Playing One Piece Red World on PS3 and Bladed Fury on PC
Both are just OK, nothing new or innovative for either. I am disappointed in Bladed Fury having such linear and boring level design. It looks and feels like Mark Of The Ninja, but unlike Mark there are no options in the levels. In fact most of them have you running right, then running back through the same exact screens again to the left. No alternate paths, no creative ways to get past enemies, it is just very boring and utilitarian level design. If the combat were more interesting it could work, like Odin Sphere has linear left to right levels but the combat is complex enough it is interesting setting up each screen as an arena fight instead of a level screen. Bladed Fury just feels padded in that way. Otherwise the music and Chinese voice acting is actually great, they have some nice visual effects here and there like one scene you fight behind a paper curtain and see the shadows in battle. But ultimately it feels like a game made in Unity which I'm pretty sure it is, it just has that detatched feel as if the characters are placed on non3D assets. It is short and pretty, but don't expect anything innovative or engaging.
For $3.99 it's a great buy to waste an afternoon on though.
