Underplayed Gems

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010)

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep cover
Developer
Square Enix Product Development Division 5
Publisher
Square Enix, Disney Interactive Studios
Platforms
PlayStation Portable
Genres
Role-playing (RPG)
Rating
4.3 of 5, 160 player ratings
Main story
about 23 hours
Completionist
about 30 hours
Where to get it
Website

How it feels

A flashy, system-heavy action RPG where chaining commands and styles keeps combat feeling fluid and adventurous.

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About

Birth by Sleep is an action roleplaying game that introduces a gameplay aspect called the Command System, which allows players to customize a Command Deck with techniques and abilities that they can perform at will, called Deck Commands. Performing ordinary attacks and Commands fills a gauge displayed above the command deck that, when certain requirements are fulfilled, activates a Command Style that changes the player's basic attack command with the "Surge" command, which racks up powerful combos depending on what Command Style is activated. Filling the gauge with certain requirements a second time causes the character to change into an even higher level Command Style, which replaces the "Surge" command with the more powerful "Storm" command.

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Screenshots

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