Review Blade and Sword chipped by Boomtown

Tags: Blade and Sword

<A href="http://pc.boomtown.net/">Boomtown</a> has posted <A href="http://pc.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=4457">a review</A> of <A href="http://www.whiptailinteractive.com/games_bladeandsword.php">Blade and Sword</a> giving it a really low <b>4/10</b> rating. Here's some of the pain:
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<blockquote>All this means that, even if you're an RPG newbie, it doesn't take long to find your way about the interface and get to grips with your character, whichever one that may be. Again, your choices are rather too similar to those in Diablo - a trio to choose from, two chaps and one lady, comprising the wimpy-but-fast, the tough-but-slow and the middleman. It's hardly inspired and, rather frustratingly, you have less control over your character's development than you might like. Each level advancement gifts you points which can only be spent on special attacks, the rest of your attributes being increased automatically, totally independent of your control. </blockquote>
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My personal choice is <i>tough-but-slow</i>. Bring on the tank! Who's with me?
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Thanks, <b>Role-Player</b>!
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I'm all for a good tank character now and then, but I've always been a rooter for the underdog and like to play those types of characters. The ones who have it tough, but keep at it and pull through in the end. Funny thing about that though is the fact that in D2, I had my sorceress so tanked up that I was right up in the front with my friend's barbarian hacking and slashing away at the hordes. With the right skill choices, the sorceress makes a damn good tank, believe it or not.

 

The middle man is terribly bad because his attack combos can't queue up as much as the wimpy-but-fast character's. As a result, he gets hit more and dies a lot when his attack queues break because he can't kick to continue the attack combo.