History VideoGame / BlazingSoulsAccelate

''Blazing Souls'' is a StrategyRPG developed and published by Creator/IdeaFactory in Japan and brought to the West by Creator/AksysGames. It's a game from the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/XBox360 that was never localized until its second update for the UsefulNotes/{{PSP}}. It's the third game of the ''Spectral Souls'' subseries, and it's related to a good deal of games of the same franchise, with referrences harkening all the way back to the first ''Spectral Force''.

* BonusBoss: When the TrueEnding is enabled, Doppelganger versions of the Genomes appear around Neverland. They're not necessary for the True Ending, but they net great rewards on both stealing and killing them, and winning those fights are necessary [[HundredPercentCompletion for some of the Titles]].

[[caption-width-right:250:Shape the revival of the world. [-From left to right: [[LoveableRogue Nguyen]], [[MysteriousStranger Duja]], [[EasyAmnesia Aria]], [[BountyHunter Ze]][[AntiHero los]], [[TheChick Adelle]], [[LadyOfWar Liza]] and [[RetiredBadass Naiz]]. Top: [[VideoGame/SpectralForce2 Little]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction Snow]].-]]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The original UsefulNotes/Playstation2 version already had a big team of eighteen characters. ''Blazing Infinity'' for the UsefulNotes/XBox360 adds [[VideoGame/SpectralForce2 Jadore and Snow]], links them to the main story, [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn and makes Zelena, Edward and Hermes playable as part of your team]] near the end]]. Accelate on top of that adds [[VideoGame/SpectralSoulsRessurrectionOfTheEtherealEmpires Hiro, Roze and Yunellia]] as bonus characters, but these three don't have any effect on the story, however.
** A massive shame for Hiro's case, as she's Jadore's younger sister and is still around by the time of this game. Also, her personal weapon can be crafted, but it can also be used by other Scythe users. Also, Roze, as Jadore is her ''half-brother'' and he doesn't even know that.

Zelos also appears in the crossover games ''VideoGame/ChaosWars'' and ''VideoGame/CrossEdge''.

Has a [[Characters/BlazingSoulsAccelate Character Page]] on the works.

* SNKBoss: Unlike your party, the bosses can unleash their [[LimitBreak Original Skills]] at will, regardless of how much AP they have.

* VisualInitiativeQueue: Carrying over from ''Spectral Souls II''.

* NewGamePlus: After finishing the game, you have the option of [[PostEndGameContent keep playing]] on the old playthrough, or start a new one.
* OneStatToRuleThemAll: ''Vitality''. While the other stats are important depending on a character's build, VIT is basically a ''necessity'' if you are to survive the toughest fights. It doesn't just increase defense; it also increases how much HP a character gains per level. Now let's just remember ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki'' drinks a ''real lot'' from ''Blazing Souls''...

* {{Superboss}}es: When the TrueEnding is enabled, Doppelganger versions of the Genomes appear around Neverland. They're not necessary for the True Ending, but they net great rewards on both stealing and killing them, and winning those fights are necessary [[HundredPercentCompletion for some of the Titles]].

** LostInTranslation: Due to the BlindIdiotTranslation, however, a good chunk of the information, especially when it comes to characters related to [[VideoGame/SpectralSoulsRessurrectionOfTheEtherealEmpires the previous game]], gets unmentioned in the West.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: Creator/AksysGames managed to fuck it up big on this one. The previous game, ''VideoGame/SpectralSoulsRessurrectionOfTheEtherealEmpires'', was the first one from the Neverland Franchise [[NoExportForYou to see a western release]] and had better luck with the translation (done by Creator/NISAmerica) than this one. Names estabilished for the western audience in ''Spectral Souls II'' ended up mistranslated (Leeza for returning character [[AerithAndBob Liza]] is a glaring example), and in one dialogue, Isaac's name gets exchanged for that of another party member, Carla. And let's not get into the amount of GuideDangIt caused by the mistranslation...

** CombinationAttack: Still around as it were in ''Spectral Souls 1 and 2'', using [[LimitBreak Original Skills]] and in all flavors, from two up to all six active members. The game's [[{{Combos}} combo system]] also allows for this with more generic attacks.

* FiveManBand: The game's five main characters fit the bill.
** TheLeader: Zelos, although it takes time for him to accept the role
** TheLancer[=/=]TheSmartGuy: Nguyen
** TheBigGuy: [[TheStoic Duja]]
** TheChick: Adelle
** TheHeart: Aria
** SixthRanger: Snow
* GameBreakingBug: For some damn reason, the PSP version, after you get equipped enough and start fiddling with Auto Skills and/or Clays, has a glaring bug when changing equipment that may freeze the PSP and force you to restart the console. It's alleviated if you do it on the battle sorting screen, along with de-equipping all of your gear and skills and going on a specific order of gearing for changing equipment. Nonetheless, it's quite glaring that this bug ended up in the final version, as both the [=PS2=] and [=X360=] versions don't have it (Then again, ''Accelate'' also fixes some other glaring bugs...). If done in an emulator, the bug will crash the emulator instead. The Android/Windows Phone version, made on a better engine just like ''Spectral Souls II'' before it, [[PolishedPort doesn't have this bug]], however.

** LevelScaling: It follows the strongest character you deploy on field, sending more vicious variants of the monsters if you're overleveled. Better level your team more equally if you want to stand a chance in earlier stages of the game. Most places, however, [[SubvertedTrope have a limit on how powerful the enemies are]], so there's space for you to make a party member catch up with the rest. Abyssal Gate floors also have fixed encounters regardless of your team's level.
** AntiGrinding: Mostly any battle that's not on the last floors of Abyssal Gate has a 200-turn limit. Get past that, and you'll get booted to the world map as if you've lost the battle. In Abyssal Gate this can get worse, as getting past turn 200 will spawn Nothingness, an EliteMook with big stats... which you eventually will have to kill to acquire Zelos' [[InfinityPlusOneSword personal gun]].

* PermanentlyMissableContent: In true Creator/IdeaFactory fashion. Zelos and Noel are required to ''lose'' some solo fights, in some of the DualBoss fights you must defeat ''both at the same time'' or even ''only a specific one of them'', and of course, there are the massive amounts of GuideDangIt to get some members, especially Fairuza.

** ContinuityLockout: Due to the BlindIdiotTranslation, however, a good chunk of the information, especially when it comes to characters related to [[VideoGame/SpectralSoulsRessurrectionOfTheEtherealEmpires the previous game]], gets unmentioned in the West.

* AerithAndBob: Zelos, Naiz, Jadore, Sciorra, Zelena... And Adelle, Liza, Nguyen, Carla, Edward, [[GenderBendingName Hermes]]... Actually, normal names seem far more common in Neverland. The "Aerith" part easily applies to villains, though: Brumeia, Ouedraogo, Sexton, Etelo...

* AerithAndBob: Zelos, Naiz, Jadore, Sciorra, Zelena... And Adelle, Liza, Nguyen, Carla, Edward, [[GenderBenderName Hermes]]... Actually, normal names seem far more common in Neverland. The "Aerith" part easily applies to villains, though: Brumeia, Ouedraogo, Sexton, Etelo...

** TheLancer: Nguyen

** AntiGrinding: Mostly any battle that's not on the last floors of Abyssal Gate has a 200-turn limit. Get past that, and you'll get booted to the world map as if you've lost the battle. In Abyssal Gate this can get worse, as getting past turn 200 will spawn Nothingness, a KingMook with big stats... which you eventually will have to kill to acquire Zelos' [[InfinityPlusOneSword personal gun]].

** It's actually funny that Hiro, a recurring character in the Neverland franchise, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS got her name translated the right way]], which didn't exactly happen in her other [[VideoGame/SpectralSoulsRessurrectionOfTheEtherealEmpires western]] [[VideoGame/SpectralVsGeneration appearances]].

* BrutalBonusLevel: The [[VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Spectral Tower]] becomes this if you forgo the option to go through a NewGamePlus. Doppelganger versions of your characters and the FinalBoss, litter the place and give the highest challenge the game has to offer. You can get copies of the best gear of the game from them... [[BraggingRightsReward Not that you'll need it by that point]].

* GameBreakingBug: For some damn reason, the PSP version, after you get equipped enough and start fiddling with Auto Skills and/or Clays, has a glaring bug when changing equipment that may freeze the PSP and force you to restart the console. It's alleviated if you do it on the battle sorting screen, along with de-equipping all of your gear and going on a specific order of gearing for changing equipment. Nonetheless, it's quite glaring that this bug ended up in the final version, as both the [=PS2=] and [=X360=] versions don't have it (Then again, ''Accelate'' also fixes some other glaring bugs...). If done in an emulator, the bug will crash the emulator instead.
** The Android/Windows Phone version, made on a better engine just like ''Spectral Souls II'' before it, [[PolishedPort doesn't have this bug]], however.

* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: The first battle of the game has Zelos teaching you the Charge/Hold system ([[AntiFrustrationFeatures and how it has gotten better]] from ''Spectral Souls II''. After the second battle, a series of scenes between the main five explain to you a good chunk of the battle mechanics.

* LevelGrinding: Makes it easier to skip/complete some puzzles. Can be made easier as described on the VideoGameCrueltyPotential example below.
** LevelScaling: It follows the strongest character you deploy on field, sending more vicious variants of the monsters if you're overleveled. Better level your team equally if you want to stand a chance.
*** Most places, however, have a limit on how powerful the enemies are, so there's space for you to make a party member catch up with the rest. Abyssal Gate floors also have fixed encounters regardless of your team's level.
*** Or then you can overgear a particular party member and solo the battlefield for the grinding. It's quite feasible.

** A massive shame for Hiro's case, as she's Jadore's younger sister and is still around by the time of this game. Also, her personal weapon can be crafted, but it can also be used by other Scythe users.

The story begins with Zelos, the protagonist, who makes his living as an [[BountyHunter independent contractor]]. After being assigned to a weird job and getting [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits stuck with a team of his own and an amnesiac girl]], he takes on different jobs and eventually comes in contact with the [[MineralMacGuffin Elemental Cores]], stones that give him immense power when implanted onto his prosthetic arms. On his travels, he also begins to encounter the Human Genomes, and confronts events that are linked to both their creators and, unknowingly, his own past.

* ThatOneAchievement:
** The Title demanding you to perform every party CombinationAttack possible for the first 18 characters. This becomes jarring by the point you have to go through six-people combinations.
** Also, the Titles demanding you to defeat specific {{Superboss}}es. Not for the difficulty itself, but rather for the demand being ''extremely cryptic'', letting you without understanding what exactly you should do. [[GuideDangIt You definitely need a guide for that case]].

* BreakMeter: The first in the franchise to include this. Every enemy has, along with its HP, a green gauge that will only take damage from a specific of three types of attack: Destroy, Impact or Penetrate. Depleting the gauge with the correct type of attack will cause the enemy to enter "Over Break" status, making them susceptible to attacks as if they had no stats, and some skills even get extra hits from this. Needless to say, breaking that gauge is also the key to defeating bosses and benefitting from the SurplusDamageBonus.

** The Android/Windows Phone version, made on a better engine, doesn't have this bug, however.

''Blazing Souls'' is a StrategyRPG developed and published by Creator/IdeaFactory in Japan and brought to the West by Creator/AksysGames. It's a game from the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/XBox360 that was never localized until its second update for the UsefulNotes/{{PSP}}, and it's related to a good deal of games of the same franchise, with referrences harkening all the way back to the first ''Spectral Force''.

''Blazing Souls'' is a StrategyRPG developed by Neverland and published by Creator/IdeaFactory in Japan and Creator/AksysGames in North America. It's a game from the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/XBox360 that was never localized until its second update for the UsefulNotes/{{PSP}}, and it's related to a good deal of games of the same franchise, with referrences harkening all the way back to the first ''Spectral Force''.