

Developed by Studio Saizensen, Blade Strangers is a hardcore old-school fighting game. The streamlined four-button control scheme makes it easy for beginners to deal out damage from day one…but the intricate combos, counters and specials give tournament-caliber players plenty of opportunities for frame counting, chain construction and hit-box science. A malevolent force known only as Lina is devouring data from a vast, interdimensional network of servers overseen by sentient computers called ”motes.” In desperation, the motes summon heroes from a variety of parallel game worlds to face off against each other in one-on-one combat. The tournament victor has the potential to be awakened as the Blade Stranger—the savior who can vanquish Lina and protect the motes from further harm!
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Plot-driven, grave, cool and nostalgic.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Studio Saizensen, Nicalis, Inc.
- Publisher
- Nicalis, Inc.
- Released
- August 27, 2018
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 6.6/10 from 5 ratings.
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