91Act announced that the upcoming Blazblue-based side-scrolling action game, Blazblue Entropy Effect will be officially launching globally on PC via Steam on August 16 in Early Access.
The game is also planning a launch trailer and announced it will be releasing details of the Early Access through a comprehensive FAQ answering page. Players looking to try out the game as soon as it’s available can still add the game to their wishlist on Steam
▍Blazblue Entropy Effect BitSummit Trailer
▍BlazBlue Entropy Effect Gameplay
The world is on the brink of destruction. The path you forge with choices will lead humanity to salvation, or despair. Go explore, listen, understand, and make choices. By piecing together the truth from fragments of time and space, you have the power to shape the destiny of the world and humanity.
Segments of the game trailer reveal that outside of the recognizable characters, players will also be taking control of a miniature robot that has not been seen in past games, possibly hinting at the game’s deviation from its original subject material.
Though Entropy Effect is a spin-off that widely deviates from its fighting game roots, many of the playable characters present in the original game can be seen in the revealed trailer, with notable casts such as Ragna the Bloodedge, Noel Vermillion, Lambda-11, and more being shown off as potential playable characters.
As a rogue-like, players are expected to die repeatedly in BlazBlue Entropy Effect, with the progress made by accumulating resources after each run. Every character can inherit powers called “Legacy Skills” that bear resemblance to special moves found in the original fighting game.
Players may pick from a set of three skills upon clearing combat encounters and acquire unique actions and attacks that spice up each run through the dungeon. The game also features seven elements (Electricity, Fire, Ice, Toxin, Blade, Light, and Umbra) with unique attributes. Mixing and matching these skills allow players to customize characters to a particular play style.
