E3 Fact Sheet for Blades of Time
Short Version: When the press release has to define what kind of booty it is talking about in the first sentence, you know someone is trying to shoehorn an unwise choice of joke. Oh well…
Full fact sheet after the jump.
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Developer: Gaijin Entertainment
Release Date: Early 2012
Platform(s): Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
ESRB: T for Teen (anticipated)
Genre: Action/Hack and Slash
Players: 1
Website: www.Konami.comBrief Game Description:
Gunswords, booty (of the gold and jewels kind!) and a cute outfit? All in a day’s work.
Play as the gorgeous gunsword-wielding treasure hunter Ayumi as she carves a path of destruction through a mysterious and dangerous island. While rich with bounty, the island is also caught in the throes of Chaos magic. Ayumi soon discovers that it is also the home of thousands of long-held secrets, including special powers and abilities that she can gain for herself. Using everything she can, she must find a way to defeat armies of menacing villains and a multitude of treacherous traps in order to break free of the possessed island’s grasp.
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 satisfy gamers’ hunger for an entertaining yet deep action game that even gamers new to the hack-and-slash genre will enjoy.Key Features:
- Richly entertaining characters. From the young yet tough Ayumi to her wise and battle worn mentor Zero and more, this character-driven story has a unique charm, banter and mystery all to its own.
- Lushly designed environments. Experience huge and beautifully realized game locations, including snowy lands, jungles, ancients cities, temples and sky islands.
- Deep combat system. Unlock 40+ sets of skills, including melee, tactics, combos, as well as the powerful Order and Chaos forms of magic to defeat your foes.
- Special moves change up gameplay.
- Time Rewind allows Ayumi to turn back time and produce a clone of herself to help solve puzzles, tackle hordes of enemies, and more.
- All-new Dash ability means Ayumi can close the distance between herself and her enemy prey almost instantly, as well as travel quickly using environmental features.
- Robust multiplayer options. Fire up a co-op Campaign or battle in PvP