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Combining a 2D fighting game with a visual novel, the BlazBlue series continues on with massive fan support! The latest installation, BlazBlue: Centralfiction, serves as the ending to the Azure Saga, revealing the hidden truth of the world!
BlazBlue Centralfiction is a fighting, anime and 2d fighter game
developed by Arc System Works
and published by H2 Interactive Co. and Ltd..
Released on April 25th 2017 is available only on Windows
in 5 languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 11,027 reviews of which 10,363 were positive and 664 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 36.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 5.11€ on G2A.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1
- Processor: Intel Core i5 / i7
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8800 GT or better / AMD Radeon HD3700 / nVidia GeForce GT 650 (Windows 8.1)
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 18 GB available space
- Sound Card: Direct Sound
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BlazBlue: Centralfiction is a love letter to high-speed, high-expression 2D fighting games. It’s unapologetically “anime fighter” in the best way: explosive movement, bold character identities, and a pace that makes every decision feel urgent. If you enjoy games where creativity matters as much as execution, Centralfiction has an energy that still feels uniquely alive. The roster is the main event. Characters aren’t just cosmetic variations—they are fundamentally different systems with their own rhythms, resources, and win conditions. That variety makes the game endlessly interesting, because learning a matchup often means learning a whole new logic. It also means you can spend a long time finding “your” character, and once you do, the game rewards loyalty with depth rather than repetition. Mechanically, Centralfiction is both intimidating and incredibly rewarding. The combo routes can look absurdly long, but the real skill is less about memorizing a single string and more about improvising based on spacing, starters, resources, and opponent habits. Neutral has a sharp, volatile feel, and momentum shifts quickly—one smart anti-air or well-timed reversal can flip an entire round. It’s a game where confidence and discipline have to coexist. The training and learning tools are strong enough to support that complexity. You can lab situations, refine pressure, and test responses in a way that makes improvement feel measurable. The challenge is that the game expects you to meet it halfway: it won’t gently teach you the “why” behind everything, and some systems only click once you’ve put in real practice. But if you enjoy that process, it’s deeply satisfying. Single-player content is more substantial than many fighters, especially if you like story-heavy presentation. The narrative is dense and melodramatic in a very BlazBlue way—packed with jargon, twists, and long scenes—so it won’t be for everyone. Still, there’s a lot to do beyond pure competitive matches, and the game gives you reasons to keep pressing buttons even when you’re not in a lobby. Presentation is stylish and confident. The sprite work is expressive, the effects are punchy without becoming unreadable, and the soundtrack is the kind of dramatic, driving music that makes even casual rounds feel like a final boss fight. It’s also a game with real personality—every character feels like they belong to a different genre, yet the whole thing holds together. The main caveat is what you’d expect from an older, niche-leaning fighter: the online experience and matchmaking can be uneven depending on your region and when you play, and the skill gap can feel steep if you jump in cold. That said, if you have even one friend to learn with—or you enjoy the “lose, learn, lab, repeat” loop—Centralfiction is one of the richest 2D fighters you can buy. It’s demanding, flashy, and deeply rewarding, and it absolutely earns its reputation among genre fans.
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I know you saw this game is on sale for a huge discount right now, and you decided to scroll to the reviews to see if you should buy it. I'm telling you this is your sign to buy the damn game. It's the price of a cup of coffee. What do you have to lose?
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ban carl ban izanami ban susanoo screw it ban the whole roster execpt naoto hes f tier and horrible and since i play him it means im the best bbcf player in the world for playing such a bad character in a game full of broken ones
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I regret to inform you all that annoying people on twitter are 100% correct this is one of the best fighting games ever made
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It's an older fighting game entry than Strive, to be sure, and I certainly wasn't here for this era of fighting games, but I've come to appreciate this more than the more modern titles. If I had to say the primary reason for recommending it, I'd just say that it does everything right. That might sound like a cop-out, but really, I mean it. There's not one thing that particularly drew me in (Strive has its visuals and character designs, personally), but it's just a really solid fighter. It's not being updated anymore, with the exception of rollback netcode being added, and that keeps the community stable, small as it is. It also means that if you pick up a character, you know what you're getting into, the low tiers aren't going to get buffs, and the high tiers are staying that way. There's some comfort in that consistency. But now about the actual game. You've got a roster of varying design quality (chances are, you might only like how 20% of the characters actually look, but I digress) which all play in unique ways. Primarily, this is thanks to the Drive button. Every single character has their own gimmick that they engage with through this button and through their supers and Overdrive (more on that later), which is always integral to their playstyle. Iron Tager is a grappler who can use his Drive buttons to magnetise you, and make a number of his other moves drag the opponent in to be MASSIVELY more threatening. Rachel Alucard can push both herself, her projectiles and the opponent via wind that does not need her to actually perform a move to do (you can simply press the button, and a direction), allowing for her to do jumping attacks and land incredibly quickly, or mix up where her projectiles land, etc. There's much more to this, but I suggest looking at the dedicated wiki for it, called the Dustloop. Overdrive puts these gimmicks into its namesake. Again, per character, but it usually is a numbers increase or allows them to access this gimmick much easier. Going into Overdrive is invulnerable, and can be connected gaplessly into another invulnerable attack as a reversal, but you can also use it offensively by cancelling into it from an attack. You can get BIG damage off of this. But it's also tied to your burst. The only way you have to get out of a combo early. That is an offensive install with your best mechanics tied to the second chance of the game. It's a really nice balance and flow that I appreciate. Defensively, you have a mechanic similar to Guilty Gear's Faultless Defense (pushback, no chip damage), but it's its own meter, rather than detracting from your main super meter. It's required to block some things and also required to get out of certain blockstrings. When you're down, you can get up in a number of different ways to try and avoid dealing with oki on wakeup. Delaying your wakeup can be valuable too, but your opponent has free reign to just continue a combo if you refuse to get up or tech. Your opponent can grab you mid-combo as a desperate attempt to catch you off guard, but this massively increases the window they have to react (in exchange for dealing unscaled damage). It's just a number of mechanics that, coming from Strive and dealing with offence that, while it's not as suffocating as much of the things found here, take less effort and that the defensive player has fewer options to deal with, I have to appreciate everything that this game offers. With rollback netcode, the only thing stopping you from playing it is perhaps a lack of players, though this one is better than a number of others that suffer the same issue.
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BlazBlue Centralfiction is currently priced at 36.99€ on Steam.
BlazBlue Centralfiction is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 36.99€ on Steam.
BlazBlue Centralfiction received 10,363 positive votes out of a total of 11,027 achieving an impressive rating of 9.13.
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BlazBlue Centralfiction was developed by Arc System Works and published by H2 Interactive Co. and Ltd..
BlazBlue Centralfiction is playable and fully supported on Windows.
BlazBlue Centralfiction is not playable on MacOS.
BlazBlue Centralfiction is not playable on Linux.
BlazBlue Centralfiction offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
BlazBlue Centralfiction offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There is a DLC available for BlazBlue Centralfiction. Explore additional content available for BlazBlue Centralfiction on Steam.
BlazBlue Centralfiction does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
BlazBlue Centralfiction supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
BlazBlue Centralfiction 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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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
213
Developer
Arc System Works
Publisher
H2 Interactive Co., Ltd.
Release
25 Apr 2017
Platforms
Remote Play
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