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There is a great deal of visual flair to be had here, and while the portraits look great in the story mode cutscenes, the real star of the show is how buttery smooth the combat and stages look. Exceed Accels are a goofy way of saying ‘Super Move’ that ends your Overdrive state, but in often spectacular fashion. Active Flow rewards aggressive gameplay and makes matches more exciting than they might otherwise be as players who turtle excessively will find themselves at a disadvantage. Small quality of life improvements such as counters to let you know how long an Overdrive has left.
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Now, speaking of the combat, let’s just say that BlazBlue: Central Fiction is the best, most polished release in the series to date. If you are a fan of the game and its fast and fluid combat, there are a lot of reasons to keep coming back to it thanks to all of this content. You have a lot of the usual suspects for modes, with the aforementioned story mode, but also arcade, speed, alliance and more. With seven new characters (one is unlocked, two are DLC – I have to say I am not a fan of the large number of day 1 DLC items) that push the roster count to an impressive thirty-five, these new combatants offer some great visual and combat variety to the mix. In terms of options and content, BlazBlue: Central Fiction is almost daunting at first glance. Especially since English narration has been around since the first game, so why cut it on the series’ final sendoff? While not a deal killer for me by any stretch of the imagination, I did find this to be a complete letdown as I would much rather listen to a metric ton of dialog than read it, especially when my eyes would rather be taking in the graphics instead.
The one overwhelming disappointment from my perspective is the lack of English voice acting, which is a curious omission for a game that obviously put a lot of effort into its story. Everything looks slick, with stylish anime visuals and a great soundtrack. If you need to bone up on the narrative, there is an excellent primer you can watch before delving into the proper story mode, and running at about half an hour, it is actually a lot of fun for returning fans while incredibly informational to newcomers. It is almost like a mix of visual novel and fighting game, and I am absolutely alright with that. The story mode here is the highlight of the game, with tons of excellent art, lots of interesting character interactions and more. The story of BlazBlue is a pretty convoluted one, I am not going to kid you.
Given the many years I have been on that journey with the characters in this universe (both in the fighting games and the visual novels), BlazBlue: Central Fiction is a bittersweet sendoff for the series, because I will miss it if indeed things come to a close with this release, but Central Fiction does so many things right and it is a joy to play. Most popular among these are the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue titles, the latter of which I have been a huge fan of since near the beginning. If this is indeed the final chapter in the series, it is going out on an incredibly high note.Īrc System Works has been branching out into developing games in quite a few different genres, but at the end of the day the talented development team is best known for their flashy anime-styled 2D fighting games.
The complex combat systems are back, rewarding players willing to put the time into mastering the game’s mechanics. BlazBlue: Central Fiction is an excellent addition to the long-running 2D fighting franchise.