Blade of Darkness

great game, it should be continued

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.

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!

I bought this game, coming from the Gothic series, expecting a similiar expirience with less dialogue. Sadly, it's not really what I expected. The story and the dark style are decent and why I associated it with Gothic. There is a wide variety on weapons and combat style. The keyboard mouse controls are so clumsy, that I was not able to learn them. (if thats even possible) At times the input seems delayed or did not equal the ingame actions of my character. This led to frustrating combat in very narrow levels, which caused countless of deaths. Additionally, there are alot of cheap none visible death traps inside the level. In my opinion this is has nothing to do with "difficulty". It's just cheap. Of course you can save at any point in the level, but the game has the audacity to mock you for saving often by labeling your save game with a rating. In my case "coward". I'm sorry, but I'm not a coward for saving often, I just don't want replay the same stuff over and over again, because of dying by cheap death traps or clumsy unfair combat. All in all I cannot recommend this game. If you want a similar game with way better clumsy controls and dark atmosphere, then just play Gothic.

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"