GB: "Developed by Gajin Entertainment, X-Blades begins with a slightly murky opening scene that shows how treasure hunter Ayumi found a map that promises to lead her to two priceless artifacts. What we're not told until much later is that these artifacts represent The Dark and The Enlightened (Good and Evil). Ayumi finds and opens the Dark artifact (despite being told by its wolf guardian that it would kill her if she did so. Stupid girl) and absorbs some ooze, much like Spider-Man did with Venom." 72/100