Blade II - The Return Of Evil Reviews

Blade II - The Return Of Evil is ranked in the -1th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
7 / 10
Jun 26, 2019

While there are a fair few top-down dungeon crawlers and action RPGs on Switch today, there's always room for more – especially when they fly in the face of mobile gaming's unpredictable quality levels. And while Blade II's aesthetic is nothing new – in fact, we'd say Bloodborne and The Witcher III are really having their style cramped – the quality of its presentation and performance on Switch really makes up for it. Its slick and fast combat has plenty of depth to offer, but it's let down by samey and uncreative level designs that repeat themselves far too often.

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Jun 25, 2019

Blade II is a great example of what happens when you let a content-driven business make a content-driven game. There's plenty in there to do, but doing any of it is a complete waste of time.

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Jul 29, 2019

Blade II: The Return of Evil is a mobile born game that has been revamped and introduced to the Switch for its second instalment.

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Recommended
Jul 3, 2019

Blade II isn’t the best, but it does offer some worthwhile charms.

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