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Blight's Grasp

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87%Game Brain Score
gameplay, music
story, graphics
100% User Score Based on 38 reviews

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Blight's Grasp is a single player action adventure game. It was developed by Chrono Clash and was released on April 29, 2025. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Blight's Grasp is a third-person action game focused on dynamic melee combat where you mix fighting styles with alien elemental powers to create unique attack combinations. Navigate diverse environments using jumps and dashes while collecting power cores to fix broken portals and upgrade abilities. Adapt quickly in battle with on-the-fly strategy shifts to overcome any challenge.

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100%
Audience ScoreBased on 38 reviews
gameplay6 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
  • The game features a great art style and impressive cutscenes, enhancing the overall experience.
  • Combat mechanics are engaging and allow for a variety of playstyles, making battles enjoyable and dynamic.
  • Despite some rough edges, the game shows a lot of potential and is a fun experience, especially considering it was developed by a small team in a short timeframe.
  • The camera system is problematic, causing disorientation and issues with aiming, particularly during combat.
  • There are several bugs and glitches, including enemies getting stuck in walls and issues with the lock-on feature.
  • Some gameplay mechanics, like jumping physics and control responsiveness, can feel unrefined and detract from the overall experience.
  • story
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story in "Blight's Grasp" is a standout feature, offering a compelling main quest centered around the blight gates and a rich array of side quests and factions that enhance the narrative depth. Players appreciate the impactful choices that can lead to alternative outcomes, making the experience feel dynamic and personalized. Overall, the game provides a wealth of content that invites exploration and engagement with its intricate storytelling.

    • “From the main quest about the blight gates threatening to destroy Herasel to the countless side quests and factions (hello my old friend, Blighted Odyssey), there’s a wealth of content to dive into.”
    • “The game also features moments where your choices directly affect the story.”
    • “The heart of Blight's Grasp lies in its storytelling, and it does nothing to diminish that.”
    • “The main quest remains one of the series’ most compelling, with stakes that feel truly high as you battle to save your sister.”
    • “Factions and storylines: existing factions and storylines offer deeper narratives and more player choices.”
  • gameplay
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is praised for its cohesive art style, level design, and refined combat mechanics, drawing comparisons to beloved titles like Hi-Fi Rush. Players appreciate the blend of freedom and depth in the leveling system, along with intuitive stealth and ranged attack mechanics, while improvements to stamina and blocking enhance strategic defense. Overall, the game successfully modernizes classic elements without losing its chaotic charm, resulting in an engaging and enjoyable experience.

    • “The gameplay in Oblivion offers a perfect blend of freedom and depth.”
    • “Combat system: combat mechanics have been refined for smoother and more responsive interactions.”
    • “The leveling system is also key to the gameplay.”
    • “Stamina and blocking: the stamina system is adjusted to reduce frustration, unlike other games (ahem, BotW ahem), and blocking mechanics are a vast improvement over the Souls series for more strategic defense.”
    • “Stealth and ranged attacks: stealth mechanics are more intuitive, and ranged attacks have been crafted for clean aiming and damage consistency.”
  • graphics
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics are praised for their cohesive art style and impressive cut scenes, reminiscent of titles like Hi-Fi Rush. Advanced lighting techniques, including ray tracing, enhance the visual experience, although some character models exhibit inconsistent quality. Overall, while the graphics improve upon previous iterations, they do not drastically reinvent the visual approach.

    • “Great art style and very well done cut scenes.”
    • “Lighting and effects: advanced lighting techniques, including ray tracing, provide more realistic and dynamic visuals.”
    • “Cut scenes have a really sick art style and it's a neat little game.”
    • “This game improves the graphics, smooths out some rough edges in gameplay, and fixes some long-standing bugs—but it never feels like it’s trying to completely reinvent the wheel.”
    • “It's impressive that these artists working on a big game for the first time were able to match their art styles this well, but some models look as though the skill of the people making them were vastly different.”
    • “- love the art style (the roofs look off being flat while the rest of the art style is detailed)”
  • optimization
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's optimization is mixed, with certain elements like voice acting featuring notable performances from Patrick Stewart and Sean Bean. However, the controls feel inconsistently optimized, favoring a controller for combos and dashing, while the running and camera are better suited for keyboard and mouse. Additionally, the game appears to be optimized for 1080p resolution in a 16x9 aspect ratio.

    • “It seems it was optimized for 1080p 16x9.”
    • “Going into specifics, the game doesn't feel optimized for one specific control scheme.”
    • “The combos, lock-on, and dashing feel as though they were optimized for a controller.”
    • “While the running and camera feel optimized for keyboard and mouse.”
  • music
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is praised for its quality and strong integration with the overall experience, enhancing the fun concept and fluid movement. Reviewers highlight the impressive direction of the music and cutscenes, particularly in the early stages, contributing to a captivating atmosphere.

    • “The overall game features good music, art, and a fun concept for the powers.”
    • “The music and art are impressive, and the elemental mechanics are interesting.”
    • “Movement is fluid and fun, and the music and cutscene direction (especially early on) are surprisingly strong.”
  • atmosphere
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere is highly praised for its exceptional craftsmanship, creating an immersive and engaging experience for players.

    • “The atmosphere is incredibly well crafted.”
    • “The game immerses you in a hauntingly beautiful world that feels alive.”
    • “Every sound and visual detail contributes to an unforgettable ambiance.”
  • stability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Overall, the game's stability is decent but marred by occasional glitches and issues with the camera perspective, which can detract from the experience. Players have reported instances of getting stuck on objects and characters glitching out of bounds, impacting immersion.

    • “Good overall, but I felt like I was fighting the POV camera more than the enemies. There are also some glitches, and I often get stuck in objects.”
    • “It’s vast, immersive, and full of character, even if that character occasionally glitches out of bounds.”
  • emotional
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players express that the game evokes positive emotions, highlighting moments that bring joy and satisfaction.

    • “That really made me feel good to see that.”
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Blight's Grasp is a action adventure game.

Blight's Grasp is available on PC, Windows and Linux.

Blight's Grasp was released on April 29, 2025.

Blight's Grasp was developed by Chrono Clash.

Blight's Grasp has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Blight's Grasp is a single player game.

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