Software:Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light

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Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light
Blade Dancer.jpg
European box art
Developer(s)Hit Maker
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)PlayStation Portable
Release
  • JP: March 2, 2006
  • NA: July 18, 2006
  • EU: February 9, 2007
  • AU: March 22, 2007
  • WW: May 16, 2023 (PS4, PS5 via PlayStation Network)
Genre(s)Role-playing video game
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light, released in Japan as Blade Dancer: Thousand-Year Promise (ブレイドダンサー 千年の約束, Bureido Dansā Sennen no Yakusoku), is a video game made exclusively for the PlayStation Portable. It is a turn-based role-playing video game in which players take on the role of the boy Lance who must save the world with the help of his friends.


Features

  • Unique fighting system - rounds do not begin until a monster is struck
  • New crafting system lets you combine items together and create new weapons and items
  • Develop skills called Lunabilities to use powerful new attacks against stronger monsters

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
EGM3.17/10[2]
Eurogamer6/10[3]
Famitsu26/40[4]
Game Informer5.5/10[5]
GameRevolutionC[6]
GameSpot6.8/10[7]
GameSpy3/5 stars[8]
GameTrailers6.6/10[9]
GameZone6.9/10[10]
IGN6.5/10[11]
OPM (US)2/5 stars[12]

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two sevens and two sixes for a total of 26 out of 40.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light for PSP Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/blade-dancer-lineage-of-light/critic-reviews/?platform=psp. Retrieved February 21, 2017. 
  2. EGM staff (August 2006). "Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light". Electronic Gaming Monthly (206): 93. 
  3. Fahey, Rob (March 6, 2007). "Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light". http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/blade-dancer-lineage-of-light-review. Retrieved February 21, 2017. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Gantayat, Anoop (March 10, 2006). "Gaming Life in Japan (Page 6)". http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/03/10/gaming-life-in-japan-140?page=6. Retrieved February 21, 2017. 
  5. "Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light". Game Informer (160): 93. August 2006. 
  6. Tackett, Tim (August 3, 2006). "Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light Review". Game Revolution. http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/blade-dancer-lineage-of-light. Retrieved February 21, 2017. 
  7. Massimilla, Bethany (July 21, 2006). "Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light Review". http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/blade-dancer-lineage-of-light-review/1900-6154499/. Retrieved February 21, 2017. 
  8. VanOrd, Kevin (July 31, 2006). "GameSpy: Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light". GameSpy. http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/blade-dancer/722071p1.html. Retrieved February 21, 2017. 
  9. "Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light Review". GameTrailers. July 28, 2006. Archived from the original on August 4, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070804032631/http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2278. Retrieved February 21, 2017. 
  10. Romano, Natalie (August 1, 2006). "Blade Dancer [Lineage of Light - PSP - Review"]. GameZone. Archived from the original on October 4, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081004221940/http://psp.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r28918.htm. Retrieved February 21, 2017. 
  11. Castro, Juan (July 24, 2006). "Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light Review". http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/07/24/blade-dancer-lineage-of-light-review. Retrieved February 21, 2017. 
  12. "Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 81. August 2006. 

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