Blue Fire Reviews

Blue Fire is ranked in the 44th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Drew Hurley
Top Critic
7 / 10
Jun 7, 2022

There's a slow burn to this fire, but it's certainly worth waiting for it to catch and see the sparks. Blue Fire offers up a challenging, and dynamic 3D platforming experience that is sure to make it a cult hit with those brave enough to persevere through the frustrating opening - but 'cult' it will remain, with little chance of garnering attention from wider audiences, sadly, as there are just too many issues to elevate this to something more. The recycling of areas in that second half combined with the flimsy fundamentals stops this from becoming a classic.

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5.5 / 10.0
Feb 25, 2022

Blue Fire is a strange experience, easy to love and hate simultaneously. Sometimes you find it amazing, other times terrible, it all depends on your patience. With references from several classics such as Zelda and Dark Souls, the title from Robi Studios even has an interesting world story, varied three-dimensional environments and platforming levels that cry out to be explored through creative mechanics and fun movement combinations. However, those same features that make it enjoyable to a certain extent are soon overshadowed by physics issues, demanding jumps, necessary backtracking, extremely monotonous combat, and confusing level design. What remains is a dubious game that becomes good one second and bad in the next.

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8.5 / 10.0
Aug 12, 2021

Blue Fire does not punish players for exploring their environment and that is further reinforced with the addition of side quests you can pick up along the way. Despite the difficult platforming the game does not feel overwhelming to complete, and there is always a benefit to revisiting old areas. There is always a missed breakable object or an emoting statue that was forgotten; one should not underestimate the power of emoting.

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80 / 100
Aug 10, 2021

Blue Fire is a successful mix of established games. It is highly recommended for any fan of 3D platform, adventure and exploration games. The combat, however, could be more interesting.

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Liked-a-lot
Aug 4, 2021

One of the best surprises of the year. A great platformer that takes us into a world where Dark Souls, The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario 64 co-exist.

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3.5 / 10.0
Jul 26, 2021

Blue Fire had all the potential to become a top-notch Zelda clone for PlayStation's audience, but misses the mark significantly with dated level design, unwieldy controls and an unforgiving checkpoint system.

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7.3 / 10.0
Jul 10, 2021

‎Blue Fire is a mix of several titles with some successes and mistakes, which do not completely hinder the gameplay or the fun, but that can annoy if you get stuck at some point in the game. Despite the good of exploration while running and jumping through Penumbra, you can lose a lot of time because of the game's glitches.‎

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6.9 / 10.0
Apr 2, 2021

Blue Fire is a fun and surprisingly engaging game, and fans of the 3D platforming genre will enjoy the challenges it provides. Adventure and open-world exploration fans, on the other hand, might not find the repetition that endearing. If all you want is to hop and dash around, smash objects, and swing your ridiculously oversized swords, Blue Fire is worth a try.

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Game Forces PT
Samuel Sá
8 / 10.0
Mar 13, 2021

By drawing heavy inspiration from excellent titles such as the Zelda 3D games and A Hat in Time, Blue Fire took the risk of getting hurt by the comparisons with these acclaimed adventures. That alone shows the confidence of the devs in the game's worth - and after playing it, we confirmed that the journey through Penumbra is excellent and polished (besides the occasional crashes) and deserves the attention of the fans of the game's influences.

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7.5 / 10.0
Mar 3, 2021

Blue Fire, albeit flawed, is a very enjoyable and satisfying platforming experience. It may not reach the heights of some of the games that inspired it, but that doesn't stop it from being an incredibly enjoyable game that has plenty to offer.

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Liked
Mar 1, 2021

Blue Fire was a game I really wanted to like more than I did. I loved the art style and the doom and gloomy feel the game was going for, the main character is also instantly likeable. For the most part, I did enjoy the gameplay but the niggles I had with pathfinding and frustrating platformer sections did damper my experience. Though it didn’t fully light my fire I can see this being something special to other gamers. If you like your 3D adventures this is a game well worth looking into. Just be cautious if you’re not a platforming fan.

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7.4 / 10.0
Feb 24, 2021

Blue Fire is full of little gems and totally deserves your attention.

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Feb 23, 2021

An utter hidden gem and one platformer fans and adventure fans should lap up

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 22, 2021

Blue Fire is an inconsistent masterpiece. It is incredibly enjoyable and offers moments of true brilliance but is often let down by its imprecise platforming and general shortcomings.

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6 / 10
Feb 22, 2021

What Blue Fire has to offer in the platforming department is undeniably impressive. It does a great job of making simple mechanics engaging and interesting to learn while still providing a fair and balanced challenge. It is a pity that the game shows its lack of polish in some areas, especially the frequent crashes to desktop, something that is hard to forgive in a game with an already frustrating save system

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8 / 10
Feb 20, 2021

A very pleasant and enjoyable surprise, Blue Fire is an auspicious debut from ROBI Studios. Only the performance issues, mildly sloppy combat and high difficulty are points of contention, and the latter will certainly depend on your point of view. Developed with passion and skill, this is a world you can lose yourself in that'll reward you the more you play and the better you get. It's uncompromising in its difficulty but doesn't resort to cheap tricks and "gotchas". The graphics are appealing and, crucially, clear as day. This is a fantastic experience overall, even if it isn't made up of the most original pieces. It's gameplay first and once you're traversing the infinite space of the Void stages, everything else basically just falls away.

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2.5 / 5.0
Feb 19, 2021

There are looks at splendor in Blue Fire when finishing Voids and clearing one’s path through dungeons, yet it’s eclipsed by specialized issues and some baffling plan decisions.

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5 / 10
Feb 19, 2021

Blue Fire's exceptional platforming isn't enough to distract from frustrating backtracking and lackluster combat.

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6 / 10.0
Feb 19, 2021

Blue Fire is a game that does its best to tie together the best parts of other games, but doesn't quite make it work. Its platforming is great and offers a great challenge, but combat and level design needs work. What's there is good, but it could be much better.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 17, 2021

Overall, while Blue Fire does fall a bit more on the harder side of things which could turn some people away, it’s enjoyable and the challenges were welcome as it wasn’t simply another action, adventure, 3D Platformer. The skills that you learn only ever compile on top of one another and are never really just for the current set of challenges or dungeons that you find yourself in. As an added bonus, you look adorable while doing it!

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