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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 and mind-blowing leaps, whirls and swirls from one fantastic level to the next.
X-Blades is a action, female protagonist and hack and slash game
developed by Gaijin Entertainment
and published by Topware Interactive.
Released on April 30th 2009 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 3,173 reviews of which 1,948 were positive and 1,225 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.0 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 5.11€ on Steam with a 60% discount, but you can find it for 0.62€ on Eneba.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP SP 2/ Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
- Processor: Intel/AMD Dual Core 1.5 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: with Shader 2.0 support and 128 MB RAM (Geforce FX 7+, ATI Radeon X2-series)
- DirectX:9.0c
- Hard Drive: 4 GB free hard disc space
- Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
- Misc: Keyboard, Mouse
MacOS
- OS: macOS Sierra
- Processor: Intel Mac 2.GHz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: with Shader 2.0 support and 128 MB RAM
- Hard Drive: 3 GB free hard disc space
- Sound: Sound card required
- Misc: Keyboard, Mouse
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or SteamOS
- Processor: Intel/AMD Dual Core 1.5 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: with Shader 2.0 support and 128 MB RAM
- Hard Drive: 3.1 GB free hard disc space
- Sound: Sound card required
- Misc: Keyboard, Mouse
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If nothing else, that's one hell of an outfit. This game is a straightforward hack-and-slash action game starring Ayumi, a treasure hunter armed with gun-blades and an arsenal of elemental magic. Its story is simple and occasionally confusing, but the real focus is combat. Gameplay revolves around arena-based battles. Each area is sealed until every enemy is defeated, after which Ayumi can move on or return to previous stages to collect items and souls, the game's currency. Combat is built around fast melee attacks, gunfire, and magic, with different elements proving effective against specific enemies. Ayumi can equip up to four spells at once, though frequently stopping to change them for enemy weaknesses can become tedious. To add some variety, the game includes collectible emblem pieces that improve Ayumi's melee, aerial, and gun abilities. Unfortunately, these additions do little to address the game's biggest problem: 'repetition' Enemies, environments, and encounters rarely evolve. Large portions of the game reuse the same areas with different lighting rather than introducing genuinely new locations. Enemy AI is similarly basic, with predictable attacks and occasional moments of outright stupidity. The controls don't help. Ayumi's movement can feel stiff and imprecise, making platforming sections frustrating, while some combat encounters can be reduced to repeatedly spinning the analog stick and mashing the attack button. Visually, X-Blades is equally inconsistent. The cel-shaded character design has some appeal, and certain environments are impressive at first glance, but the overall presentation is dated and technically uneven. Framerate problems become particularly noticeable during larger battles, especially on PS3. Despite its flaws, *X-Blades* has a certain charm. It feels like a throwback to a simpler style of action game, and its combination of melee combat, gunplay, and elemental magic occasionally produces enjoyable encounters. X-Blades is a mediocre but occasionally entertaining hack-and-slash game. Its combat has some enjoyable ideas, but repetitive environments, basic enemies, awkward controls, and dated presentation prevent it from reaching its potential. There is some charm here, particularly for fans of old-school action games, but the experience becomes increasingly difficult to sustain over the course of the adventure.
I mean do we really need to say anything? I mean the game was sold basically for the cover and for the protagonist alone, we know, I know, I bought it at the time for that reason too, but it's actually good? ....nah I mean there are worse game out there but it's not that great. The story of x-blades is about ayumi a treasure hunter that after finding a ancient map that reveals an old temple on an island goes there to seeking some treasures, only to find ancients gods fighting over the supremacy of light and darkness, she gets involved and now it's your turn to eliminate the darkness and get rid of the curse you have, the story is generic, not interesting and not even well done, with a lot of plot holes that to be honest they are never addressed. The gameplay is, how can I describe it? Ah sure gooner May cry 2, yup, it's an third person action game where you need to fight wave after wave of enemies to clear the room and proceed to the next area, here it's really that, no puzzles no platforming or other segments, it's just: wave of enemies, clear the area and get to the next room and repeat until end of the game. Sure not every area has the same enemies you have powers and different elements to use at your disposal to eliminate them easily and sometimes you really need to learn how to do damage to those enemies, or you know, read the bestiary, that expose everything for you giving you even the weakness of that new enemy you just see for the first time, why use design when you can just tell the player what to use, unbelievable and sure, the abilities are great because, if you only have the gunblades, the game will be more boring that it actually is, no combos or heavy attacks just one whole combo, of course being a gunblade you can shoot and I do like the design of the guns, (even if unpractical) it's really powerful, that's why I said it's similar to devil may cry 2 you can shoot almost everything with those and still clear most of the arenas, it's impressive how many enemies die for that, just like dmc 2, the abilities are useful but not really original or captivating there are just the same just with different elements attached to them, they are useful but man of they are boring. The graphics are really good the HD pack really do a lot of work in here,sure the lighting is to bright with some instances I can't see the protagonist for how bright she was, and yes the design of everything it's pretty good, sure ayumi has a late 2000 anime/ecchi design but the monster and the environment and even the music are really good. In the end it's kinda terrible but I did beat the game for myself, it was a game I wanted to play it for a long time even tho it was a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game I still wanted to experience this game for me and for myself that at the time didn't have a powerful pc to play it on. I would Recommend it? I mean it's not terrible just really really flawed that's all just get it really cheap.
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Frequently Asked Questions
X-Blades is currently priced at 5.11€ on Steam.
Yes, X-Blades is currently available at a 60% discount. You can purchase it for 5.11€ on Steam.
Yes, X-Blades received 1,948 positive votes out of a total of 3,173 achieving a rating of 6.04.
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X-Blades was developed by Gaijin Entertainment and published by Topware Interactive.
Yes, X-Blades is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, X-Blades is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, X-Blades is playable and fully supported on Linux.
No, X-Blades is not playable on Steam Deck.
No, X-Blades is not playable on Steam Machine.
No, X-Blades does not support VR.
X-Blades is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for X-Blades. Explore additional content available for X-Blades on Steam.
No, X-Blades does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, X-Blades does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, X-Blades 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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for X-Blades.
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Gaijin Entertainment
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Topware Interactive
Release
30 Apr 2009
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