Blades & Battles is a fantasy Beat'Em Up game that takes players to the heart of the legendary world of King Arthur in his barbarian youth. A modern version of classic titles such as Golden Axe.
Managing to channel the old-school sensibilities of Golden Axe and some other arcade classics, it may be lacking in length and overall depth, but is fun while it lasts
Blades & Battles' biggest weaknesses are its limited content, the lack of real character progression, and a handful of moments where hit detection doesn't work as it should. It captures the spirit of the games that inspired it, but it never pushes beyond them, so what you get is a pleasant throwback rather than a reinvention that reshapes the genre...
Blades & Battles is a straightforward game that knows its audience. If you miss the days of walking through fantasy stages, beating up groups of monsters, learning boss patterns, and playing alongside a friend on the same screen, this captures much of that feeling without simply copying the games that inspired it.
Old-school-inspired 2.5D beat 'em up set in the fantasy world of Camelot
Blades & Battles isn't going to reinvent the beat 'em up genre—far from it. Its goal is to revive a formula that worked decades ago and adapt it for today's players without making it unnecessarily complicated.
