Unchained Blades

Unchained Blades, released on PSP and 3DS, is a joint venture of Japanese industry veterans - Toshio Akashi (creators of the Lunar series) and Takashi Hino (known from the Grandia series), who, with the support of several well-known cartoonists (including Pako, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Shinichiro Otsuka, Kazushi Hagiwara) and development studio teams of FuRyu corporation decided to prepare a classic cRPG dungeon-crawler production.

Plot

The action of the game is set in a magical world, inhabited by various types of monsters. Emperor Fang, the main character who lost his dragon powers, embarks on a dangerous crusade to take revenge on the insidious goddess Clunea and regain his former form. He is accompanied by other characters, such as the cowardly golem prince or a medusa girl, who also want to settle the score with the deity.

Mechanics

In the course of the game, players control the actions of a team of up to 4 heroes (selected from 13 playable characters). The action is observed from the perspective of the first person (FPP), and as befits a real dungeon-crawler, the fight takes place in a turn-based system.

The creators made sure that the fights were not limited to the mutual exchange of attacks, but contained a large dose of strategy. The solution called "unchain system" allows, with a bit of luck, to save the opponent's life and join the group as support or cover. Interestingly, each team member can have 4 beasts, which provides a large number of combinations.

Technical aspects

Unchained Blades is characterized by a two-dimensional visual setting, maintained in the style of anime. Between traveling through successive underground locations, the player can follow the plot by watching cut-scenes in the form of classic animations.

Last updated on 24 April 2012