BlazBlue: Central Fiction

BlazBlue: Central Fiction
Developer(s)	Arc System Works
Publisher(s)	JP: Arc System Works
Designer(s)	Toshimichi Mori Yūki Katō
Composer(s)	Daisuke Ishiwatari Galneryus
Series	BlazBlue
Platform(s)	Arcade PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4
Release	Arcade Consoles Fall 2016
Genre(s)	Fighting game
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

BlazBlue: Central Fiction, released in Japan as BlazBlue: Centralfiction (ブレイブルー セントラルフィクション, BureiBurū: Sentorarufikushon) is a 2-D fighting game developed by Arc System Works. It is the fourth game to the BlazBlue series, and is set after the events of BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma. A location test appeared mid-July. It was released for the arcades on November 19, 2015. It also introduced the playable appearances of Hibiki Kohaku, Naoto Kurogane, Nine the Phantom, Saya/Hades Izanami, and Es. It will conclude the current story of the series that began in Calamity Trigger. The arcade mode stories are separated into three acts.

Characters

• Hibiki Kohaku: Kagura's assistant. He is a member of clan of assassins and was raised to serve Kagura originally seen as a loyal servant but is actually a disturbed killer whose desire is to kill Kagura and become a truly emotionless killer.
• Naoto Kurogane: The main protagonist of Bloodedge Experience. He appears in Central Fiction due to Raquel sending him into the current timeline of BlazBlue where he died apparently to save their world.
• Nine the Phantom: One of the Six Heroes and the boss of "Act I: Phantom of Labyrinth".
• Hades Izanami: The true main villain of the series. She is the one who commands Terumi and Relius, used Saya as a vessel who is also a living doll forged by Relius and is the manifestation of the girl inside Amaterasu's drive Noel Vermillion.
• Es: One of the main characters of Xblaze, Es is one of the console exclusive characters for Central Fiction.

Gameplay

Following the gameplay from BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Extend, there are additional changes and new mechanics. The changes are the Overdrive activation is now having its duration is shown under the Burst Gauge in the form of a countdown timer (which counts seconds and split-seconds); The characters' portrait near the health bar shakes when taking damages; and character's emblem appears at each character side when the phrase "The Wheel of Fate is Turning" shows when the first Rebel starts. The new gameplay mechanics are Exceed Accel, a special type of Distortion Drive, which is executed a same input as Overdrive activation by holding it during Overdrive activation, or pressing it, begins with the character performing a specific attack in their move-set, and once it connects the rest of the background shatters away into the Overdrive background effect when the attack is performed. It dishes large damage, but immediately ends Overdrive; and Active Flow, which acts as the opposite of Negative Penalty status. A character that fights offensively goes into an Active Flow, which boosts damage and recovery of the Burst Gauge. Active Flow also increases the damage of Exceed Accel (for some it may add extra effects and animations). When a character enters Active Flow, his/her emblem on the health bar becomes purple pink. The purple pink color itself is also shown surrounding the Overdrive Gauge, when a character is close to entering Active Flow.

External links

• Official website Template:Jp icon