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Blue Fire is everything I didn’t know I wanted out of a 3D platformer. Instead of consisting of just platforming challenges, the combat kept me engaged. Secrets and collectibles aren’t there to block off parts of the map, but make exploring a joy due to how well they interact with Umbra’s abilities. 3D Mario feels good to play, but at the end of the day you are most likely still rescuing a princess and collecting meaningless stars. Blue Fire gives you a narrative thread but leaves it up to you to decide how you want to explore the Penumbra. This metroidvania-like approach really clicked for me and made this 3D platformer feel special, which few others have over the past decade. While performance on Switch is definitely not fantastic, with constant suffering through crashes, I still wanted to go back every time to discover what else was hidden in this world. I certainly cannot wait to see what these developers have in store next, because Blue Fire has definitely awoken a burning passion in me to see what lies ahead.

Nos ha gustado mucho nuestra experiencia con Blue Fire. Lo único que podemos reprocharle a ROBI Studios es la falta de ese elemento innovador capaz de crear un elemento único dentro del juego que lo diferencie del resto y lo haga especial. Sin embargo, eso no quita el hecho de que es un plataformas 3D redondo y muy disfrutable. De hecho, nos encanta como mezcla características de otros tantos juegos como Hollow Knight o Zelda y los aplica con brillantez a la precisión requerida en este género. Blue Fire entretiene, divierte y te desafía en cada momento y se convierte en un serio candidato a ser uno de los indies destacados de este año 2021.

Blue Fire es un juego notable que sabe combinar muy bien la acción y las plataformas para darnos bastantes horas de contenido y empaparnos de una ambientación que sabe atrapar. Bebe mucho de Zelda, Hollow Knight e incluso Dark Souls, aunque los diseños de sus jefes finales pecan de ser bastante simples, el juego de cámaras no siempre es fiable y los combates pueden dejarnos algo fríos. Sin ser perfecto, es una opción más que recomendable si os gusta este género. Podéis encontrarlo en la eShop por 17,99 € actualmente y necesitaréis un total de 3,4 GB de espacio para instalarlo.

 Blue Fire toma elementos de Hollow Knight y Legend of Zelda para desarrollar una jugabilidad frenética y divertida. Su planteamiento recuerda mucho a otros títulos pero lo hace de buenas maneras, sabiendo incorporar cada elemento adecuadamente para no crear sensación de copia y adquiriendo un estilo propio.

Sin reinventar la rueda, su mezcla de géneros funciona bastante bien, aunque las secciones plataformeras pueden ser algo frustrantes para muchos jugadores.

En definitiva un juego que carece de alguna profundidad en los movimientos, que se puede hacer corto pero que todo lo que construye y proyecta en sus intenciones está bien ejecutado. Que divierte, entretiene, satisface y es un poco una bocanada de aire fresco a un género falto de alternativas a las sagas e IP ya conocidas por todos. Sus 19,99 los vale sin dudar.

Blue Fire provides an impeccable platforming experience with the just right balance of abilities to master and challenges to test you, making its bleak and corrupted world a joy to explore. Its Zelda-like dungeon experiences may end a bit too soon before it begins relying on overly familiar backtracking, but it doesn’t dull the fun of dashing around obstacles and fighting enemies alike. And even when the pacing of its main path falters slightly, the irresistible lure of its inventive challenge rooms kept me coming back for more.

This is a fairly minor complaint though and one you’ll learn to live with in time. Awkward camera aside, Blue Fire is an excellent adventure game with just enough flavour pinched from a variety of games across a plethora of genres and platforms. It’s a wonder that it doesn’t feel derivative, and instead manages to stand apart as a joyous adventure through a dark yet well-designed world.

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.

Overall, Blue Fire is a game well worth playing for fans of classic platformers and adventure games and is a fair bit more difficult than the classics as well. You'll enjoy your adventures in Penumbra, just be sure to keep calm when faced with the more difficult Void levels!

Blue Fire may seem to be a Frankenstein-esque creation, stitched together from the bits of other familiar games and genres but it ends up being much more than the sum of its parts. At its best it reaches the heights of a 3D Hollow Knight with inspired level design and really enjoyable platforming. The void levels offer some extra challenge and really test your skills and the boss fights are generally well judged (the final boss could do with some balancing though). This is certain to become a cult favourite, though it deserves to find a wider audience.

If you’re seeking a more challenge experience, Blue Fire is worth a look, but it is a game which will test your patience. It’s only truly let down by the Void trials, and while there’s nothing wrong with a tougher experience, they stop being fun after just missing that platform for a fifth time in a row. Those willing to put that aside will find a game with plenty of depth, offering a solid visual presentation, enjoyable dungeons, and intriguing story which comes recommended.

Una agradable sorpresa en forma de aventura de acción y plataformas 3D, claramente inspirado por juegos como Hollow Knight o The Legend of Zelda. Nos hubiese gustado que arriesgase más en lugar de tomar prestadas tantas ideas, pero eso no lo hace menos recomendable.

Plataformas de acción 3D que adapta mecánicas de varios juegos y da lugar a un juego la mar de entretenido, muy desafiante, quizás tosco en ciertos aspectos narrativos y técnicos, pero con unas mecánicas y sensación de movimiento extraoridinarias con mando.

Es cierto que por otro lado es un juego que innova poco. Que técnicamente, pese a ser bonito, va bastante justo. Y que hay parte mejorables. Pero es una experiencia tan grata de jugar que por poco que nos da nos absorbe y nos lleva junto a este pequeño personaje y las oscuras mazmorras que nos hace visitar.

Sin duda, ROBI Studios ha sido capaz de crear un título que, si bien no es una revolución del género, logra mantenerse por sí solo haciendo uso de géneros ya establecidos, mezclándolos de forma magistral, dando como resultado un título sólido.

If you made it this far or like to jump to the bottom for the score points, don’t let the score itself fool you. I absolutely loved Blue Fire and think it is an amazing indie title worth your time. From its clear inspirations from the greats and its way of incorporating those action, adventure, RPG, and platforming elements into one game is fantastic. However, it does suffer that unpolished feeling of an indie. Luckily most of my issues stemmed from bugs that can be fixed and not from gameplay design or choices. Blue Fire could really become your next nostalgia fix brought into current times.

Blue Fire features some great platforming antics and solid level design, but the mediocre combat-mechanics see it falling short of the titles that inspired it. The camera could be a little bit guilty of feeling clumsy in places too, though the instances of it are few and far enough between that it never feels like too big of an issue.

Casi sin hacer ruido (como su protagonista) nos ha llegado una sugerente aventura en tercera persona que mezcla de manera bastante acertada diversos elementos de juego. El que más nos ha gustado es el del plataformeo, niveles que poseen un diseño realmente bueno en casi todos los casos y que se sirven de un manejo espléndido del protagonista para engancharnos por completo. A esta faceta tan destacada se une todo lo que tiene que ver con la exploración y el "mazmorreo", con diversos guiños a sagas como The Legend of Zelda, por ejemplo. Es una pena que las batallas no hayan sido plasmadas con el mismo acierto, porque de lo contrario estaríamos hablando de un título todavía más atractivo. Pero a pesar de eso, sigue siendo una obra más que notable y que entretiene mucho a poco que te guste lo que propone.

Blue Fire is an intriguing combination of several games that came before. Its focus on challenging platforming sections makes it stand out from other adventure games that rely on tried and tested methods. Wall-running and dashing across complex courses is a thrill and will appeal to those who enjoy challenging platformers. However, its lack of focus and mixture of mechanics may deter fans of those franchises that influenced the game.

Part of me almost wishes the game was full of the slick platformer, especially the kind you get in Voids, but perhaps it would make them feel less special. The action segments feel so amateurish, but I love the difficult platforming.

Como juego de plataformas 3D, Blue Fire es una pasada, exigente pero satisfactorio. Sin embargo, su desarrollo que mezcla acción y exploración en un confuso mapa estilo metroidvania acaba haciéndose bola, por decisiones de diseño incomprensibles, una historia insípida... y cuelgues constantes.

Blue Fire consigue tomar forma propia gracias a multitud de ideas tomadas de experiencias que nos marcaron a todos. Pinceladas sacadas de The Legend of Zelda, Hollow Knight o incluso Dark Souls se mimetizan en un juego de aventuras en 3D con una estética personal muy marcada. Su plataformeo, exigente y con un buen control es realmente divertido, a pesar de que en ocasiones se sienta demasiado artificial. Es una pena que el combate sea tan vacuo en cuanto a sensaciones y mecánicas, pues de otra manera estaríamos hablando de un juego realmente notable. Aún así, Blue Fire es una buena apuesta para todo aquel entusiasta de las plataformas que busque una aventura diferente.

Blue Fire is a promising experience with tight platforming let down by ropey combat, a lack of direction, and a range of technical issues.

Blue Fire‘s influences and inspirations are plain to see; Dark Souls, Super Meat Boy, classic 3D platformers. If a single one of those was its sole focus, I would be recommending Blue Fire highly. As it stands, though, I don’t really know who I would recommend it to: the jumpers or the fighters?

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. Overall I would recommend giving Blue Fire a look, the gameplay is incredibly engaging and I’m sure that some of the more serious issues will be patched out in the future, so maybe keep an eye out until then.

It's disappointing that Blue Fire is unquestionably fun to move around in but is hampered by design decisions that hold back its free-form platforming. It's difficult to experiment with the reaches of your agility when it's so easy to lose large swathes of progress due to a misstep, a punishment that permeates not only exploration but the otherwise expertly designed platforming side challenges. Its economy relies too heavily on one in-game currency and unnecessarily blocks progression, making it feel like Blue Fire isn't respectful of your time. You'd have to really fall in love with Blue Fire's one well-tuned mechanic to make its entire adventure feel worthwhile.

Blue Fire is a game I wanted to like, but couldn't due to its poor focus and loads of ill-considered design issues. Between the balance issues, bugs, and creeping frustrations, there's a lot stacked against the game.