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Phantom Breaker: Omnia

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Phantom Breaker Omnia is a fast-paced 2-D anime fighting game that features 20 unique characters, pitted against one another to make their greatest wishes come true. The ability to choose between 3 fighting styles will appeal to seasoned gamers while making the game accessible to newcomers.

Released: 14 March 2022
Platforms: Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One
Genres: Arcade Fighting
Developers: GameLoop
Publishers: Rocket Panda Games
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Age ratings: ESRB T ACB M USK 16 CLASS_IND 12 GRAC 15+CERO C PEGI 12
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 5hmain story6hcompletionist

About

Phantom Breaker is a 2011 fighting video game developed and published by 5pb. for the Xbox 360.

An arcade version running on Sega's RingEdge 2 arcade board, subtitled Another Code, was released in April 2013.

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Gameplay

Phantom Breaker is a 2D fighting game that supports two distinctive fighting styles, the player is able to choose between "Quick" style and "Hard" style. Quick style focuses on quick hits and combos while the other is more about defense.

When the player reaches "Overdrive" mode, their character might get an extra increase in speed or defense. Every attack the player releases can cancel out their enemy's attack and raise their tension gauge; timing it right will maximise the player's gauge to boost their attack power.

Story

The game's setting takes place in Japan. A mystery organization led by Phantom organized a fighting tournament in Tokyo called Phantom Duel, whose winner will have their wish granted. Players start with the protagonist, Mikoto Nishina, but can choose from different duelists who have various desires for a wish when competing in the competition. Duelists equip weapons called F.A. (Fu-mension Artifacts) to fight each other.

As the player progresses through the game, it is revealed that the Phantom's true goal in organizing the competition is to gain his lost powers back by creating cracks in the multiverse using the energy generated by the clash of weapons used in the duels.

Reception

Phantom Breaker received limited coverage due to its Japan-only Xbox 360 release, with import reviewers noting the mechanics but criticizing the story and character depth against established fighter games like BlazBlue. Phantom Breaker received generally negative reviews from critics. Jason Venter of GameSpot gave the game a score of 4.5/10, saying, "Phantom Breaker fights a losing battle to provide you with a reason to play it instead of one of its many qualified peers." Dracula's Cave called the 2013 Extra update a solid import despite similarities to peers, praising its combo potential.

Phantom Breaker: Omnia received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator platform Metacritic. Reviewers highlighted its engaging localization and eye-catching anime visuals, though criticized generic designs and brief narratives.