Baldr Heart EXE

About

Baldr Heart EXE mixes hack-and-slash combat with visual novel storytelling. You battle through challenging stages in the ES abyss, adjusting weapon girl stats with points earned from clearing levels. The game lets you play through survival modes or the main story's action sequences, with new characters joining to expand your tactics and combos. Each heroine has unique weapons maxed at level three from the start, letting you focus on building relationships that unlock H-scenes as you progress. The game stands out for its online replay system, letting you share or watch others’ runs stage by stage. Weapon customization is deep, letting you tweak parameters freely from the beginning. Added characters also link to the main BALDR HEART game, letting you use them there even without owning main story DLC. Released in 2016 for PC, it’s a niche pick for players looking to deepen the series’ combat and character dynamics.

Storyline

Due to a certain incident, the Simulacrum-piloting mercenary Sou lost his fighting ability and as a result, his job as well. He returned to his foster father’s home on the island of Wadatsumi, followed by his former partner Yuuri for some reason. Soon after his arrival, he saved a girl who had lost her memories, Tsukuyomi, and she ended up staying at his home. Although there were no decent jobs on the depopulated island, he readily received a work request from a mysterious individual. It was to transfer into the island’s only school Kouka Academy and investigate if its students were involved in the terrorism that has besieged the island. Standing in his way as he set forth to infiltrate the school was the student council president Mao and her Simulacrum. At that moment, a girl who called herself a fairy appeared before him and began to assimilate with his Simulacrum...