Bleach: The 3rd Phantom

Bleach telah kembali ke NDS dengan genre "tactical RPG" dimana kita mengendalikan karakter pilihan kita sendiri yang tidak berhubungan dengan cerita utama.


Pertama melihat game ini yang terpikir olehku adalah Super robot Wars dengan karakter Bleach. Bahkan kalau dilihat hal tersebut tidak salah karena gayanya memang mirip SRW. 


Tetapi ada hal-hal yang hanya dimiliki oleh RPG seperti SRW yaitu bosnya. Bila sebelumnya satu kotak (tempat dimana karakter kita berdiri) kita dan juga musuhnya hanya 1. Tetapi tidak pada game ini.. Bos bahkan karakter musuhnya sekalipun memiliki ukuran lebih dari 1. 


Berkat besarnya karakter tersebut, kita dapat melakukan combo yang bervariasi. Tak hanya ukuran besar, kita juga dapat melakukan Bankai yang rugi kalau di lewatkan.

This is a totally incredible game! I know the webs out there are saying that the text is to lengthy and the game pace is too slow - thus giving it an average rating - but I personally feel that it is a great change from the past few Bleach DS games.


The Good:
- Storyline is awesome, nice twists and stuff. Glad that they included almost every character - even some non-important ones.
- Graphics are fantastic (for a DS game).
- Soundtrack is not bad - at least they bothered to do the voices during combat, spell-casting and Bankai/Release.
- And unlike Dark Souls, they actually put in lots of effort to bring in new characters, new Bankai animation-scenes, and new moves. Its nice to see Grimmjow being able to use his Release.
- About the text-length, I think its just nice. It makes you feel really in-game and engaged.
- The option to select your character's gender at the start is really good. The freedom of names for your character and zanpakuto is really sweet too.
- Unlike Pokemon, leveling your characters up isn't a pain. Its quite a breeze and rather satisfying if you play it right.
- And it makes you think! Gamers who aren't good at doing rapid button pressing for combos will be glad - fight at your own pace! Use your head :]


The Bad:
- A single match can take you a long time. And if you lose after playing for a long while, it can be rather frustrating, especially since you'll have to repeat all the dialogue from where you last saved. (Trust me, it took me 3 hours to complete the final stage of Bleach Tower without equipment)
BUT: I have to admit that after completing a really tough match, the feeling of accomplishment is truly great!
- No touch screen support (Strange)


Overall:
- It doesn't really matter if you're a Bleach fan or not. If you lack the patience, you'll probably trash the game after a few chapters. Putting that aside, I think its one of the best games yet. Worth a shot.


Rating: 9/10 (-1 for being time consuming)
source: Romulation

BGM: Nokori-kaze (Remaining Wind) by Ikimono Gakari

Tidak ada yang tidak mengenal BLEACH.. Bahkan jika kamu mengetik Bleach di Google.. maka list pertama yang km dapatkan adalah Link untuk BLEACH

sangat tidak umum menemukan Bleach yang bergaya bertarung harus berubah menjadi SRPG atau Tactic RPG. Padahal genre game yg cocok untuk Bleach biasanya gaya bertarung (Fighting) atau Petualangan (Adventure)

Tentu saja cerita yang dibuat di game ini berbeda dengan anime/manga