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The third title in Arc System Works' beloved BlazBlue 2D fighting action game series is here! After Yuuki Terumi's rebirth in Kagutsuchi, everyone begins to converge in the Ikaruga Federation, the one-time home of series shinobi, Bang Shishigami and the setting for a brutal Civil War where the Novus Orbis Librarium had obtained a brutal victory. There, the feared holder of the Azure Grimoire, Ragna the Bloodedge, hopes to uncover the truth behind Terumi and the mysterious Imperator of the Librarium who has his sister's face. At the same time, Noel Vermillion, Makoto Nanaya, and Jin Kisaragi fight to save their friend, Tsubaki Yayoi, after she became little more than a puppet for Terumi and the NOL back in Continuum Shift. And, surrounding all of them, there lies a new mystery around the Chronophantasma, or "The Phantoms of Time…"
In Chronophantasma Extend, every character returns to duke it out, but a host of new faces brings up the roster to 28 fighters. Use a variety of gadgets and a special Gravition Capacitor to trap your enemies in place as Tager's boss in Sector Seven, Kokonoe, or target weak points and overwhelm them with excessive power and intimidation with the unstoppable Mad Dog, Azrael. Other new characters include the mercenary Bullet, the dancer Amane Nishiki, the zweihander-wielding Kagura Mutsuki, the powerful Terumi, and even the Extend-exclusive character, Celica A. Mercury, who seems to have an odd relationship with Ragna and fights alongside a powerful automaton known as Minerva. But that’s not all! Chronophantasma also comes with various revamps to make your fighting game experience as fresh as possible — like the new My Room feature — which makes it easier to talk to other combatants online, set up Team Matches with ease, and even decorate your surroundings to show off your personality online in Network — or a more active Barrier Gauge, where it’s up to the players to decide when it’s time to block or attack, lest they find their Gauge emptied and themselves vulnerable to a powerful Guard Crush!
But that’s not all. This ultimate Extend version of Chronophantasma doesn’t just stop at adding new characters, oh no. Extend features a brand new stage not seen in the vanilla release and also a fully translated Glossary that was previously exclusive to Japan! This massive upgrade also features six extra storylines: two that overview the events of Calamity Trigger and Continuum Shift, three that focus on Kokonoe, Kagura Mutsuki, and Bullet as characters, and a bonus tale covering a handful of slice-of-life events from the time of the spin-off manga, BlazBlue: Remix Heart, that follows the story of Mai Natsume, a young woman whose life has been inexorably linked with the powers of Grimoires, and her roommate, Kajun Faycott. Additionally, the main Story Modes have been expanded to include eight new Gag Endings with tons of opportunities to laugh. And, if all of the updates to the characters’ gameplay over the course of Chronophantasma’s lifespan don’t quite agree with you, there’s even a built-in option to fight in CP Mode, where the character balance is reverted to an earlier state.
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8.3 / 10"I usually stay away from fighting games because I lack the patience to master the complicated nature of a character's fighting style. I stay away from sequels if I haven't...
8 / 10"Held back only by a somewhat poorly optimized release, BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Extend is a fun, deep fighter with lots of fun to be had for any type of player."
"ASW takes a chance on comprehensively reformatting BlazBlue's story progression, and the result is a bit of a mixed bag."
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