An expanded game of BlazBlue: Central Fiction
BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition features over 40 hours of story in the final chapter of the BlazBlue saga. It offers 30 unique characters and 60 stages, with all character DLCs and updates, making it the most comprehensive version of Central Fiction to date.
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Though I've no interest in the story or aesthetic, enough time has passed for it to come off as a charming artifact of the 2010s. A remarkably friendly and immediately-fun anime fighter, with tons of accumulated content making it a great-value release. RIP I guess!
BlazBlue: Central Fiction is a video game produced by Arc System Works.
Cool anime fighter for sure. Story isn't super great, but it makes up for it in the gameplay.
Blazblue is very much the most solid example of anime fighting I can give. Why? Well on a gameplay level everything at first feels right, combos feel fluid, artwork is hyper stylised and great to look at and the overall gameplay is frantic while still managing to be accessible enough for beginners.... At first...
The problem is Blazblue is an anime fighting game. So at certain points it goes completely off the rails with its characters and the sheer amount of meters, special techniques and character specific meters/mechanics/elements. Its not as bad as SOME can get (hi Guilty Gear) but it can get messy. This is doubly so for the story mode which on a surface level is a confusing stupid mess, a web of names, places, jargon nonsense and mystic mumbo. Its all dressing for whats a decent story but the sheer overexplanation of certain things kills so much momentum at times. Good thing the core gameplay is still fun.
The problem is Blazblue is an anime fighting game. So at certain points it goes completely off the rails with its characters and the sheer amount of meters, special techniques and character specific meters/mechanics/elements. Its not as bad as SOME can get (hi Guilty Gear) but it can get messy. This is doubly so for the story mode which on a surface level is a confusing stupid mess, a web of names, places, jargon nonsense and mystic mumbo. Its all dressing for whats a decent story but the sheer overexplanation of certain things kills so much momentum at times. Good thing the core gameplay is still fun.
Story was really weak till the 2nd half got much better. Arcade mode was fun but all those characters really add up and sadly stories arent canon but it does bring out their personalities. As far as competitive side goes, it's quite fun. Some characters are too BS and BNB/optimal combos are way too long but neutral and Drive Gimmicks are fun and Celica and Es are two of my favorites to play in modern fighting games.