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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic is a anime, beat 'em up and action game
developed by MAGES. Inc.
and published by Rocket Panda Games.
Released on January 23rd 2015 is available only on Windows
in 7 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 2,987 reviews of which 2,486 were positive and 501 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Microsoft Windows Vista or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz or better
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia Geforce 210 or better
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectSound compatible
- Additional Notes: XBox 360 compatible game controller strongly recommended
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I really like this game. A very fun Beat 'em up with multiple characters to choose from, and great ways to do combos. It's one of those games that I enjoyed so much, that I decided to level up every character to the Max. despite having no associated unlockables or achievements for it. Controls felt great, responsible, and the music is just awesome. The Stage 1 theme in particular kicks ass, especially the variants when you play as Kurisu and Frau (DLC characters). I can't say much about the voice acting because I muted it, leaving only Music and Sound Effects. It's a little short and the story is kinda eh, but the gameplay is where it's all at. There are a couple things I don't like, however. I don't like that this game locks level progression at Lv. 50, and sells a DLC to remove that unlock. The Kurisu DLC also expands the Level limit from 50 to 99. You are not able to upgrade everything on your character if you don't have this DLC. It's possible that the game was originally balanced so you need to mix your upgrades and stuff, but it still feels weird. I bought all the DLCs long time ago before actually playing this game, and well, it seems that is no longer on the Steam store, sadly. There's a remake coming out. I do hope at least it lives up to the original, though. I don't agree when companies just gets rid of the original experience when there's a remake or a collection in the way / available. Not sure if this game needed a remake too, it's fine as is! The game isn't very lengthy, though my lengthy play-time was because I levelled all characters to maximum and got every achievo. Still, despite some of its flaws (story being kinda eh), I still recommend it. Now, if only people could still buy it... Edit: Looks like the publishers decided to put the classic version back to the store, that's great news. I do prefer the classic version, and it's the one I have beaten it completely and the one I'm reviewing. I tried the demo version of Ultimate and thought something was off. Long live the O.G.! Edit 2: I gave the Ultimate version a try, and... don't bother with the Ultimate version, stick to the O.G.. If you want to know why I didn't like the Ultimate version, you can read my review here (I recommend reading the Ultimate review after you have read the original version review): https://steamcommunity.com/id/Zeugziumy/recommended/2067350/
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I'm very happy this version of the game got relisted. As much as I love the new remake, I just want to see the original version to be around to appreciate how it was before they improve it.
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Note: There is a Phantom-Breaker Battlegrounds Ultimate version remade on a new engine with more content. This was the OG version. Phantom Breaker battlegrounds brings up a lot of nostalgic memories. It belongs to the same era of beat em ups as Scott Pilgrim and Castle-Crashers. Aka,the formula was upgraded to include "leveling up",assigning growth points into stats,and buying new moves! Technically River City Ransom was the first to do that but it was a welcoming trend other devs were finally catching on as to why that particular title was so revered in the retro gaming community. Phantom Breaker Battle Grounds also borrowed a few tricks from Guardian-Heroes and Fatal Fury classic wherein you could jump between planes in the foreground and background adding much needed evasion options for when you found yourself being outnumbered. Story-wise Phantom is pretty much The Wish-master. In other words,an evil old geezer that will promise to manifest your deepest desire yet will also find a way to either twist it into something negative or trick you into fighting people you care about just to have it granted. He's not a pleasant fellow and this time he is responsible for mask-like parasites that emerge from big colorful eggs before latching onto reluctant human hosts,gradually turning Japan's populace into brain-dead minions and wacky monsters! (Seems as if someone at the office really liked Alien. I get it! Alien truly is one of the best sci-fi horror films of all time!) Beyond the bare-bones plot to serve as your motivation,every girl protagonist is refreshingly unique play-style wise and there are a couple more characters as DLC. (Kurisu from Stein's Gate being one of them!) Yeah, I don't like dlc price gouging either but at least MAGES kept it very affordable. You could buy "everything" bundled together without worrying about if you will have enough spare change afterwards for your rent,utilities,and groceries. Oh,and the game has a ridiculously catchy chiptune sounding soundtrack that is more "fire" than it has any right to be! (Made me reminisce to some of the better compositions in the Megaman series.) Is there a reason to get this version over the "ultimate" version? I cannot really say for certain. Some gamers are purists thus might prefer the classic iteration. Others will obviously want the extra content and further refinements Ultimate will provide. Regardless the case, if you got this as a gift from a friend and it is already in your backlog it is a great beat-em-up worthy of at least a few play-thrus! Had this been in my hometown's corner store arcade during the 90's I would have missed a lot more days of school! (Glad I dodged that particular bullet! Phew!)
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WTF I just found out they are doing are sequel / remake or something. Includes Makise Kurisu
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I bought it because it looks like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game which I only have on the Xbox 360. Game progress not saved after quitting, I don't like that, starting all over again is a pain. It's fun! But for a short time. It's repetitive and some characters are initially stronger than others.
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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic received 2,486 positive votes out of a total of 2,987 achieving a rating of 8.02.
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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic was developed by MAGES. Inc. and published by Rocket Panda Games.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic is not playable on MacOS.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic is not playable on Linux.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There are 5 DLCs available for Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic. Explore additional content available for Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic on Steam.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic supports Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic 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
1
Developer
MAGES. Inc.
Publisher
Rocket Panda Games
Release
23 Jan 2015
Platforms
Remote Play