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Via Gematsu:

BlazBlue: Entropy Effect will leave Early Access and launch for PC via Steam on January 31, 2024, developer 91Act announced.

The side-scrolling roguelite action, a licensed spin-off of the BlazBlue series by Arc System Works, first launched in Early Access on August 15, and has since been updated with two new playable characters. Its overall user reviews are “Very Positive,” and the most recent reviews are “Overwhelmingly Positive.”


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ABOUT THIS GAME​

Charismatic character designs with unique aesthetic styles and dramatic animations create a flamboyant, awesome combat experience.

Smooth controls, infinite possibilities of combos, and realistic combat feedback. This is the roguelite game with the best action experience yet!

Ten playable characters with vibrant personalities, unique combat styles, and immersive voice-acting.

There are hundreds of moves for you to build around, plus countless elemental effects and legacy skills passed between characters. The possibilities are infinite. Time to make the best fighter of your own!

In the future where the world has been plunged into chaos, people enter a cyberspace called ACE, seeking their last chance to resolve the crisis.
If you are the only person in this world who knows the truth, how will you react?
The ending is also the beginning. Your decision will decide humanity's future.

*BlazBlue Entropy Effect is a spin-off of the BlazBlue series, featuring a new original storyline and world setting that is separate from the main plot of the BlazBlue series.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

We extend our heartfelt thanks to all the players who have supported us throughout this journey, culminating in an incredible official release!

--Official Release Offer--
The official release of 'BlazBlue Entropy Effect' comes with a launch discount of 22%, now priced at $17.15!
The DLC 'BlazBlue Entropy Effect - Launch Exclusive Content' and 'BlazBlue Entropy Effect - Soundtrack' are available together for just $19.06, which is 21% off the bundled package!

 

[NightmareFarm]

Wish I could play it but i'm a console only.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

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Game Information

Game Title: BlazBlue Entropy Effect

Platforms:

• PC (Jan 31, 2024)

Trailer:

• BlazBlue Entropy Effect - v1.0 Launch Trailer
• BlazBlue Entropy Effect: Launch Trailer

Developer: 91Act

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 85 average - 100% recommended

Metacritic - 86 average

Critic Reviews


COGconnected - Nicola Kapron - 80 / 100

All in all, BlazBlue Entropy Effect is a fun experience with slick combat. I just wish it felt like the BlazBlue title meant something. Right now, it seems like an unrelated game got put under the BlazBlue umbrella for marketing purposes. Oh well, at least Taokaka is still fun to play.

Cerealkillerz - Steve Brieller - German - 8.3 / 10

All together in combination with the direct controls you get a lot of fun with a "one more run" spiral, what you would expect from a roguelike. Sadly the confusing story and less integration from the excellent Blazblue Cast brings the whole game down a bit. It is not the next Hades or Dead Cells but fans of the genre will still have a lot of fun with it.

Digital Chumps - Will Silberman - 9 / 10

You don’t need to be a BlazBlue diehard to appreciate BlazBlue Entropy Effect. Its roguelike gameplay features some of the most fun yet complex combinations of button mashing and attack chains. It is far more approachable than most roguelikes I’ve played recently thanks to how it presents complex information to players and gives them opportunities to test out mechanics without relying on trial and error.

GamesCreed - Rexifirus Nightshade - 4.7 / 5

BlazBlue Entropy Effect is a marvelous showcase of some of the best aspects of the Roguelike generation. It takes the core features and majorly expands on them by giving players a tenfold delivery of an addictive combat action experience, and even though the game is far from the normal BlazBlue experience, the new entry still pays respects to the cast of the BlazBlue franchise by retaining what makes them all so unique and beloved by BlazBlue fans.

God is a Geek - Mick Fraser - 8.5 / 10

Even if you're not a fan of the mainline franchise, BlazBlue: Entropy Effect will appeal if you like a good side-scrolling action game.

La Orden del Pixel - David Cedrés - Spanish - Yes

BlazBlue Entropy Effect expands the fighting game saga to the roguelite genre, with a very colorful artistic proposal, enriched by a varied gameplay full of possibilities. 91Act did a truly spectacular job, demonstrating that a saga can leave the margins to which we are accustomed and still be wonderful.

NoobFeed - Mehmet Atilla Turan - 85 / 100

BlazBlue Entropy Effect is quite a solid entry for the Roguelike genre. With a large number of characters to master, lots of skills to unlock, and properly generated runs every time, it plays like any other roguelike out there, but at least the quality you come across in this title is properly polished. I must remind you that the game is currently in Early Access, meaning the developers are still working on implementing new stuff and improving the game further, so you can expect it to become even more polished.

 

[CamHostage]

Huh, cool that they've done a BlazBlue spin-off.

Arc System Works did a few Guilty Gear spin-offs and bonus-inside games (the side-scrolling beat-em-up Guilty Gear: Judgement bonus game for the PSP release of GG XX, GG Boost Mode in Guilty Gear Isuka, the kind-of Smash-type Guilty Gear Dust Strikers, the weird DSi Furo Jump Guilty Gear Gaiden, the divergent 3D brawler Guilty Gear 2 Overture.) BlazBlue has a small handful of small spinoffs too (Battle x Battle and Clonephantasma are probably the most notable,) but Entropy Effect is a pretty significant addition.

 

[Ogbert]

This game absolutely slaps. Buy it.

Runs perfectly on the deck.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

It's also selling well on Steam!



I'm going to edit one of my previous posts to add more reviews.

 

[Puscifer]

No Bang Shishigami? I'm out.


Never forget OG Bang that was a literal nightmare

 

[The Pleasure]

I haven't played TrollsGlue since Central Fan Fiction. Ragma X Gym

 

[Pejo]

Damn I totally missed the release for this. Gonna pick it up later this week.

This game absolutely slaps. Buy it.

Runs perfectly on the deck.

Thanks for the bump, this would have gotten lost on my wishlist.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[NT80]

I've played the Blazblue fighting games but never knew about this game. Looks great. Most of the cast seem to be in the game and if they have all their moves that's a lot at your disposal.