- The first hi-res 2D fighter from the creators of the Guilty Gear series!
- Over 10 unique combatants
- Choose a character that represents your own fighting style, like the lightning-fast Taokaka or the wickedly powerful Tager
- Use the unique “Drive Attacks” specific to each character to decimate your opponent
- Modes of Play – Arcade, Vs, Mission, Survival, Practice, and a completely fleshed-out Story Mode that tells the tales of each character
Product Description
HIGH-RESOLUTION 2D FIGHTING BRILLIANCE In the 13th hierarchical city, Kagutsuchi, the Librarium regulates the amazing power of “Armagus”, a fusion of magic and technology. Currently they are aft er a wanted criminal named Ragna The Bloodedge, also known as “Death”, who wants to destroy the Librarium. Due to Ragna possessing a powerful form of Armagus known as the Azure Grimoire, people far and wide are after not only his bounty, but his grimoire as well. This is … More >>
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Limited Edition
This game has amazing sprites and backgrounds. Characters are blanced and the action is intense and fast. Its different from Guilty Gear as a whole, but after some practice aspects of the game make it feel guilty gearish. The spirits of Sol and Ky and others really do do live on this new franchise. This game is newb friendly, but unfolds as you learn the tricks of the trade and develops into a complex fighter. This is a must own!!! Its a shame because this game will not be recognized by many gamers. I say try it out and support ARKS…if you own the PS3 version i’ll be there
I main Ragna and Rachael
Rating: 5 / 5
First let me give praise to what the developers have done here. This game offers some of the most impressive deep gameplay that you can find in a 2d fighter. The game, even though a spin-off of the Guilty Gear series may as well be a GG game. It keeps a similar art style, over the top characters, and general gameplay as its GG counterpart. With that being said I am also going to say that this game isn’t for every 2d fighter fan. The extensive possibilities in the gameplay can be a turn off for some and at the same time a thank you to other players. Let me explain.
When you play through arcade mode you may find yourself winning, but once you go online and run across veteran players they will show you how you know absolutely nothing about this game and have a lot of learning to do. This is no button masher. This game requires precise planning, when it comes to combos, strategy, how to atack your opponent, when to attack your opponent, etc. On top of that this game is so fast at times that you don’t have much time to think at all. Now these things can either be good news to you or bad news.
For those who are GG veterans, they will probably have a much easier time learning how to play than others. For those who are coming from let’s say Street Fighter, they will find themselves in very unfamiliar territory. This is game is not your normal 2d fighter. The combos take a while to learn and master and you aren’t going to get any where online unless you learn them. For those who appreciate all of these things I mentioned, you should go out and get this game; for those who are put off by the steep learning curve, well you decide.
I give the game 4 stars because I feel it deserves it. Perfect games deserve perfect ratings and this game falls short of that because it caters to the hard-core. It is not newbie friendly. The bonus tutorial disc is well appreciated, but I can’t imagine how lost customers who buy the regular version in the future will be. For those who do buy the limited version, make sure you write down all the combos the tutorial disc gives you. You are gonna need them.
Rating: 4 / 5
Get ready for the most technical, combo heavy fighting game in existence. But instead of playing online and wanting to throw your fist through your HD tv when you lose a match, this game will make you stare in awe at how awesome it is. No matter how many times I lost, I never got upset, and kept trying harder and harder to get better with my main character. Now on to the review.
Graphics – 10/10 – The best looking 2D fighter to ever grace the market, period. Everything is smooth and well rendered, and even the backgrounds and simple animations don’t disappoint. You have to see this game in action at the highest resolution, period.
Sound – 10/10 – Both the English and Japanese dub are amazing, and the little quips that happen mid-fight between two of the story characters is also a nice little touch in immersion. Every sound in this game is amazing, and the soundtrack does not disappoint. If you’ve played any of the Guilty Gear series, then you know exactly what to expect with this game.
Control – 10/10 – Blisters. In a good way. I haven’t enjoyed playing a game so much since SFA3, and the blisters were a welcome badge of honor. The controls for every character are smooth and responsive and really help to make you never feel cheated when inputing a chain, or combo.
Overrall – 10/10 – If you’re a fighter fan, anime fan, or just love art, buy this game….now. Don’t wait, don’t think on it. Go down to Gamestop right now and pick this up, immediately, you will not be disappointed.
Rating: 5 / 5
There are those who said that the automobile would make trains and horses obsolete. There are also people who said that 3D made 2D games obsolete.
Both groups were wrong, and in this game we have a prime example of just how wrong they are. Fighting games could be said to have both come a long way since street fighter 2, and not changed at all. The truth is that while the fundimentals have not changed, the level of refinement has risen to an art form. Guilty Gear proved the market (and has become the benchmark) for extremly deep 2D fighting games, but it has become so deep and involved that new players drown in the same depth that makes the series so good.
BlazBlue is by the same design team as Guilty Gear, and they took serius time and effort to bridge that gap between the vetrans and the new players. placing the non standard abilitys of charicters on a single button rather then complex imputs makes it easyer to learn and pull off truely impressive things. The use of one touch special moves (a limited selection that on most charicters are moves you will be using a lot) mapped to the right analog stick opens most of each charicters playbook to everyone. Of course, having a million tools does no good if you dont know how and when to use them, so a vetran still holds the edge, but the gap is not the unbridgable abyss that it was in Guilty Gear’s more modern decendents. on top of this is the impressively done story that requires you to play though each charicter and the final ending to really understand, and is compelling enough to warrent the time and effort involved.
Visually, I hope you have a large high definition TV or monitor to play this on, because the artwork and animations are hand drawn frame by frame poetry. The backrounds are filled with life and small details, and even the simple still images used to fill most of the story mode events are clearly the work of skilled artists. The few peices of animated cutscenes are drawn in a style consistant with the game itself, and their sparing use was a wise move, because the ones that do occour hold that much more impact.
Guilty Gear is known for its music, most of it done by the same artist, and all of it top quality material. I bought the limited edition, which came with the soundtrack, saving me from having to buy that seprately (the music is that good.)
Rating: 5 / 5
I must admit I am not a big fighting game fan so I have still to appreciate the depth of this game although even I can tell how the counters and cancels will be helpful once I get used to thinking and pressing faster. I usually buy only one fighting game for whatever console(s)I own (to play with friends) and usually do not buy them at full retail price but when I saw this game in action and saw the limited edition I had to get it and I am not disappointed. Even for a fighting amateur like me it is fun although I am not going to win the latter matches before some more practice. The only thing is I wished the cutscenes were fully animated, I get the way they are done but with such a gorgeous animation for everything it seems like lost potential bliss. Just get this game, the designs, sound, additional content and animation are all on par of the great gameplay
Rating: 5 / 5