Some people enjoy their entertainment with a dash of awful every now and then. Sometimes you don’t need to be blown away by big special effects or even engaged by competent dialogue; cracking wise can be its own reward. Even die-hard devotees of the "so bad it’s good” school of thought will find little to like in Blades of Time. It’s not enjoyable like a bad movie. It’s more like being dropped off by your parents at a carpet store when you’re 10.

Blades of Time is a spiritual successor to Gaijin Entertainment’s other attempt at a hack-and-slash game, X-Blades. They both feature the treasure-hunting vamp Ayumi, though now she looks like something you’d see airbrushed on the side of a van rather than the hood of a tuned-up Nissan. ... Read more »