Punk and Lizard Issue One | Page 41

Helping you with this is the Library index and the Teach Me More, Miss Litchi Mode. This section does waffle a bit and the Jin/Ragna skit is disturbing, but it’s a cute little touch that is genuinely helpful for anyone who hasn’t got a clue about The Black Beast , the NOL, ars magus or Izayoi. By the time you’re done with all this, the BlazBlue fog should have lifted and Ragna the Bloodedge and the Black Knight will feel like your BFFs.

Included in this EXTEND edition are the EXTEND stories Determination, Collision and The Rat featuring Kagura, Kokonoe and Bullet respectively. These stories help to flesh out and give background and depth to these characters and go a long way towards this edition’s efforts to present the main story within a wider and more universal context. Also check the Anthology tab within Story Mode to access vampire Rachel Alucard’s recap of the first two games, Calamity Trigger and Continuum Shift. And if all that has just wet your whistle and you’re desperate for more, there is a huge collection of gag scenes to satisfy your needs plus the Remix Heart Gaiden story. Told you, content GALORE.

Chances are you may have bought BlazBlue Chronophantasma EXTEND for the fisticuffs. After you’ve completed the Tutorial and have decided between Technical and Stylish, Arcade Mode is the first place you need to be. Here you can play through the individual stories of every character and between fights you are treated to cut scenes and dialogue. How difficult these fights are depends on you. Before you access the Battle Menu and chose a mode, you can visit settings to set up the difficulty level, time span of fights and number of rounds. You can make BlazBlue as easy or as difficult as you want, and alongside your choice between Technical and Stylish, this makes BlazBlue a fighting game that is accessible to everyone.

BlazBlue is a fast and colourful fighting experience. There’s not much time to stand around scratching your backside. Attacks are fast, combos are devastating the truly special moves threaten to crack your TV screen with their explosions of colour and animation. BlazBlue is so pretty. The