Bladestorm - The Hundred Years' War
Bladestorm - The Hundred Years' War is a PlayStation 3 strategy game released in 2007 developed by Koei Tecmo Games. It centers on area and route exploration, story, case, or mission progress, and battlefield assessment, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 3 or Sixaxis twin sticks, triggers, and face buttons, with PlayStation Move only where explicitly supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 5.2 / 10
About this game
Bladestorm - The Hundred Years' War is a PlayStation 3 strategy game centered on area and route exploration, story, case, or mission progress, and battlefield assessment. Missions add map constraints, new rules, and tougher opposition, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Maps, unit states, and action feedback determine whether complex situations remain readable, while HD 3D scenes, Blu-ray data streaming, surround audio, and cinematic presentation need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that tutorial depth, dense menus, controller pointing, and long scenarios increase the learning curve. Platform conditions also include Blu-ray loading, HDD installs, system software, DualShock 3 battery life, Move accessories, resolution and frame rate, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation 3AI review
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Accessible troop action is repetitive and shallow, though PS3 is stable.
The original PS3 Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War casts the player as a mercenary taking charge of nearby companies of archers, pikemen and cavalry. Moving into a unit and triggering shared attacks is easy to grasp, and the massed troops suggest a promising blend of action and tactics. In practice companions follow and fight so automatically that commanding them rarely demands much strategy. Tavern contracts, equipment and troop books add preparation between battles, but missions repeatedly cross similar countryside to capture one base after another. A forced nightfall can halt a near-complete assault, making a repeated push feel arbitrary. Crowds supply scale without much clarity: a flat palette makes troop types difficult to distinguish, the minimap is too small, and effects sound thin. The direct PS3/Xbox 360 comparison is important for the technical judgment. Both versions moved well, yet the tested 360 game locked up repeatedly while PS3 ran without that issue. Stability is a real advantage for this release, not evidence that its design is deeper. It suits players who enjoy lightweight troop action despite repetition. The later Nightmare expansion is excluded.
Strengths
- Tavern preparation and mass attacks offer a hook.
Weaknesses
- Repeated base captures, tiny map and forced stops.
Who it is for: Fans of light mass-combat action over deep strategy.
Play notes: PS3 avoided tested 360 freezes; excludes Nightmare.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension 准备多于战局变化。 | Reviewed | 4.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension 军团概念好,战术回报少。 | Reviewed | 5.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension 规模牺牲辨识度。 | Reviewed | 4.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension PS3稳定性胜出,界面仍难读。 | Reviewed | 6.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Koei Tecmo Games
- Publisher
- Koei Tecmo Games
- Release date
- 2007
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Strategy & Tactics · Primary genreAction
- Tags
- Turn-based TacticsSolo-friendlyWarExplorationStory-driven3D GraphicsResource ManagementTop-downCommand-based CombatSlow BurnLong-term ProgressionReplayable
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2007
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Sources
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