Blade Prince Academy
- March 7, 2024
- Angel Corp
- 3h median play time
Get on SteamIn "Blade Prince Academy," players control a squad of elite warriors, defending the city of Abjectalia against various threats. Balance combat and academics to maintain order in students' lives, utilizing a "true real-time with pause" system to plan strategic combos and exploit the environment for maximum effect. Manage time effectively to ensure success in this engaging combination of action and strategy.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The combat system is deep and engaging, allowing for strategic planning and execution of combos.
- The art style and character designs are visually appealing, contributing to an enjoyable aesthetic experience.
- The game has a unique real-time-with-pause mechanic that enhances gameplay and offers a fun challenge.
- The game is plagued with numerous bugs, including softlocks and issues with saving progress, which significantly detracts from the experience.
- The writing and character dialogue are often criticized for being poorly executed, lacking depth and coherence.
- The user interface and mechanics are not well explained, leading to confusion and frustration for players trying to understand the game.
- story28 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 75 % neutral mentions
- 11 % negative mentions
The game's story and characters are generally considered interesting, though some players feel that the narrative's darker tone clashes with its occasional humor and colorful art style. The academy setting is seen as underutilized, with a desire for more interactive elements to enhance player engagement. While the character art is praised, there are concerns about uneven character development and the need for better mission pacing to fully test players' combat understanding.
“This game is fun, looks good, and has a nice story.”
“The character art is neat, and I wish all of them had an equally developed storyline, but at least my favorites are well covered.”
“I wasn't enjoying this game enough to go through the terrible plot points and braindead encounters again.”
“The story and characters so far are decently interesting, but the occasional jokes and colorful art style kind of clash with the darker tone the rest of the game seems to want.”
“The 'academy' part of the game is also underutilized; giving the player more to do at the titular school, like assigning training or extracurricular activities, would make the school feel more alive and provide some downtime between the missions.”
- gameplay16 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 31 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally praised for its fun and engaging real-time with pause mechanics, complemented by a charming artistic direction and a variety of characters with unique skills and synergies. However, some players express frustration with poorly explained mechanics, bugs affecting progress saving, and specific mechanics like pact enchantment RNG, which detract from the overall experience. Despite these issues, the tactical elements and character relationships are seen as strong points of the game.
“Its gameplay is fun, the art is really cute, and the concept is great.”
“It definitely fulfills the promise of real-time with pause gameplay being fun and active; there's no doubt about that.”
“A very cool game with tactical pause mechanics, which we don’t often see, and on top of that, it has a very cool artistic direction and universe.”
“Pact enchantment RNG is the worst mechanic and is why people quit Genshin Impact in droves.”
“I feel like a number of the mechanics aren't really explained; I've been trying to figure it out on my own.”
“Mediocre writing, decent gameplay at best, but so buggy it didn't properly save my progress, I guess?”
- graphics12 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The graphics are noted for their unique and colorful anime-inspired style, with careful attention to detail in animations. However, there are occasional issues with character portraits and a clash between the vibrant visuals and the game's darker themes. Overall, while some find the visuals appealing, others criticize the art style as generic and lacking in character depth.
“Very good visuals, the developers worked carefully on the graphics and animations.”
“I'm giving it a thumbs up because there is not much indie game that tries to blend anime-type visuals with such a tactical combat system; it's really as bold as it is cute, and that's what I came for!”
“Ohh and by the way, the graphics and designs are quite unique.”
“The visuals sometimes have issues with showing the correct character portraits.”
“The story and characters so far are decently interesting, but the occasional jokes and colorful art style kind of clash with the darker tone the rest of the game seems to want.”
- stability6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The stability of the game is criticized for being significantly flawed, with multiple users reporting bugs that hinder gameplay, including issues with saving progress. Overall, the game is described as having mediocre writing and decent gameplay, but the persistent bugs detract from the overall experience.
“Mediocre writing, decent gameplay at best, but so buggy it didn't properly save my progress, I guess?”
“The rest of this review contains all the notes I collected about the things that are either buggy or feel frustrating.”
“That's the only buggy relic as far as I know.”
