Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds

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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds
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Japanese limited edition box art
Developer(s) 5pb., MAGES. (PC)
Publisher(s) 5pb.
Degica (PC)
Series Phantom Breaker
Platforms Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4
Release date(s) Xbox Live Arcade
    PlayStation Vita
      Microsoft Windows

        Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Overdrive

        PlayStation 4
          Genre(s) Beat 'em up

          Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds (ファントムブレイカー:バトルグラウンド Fantomu Bureikā: Batoru Guraundo?)[2] is a beat 'em up developed and published by 5pb. in 2013. it is a spin-off of the fighting game Phantom Breaker.

          Originally released on February 27, 2013, for the Xbox Live Arcade, it was released on PlayStation Vita on March 13, 2014 in Japan.[3] The game was released in Europe on July 30, 2014 and North America on August 12, 2014. It is the first Vita game released worldwide by 5pb., and, according to producer Masaki Sakari, involved a number of hurdles relating to regional certification.[4] A PC port was later announced, which would be published by Degica.[5] A PlayStation 4 version of the game, entitled Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Overdrive has also been announced.[6]

          In Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds players play as chibi versions of Mikoto, Waka, Itsuki and Yuzuha as they fight against large groups of enemies.[7] On March 12, 2013, a downloadable content add-on, the "Kurisu Pack," was released which adds Kurisu Makise as a playable character and raises the maximum character level.[8][9] The game was featured in the official music video of "Move" by I Fight Dragons.[10]

          Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds is compared to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game on many occasions due to the two having extreme similarities in menus, gameplay and music.

          Reception

          Reception
          Aggregate scores
          Aggregator Score
          GameRankings 72.00% (X360)[11]
          69.75% (Vita)[12]
          65.67% (PC)[13]
          Metacritic 72/100 (X360)[14]
          67/100 (Vita)[15]
          69/100 (PC)[16]
          Review scores
          Publication Score
          Destructoid 8.0/10[17]
          EGM 8.0/10[18]
          Game Informer 8.0/10[19]
          IGN 5.0/10[20]

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