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Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War (Xbox 360) | 
 enlarge | From: Koei
Category: Video Games
List Price: £44.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 3019
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: action-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.3
MPN: 5060073303359
EAN: 5060073303359
ASIN: B000LCQM9K
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 2 to 3 weeks
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 RUBBISH! June 10, 2008
Michael Figgins (London)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's not that I was expecting Oblivion, fable etc., but even so this game is bad. The voice acting is bad, the graphics are OK, but its such a childs game.
The Japanese have a....UNIQUE...style when it comes to these games. They cant resist big cartoon-like flashes of information like the number of bad guys you've just killed, and so on...
I prefer games that are more grown up with greater depth, there isn't much in the way of 'strategy' here.
 Enjoyable and oddly challenging February 27, 2008
Tony N. Watt (Scotland, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I just got the game today, a few hours ago, and in just the few hours I've played it, I think I've got enough to review the game.
Bladestorm is set in the Hundred Year War between France and England, the era was really three wars and two eras of short lived peace and instigated by a claim on the throne of France by English nobles of the time. I would recommend looking up the history to get the full story, it's quite interesting.
Anyway Bladestorm is a mix of Kessen and Dynasty Warriors, it has the slamming into large armies angle of DW while having the troop and tactical concepts of Kessen.
You play as a mercerary for hire and after creating your character, the character creation options are sadly limited to just face, gender and voice - For shame, more could have been done in that area, you then go into battle after accepting a contract from whatever force you wish to fight for.
You can fight for either force depending on what contract you accept, you then command a number of troops and do your best to fulfil the contract. Sounds pretty simple, doesn't it? It is, of sorts.
The battle system is different in Bladestorm, you select the attack you'll do, depending on what style of troops you have, each type has different attacks, and if you personally want to get right into the fight, you hold down the right bumper, on the 360 pad, and I think it's the R1 button on the PS3 pad, and you fight for your life.
The sound is nice, nothing special, but functional. The controls are fluid enough, you could be forgiven for yelling out "CHARGE!" as you charge your opponent.
There's not many options in the game, just the general story mode and a few game options for sound, visual and so on. Seems a bit lacking, but oh well, maybe a sequel in another era might remedy that.
The voice acting is as bad as ever, I don't know who the developers of the DW/Kessen/Bladestorm games hire for voice acting, but they really need to get people who can actually put some feeling into their characters and can actually sound right.
There are unlockables, they are unlocked as you progress and improve. Mostly improvements to your fighting, troops and so on.
Bladestorm is a slightly different approach for the usual from Koei and their development teams, while it feels and looks the same, it plays in a new way. The new battle system takes some practice, but after a while it becomes second nature. The era the game is set in is a nice change and every bit as interesting as the Three Kingons and The Clan Wars eras.
The graphics are pretty nice, quite fluid as well, almost forgot to mention that.
If you're looking for something to enjoy, then you can't go far wrong with Bladestorm. Don't expect it to be incredible, just have fun as you play it. So it doesn't have guns and explosions, so what? Not every game needs to be a mindless FPS to be worth while, so give it a try. You might like it, you might not, you won't know till you try.
Now, it's battle time. CHARGE!
 whoooooo ho November 21, 2007
A. Smith (UK)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
this game is really hard but worth every penny,
there are so many different was to do each level.
after the second main battle perpare to die a lot but you will need to
die to train your self before the second main battle were you can chose
from french or english save up loads & loads & loads & loads of money
koei finally comes up with something new! November 4, 2007
M. C. Young (IRELAND)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
koei makes the samurai warrior and dynasty warrior games which are known as button bashers with masses on units on screen at once.
Now though there switching continents to europe during the time of the hundred years war.
Whats new, well they've ditched the button bashing gameplay for a more tactical type of fighting where timing and controlling your units are required to rack up them kills.
The new type is quite good and after a while using it i was smashing my way through hundreds of units, like previous koei games it also has rpg elements and sprawling battle fields with many towns/forts/castles about the landscape it also has a storyline to follow though the outcome is entirely down to the player.
As the games begins like any other rpg you create a mercenary type character and are offered various ways of making money and building up your character, you do this primarily by undertaking missions for either the french or the english forces (each has its own storyline) namely capturing fortified bases (towns/castles) and fighting battles.
Battles consist of fighting other units though unlike the previous koei games this time you can control units of soldiers (sword guys/cavalry/archers) each have their own strengths and weaknesses and as your character gets better so does your control over these units.
The A.I. in this game is also good even the early battles can become hard fought with you trying to capture towns while the opposing force is also doing the same makeing you either push for victory or retreating to defend your closest base.
Overall i really liked this game a lot its probaly the only type of its kind on the 360 the graphics are good and the gameplay i feel is also good with good replay value.
I give it 5 out of 5
Played the Demo and I thought it was... October 25, 2007
Alex Dias
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I thought it was wicked cool because,
you cant get bored of it
good graphics
It's like total war or stronghold but your one of the characters
It's a good Idea
However there are some errors in the gameplay but cos dat was just the demo they have probably fixed it by now.
Oh and the fat guy in the bar is really annoying aswell, i dont even know what accent he has got (It could be French)
SO OVERALL BUY THE GAME COS IT IS BAD ASS
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