Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena

Buy82%

Very Positive · 255 player reviews · Low confidence

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

Steam Deck Unrated

Studio Saizensen · Action · Jul 28, 2016

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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Achievements
Not fetched yet

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Languages
2
Full audio0 of 2
Subtitles2 of 2

Should I buy Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 255 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 96 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise20% are divided30% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
24 of 96 sampled reviews raised it
Sure, the combat is very fast and there's a lot of mechanics (like assists and cancels) available to do long and intricate combos with, but there's no air dashing, most of the combat is grounded and even the simplest of attacks can wipe a HUGE chunk of the opponent's health bar in mere seconds.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
13 of 96 sampled reviews raised it
I really liked the art style and usually like to support fighting games in general.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
9 of 96 sampled reviews raised it
Now, the full voice acting part is true and is incredibly well-done.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
8 of 96 sampled reviews raised it
If you are looking for a simple fighting game with great art/character design.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
7 of 96 sampled reviews raised it
But technically there is some good fun to be had here with a very a classical combat system.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay24 reviews
Graphics13 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Characters8 reviews
Combat7 reviews
Divided opinion
Co-op
83% still recommend
Multiplayer
60% still recommend
Players complain
Story
68% still recommend
Difficulty
83% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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