Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena

Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena

Steam Deck · unrated

Studio Saizensen · Action · Jul 28, 2016

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $7.49.

82%
Very Positive
253 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 253 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 95 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise44% are divided11% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
-Graphics are OK, characters look a little bit jaggy with 1080p.
16 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is actually really fun, but the high amount of missing content compared to console versions, the locked resolution and the dead online modes will prove to be dealbreakers.
15 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
That only leaves us the story mode, which is advertised like this on the game's store pages: "Explore the characters stories in an RPG style with full voice acting in Story Mode!".
10 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Review was done by a casual fighting game player that uses a Xbox 360 controller to play.
3 of 95 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Graphics16 reviews
Gameplay15 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Controls3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters50 reviews
72%
Combat7 reviews
57%
Multiplayer6 reviews
50%
Servers and matchmaking3 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty10 reviews
80%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $7.49 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $7.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
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Average playtime
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