Melty Blood (ReAct / Act Cadenza / Actress Again) (2024)

Summary
Tohno Shiki hears of a new series of murders in Misaki similar to the ones that took place in Tsukihime. Whilst searching for the murderer he meets Sion Eltnam Atlasia who initiates a fight with him, attempting to capture him. After fight she reveals that her reason for attempting to capture him is to get in contact with the "True Ancestor" (referring to Arcueid) so that she may acquire information on the "cure for vampirism". Shiki then decides to help her with this task.

Melty Blood is a 2D fighting game. The first couple of PC releases had adventure style stories with branches and multiple number of endings and a secondary story in arcade mode. Later versions only have the arcade mode, but they have many more characters.

Introduction (Important!)
The purpose of this guide is to basically give to give hints 'bout how to play, the route order n' such. ReAct is the only game with the Novel Campaing, and it's Arcade mode is the one with fewer characters. The story in the arcade mode changes depending on the game, so play all the main versions if you want to find out everything!
I strongly advise that you played both Tsukihime & Kagetsu Tohya and also saw the Kara no Kyoukai movies so you can understand the relationships and motivations of the characters, since the game takes a lot from previous titles (SPECIALLY Actress Again). If you want to know the controls, use this link.

Ending Guideline / Suggested Route-Ending Order (Story Mode)
There are 8 routes (not couting Bad Endings) divided in 15 scenarios (from A-O), route 7 (night ON THE BLOOD LIAR) is only unlocked by beating route 1-6, most consider this path as the "True" route and it is the one that ends in a more positive resolution. After beating all main 7 ends, you'll unlock a bonus "8" route that is an alternate end to path 7 (G.).
The paths were written in a way that each one contributes something to the story, so I personally recommend following the order:

• Route 1 --> Route 2 --> Route 3--> Route 4 --> Route 5--> Route 6--> Route 7 --> Route 8.

NOTE: Failing battles doesn't mean a Game Over, it can send you to lower branches, while failing other fights means you'll get a Bad End. Running out of lifes will send you to scenario A, so exploit the "Return to Title Screen" (during the "Try Again?" screen) option to replenish lives.

Story Mode

Route 1: "AGITATOR"

Route 2: "GOODBYE"

Route 3: "Hologram Summer"

Route 4: "Freaks Channel"

Route 5: "Other tale"

Route 6: "G."

Route 7: "Night ON THE BLOOD LIAR" (True Route)

Requires all of the above to be completed at least once. The path is very similar to Route 1.

Route 8: "Oh my sister!" (Bonus End)

Requires all of the above to be beaten. The path is identical to Route 6.

Ending Guideline / Suggested Route-Ending Order (Arcade Mode)
I personally recommend following the order:

• Sion -> Tohno Shiki --> Arcueid --> Ciel --> Len --> Hisui -- Kohaku --> Hisui & Kohaku --> Akiha --> Miyako Arima --> Yumizuka --> Sion TATARI --> Walachia --> Mech-Hisui --> Red Arcueid --> Nrvnqsr --> Nanaya Shiki --> Vermillion Akiha
• You can also end with one of the "Hero" characters if you want to leave on a better note.

There are some extra characters like G-Akiha which doesn't have a story mode, and can only be unlocked by using cheat programs like art money.
To reach the True End for each character you need to beat the arcade mode without dying!

Fight against G-Akiha

For a complete move list see thislink.

Attribution
This walkthrough is based on info attained on Gamefaqs.com and the "Walkthrough.txt"that comes with the patch with some adjustments made by me.

Edited February 19, 2018 by Guest