Review: Blade Symphony

Prove you are the world's greatest swordsman in Blade Symphony: a slash-em-up featuring a highly detailed and in-depth sword fighting system. Face down other players in tactical swordplay, 2 versus 2 team duels, sandbox FFA, or the Control Points game mode!

Blade Symphony Gameplay

Basic Controls Blade Symphony is one of those games that is easy to learn, but difficult to master. The default controls are pretty easy to get the hang of, with some of them being universal among modern video games. By default, the controls are:

Esc - Enter menu

Tab - Scoreboard / Duel Overview

W - Move forward

A - Move left

D - Move right

S - Move backward

Spacebar - Jump

Shift* - Shuffle

Ctrl - Roll

Left mouse button - Attack

Left mouse button (Held) - Charge attack

Scroll wheel - Cycle stance

Right mouse button - Use blocktech

E - Throw projectile

Q* - Grab

B - Bow

C - Flourish

V - Taunt

G - Spray

J - Sit (meditate)

X - Voice Chat

M - Enter loadout screen

R - Challenge a player to a duel (In FFA modes only)

1 - Enter fast stance

2 - Enter balanced stance

3 - Enter heavy stance

4 - Sheathe weapon

F10 - Open console

*These controls have options turned on by default that allow grabs with LMB + RMB and shuffles by double tapping a movement key. Most people would advise to turn these options off in the game menu, as accidentally grabbing or shuffling could lose you a match. Another option to play with is Lag Compensation, found in the game options; apparently this feature is not needed when fighting players that are very close to your latency.

Each of the four characters has a unique fighting style suited to how you want to play.

Phalanx, a fencer gladiator hybrid, attacks with long-range stabs and a versatile array of side attacks

Judgment, a knight crossed with a samurai, uses hard-hitting forward attacks and wide strafing attacks

Ryoku, a vagrant street ninja, attacks with break dance moves and a signature reverse blade style

Pure, an acrobatic wushu style assassin that attacks with flips, cartwheels, extremely mobile

Vanguard, a quick-footed champion that uses leaning plunges to push opponents into her blade

Attack and defend in three dimensions, with Blade Symphony’s intricate combo system. You can engage in 1v1 and 2v2, a control-point mode for teams of two, an a sandbox free-for-all area, where you can challenge other players to one-off duels. If you’re feeling up for a challenge, take on two players at once in the “hilariously awesome” 2v1 mode.