Die By The Sword + Limb From Limb

I have never played a better "sword fighting" game than Die By The Sword. While the controls take a while to get used to, THEY MAKE SENSE! Being able to control your swings, where they go, how fast, being able to do feints, targeted shots, block, ripostes, etc. What other game gives you that type of control? For those who haven't played, you use the Number Pad of your keyboard (which makes Laptop play a little difficult, unless you buy one of those USB number pad extensions) to control the direction of your sword swing. 7-8-9 is a high swing (left middle right), 4-5-6 is middle swing, 1-2-3 is a low swing. If you swing all the way left, then all the way back right, you get the most power in your swing. If you cut short, it's not as damaging of a swing. Very intuitive, very fun. The game was ahead of its time, and is still unique in play to be extremely enjoyable. And *definately* worth a $6 investment!

In this game there is an option to control your character with your mouse... Or rather, to control his sword-arm with your mouse... Something that is completely impossible to do but hilarious to try; especially if you are duelling against one of your friends with the same controls. Also try the new multi-player options from the expansion that lets your player as larger or smaller characters, effectively making it impossible to hit anything whatsoever! Also make sure to read the manual boasting about the revolutionizing new way to control your character! Pure genius I tell you!

Die by the Sword was a unique and novel idea when it came out a many year ago. I remember sitting down at first and messing with the unique mouse controlled swordplay. I will admit at first it is odd and hard to understand, but if you give it some time and practice you will find yourself doing sweeter combos than in some modern weapon based fighters. Not only all this but with the move editor you could make the truly awesome and outlandish sword styles. This is a must have for action game fans and anyone who loves to dismember foes in stylized fashion.

I really don't like a whole lot of old games here. But this game is still awesome even after so many years. Its the only game like it with a realistic sword movement that has yet to be repeated. I never found it clumsy all the years I been a fan of the game. The quest is linear but awesome to play and play arena online with a friend is a very challenging and fun experience. Most of the characters are completely different. This is a must buy. Every time I show this game to people they all love it. The controls are hard to learn at first because it is something innovative but once you learn what the game is trying to do it is a blast. Too bad more games didnt follow suit to this concept. I can imagine playing a game like Oblivion or AOC with realistic sword fighting except pressing one button to make a player swing.