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Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

  • Summary: Blade Kitten the game begins with Kit tracking a local troublemaker named Terra-Li on the mysterious artificial planetoid Hollow Wish. But on her way to doing so Kit uncovers a dark secret about Hollow Wish and its inhabitants, little does she realize that her actions will affect the destiny of an entire planet. Her tale is one of liberation. Her tail is pink.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Negative: 4 out of 10
  1. With simple, intuitive controls making combat and exploration a pleasure, what starts off as a fairly routine blade-swishing blizzard soon settles into a more interesting groove. With secret-packed levels offering countless opportunities to poke around, it's a formula that's familiar but satisfying.
  2. There are some unlockables, but they can all be accessed by the halfway point, and the story is too basic to retain most players' interest.
  3. Sluggish controls and a failure to capitalise on the free-climbing potential leave this feeling generic and joyless. Here's hoping the second episode fares better.
  4. Dull platforming and button-mashing action make Blade Kitten a disappointing first game for its cute-as-a-cat heroine.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. 9
    Very fun platformer, with a lot of charm. If you like old-school 2D games like Strider, you can't beat it for $10. Kit is very agile and fun to control. The combat is pretty simple, but no more so than most games in this genre. The mixed reviews I see it getting don't make any sense to me. It's a $10 indie game with 2D platformer gameplay, and they are criticizing it for not living up to the expectations they would have for a $60 AAA title. Ridiculous. It's a great little 2D platformer, if you enjoy old-school gameplay you'll really enjoy this game. Don't let the negative reviews turn you off, at least try the demo on Steam. One side note- it has native 360 controller support, and I'd suggest using one. The controls are meant to be analog, using a D-pad or keyboard may feel floaty because of this. I love kb/mouse, but some games are meant to be played with a controller, and analog control is something a keyboard cannot give you. Expand
  2. I've played a lot worse, like Super Mario Brother Wii. The game style is cell shaded so it looks decent. Better than most modern games anyway, at least you can see where you're going and not get confused with all the brown.

    You buy your weapon upgrades and can earn money really fast if you just repeat a level over and over thus ridding the game of any challenge it might have originally had, The costumes are good and the main character is likable if you like **** and trust me when I say this, she is one of the most likable main characters I've seen... though I suppose that reflects badly on me.

    It's not perfect, the combat gets stale rather fast, I dislike having to start a level from the beginning to find everything but I suppose that is part of the challenge. The fact there are no lives also makes this game too easy, you die and go back to the last checkpoint and there are tonnes of them.

    If you're looking for a cheap-ish platformer with nice design, then buy this game. It's a lot cheaper than Mario 3 re-release for the Wii and looks about 20x better as well. For £7 you can't go wrong if you like platforming and as far as platforming goes, this is pretty much retro... ignoring the sword fights. If you remember The Lion King for SNES and liked the ostrich part... you're in luck my friends.
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  3. Mediocre in every possible way, not much else to say. If you are an underage female you may add +1 to the score, another +1 if you are a fan of catgirls, and another +1 if you never played a good platformer. Expand
  4. I thought this would be OK till I played it. Terrible design, predictable levels and boring game play.
    The graphics style is uninspired and th
    e dead end level design is annoying.
    My advice is to avoid it and spend your money on something good.
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