Bladesong is an interesting title sent to me by the fine folks at Mythwright. I always appreciate it. The game hails itself as the ultimate sword-making game, but we will get to that.
The game starts out by letting you make some choices about your character, such as what kind of person you were in your village. I won’t spoil the story details, but these choices do matter a bit. They make certain things easier and change small things. Nothing that will make you want to pick certain things over another in terms of how you play long term, but enough that you might want to check them out.
The real bread and butter here is the sword making. The tutorial starts by teaching you how to make a sword, and you will be making the entire sword. You will start with what is essentially a block of metal, and you will flatten it, shape it, sharpen it, add a handle, and a pummel. Bassically if you have to do it to make a sword, it is here.
Admittedly, they do make it easier and quicker because it is a gam,e and it has to be fun. But when they say it is the ultimate sword-making game, they mean it. You will be upgrading your forge, learning new skills, taking on customers, making custom pieces, or simply sharpening blades for people.
As the game progesses you will be making more intricate pieces, and if you are wondering if you can name them, you absolutely can. All of this means nothing if it is hard to do these things, and I am happy to say they nailed the controls. From shaping blades to damn near a needle point ( thankfully, undoing this is also easy; it’s a game, not a simulator) to making a curved blade is all done quite simply with easy-to-use sliders and such. The whole game is very user-friendly. I would like to see more variety of weapons as early access moves on, but the sheer number of swords is impressive. For a $20 game, this is an 8/10 experience that I can easily recommend. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
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