After finishing every achievement, both story routes, difficulties, challenges, etc., I can confidently recommend this game to any fan of action-focused roguelikes.
If you enjoy games like Hades, Dead Cells, and other games with deeper combat systems instead of overwhelming amounts of items, you’ll probably love this game.
Despite coming from a fighting game franchise, the combos aren’t difficult. They were simplified enough so that anyone can pick up and play, without making the combat feel dull or repetitive.
Each character has a wide variety of skills, normal attacks, and tools available — as long as you’re willing to unlock them DURING a run.
The positives
No character is truly bad. Tier lists mostly show that viability depends more on each player's personal preference than on actual balance.
The soundtrack is phenomenal.
The story is okay — a typical Japanese-game style story where you need to explore every corner to fully understand what’s going on.
There aren’t any bosses that feel unfairly annoying or excessively difficult. Their attacks make sense and are reactable.(Unless you are trying to no hit, which is optional.)
It has both local and online co-op.
The game doesn’t really have many negatives.
The biggest issue is that the replay factor isn’t the best.
Other than trying different characters or self-imposed challenges using the entropy system, once you complete all 31 boss challenges and finish the highest difficulty, there’s not much left to do.
That said, for the price, I think it offers more than enough content. BlazBlue Entropy Effect is still receiving updates and DLC, and by looking at older reviews and gameplay videos, you can clearly see that even with a very small team, the game has a lot of potential and has improved significantly.
TL;DR:
The game is great, the combat is addictive, the visuals are stylish, and the price is more than fair for the amount of fun you’ll get out of it. Buy it if you want something to play with a friend or if you’re a fan of action roguelikes.
