[UPDATE] v1.0.1 - bug fix
2016-09-05THE LAST BLADE's v1.0.1 update: Crash bug issue fixed when entering a certain character's Command List
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SNK CORPORATION / Aug 31, 2016 / Action
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Compare“THE LAST BLADE”, the first entry in the legendary 2D weapons-based fighting game series from SNK set during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate, returns for another joust! Sharpen your blade, and be ready for some of the most epic battles on Steam!
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THE LAST BLADE's v1.0.1 update: Crash bug issue fixed when entering a certain character's Command List
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78% positive, 86 reviews
The Last Blade series (especially the sequel) is widely considered to be quite sad and melancholic due to its tragic storyline and bittersweet ending . While it is a fighting game, the narrative depth focuses on themes of loss, sacrifice, and the unfairness of life during the Bakumatsu era of Japan. Why I like and recommend this one so much? Well you better sit back and chillax, let me explain it...
3 found this helpful, 2026-06-01
game runs like ♥♥♥♥ doesn't even hold 60 fps. the game runs at a horrible 57 fps like old school mk games. still better on fightcade. I would've refunded if not for it being only $1.60.
0 found this helpful, 2026-03-29
This is a fighting game classic that I never got to play, but always wanted to. Now I have and I was pretty happy with it. While it's not my favorite SNK fighting franchise, it does carry the quality of the others, and had I had as much time playing this one in the past, it might have ranked as high for me as Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting. And who knows, now that I own it, it might reach those heights for me over...
0 found this helpful, 2026-05-06
This game its much better than Garou Mark of the Wolves
1 found this helpful, 2026-05-03
Despite the fact that DotEMU did yet ANOTHER BAD PORT JOB, HOW DO YOU GUYS KEEP GETTING WORK, The Last Blade on Steam is something I've been asking for ever since the first wave of SNK arcade classics getting re-released. Yes, the game is available for free on FightCade. Yes, The Last Blade 2 is overall a much better fighting game (despite no character specific stages and just how strong Zantetsu, Moriya, Washizuka,...
144 found this helpful, 2016-08-31
this is an extremely bad port on a reasonably good PC I get abysmally low framerate, and on this meh laptop it runs fine. The PC shouldn't matter as this is an arcade game from 1999 and runs perfectly on third party emulators. It won't even let me set me controls correctly, I constantly tap the key I want the control to be mapped to and it just DOESN'T WORK I don't understand what's wrong with it but I'm definitely...
69 found this helpful, 2017-01-02
Disclosure: I was given a review-copy for the purposes of review supplied by a formerly associated review-group I fell out of touch with under the user, Redhill. If you grew up during the late '90s and the start of the new millennium, then the name SNK has little to no bearing on you as much as other fighting-games, and that’s a shame. History has often forgotten games not because they lacked quality but they were...
24 found this helpful, 2016-11-15
Maybe this is just a bad port, but the frame rate jumps around pretty often on the Steam deck. For a fighting game - that made the controls feel unresponsive and the whole game seemingly clunky. This isn't a huge game, so there is no reason there shouldn't be a flawlessly smooth experience. With so many good fighting games on steam, I sadly cannot recommend this one.
5 found this helpful, 2025-04-13
when i start game,Launches in vertical mode,have tried to change several ways no luck,Don't recommend buying.
8 found this helpful, 2020-08-26
The last blade is a unique fighting game series made by SNK back in the arcade days, sadly it appeared that DotEmu took the role of porting this game to PC and i probably don't need to tell you how bad DotEmu's ports are, but let's talk about the game the gameplay is very simple, you have a roaster of 12 characters, 3 attacking buttons and 2 defensive mechanics which are the universal guarding and the dodge button...
9 found this helpful, 2018-03-07

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