X-Blades

X-Blades (Known in Russia as Oniblade (Ониблейд)) is a video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It was first released in Russia in late 2007 by 1C Company, and later by SouthPeak Interactive throughout North America and Europe, and by Ubisoft in 2009. The game is a hack and slash action-adventure that allows the player the oppoetunaty to take on the roll of character Ayumi. A treasure hunter that wields a pair of gunblade and use various spells. The game would go on to reach sales of ruffly 29,680 units throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. It would be reported that the game, along with Big Bang Mini, would help distributor SouthPeak Interactive earn $13.5 Million in revenues. However the game was panned by critics for it controls, weak storyline, and its protagonist.

Plot

In the beginning of time there existed two immortal brothers who ruled together side-by-side in an era of peace. Until one day one of the brothers, The Dark, Tried to claim all of the power for himself, but his brother, The Light, tried to stop him. As a result, The Dark would cast the Earth into total darkness, while The Light would try to restore the balance. Unfortunately The Light realized that he could only stop The Dark was to banish his power. Unfortunately this also meant that The Light would also lose his power as the two were connected. Their powers were stripped and locked away into two artifacts, and the brothers were both exiled into separate temples guarding the other's artifact and warding off any who came in search of either artifact. The location of the location of the artifacts was placed on a map that was divided into two relics that was long since believed to be lost forever. Until one day, on one of her quests, an intrepid treasure hunter named Ayumi finds a crystal skull and one of the relics. When she goes to have the skull appraised at a local shop, she happen upon the other relic and reactivates the map. Excited by what she finds, she embarks on a year long journey to find the artifact in the Sun Temple, The Light's home. Once there, she runs into The Light who begs her to turn away. Yet she ignores his warning and touches the artifact, becoming infused with the dark power and becomes cursed. The Light attempts to kill her but the dark power flairs up within her And The Light use what little power he has to send her to the Abandoned Coast of the nearby island. Now cursed, Ayumi must find the other artifact to help free her.

Artwork

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  Oniblade cover art.

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  North American cover art containg "Sky Islands".

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  European cover art.

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  Japanese cover art.

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  Japanese cover art censored.

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  Magazine flyer.

Table of Contents

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Gameplay

• Controls
• Characters
• Monsters
• Items
• Spells
• Skills

Walkthrough

• The Ruins I
• The Sun Temple
• The Abandoned Coast
• The Stone Circle
• Stairway to Heaven
• The Ruins Above the Sea
• The Fork in the Road
• Observation Site
• Deadly Passage
• The Death Arena
• The Ruins II
• The Great Rift
• The Stone Alley
• The Seashell
• Blades of Death
• The Great Gates
• The Arched Bridge
• The Way to the Temple
• The Dark Temple
• The Dark Temple (evening)
• The Long Descent
• Dungeon
• The Abandoned Coast (evening)

• The Stone Circle (evening)
• Stairway to Heaven (evening)
• The Ruins Above the Sea (evening)
• The Fork in the Road (evening)
• Observation Site (evening)
• Deadly Passage (evening)
• The Death Arena (evening)
• The Ruins II (evening)
• The Great Rift (evening)
• The Stone Alley (evening)
• The Seashell (evening)
• Blades of Death (evening)
• The Great Gates (evening)
• The Great Gates (darkness)
• The Entrance to the Castle
• The Two Towers
• The Hall of Columns
• Underground Hall
• Finale

Mission Pack: Sky Islands

• Serpentinous Road
• Sky Islands
• Temple in the Sky

Appendices

• Achievements and trophies
• Glitches
• Endings
• Diary
• Map