Although Blade & Sword was released a week or so ago, Gameshark has a preview based on a pre-release copy:Incoherency aside, the gameplay is put forward as something of a frantic click-fest, as the more hits you land in a combo, the more likely you are to chain a higher combo, and the more damage the player will incur on their targets. This unfortunately leaves the player with the less than enviable task of hammering one mouse button into submission, and then switching over to the other to unleash a power attack so as to inflict the maximum possible damage on some of the game's sturdier opponents. For some, this may be an example of a fine time out on the town, but for others who spend their evenings sweeping up the shattered shards of their once-proud mouse, it's a less desirable trait. With the tendency of the game to mob the player with drooling, diseased creatures, the shattered mouse is the only guaranteed outcome at the end of this engagement. |