Die By The Sword + Limb From Limb

Just tried this out for the first time. My conclusion = This is the worst game I have played on GoG. It's actually worse than Crusaders of Might + Magic. Yes - it's that bad. The worst control scheme I have encountered in decades. Your character's actions are insanely innacurate in a game where accuracy is required to survive. It has the worst physics. It has platforming mechanics in a janky game engine clearly completely unsuitable for such a gameplay feature. It also looks as ridiculous as it sounds: a guy in plate and mail complete with a longsword and shield, who performs vertical/running leaps + pull-ups on to ledges. I also killed my first enemy by blocking while he kinda brushed up against my sword. It has the worst camera. It forcibly transitions to a side view when entering combat, making the controls incredibly disorienting. It has the worst menu/options screen. Inbetween transitioning from one menu screen to another it does not immediately display the new screen - in the interim it plays a series of extremely irritating sounds of weapons clashing together until you move your mouse cursor around. I do not know why they did this other than to annoy/troll the player. You cannot use a mouse in the menu screens while in game - only on the title screen's menu. You cannot alter the controls while in game - only on the title screen's menu. The menu screens also lag when they transition. It has the lowest and most inconsistent in-game framerate for an old game I have played on GoG yet. Visually, I can only compare looking at the game in action to unblinkingly staring at a chimpanzee's buttocks for days on end. It leaves a formidable impression in your mind, and most certainly not in a good way. It is unplayable. I paid pennies for this, yet I still feel ripped off. It is horrendous. There is no redemption. How anyone rates this higher than 1/5 will remain one of the universe's greatest mysteries until the inevitable heat-death of the cosmos. AVOID.

Die by the sword 's idea isn't bad - the execution however is terrible! First of, the controls are atrocious! The menus have a terrible lag for some reason it takes about half a minute to load the menu! Graphics look alright I guess for the time, I've seen worse. I've seen better (older than DBTS), for instance Quake 1 or Heretic 2. But unlike Die by the sword, those two are highly playable! Don't waste your money on this garbage.

The game is unintentionally funny as playing it you can't help but recall Monty Python and the Holy Grails side-splitting scene with the black knight. With that said it remains an enjoyable curiosity in much the same way Trespasser still entertains today - so it's possible you might find some value in picking it up if you're not too fussy.

Well, erm ...I spent five minutes with this and did ot like the controls. Maybe because I have a laptop with no star key (I have to press shift and 8 , which does not work!!!). So I try Xpadder, a freeware program that allocates keys to your joystick....and still no joy. I as a LAPTOP OWNER give this game 0 out of 10

6 of 5 must play. 5 of 5 great story great gameplay. 4 of 5 great story average gameplay. 3 of 5 average story average gameplay. 2 of 5 play only if it's your favorite genre. 1 of 5 play if you have nothing better to do. 0 of 5 play if you're a masochist. -1 of 5 avoid. Die By the Sword score is 0 of 5. Limb from Limb score is 0 of 5.