XBlaze Lost: Memories Reviews

If you want to go through Code: Embryo, no need. They replay the entirety of Code: Embryo here. Taking place over 150 years before BlazBlue, a story that actually makes sense.

I'll admit I've only played up to level 4, but I can't play any more. Half of this game is watching cutscenes from the first game, so you're paying for a game that is half just watching the first game that you probably already played. And the actual gameplay is just walking around a basic island collecting gems, and I know Visual Novels rarely have any actual gameplay in them, but if you're going to put it in there don't make it so insultingly bland. And every time you collect a gem you have to sit through a dialogue exchange that is ear grading. I found myself looking at gem and I just couldn't bring myself to pick it up, I couldn't listen to this anymore.

An interesting but sus plot about getting someone see the true. sus. Btw, Some amazing character designs~

TOTALLY MIND-BLOWING. I can't believe it. Seriously I really enjoyed the other Blazblue's I played, but this prequel, I don't know It's so much better on character development, history, and more other things than actually Blazblue Like....Blazblue has like 5 games already and I don't even know that much about Bullet...Litchi..Saya's life and many more characters and I feel sad about it but, here on XBlaze: Lost Memories I felt to many emotions at once.. They, even with different personality, get along pretty nice at the middle of the game....like a family, you don't see this on Blazblue they're just always fighting or worried about someone killing another one...Blazblue need more happiness.. Blazblue main History didn't even make me cry but....this one...I mean....Es's past so sad and difficult... And Nobody just managed somehow to change Nine's attitude like say WHAT? now she's another person.... she even cried many times here...now she would make friends and be happy...seriously I never think about this game would be so awesome. And It's so useful to understand It's sequel, Blazblue games, helps very much to understand Blazblue Central Fiction. I really loved it, and even I would like to play it again. Not like Central fiction- neverending - exhaustive- 30 hs of SAD main history. Seriously, Blazblue needs more happy moments like this game and the Blazblue novels too. If you want to know about what happened on Central Fiction you really should try this game first. It's totally worth it. Also Nine's past, also Celica and they parents are here! this isn't even on the novels! You should really try it If you want to know more about Blazblue!

I think this game is an excellent Addition to its Predecessor. The new characters tell an interesting story on their own but i mainly came to this to hear more about what happend after the End of XBlaze Code : Embryo. In this regard i must say you should rather look to the former before you begin this novel cause otherwise you would miss out on some events mainly the other possible endings, since the game retells only one ending from its Predecessor. I found it very interesting to hear the events from XBlaze Code : Embryo with the focus from different characters, even if it were only the ones belonging to the main cast. I'll definetly replay this game at some point.

This has been my favorite Visual Novel so far because what it does is extremely unique to turn what would be an otherwise ordinary story into a magical experience. There are about three layers of interactivity between the characters and the original story of XBlaze Code: Embryo to make you curious about the entire world before the War of the Black Beast. Again, the art is alright, I'm not going to say I suddenly liked it between then and now and honestly think they upped a bit on the fanservice but it's still not as bad as others do with showing cleavage or thighs and miniskirts. I really suggest this over the first game as you'll find out the full, real story and then some without needing to find all the different paths. Yet I think it's better to see if you like that before trying this as it can be daunting with how much is packed into this. Characters have just a tiny bit more depth to them though that's like saying you've stapled an extra page of dialogue to a cardboard cutout. Some people were toned down while others were toned up for whatever reason. While it's not an original story, it does put the player through tasks such as finding pieces, answering trivia, and making decisions that keep the player at least invested enough to carry on. Some of my other complaints include a lack of a pause / save feature when you view Crystal Memories (I mean, at least pause would have been nice) and some riddles being a bit too difficult due to obscurity. This is not a VN for an afternoon, this is more for people who, like me, love to just Discover things even if it has little to no value overall. Like opening a box only to find another box and so forth. Having finished this finally, I think I can fully appreciate the characters and story of Centralfiction at the very least as I know the main character from here was a bit of a controversy from thes tart.

If you are super into Blazblue's story you should absolutely give the XBlaze series a try! It's definitely a niche within a niche which is why I think it gets a bad rep but if you are in this particular niche don't let that bad rep scare you away. Lost Memories can get a bit repetitive due to it being mostly a recap of Code Embryo but it is absolutely a necessary sequel and you will get a deeper understanding of the XBlaze cast.

A fun and entertaining sequel to XBlaze Code: Embryo. (Recommended to view all endings (bad ends included) of Code: Embryo to avoid some small confusion throughout the story of Lost: Memories). [b]Pros[/b] [list] [*]Characters, both returning and new, are just as interesting and fun as they were. [*]While some cutscenes from the previous title are reused, the emphasis is more on each characters point of view (depending on which one is being viewed). [*]Story is interresting. [*]Decent amount of comedy. [*]Good length. [*]Enjoyable music. [*]Minimal gameplay elements that works for what the player has to do to progress. [*]Japanese VO. [*]Weekend cartoon feel. [/list] [b]Cons[/b] [list] [*]Title seems to start on 720p resolution althought that 1080p is saved in the settings, changing it back and forth fixes the display resolution (could notice since playing on streaming with info displayed on screen). Not that big of a deal but still. [*]Can't save or open textlog when viewing optional cutscenes. [/list] Great, pudding urge still accounted for. 9/10

"Lost...Memories!" In another world, where things look seemingly normal, where 2 young girls by the name of "Me"/"Watashi" and "Little Sister"/"Imoto" just having a normal day where things couldn't go wrong, but in actuality, it does happen. For some reason the little sister goes missing, "Me" is trying to look for her, but ends up in some place called the Phantom Field and surprisingly meets "Nobody" who is of unknown origin, and both of them are ready for an adventure to find "Me"'s sister and collect "Memories" along the way for someone's distant past. XBlaze Lost: Memories is the sequel to Code: Embryo in which more of the "BlazBlue" lore is explored, more or less depending. And for those complaining about the Toi system from the first game will find out that its been done away, so that the game plays on its own way. The "TIPS" makes a return here as well (though most entries will require you to talk to the "Brain Cat" character in all areas of every Phantom Stage). The game plays in 2 ways, the first half being with "Me" and Nobody finding "Memories" in the Phantom Field with the story being an abridged version of Code: Embryo from Es's point of view, right to the point where they find "Little Sister". The second half continues from after the first XBlaze were Es returns back to Earth and tries to stop a returning villain, the second half plays like an actual Visual Novels where in each chapter, you're given a choice, one part continues the story, the other is either the bad/gag ending depending on chapter. (Don't worry, you can continue from these and not load progress again. But can save from the choice segments if you wish to 100% the unlockables and such.) As it was from the previous console ports (PS3/Vita), the port, like how it was in Code: Embryo, runs real great and also loads scenes fast. You can also unlock extra scenarios and other bonuses by completing the game, and Sechs scenario, which was originally DLC from the Console versions is now unlockable too, so don't worry. Unfortunately, the Steam version doesn't let you name your protagonist as it was in the Console versions and leaves it as "***" as the game (Nobody) gives it to you. Either way, the story continues.

I like how Xblaze looks as a visual novel as the sprites and backgrounds blend in and have a lot of angles, the constant moving during action scenes and eye movement. As for the story you can play this without the first game since they practically recap the story from a different perspective for the first half of the game. As a sequel I feel like the new characters were simply a plot device that even the creators were too lazy to give them a name, not that they were bad but simply out shined by the previous game's characters and under developed. The mechanic where we collect memory fragments is better than reading certain articles on Toi in the first game to get on someones route but getting a bad end in the second half of the game was as ridiculous as the curry side story lol.