
- 65/100
- Players57 ratings
- 61/100
- Critics3 reviews
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- Metacritic23 critic reviews
- 71/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 59/100
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- 73% positive303,237 reviews
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- Price
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2021 · 24 Entertainment · Battle royale · Beat 'em up
Naraka: Bladepoint
Timed Xbox exclusive
Naraka: Bladepoint is a 60-player action Battle Royale offering players insane mobility powered by parkour and grappling hook, a vast arsenal of melee and ranged weapons, and a roster of characters with powerful abilities—transform yourself into a gigantic Vajra Warrior and crush your enemies!
- Released
- 12 August 2021
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/S
- Genres
- Battle royaleBeat 'em upFighting
- Developers
- 24 Entertainment
- Publishers
- NetEase Games Montréal
- Modes
- Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- ActionSurvival
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Age ratings
- GRAC 15+ESRB TPEGI 12USK 12
- Languages
- Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, English (UK), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian and 4 more
- Copies sold
- 10 million as of 2022-06-13
- Time to beat
- 22hmain story119hcompletionist
About
Naraka: Bladepoint (simplified Chinese: 永劫无间; traditional Chinese: 永劫無間; pinyin: yǒngjiéwújiàn; Jyutping: wing5 gip3 mou4 gaan3) is a free-to-play wuxia action battle royale game developed by 24 Entertainment and published by NetEase Games Montreal. It is a game where up to 60 players fight each other to be the last one standing. The game incorporates martial arts-inspired melee combat and features a rock-paper-scissors combat system. There are vast arsenals of melee and ranged weapons to choose from, as well as a grappling hook that can be used for both combat and traversal.
In addition, each hero has unique skills and talents, allowing for customization to suit your play style. The game was released for Windows in August 2021 and was ported to Xbox Series X/S on June 23, 2022. An Xbox One version was later released on December 22, 2022. PlayStation 5 port of the game was released on July 13, 2023, and the game was made free-to-play on that date.
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Gameplay
Naraka: Bladepoint sets its premise on "Morus Isle", "Holoroth", "Perdoria", and "Wanchu" where heroes gather for battle. Players can queue up for either solo, duos or trios games and can choose from more than twenty-seven (27) different characters, while each of those has two specials (F for skill and V for ultimate).
In solo mode, players play alone, in duos with a partner, while in trio mode, players start the game with two other members in the same team to compete in the game. After matching with enough players (maximum 60 players in one round), players choose characters with different skill set, called Heroes, to play. Finishing selecting heroes, players choose one spawn location on the map, and other teammates can choose to follow or spawn wherever they like. Once players are shown on the map, the team can search for weapons grapples, health or armors to equip them up. In the meantime, the team will have to pay attention to enemy squads showing up to avoid ambush.
Development
Naraka: Bladepoint is a battle royale which was partly influenced by Devil May Cry and Sekiro. The game's producer had also included elements from the fighting game Meteor Butterfly Sword / Meteor Blade, which he had previously worked on, while Thunder Fire UX has helped with UX design and user research. Naraka: Bladepoint, along with many other titles, was officially announced during the Game Awards 2019 ceremony on December 12, 2019. From November 3 to 9, 2020, Naraka: Bladepoint had its steam server test in North America region to test its gameplay and performance.
It was then announced that Naraka: Bladepoint was in development for consoles, with the game being shown running on a PlayStation 5. The mobile version provides the melee-focused combat gaming experience for mobile players globally and was released in 2022.
Reception
Naraka: Bladepoint received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator platform Metacritic. In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 32 out of 40, with each critic awarding the game an 8 out of 10. The game was nominated as Best Multiplayer Game 2021 of Golden Joystick Awards on October 19, 2021, which is one of the oldest game awards globally.
The game hit over 120,000 concurrent players in its April Steam test. By November 9, 2021, the game has reached more than 6 million copies selling globally. It means that it had more than $250 million gross revenue by selling copies and in-game virtual collectibles.
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