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Broken Edge

A nuanced and excellent sword fighting game with far more depth than you might see on the surface, Broken Edge delivers martial arts combat, albeit with an almost exclusive online focus.
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84%Game Brain Score
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story, stability
85% User Score Based on 562 reviews
Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

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Broken Edge is a single player and multiplayer fighting game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by TREBUCHET and was released on November 17, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and positive reviews from players.

Unleash your inner warrior and challenge your swordfighting skills in 1v1 duels

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gameplay42 positive mentions
stability3 negative mentions
  • Innovative and engaging VR sword fighting mechanics that reward skill, precision, and strategic playstyle.
  • Distinct and varied classes with unique combat styles and abilities, encouraging players to learn and master each one.
  • Fun and challenging multiplayer experience with a friendly and respectful community, also offers good workout and immersion.
  • Severe issues with multiplayer latency, ping imbalance, and matchmaking causing frustrating and unfair matches.
  • Requires a large physical play space with no alternative movement options, disadvantaging players with limited room.
  • Tutorial and learning curve are steep and poorly explained, with bugs and clunky UI that make new player onboarding difficult.
  • gameplay
    105 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers a unique and strategic VR swordfighting experience with innovative mechanics like weapon durability, awakening powers, and precise blade control that reward skill and mastery. While highly praised for its depth, immersion, and satisfying 1v1 duels, some players find the mechanics initially confusing, exploit-prone, and influenced by factors like playspace size or connection issues. Overall, the game excels in competitive swordplay but has a steep learning curve and occasional balance and matchmaking challenges.

    • “No artificial weight to the weapons but its genius awakening mechanics and fencing-like gameplay rewards mastering how you move with your blade and how you strike.”
    • “The durability and hit-mark mechanics add a clever layer of tension to every fight, forcing you to think before you strike.”
    • “Gameplay is exceptional, encouraging strategic movements and play styles through game mechanics that make you feel like you're using your tools realistically.”
    • “It simply doesn't tell you all of the game mechanics, learning this game is frustrating and I had to resort to a YouTube video made by a third party for that.”
    • “By far the biggest issue with the mechanics is that they are very easily exploited.”
    • “As I understood it from the tutorial, you can't damage people if their sword meter is full which is a stupid mechanic to begin with as it doesn't feel like dueling if I have to go for their sword first until I can even deal damage to them.”
  • graphics
    24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a unique, vibrant, and stylized art style praised for its charm and polished aesthetics, setting it apart from typical VR titles. While the bright colors create an engaging visual experience, some users find them too intense for extended VR play without adjustable brightness settings. Overall, the graphics are visually appealing and run smoothly, though minimalistic compared to higher-end PC games.

    • “It has a simple core with a ton of depth to explore, graphics that set it above most other VR games, a friendly and helpful community that's willing to support and help players out when they need it, and a strong competitive scene.”
    • “10/10 graphic design - super unique art style that looks amazing.”
    • “Beautifully stylistic, well in love with the visuals the moment I watched the trailers and the images.”
    • “Graphics are very basic, just like in a typical Quest game.”
    • “Minimalistic art style looks fine, but PC version could have used bigger and better skyboxes.”
  • story
    20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story is minimal, consisting mainly of solo fights against characters culminating in a final boss, with no real narrative, cutscenes, or events to deepen the experience. While the single-player mode serves as practice, it lacks a fully developed story mode, which some players find disappointing. The overall presentation focuses more on gameplay and competitive multiplayer than on storytelling.

    • “It would be cool to see an actual story with cut scenes and maybe certain events that led up to the fight.”
    • “- Solo is okay to practice but it's not a full fledged story mode.”
    • “The only downside is the story.”
    • “4/10 story - the story is basically solo play where you fight each of the available characters until you get to the 'boss'.”
    • “- Solo is okay to practice but it's not a full-fledged story mode.”
    • “[No storyline. Not even a poor one, some balance may be needed for parity in wards/second winds.]”
  • humor
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is widely appreciated, often stemming from unexpected or quirky moments like random ninja time or amusing VR interactions. Players frequently find themselves laughing out loud, enhancing the fun and lighthearted experience. Overall, the game’s comedic elements contribute significantly to its entertainment value.

    • “Everyone thinks it is knight when they see it and it's funny (how did I get multiple wins with it? It can't even awaken).”
    • “Funny awesome ninja time is my favorite thing to do randomly at 2am.”
    • “People were cheering and laughing pretty hard.”
  • music
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's music is widely praised for being beautiful, fitting perfectly with the art style and enhancing the overall experience. Players find the soundtrack engaging and uplifting, though some note repetition in map-specific tracks. Overall, the sound design is considered delightful and a strong highlight of the game.

    • “Sound design is delightful, the music is the perfect backdrop for both solo and ranked play, and the sound effects make everything feel rewarding and uplifting.”
    • “Coupled with wonderful art design, pleasant music - Broken Edge has all the qualities of a masterpiece for many years to come.”
    • “The game looks great, runs amazing, the music slaps hard, and my only complaint is caused by me trying to run the game wirelessly through a Quest 2.”
  • stability
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game has experienced some past glitches, now patched, but stability issues persist due to certain design choices. While generally stable with few bugs, problematic hitboxes and overpowered abilities can affect gameplay balance. Additionally, some players may find the lack of movement control jarring.

    • “Some of these issues have actually been the result of now-patched glitches, such as Knight rapidly dropping focus detection and Ronin's sword and scabbard becoming varying degrees of incorporeal, but a lot of the remaining issues boil down to design choices.”
    • “Good game, the one class you get after completing solo campaign is OP though, the range makes it impossible to play against and even if you completely, and I mean completely destroy his sword, the buggy hitboxes mess you over either way. It's a good game, but not worth the price though.”
  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect is characterized by a wholesome community atmosphere, though some gameplay mechanics, like easily breaking an opponent's sword with minimal contact, may detract from the overall experience.

    • “Community is wholesome”
  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is well-optimized, running smoothly without any performance issues reported by users.

  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is considered slow and somewhat tedious, particularly when trying to perfect moves for power-ups.

  • character development
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users praise the character development, highlighting exceptional character design that earned a perfect score of 10/10.

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Broken Edge is a fighting game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes.

Broken Edge is available on PC, PlayStation 5, Virtual Reality, Windows and others.

On average players spend around 4 hours playing Broken Edge.

Broken Edge was released on November 17, 2022.

Broken Edge was developed by TREBUCHET.

Broken Edge has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked Broken Edge for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Broken Edge is a single player game with multiplayer support.

Similar games include Hellish Quart, Absolver, Swordsman VR, RUMBLE, Swords of Gurrah and others.