Posted on: October 10, 2021
bobek00110
Games: 30 Reviews: 1
i played a lot of time
great game, it should be continued
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Blade of Darkness
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“WELL WORTH A LOOK IF YOU'RE AFTER SOME GOOD OLD FASHIONED GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE”
9/10 – EUROGAMER
“PRETTY DARN SATISFYING EXPERIENCE”
8.8 – IGN
“GREAT EXAMPLE OF ITS GENRE”
82% – PC GAMER
A grim new threat looms over The Central Kingdoms. The borders protected by the fierce King’s Knights are no longer secure. The fearsome orc clans, more numerous than ever, lurk on all roads. The proud nomadic peoples of the steppes are on the alert, for strange beasts prowl the darkness. Not even the stout dwarves, hidden in their underground palaces, seem safe from threat - from the unknown tunnels of its mines, a foul army of hideous creatures advances inexorably.
Chaos seizes the World. Only the memory of the oldest recalls the exploits of a hero and a few warriors, who in other times fought against the forces of Chaos. Ianna, the mother of all living beings, gave the hero a powerful sword to enter the abyss and defeat evil. But that happened a long time ago. A new hero is needed, a chosen one who is worthy to wield the Sword and destroy the enemy... this time forever.
9/10 – EUROGAMER
“PRETTY DARN SATISFYING EXPERIENCE”
8.8 – IGN
“GREAT EXAMPLE OF ITS GENRE”
82% – PC GAMER
A grim new threat looms over The Central Kingdoms. The borders protected by the fierce King’s Knights are no longer secure. The fearsome orc clans, more numerous than ever, lurk on all roads. The proud nomadic peoples of the steppes are on the alert, for strange beasts prowl the darkness. Not even the stout dwarves, hidden in their underground palaces, seem safe from threat - from the unknown tunnels of its mines, a foul army of hideous creatures advances inexorably.
Chaos seizes the World. Only the memory of the oldest recalls the exploits of a hero and a few warriors, who in other times fought against the forces of Chaos. Ianna, the mother of all living beings, gave the hero a powerful sword to enter the abyss and defeat evil. But that happened a long time ago. A new hero is needed, a chosen one who is worthy to wield the Sword and destroy the enemy... this time forever.
FOUR PLAYABLE CHARACTERS
Pick your Champion of Ianna — Tukaram, the Barbarian; Naglfar, the Dwarf; Sargon, the Knight; or Zoe, the Amazon — each with unique strengths, weaknesses, and fighting skills, as you hack ‘n slash your way through a blood-drenched quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.BLOODY & GORY COMBAT
Learn devastating combo attacks and use them to slice your opponents into pieces. Hack off your foes’ limbs, then use them as weapons!A DETAILED & DARK FANTASY WORLD
Battle orcs, trolls, golems, demons, skeletons, and scores of malevolent enemy creatures as you explore treacherous tombs, frozen fortresses, demon spires, deserts, temples, and palaces.INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Destroy in-game objects with fire or your fists as you solve puzzles and disarm traps that combine physics, hydraulic systems, and lethal traps!NEW HD GRAPHICS FOR A GENRE-DEFINING GAME
We are happy to bring Blade of Darkness back to life, now in full HD. It's an enduring classic that, at the time of its release, inspired many games in the action-adventure genre through its approach to combat. With this edition we've re-engineered the game to work on modern PC hardware, upscaled the textures, added widescreen support up to 4K resolution, improved anti-aliasing, HDR, bloom, motion blur, reworked camera, added gamepad support and improved its overall stability. At the same time, the gameplay, content, and the story are untouched — featuring all the game’s quirks and charm.Includes original Legacy version of the game with partial
Windows 10 compatibility.
You can access the Legacy Build through Additional Executables section in GOG GALAXY or find it in the game folder.
© SNEG Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Time to beat
16.5 hMain
20.5 h Main + Sides
27 h Completionist
19.5 h All Styles
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Violent, Gore, Hack and Slash, Souls-like
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Posted on: October 9, 2021
NinjaWursti
Verified ownerGames: 152 Reviews: 2
Good hack'n'slay game
I don't know why this is being compared to Dark Souls so much. There are not many similarities between the games. This is a hack n slay game with rather linear level structure like others of it's time (like Knights of the Temple, Rune, Die by the Sword, Enclave). The combat has the same formula: different attacks, blocking, evading. Compared to the others your movement in this game is a bit more restricted in combat and thus it feels a bit slower and i guess others would say more tactical. And yes, also compared to Dark Souls. Honestly i would compare the combat more to Gothic than anything else (i'm talking about the first Gothic when you had to ready your sword with Ctrl and then use the arrow key to swing it). Anyway, if you like any of those games i mentioned you will likely like this one as well. It's a good game.
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Posted on: September 23, 2022
LATESTACORONATA
Verified ownerGames: 742 Reviews: 231
Tis not a game, but a true adventure!
Severance: blade of darkness is what a call 'a specular oddity'. Let's start immediately by talking about the cons: a terrible fighting system, an atrocious camera, levels are confusing and, last but not least, story is a little cliché. And now the pros! An engaging, mind-blowing (for its time) and a pillar of the genre (of the Dark soul genre, people!) combat system, various option for the camera, level design is extremely well done, with intricate and multiple-paths maps and, last but not least, the story is told in a fascinating and well-done manner, where it is up to the player navigate further into secret areas in order to discover the truth... See what I mean when I say this game's an oddity? In my opinion, the game manages to be this good 'cuz it is not meant to be played as a 'normal' video game, but as an adventure, where every decision matters, doesn't matter which. Trust me, this is the first time playing this and at the start I was ready to abandon it, then when finally I dwell deep into the mountains or castles or what not, I found myself completely immerse in a true fantasy adventure, and not some third-grade button smashing Hero-almighty videogame. Here, the joy of playing is all about overcoming obstacles and using wits and tactics in order to win against the odds... Soooo, yes! totally in love with it (sure, it does have some bugs, so get used to have multiple saves) and cannot recommend it enough. Remember, it is not about the goal, it is about the jouney!
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Posted on: October 7, 2021
amigos4000
Verified ownerGames: 1816 Reviews: 19
Ottimo RPG D'azione
Finalmente con gli aggiornamenti di GOG è possibile goderci di Blade of Darkness anche sui sistemi moderni. Godibilissimo anche oggi, ma... attenzione, non sarà una passeggiata, sfidante ma difficile il giusto e mai frustrante. Se volete ringiovanirlo ulteriormente, potete valutare qualche MOD GRAFICO che migliora la qualità delle texture come ad esempio "Blade of Darkness Reforged"
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Posted on: August 27, 2022
mu0li4
Verified ownerGames: 59 Reviews: 28
Clunky and janky
A straightforward action-adventure game with simple RPG elements which looks pretty promising in the beginning but everything happen in clunky and slow way. The game controls are very clumsy and annoying. You cannot even move sideways unless you are locked onto an enemy. Switching between weapons and equipping them is slow and very problematic in the heat of combat. Most of your melee strikes won't hit anything because of short reach and poor hitboxes. After two or three melee hits your character is out of all stamina, and when that happens you are totally frozen and it takes a long time to recover. Enemies don't have that problem at all so they can spam their attacks. You can block attacks only by using a shield which will break very soon. You can also throw your equpped weapon at your enemies but most of the time it just flies over the enemy without causing any damage. Item pickup and object interaction is made unneccessary difficult. You have to manually browse through nearby items with a button press and after that you can pick up or interact. Sometimes you automatically drink a healing potion right away after picking it up, sometimes you store it in your inventory. Other annoying problems: campfires won't hurt enemies, archery is very inaccurate, there are not much methods to heal your character, there is no mouse cursor in the game menus and you have to make "are you sure" confirmation every single time you save and load. Not much good things to mention. The game has pretty good looking light and shadow effects, there are physical objects to interact with and enemies get sliced into peaces. And there are some nice little details, like the character turns his head towards a nearby item and wounds appear all over your body. And that's pretty much it.
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