
- 70/100
- Players2 ratings
- 63/100
- Critics2 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic5 critic reviews
- 43/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 76/100
- GameFAQsEasy-Just Right
- 3.71/5
- Player reviews
- 78% positive69 reviews
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$19.99
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2013 · Arc System Works · Adventure · Kinetic novel
Xblaze Code: Embryo
PlayStation console exclusive
Xblaze Code: Embryo is a Japanese visual novel and the prequel to the fighting game series BlazBlue. The game is set 150 years before the events in BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. The player assumes the role of Toya Kagari, a resident of Shin Yokozaki City and a sophomore at the prestigious Hakuou North Academy.
- Released
- 25 July 2013
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3PlayStation VitaWindows
- Genres
- AdventureKinetic novelSimulationVisual novel
- Developers
- Arc System Works
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side viewText
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- PEGI 16CERO CGRAC 15+ACB MESRB M
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Time to beat
- 9.5hmain story24hcompletionist
- Composers
- Kikuo
About
Xblaze Code: Embryo (エクスブレイズ コード:エンブリオ, EkusuBureizu Kōdo: Enburio) is a prequel visual novel of the fighting game series BlazBlue by Arc System Works. It was released in Japan for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on July 25, 2013 and North America on June 24, 2014 by Aksys Games. The Microsoft Windows's version was released worldwide on March 1, 2016. A sequel titled Xblaze Lost: Memories has been released for the PS3 and Vita in 2015 and on Windows in 2016.
›Story
Set 150 years before the events of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, XBlaze Code: Embryo is a visual novel that follows Touya Kagari, a high school student whose world is turned upside down when he is attacked by a seemingly otherworldly being and saved by a mysterious girl named Es. Delve deeper into the BlazBlue mythos and learn about events prior to Ragna the Bloodedge’s epic journey!
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Story
The story follows Touya Kagari, a sophomore at the prestigious Hakuou North Academy and a resident of Shin Yokozaki City. An earnest and responsible student, Touya initially leads an ordinary life. However, his life changes when he hears a mysterious sound coming from the Restricted Ward, an abandoned area of the city that has remained off-limits since a catastrophic disaster occurred there ten years earlier.
Driven by curiosity, Touya enters the ruins and travels deeper into the Restricted Ward. There, he discovers an injured man and approaches him to offer assistance. Instead of accepting Touya's help, the man suddenly attacks him, accusing him of being an enemy. Touya soon finds himself caught in a series of bizarre and dangerous events involving mysterious ringing bells, violent individuals, and supernatural phenomena.
Reception
On Metacritic the PlayStation Vita release of the game has a score of 43% based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
Tom Farndon of Pocket Gamer UK wrote: "If you're a fan off the BlazBlue series, pick up a copy. If not, then you may want to avoid it unless a visual novel is exactly the experience you're looking for."
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