Bladestorm is a bit confusing at first, and it sure ain't pretty...but its long lasting and addictive
this is not a great looking game
the dialogs and voice overs are, well they are koei
this is not like dynasty warriors at all
the manual doesn't give you enough information really
the menus can be hard to read in places (the icons and sometimes the text)
the menus can be a fairly confusing
you can tend to purchase things not really understanding at first what they are or why you are buying it or if it is better than something you already have.
approaching it with a dynasty warrior mentality of "here i go to slaughter everything in my path" will get you killed real quick when you first start playing.
i think its actually a hard game to rate especially when put up against so many flashy games today that everone seems to flock to so quickly but in the end turn out to be rather dry with little replay value, and limited options.
in a year i probably will not be putting oblivion or many other games back in to play them..but its looking like i will likely still messing with bladestorm a year from now...which says a lot i think for it as a game.
basically a lot of stuff in this game can cause some early frustration with it. so i chucked this game to the side....but i kept coming back to it. it kept eating away at the back of my mind. it is not a game that is going to blow you away at first like say assassins creed, but i have sure picked this game up and played it now a lot more than assassins creed. this is not to directly compare these two games, they are two different types of games entirely after all..but it is to say, while bladestorm is lacking in up front WOW power, it seems to have a lot of staying power....and that puts it past most games i've played recently. it is a pretty long game, fairly open world, after "beating" it there are still things to unlock and upgrade and do. now when i mentioned its an open world, its not exactly all out free roam do what you want..you can't switch sides you are working for mid battle...but you don't have to plow along through any set way siege a town either. in fact you can turn and head in a completely different direction if you want and take on places yourself or assist in battles on the other side of the map.
so while it is probably not a must have it right away game, it is defiantly one to stock into the collection because it does offer plenty of reasons to return to it and with enough small character rewards, fast loading and game play to keep you playing it for just one more mission, just one more mission, ok, one more mission and i will save it and go to bed, ok one more and that is it....