Unchained Blades | Review (PSP)

 

Imagine, if you will, a group of famously talented members of the Japanese gaming industry getting together and collaborating on…a first-person dungeon crawler. Weird, right? But, at the same time, pretty cool? Well, it actually happened, and Unchained Blades is the result. Toshio Akashi (Lunar!) and Takashi Hino (Grandia) teamed up along with a dozen anime and manga artists to create something that revels in tradition, yet at the same time manages to feel unique. Oh, and they got some guy named Nobuo Uematsu to compose the main theme of the game…

XSEED Bringing Unchained Blades to PSP on June 26th; 3DS Version to Follow

XSEED Games announced that previously the unveiled Unchained Blades will hit the PSP as a digital-only release on June 26th, with a price point of 29.99. Later on in the year, a 3DS version of the game will also be released. Unchained Blades is a dungeon crawling RPG with a first person point of view, and it directed by Toshio Akashi, known for the classic Lunar series. It is also being written by Takashi Hino, known for his involvement in the Grandia series.