[Update: It seems our cynicism got the best of us. Turns out that Bladestorm isn't the hundredth hack n' slash war game from KOEI. It's more akin to the Kingdom Under Fire series actually (which is now becoming a hack n' slash in a bizarre coincidence). While you do hack and slash your enemies, you have more direct control over your various troops. As punishment for our ignorance, we will subject ourselves to three days of Full House reruns.]
No, it's not the long awaited console port of BloodStorm, it's Bladestorm, another hack n' slash fest from KOEI. According to CVG, a demo for the game should hit Marketplace on Thursday. Taking a break from the seemingly endless conflicts of ancient China, Bladestorm centers around the Hundred Years War of Europe and stars a few historical celebrities like Jeanne D'Arc. Lest you are unfamiliar with KOEI's war games, you'd best prepare yourself to hit the X button a lot. Every once in a while you may be expected to hit the Y button as well. So, um, start practicing.
[Via Joystiq]
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10-02-2007 @ 11:05AM
Yuccadude said...
Our arrows will blot out the sun?
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10-02-2007 @ 11:13AM
xenocidic said...
...then we will fight in the shade!
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10-02-2007 @ 11:41AM
CanesTim said...
This is why I love the XBLM. I get to at least try out a game that I probably would never have even glanced at. There have been a few games now that I bought or rented just because I played the demo and liked it.
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10-02-2007 @ 11:49AM
xenocidic said...
@3 agreed. VP is a great example of that.
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10-03-2007 @ 5:58PM
Insp. Chin said...
Hi I can see you haven't played this game yet, this game isn't hack and slash so there's no button mashing and it's totally different from Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. Play it first before you wrote such an idiotic description lol!
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10-04-2007 @ 8:49AM
Helena said...
It's amazing how people judge something before they even get to play it. From the trailers, it doesn't even look like it's going to be like Dynasty Warriors or Samurai Warriors. I'm not even that much of a Koei fan, and I could tell even that much.
I'm not saying you have to like it. I'm not even sure if I'm going to like it ('coz I don't like to judge something before I have even tried it).But please try to rein in the insulting generalized sarcasm until you've actually played it. Then you can go right ahead and insult it if you want, because it would actually be an opinion, not an uninformed attempt at humor.
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10-05-2007 @ 10:32AM
Richard Mitchell said...
Oops. Fixed.
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