BLAZBLUE ALTERNATIVE DARKWAR is a JRPG with turn-based combat. Here, you get the chance to lead a group of heroes throughout tons of battles against all sorts of monsters and strange creatures. Also, as usual for this genre, you can automate the combats and even speed them up.
The first thing you have to do when you start playing BLAZBLUE ALTERNATIVE DARKWAR is choose if you want your hero to be male or female. After making your choice, the story will begin, which will introduce a new background within the saga. To get an even more in-depth look at the background story, you can go to the official website where you'll find a prologue of over 20 pages, which will give you a greater perspective of the game's events.
The combat system in BLAZBLUE ALTERNATIVE DARKWAR is much more complex than it may seem at first glance. It offers a combo system that lets you combine your characters' attacks to maximize the damage you inflict on enemies. In addition, before the battles you can equip each of your heroes with an element or support character, which will provide them with different advantages. Fortunately, if all this sounds a bit complicated, you can also simply play with automatic battles.
BLAZBLUE ALTERNATIVE DARKWAR is a very interesting installment in the BLAZBLUE franchise. Even though it deviates considerably from the original saga in terms of gameplay, it does add a lot of background to the saga. The game also offers dozens and dozens of characters that you can obtain using the 'gacha' system.