Bloodforge Review – The Digital Fix
Hack and slash action-adventure games have reached a pinnacle of success in recent years, largely thanks to Sony’s God of War franchise, niche standouts like Asura's Wrath and even mediocre derivatives like Dante’s Inferno. Bloodforge, released as the first title in Microsoft’s Arcade Next initiative, is a lacklustre entry in the genre, showing promise in theory but failing in practice. Featuring the unimaginatively named Crom – a barbarian warrior living a sedentary post-war life that consists of hunting while wearing skulls as headwear – the story gets off to a brisk but clichéd start as his family are mercilessly slaughtered, prompting a bloody quest of vengeance against a pantheon of gods. Sound familiar?
