Blazblue Entropy Effect X

Genre: Action-Platformer / Roguelike

Players: 1-2 Co-Op (Local / Online)

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Review:

While the Blazblue series is undoubtedly best known for its top-notch mainline Fighting Game titles, the series has occasionally dipped into other genres in spin-off games like its BlayzBloo spin-off Action games. Entropy Effect is another such detour from the series’ usual gameplay, taking the series’ characters and placing them in an Action-Platformer with Roguelike elements.

Originally released on PC in 2024, Blazblue Entropy Effect received a 2025 port to mobile devices, and then in 2026 received a reworked and expanded port to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch with an X tacked on to the end of its title. And rather than following the (largely incomprehensible) storyline of the main franchise, this game is set in a distant future where some (largely incomprehensible) world-ending threat can only be fought back by entering a simulation where your avatar is one of 18 characters from the Blazblue series.

The presentation here is overall quite good, though this is in part because it recycles the striking characters and animations from the earlier Blazblue games, although we do have new visual effects and new enemies to fight here. This is joined by an energetic soundtrack and Japanese-language voices for the game’s characters.

Surprisingly, Entropy Effect doesn’t also reuse the gameplay from the Fighting Games, instead bringing over only a few attacks for each character and further enhancing those with Roguelike upgrades. The result is some action-packed gameplay that still generally flows well, though not nearly as varied or fluid as the Fighting Games. I also think this game could do a better job indicating what is an enemy attack and what is either harmless or one of your own attacks, as things can get confusing when the action gets intense and heavy.

There are also some questionable button assignments, like making the important healing function require two simultaneous button presses. And that’s on top of how poorly this game explains many of its mechanics, with the different branching paths you can choose not well-explained enough that you can intelligently decide between them until you’ve stumbled through a few runs first.

Despite these flaws, Blazblue Entropy Effect X is a solid Action-Platformer and Roguelike, and the wide variety of playable characters with numerous Roguelike upgrades should provide players a lot of depth and variety to explore (even if individual characters have had their move sets shaved down to a minimum). Even if you’re not a fan of Fighting Games, I think if you enjoy Action-Platformers you’ll likely find this game well worth playing.

tl;dr – Blazblue Entropy Effect takes the series’ characters out of the Fighting genre and places them into an Action-Platformer with Roguelike elements, and the result is mostly very good. It’s disappointing to see characters’ move sets cut down, and there are a few needlessly confusing gameplay elements, but overall this is a solid Action-Platformer that I think even players who don’t enjoy Fighting games will find worth a try.

Grade: B

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