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Ultra Blade

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74%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
74% User Score Based on 209 reviews

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Ultra Blade is a single player casual role playing game with fantasy, medieval, historical and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Kyle Barrett and was released on February 24, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

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74%Audience ScoreBased on 209 reviews
gameplay19 positive mentions
stability8 negative mentions
  • Unique and addictive roguelike gameplay with a variety of characters having distinct playstyles and abilities.
  • Excellent pixel art style and animations that create an engaging visual and atmospheric experience.
  • Good offline playability without ads or intrusive microtransactions, offering a fair and fun progression system.
  • Control scheme is widely criticized for being clunky, unintuitive, and frustrating, especially the combined movement and attack mechanics.
  • Performance issues including lag, slowdowns, crashes, and occasional freezes detract from the gameplay experience.
  • Lack of updates for a long time, missing features like cloud save, difficulty balancing issues, and some game-breaking bugs reduce overall polish.

  • gameplay

    34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    56% positive mentions, 35% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The gameplay is praised for its unique, original mechanics, addictive rogue-like elements, and offline accessibility, offering a fun and skill-oriented experience with engaging progression. However, several users find the controls janky or clunky—particularly the tap/release and sliding gestures—leading to sluggish combat and frustration, indicating the gameplay system needs further polish for better responsiveness and balance.

    • “The artwork, action, and overall mechanics of the game are perfectly in sync and make an extremely enjoyable experience.”
    • “Gameplay is solid and quite original in some mechanics, which is not really common for this genre; also completely playable offline, so props to all that.”
    • “Definitely one of the best reverse bullet hells I've ever played, with unique gameplay and satisfying combat partnered with amazing sound effects. I like how it keeps getting updated from time to time; I would highly recommend it.”
    • “The tap/release and slide mechanics are very janky and frustrating to use.”
    • “Plus, the one-finger control mechanism is purely weird and bad and makes the gameplay even worse.”
    • “The controls are so janky you can't control where you are hitting. Tried three classes—ranged, mage, and the first swordsman—and all of them don't feel like you control where you want to hit the monster; just mashing or swiping gets you killed. I think the game has a long way to polish its movement mechanics.”

  • graphics

    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    57% positive mentions, 36% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The graphics receive mixed feedback, with many praising the unique, pixelated art style, character designs, and overall visual coherence, contributing to an engaging experience. However, some find the graphics unsatisfying or lacking creativity, and a few note that character animations can feel repetitive or uninspired. Overall, the distinctive art style and world-building are generally appreciated despite some criticisms.

    • “The artwork, action, and overall mechanics of the game are perfectly in sync and make an extremely enjoyable experience.”
    • “Not a typical toilet sitter game, outstanding graphics and world building.”
    • “Pros: rogue like survival gameplay, great pixel graphics & lots of characters to unlock with unique playstyle, best of all, it's playable offline.”
    • “Simple, boring, uncreative game. The game may seem to have a detailed art style and dark tone, but really all you do in the game is just walking around while your characters keep attacking even without your control. It feels like the game thinks you're stupid.”

  • stability

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's stability is a mixed bag, with frequent reports of bugs, especially related to controls and movement, causing occasional freezes and glitches. While some players find these issues disruptive, others still enjoy the overall experience despite the instability.

    • “Great idea, but it needs a lot of work, very buggy, especially movement-related bugs. The game feels like it doesn't flow well from the main screen to the game and back, making it feel more like a task.”
    • “Swipe to dodge is buggy after the new update.”
    • “Buggy controls.”

  • monetization

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The game features a fair and player-friendly monetization approach with no ads or microtransactions, offering a rewarding and enjoyable progression experience. It stands out as a superior alternative to typical rogue-lites plagued by predatory monetization tactics.

    • “No ads, no micro transactions, absolutely amazing mechanics and controls, the progression is not slow and grindy but unique and extremely fun.”
    • “And no predatory microtransactions!”
    • “No ads, no microtransactions.. wonderful experience.”

  • music

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    Users generally appreciate the game's music and its nostalgic, vintage style, praising it as a strong asset alongside the art and design. However, many express frustration over the lack of an option to turn the music off, seeing it as a significant oversight that impacts the overall experience. Adding customizable music controls is a common suggestion to enhance enjoyment.

    • “I found the music quite good and the gameplay was enjoyable too, I think it has lots of potential, like a storyline. Overall, it's a good way to pass the time.”
    • “Love the art style and music, enemy and blade designs.”
    • “I won't mention that you can't turn music off in 2023, which would alone grant this game a 0.”
    • “Fix the control, add an option for music and this game would be 99% buy.”
    • “So much like the unique vintage games with special combos and soundtrack.”

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers strong replayability thanks to its unique art style, a variety of playable characters with distinct designs, weapons, and abilities, and the added benefit of offline play.

    • “Love the unique art style, the replayability, the playable characters have really cool designs, weapons, and abilities, and it's playable offline.”
    • “A lot of replay value.”

  • grinding

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is described as both addictive and fun, with unique progression mechanics that avoid feeling slow or tedious. Players appreciate the absence of ads and microtransactions, highlighting the enjoyable and well-designed gameplay experience.

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from significant optimization issues, resulting in poor performance that requires urgent improvement.

    • “Needs performance improvement ASAP.”
    • “Very unoptimized.”

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story is seen as having potential but is not a primary focus, serving mainly as a basic backdrop that makes the game an enjoyable way to pass the time.

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the game's art and overall atmosphere, finding it engaging and well-crafted.

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Ultra Blade is a casual role playing game with fantasy, medieval, historical and dark fantasy themes. Common tags for Ultra Blade include indie, 2.5d, pixel graphics, cyberpunk, early access and others.

Ultra Blade is available on PC, Phone, Windows, Tablet and others.

Ultra Blade was released on February 24, 2023.

Ultra Blade was developed by Kyle Barrett.

Ultra Blade has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Ultra Blade for its gameplay but disliked it for its stability.

Ultra Blade is a single player game.

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