Blade Kitten

Decently fun game, cute character.

The last third of this game is paid DLC due to the extended development time. The team dropped the price of the base game, so they’re offering better value, but it’s also meant to lure in unsuspecting buyers, which is kind of sneaky, so I guess it’s a wash. Just know that the full game is worth $7-8 at full price, not $3. Is the base game worth buying? I mean, against the multitude of options in this store and others, all of the possible discounts, not really, but as a bargain bin hack-and-slash platformer with a bunch of collectibles, it’s decent value.

The story is paper thin. You’ve got your typical Sci-Fi setting with aliens, bounty hunters, and space marines. Kit, our protagonist, does some jobbing then we’re suddenly confronted with a planetary threat and Kit being a survivor of a genocide, which hits with all the impact of an empty plastic bag. Any potential for engaging writing is crowded out of the plot by Kit’s banter. Her delivery isn’t annoying, but her shtick is repetitive, and it makes scenes that should have different tones just melt together. It’s not like the game is trying to have a deep or exciting plot, but that doesn’t stop it from reeking of genericness.

The presentation is a bit better. They haven’t aged all that well, but the designs and animations are fine for the year this came out. Skiffy is cute. The proprietor with the racist Asian accent isn’t. The other designs are just kind of… well… generic. The environments are fine, but they lack personality: the bazaar, the tenements, the fortress, the temple, the factory… I’ve seen it all before. Maybe I’d get more out of them if the world were more fleshed out, but as they are, they’re long and visually repetitive.

That brings me to the gameplay. It’s functional, but it’s very uneven. Searching for hidden collectibles is pretty fun, but the sparse use of direction indicators makes it hard in some levels to tell the main path from side paths. Since I prefer to search for collectibles before taking the main path, this meant I had to feel things out by the use of checkpoints, which was annoying and time-consuming. The combat and platforming are pretty easy, but they don’t feel fluid. There’s a tiny delay between attacks and jumps that might not seem like much, but it slow things down quite a bit cumulatively. There are also a few glitches: I got stuck in a few places that made the character model blink and twitch, and the screen turned completely white in one small section of one level. Nothing broke the game for me, but be wary.

I can’t say I really like this game, but with twelve substantial levels, collectibles and time trackers, I think it’s just worth it to grab on sale. However, I would not buy the DLC unless you came off the base game truly hungry for more.

Kit looks like a mid 2000s newgrounds oc, peak

I suck at this game. I really suck at this game. The only achievement I got was dying 9 times on one level. Still, it was fun. I got about 5 hours of gameplay out of it before admitting defeat. Still, it was fun to play.

i remember playing the demo way back when, the "how to draw manga" artstyle from the mid-late 2000s is at it's finest here, great voice acting, and ya the controls kind of suck sometimes which is fine as there's no real challenge and tons of checkpoints

ill snatch up and finish episode 2 whenever it goes on sale

Interesting concept, unfortunately it gets repetitive rather quickly, if the levels were shorter and more compressed for the content, if the enemies were a bit less repetetive and/or placed better and if the hitboxes weren't a casual hit or miss a lot of times, it would have been more unique and way more of a blast.
That or a Metroidvania with precise map and these climbing and fighting mechanics done well would be an absolute blast.
So if a Metroidvania remake of this game ever comes it would be super cool and unique I think

Nice find!!

Cat's out of the bag. Blade Kitten i accidentally when looking at the delovoper of Ty the Tasmanian Tiger games. It's a 2.5D side scroller that has early PS3 graphics, Look to it. The story is the weakest part since it doesn't know what it wants to do with itself throwing random elements to it. However, the game play is still fun enough with its parkour elements to keep the game engaging. You have a floating sword like 2B that cut down enemies. This is only part 1, so the game is cut short , but I am curious about what happens next. One feline you don't want to mess with.
6.5/10

One of my favourite games ever, very underrated, everyone who likes platformers should play it. It's very interesting, fun, friendly, have heavenly atmosphere. Just perfect game. Like damn why it's so cheap its definitely worth 10-24usd for sure. Hope you will make similar games in a future.

Loved this game, but the camera needs an option to be fixed in place better, instead of bobbing around so much. Recommended it to a friend having forgotten about that and they got sick. :( Otherwise, It's good.

this is kind at the clerks cartoon of video games

I've never had any game, let alone a 2.5D platformer, give me motion sickness before, but somehow this game has managed to do that. I think the camera moves and bounces around way too fast in order to follow Kit. Enemies also have the ability to combo you and you cannot counter until the attack animation is over, and by that time you're dead. Really kills the fluidity of what is supposed to be a fast paced game.

Good character writing and entertaining jokes.
Kit Ballard is a great protagonist but this game was very small, it would be nice to see a sequel that is an action adventure open world game like the old Ty games. Get on it Krome.
We'll probably never get another game but if you like the Ty series then you should like this game too.