel like it bogs down the game much (except not being able to teleport out of town). The map is fairly well designed. It's not very complex and is rather easy to keep track of with the minimap, markers, generally clearly delineated areas, and of course the striking visuals. I find myself constantly looking at the backgrounds spotting easter eggs and crazy details all over the place. This probably enhances the worldbuilding that's laid out with the lore and characters that I mentioned before - which probably heightened my expectations, leading to my only real criticism. The game isn't long enough. Don't get me wrong, the length alone here is fine for your average metroidvania. But it should be twice as long to do justice for everything that it sets up. Blade Chimera has interesting systems, decent lore and characters, amazingly detailed sprites and animations, and it just doesn't capitalize on it enough. The game's smooth as butter and is not lacking polish at all, but it still feels incomplete. I wish there was an inverted castle like in SotN, or a New Game+ with cranked up enemies and more items. It feels like the devs bit off more than they could chew, hastily wrapping everything up in the back third of the game. Still worth it for metroidvania fans, it oozes with that quality SotN aesthetic.
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A real palate-cleanser of a Metroidvania. If you love the genre but you're burnt out by the super-hard (but also amazing) ones like Hollow Knight and Nine Sols, you'll adore this much easier and stress-free one. Great convenience features too - you can warp from (almost) anywhere to (almost) anywhere, just by clicking on the map! I don't know why almost every other game makes us suffer to travel! So if you remember there's somewhere you needed to explore when you got a certain key or ability, click on the map and boom, you're there! <3
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Finished all bosses, incl. side quests and any other 'optional bosses in about 8.1 hours. I'll try to avoid any specific spoilers. If I'd have to give the game a grade I'd give it around a 7.9/10 I love Team Ladybug games for their gameplay, but I hate them for their amount (or lack thereof) of content, and the linearity. Blade Chimera is no exception. Gameplay: You get to shoot / slash / and 'magic' your way through the game. You'll unlock a skill tree which gives you some traversal options as well as new abilities. Although they can be fun to use, I felt like there's 1 that outshines the others so hard that there's no reason to ever get them. Weapon wise there's a steady progression although you will be able to find a few that will outshine the rest. Late-game this gets even worse as there are some clear 'winners' in the melee and ranged department. In terms of accessories there are two types. Ones that confer a 'special effect' on the character and ones that are a 'stat block' boost. The 'stat blocks' tend to be divided in attack/defend/recovery/exp gain. Here too, I felt that plain offense was a big winner as avoiding hits is the name of the game. The game itself plays like a regular metroidvania, but it is quite easy. Bosses do not pose much of a challenge, although there are 2 that stand above the rest, with 1 in particular having 2 fun mechanics. Otherwise, bosses don't tend to have a lot of moves. Small spoiler: There are a few sections where you control a different character One of these is fun, the other of these is boring Level design is fairly linear, there are some circular paths and some branches. New areas are usually just gated behind either an ability or a security gate. And there are quite a few 1-2 room areas hidden behind a wall or ability. That said, I definitely did not have the traditional 'MetroidVania' feeling of exploration and discovery while trying to map out the entire area, it does feel like quite a linear endeavour. Story & Characters: You're a demon hunter part of a demon hunting cult. The story is serviceable, although a bit predictable. The sidekicks have nice designs, but don't play a huge part in the story and so were pretty forgettable for me. The big bad was not that imposing. Graphics & Sound: Music and VFX are nice, and make the game feel like a very slick modern Metroidvania. Team Ladybug knows what they're doing and most of their games have this feeling of 'crisp' pixelart and sound and good responsiveness. Replayability: 0, once you're done, you're done. You can go for a 100% run but that's about it, like most of their games. All in all, I'd say it's definitely worth the €17,55 I paid for a short-medium length Metroidvania of great quality, with some minor flaws.
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BLADECHIMERA is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
BLADECHIMERA is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
BLADECHIMERA received 846 positive votes out of a total of 954 achieving a rating of 8.38.
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BLADECHIMERA was developed by Team Ladybug and WSS playground and published by WSS playground and PLAYISM.
BLADECHIMERA is playable and fully supported on Windows.
BLADECHIMERA is not playable on MacOS.
BLADECHIMERA is not playable on Linux.
BLADECHIMERA is a single-player game.
BLADECHIMERA does not currently offer any DLC.
BLADECHIMERA does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
BLADECHIMERA does not support Steam Remote Play.
BLADECHIMERA is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Online players
13
Developer
Team Ladybug,
WSS playground
Publisher
WSS playground,
PLAYISM
Release
15 Jan 2025
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