Bleach Soul Ressurecion is a musou hack and slash game based on the Bleach series.
The plot is centered around the Hueco Mundo and Invasion of soul society arcs in the series.
Its really best to be caught up with the anime (minus the anime exclusive non canon parts like the rescue arc) to really enjoy this game more.
The game has 3 modes of story mission and soul attack mode
The story isn’t really that long with about 14 levels to go through.
The gameplay itself is pretty straight forward and so were the controls too.
The graphics and art are pretty good.
Players utilize the PlayStation 3 controller's analog sticks and four shape buttons to control their character in 3D environment. Players move with the left analog stick while controlling the camera with the right. The X button performs a jump and pressing it again while in air performs a second jump. Melee is performed through the square button which can be utilized for combos.
The triangle button performs spirit attacks which consume spiritual pressure from the pressure bar which sits below the health bar at the top of the screen. Some characters have different spirit attacks based on whether they are on the ground or in the air. The circle button performs special attacks. Specials are strong moves that consume most if not all the pressure bar.
These attacks are different depending on if the character is on the ground or in the air. L1 is used to lock onto an opponent and R1 blocks. While blocking, the player can use the left analog stick to use Shunpo or Sonído to dodge. R2 performs a dash maneuver which can be held for a constant dash. L2 activates the ignition gauge which sits at the left of the screen.
Ignition lights the edges of the screen on fire and triples the power of a character's moves. The gauge can be filled by dealing damage to enemies. Once activated, the gauge will slowly drain. By pressing the L2 button again while in this mode, the character will be drained of all their remaining ignition gauge and utilize their ignition attack which is an immensely powerful move and the strongest a character has. The health bar at the top of the screen regenerates slowly as time progresses.
The more damage a player takes, the less health they can regenerate. The pressure bar regenerates quicker so long as the player is not dashing. Dashing also does mild damage. With each hit, a streak bar is refilled. The higher the streak, the higher the soul points multiplier is: 100 for a 2x multiplier, 300 for 3x multiplier and 1000 for a 4x multiplier.
Getting hit does not end the streak. At the end of a level, players are given a grade and extra soul points based on the number of points collected, difficulty played on, clear time, enemies defeated and Ignition attacks used. Once a level is over, the player can head to the level up menu and use the soul points they earned to learn new abilities and power up.
The player is placed on a grid and can only buy upgrades next to ones they have already unlocked. Paths to different grids will be locked until a certain character reaches a specified level. One level is considered buying one upgrade.
The objectives are the same either defeat boss certain amount of enemies and thast really it.
The voice acting and characters are as expected from the series.
The environments and enemy design is limited and more or less reskins of one another in the game wise otherwise in the anime and manga itself is amazing and i highly
recommend looking into the soul society arc which is by far the best in shonen manga history.
The music is pretty good as expected from the series.
Overall it was a pretty average game at best.
It gets 3 out of 5 stars.
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