Blades of Time
Ayumi, the gorgeous gun and sword-wielding treasure hunter, sets out on a journey to an ancient island in search of new adventures. While rich in bounty, the island is also filled with the magic of Chaos…
Blades of Time is an adventure developed by Gaijin Entertainment, released 6 March 2012 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mac. The main story takes about 6.5 hrs to finish.
What Blades of Time is
Blades of Time is an adventure game developed by Gaijin Entertainment and released in 2012. It was published by Konami. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ayumi, the gorgeous gun and sword-wielding treasure hunter, sets out on a journey to an ancient island in search of new adventures. While rich in bounty, the island is also filled with the magic of Chaos, being at the same time home to blood thirsty monsters. With a host of colorful characters, eye-popping visual appeal, tons of treasure and a huge variety of combat skills to master, Blades of Time will bring just as much fun and satisfaction both to gamers that are new to the action adventure genre and to experienced players.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 35 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Blades of Time holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 2.6GHz or AMD 3500+, 2 GB RAM and Ati Radeon x1300 256 MB or nVidia GeForce 7300 GS. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Blades of Time launched on 6 March 2012, within three weeks of Mass Effect 3, Journey, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward and Kid Icarus: Uprising. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Mass Effect 3, Journey, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
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