It's ashame nobody remembers this game. Thumb up. P.S. Several dozens of comments and hundreds of likes later, I feel super warm, it seems many of you cherish and remember it.
I just finished this game again after years and years. This game is Conan the Barbarian of video games. Epic in it's simplicity. Storytelling, atmosphere, music, just sublime.
One of the few soundtracks that can rival AoE2 and FF7. Of all the reboots and remakes we live in these days, this is one that desperately needs one. Also: 30:20
I do. Completed it about 3 times and found every secret that lead me to the bonus level "tower of Dalgarok" This was probably the greatest udnerated game ive ever played still to this day. Miss it
***** Exactly! :D I literally grew up playing this game, with bigger hiatus between each gameplay. But with that came great progress, until Dal Gurak. Oh boy... I was so happy when I managed to beat the game. :) Wonder if anyone still plays multiplayer...
I remember yeah But that posh Dal Gurak, smirking while he continued to one shot you with that one magic attack. I was litterly stuck there for days before I finally kicked his ass back to whatever hole he crawled out of. And I remember the vampire being hard the first time you fight him in that tower. Since the souls franchise is done at the moment I really wish they rebooted this franchise, the combat is godlike
***** Not just the combat, but the maps and the music was very atmospheric (or something). The only thing I'm sad about is that, even though it had a lot of music, they are all very short ones. But they were all great. :)
Tamás Csernák The music was amazing yeah, the only a few games have a soundtrack as good as this. I only wish the story was better implemented and the textures where better, this game deserves a remake. The potential is right there.
Never will be bather .Go through all stages 16 times Best is 2 deaths for all the game .Still can’t do it without die.Each2 or three year I installed it and try this year again fall from high in Forge .BEST EVER.
Basil Poledouris himself (composer from Conan the Barbarian, 1982) couldn't have made a better soundtrack. These are the tunes that I remember being the most epic, catchy or atmospheric: 5:50 - Character Selection Screen 6:51 - World Map 28:11 - Tutorial 30:20 - Out of the Mines of Kelbegen 39:14 - Cathedral 51:32 - Beginning I can't remember what was played in the monumental Fortress of Nemrut, the most immersive level I may have experienced in my nearly 30 years of gaming. Guess it's one of the 100 valid reasons to play through this masterpiece again.
Yeah, I remember the moment you enter the cathedral in Nemrut, plays a very heavy version of church choir while you fight a number of knights. (Plays in 39:20.) That always gave me goosebumps.
I remember watching my brother playing this game! It was so fun to watch back in the days! I miss my childhood!!!! The music in this game is masterpiece and unique !
Meanwhile the knight broods over the horizon from the roof while the dwarf sits inside their house drinking all the ale. There's probably an alternate reality where this sitcom exists.
Beating the whole game as the Knight using only the Elf Sword destroying everything with "The Dream" combo. Memories... Such a shame this game went unnoticed... well only noticed by people who know what a good game is.
Scimatar. Picked it up because it looks cool. A few levels later, half way through the icey fortress of Nemrut i discovered its special combo (sadly can't remember the name)... Not even Thanos could defeat Sargon with this beast of a sword.
@@warlockiii1846 I've played it too much... I remember all places and most of hidden objects. Maybe Tai Sword is the only one I never found... Anyway, I used Scimitar, heavy mace, glacial (Maybe, don't know english name, ice sword) and Cavalry Sword... My god, loved that one too much :P
One of the best games ever created. I remember some catacombs you had to go into. I was litting every torch there, no matter how many times I played this game. It always gave me satisfaction.
From time to time, i still play this game. Considering when it was released, it has amazingly well designed combat, levels, difficulties, labyrinths that require logical thinking. only thing this game lacks is game story, or else it'd be remade 1000 times already, loved it !
there is no weak themes here, they're all amazing in creating different atmospheres, but I will highlight this one 20:45 as I see no one else did ... so many great memories from my teen years, spending hours and hours playing and exploring the maps ...
Since re-release on steam Ive gotta search for character selection screen music, its just sad and exciting at the same time, such a masterpeace, Ive heard about this game few years ago but when I downloaded it I rage quitted bc of the controls, dont know how do I changed but now Im in love with this game masterpiece.
same - in recent years I've been playing it during holidays - playing through this game this is the definition of a quality time spent at the PC xD I've finished it dozens of times
the most amazing thing about some of the music is that its male choir instead of female like the rest of 98% games. skyrim the only other game i know of that uses male.
im 32 yold now.. i started playing this in my brothers laptop.. i was around 12 years old maybe.. i got a physical CD that i got from a Gaming PC magazine that was coming out every month.. this is one of the 1st rpgs games ive played and the best so far.. and i played over 50 titles.. no such game can replicate this ambient music that emerges you into the scenario All i had to do was put my headphones in and you instant abstract from anything outside of the game... was playing it 8-10 hours straight as a kid i have never finished the game legit, there was some part that i got stuck so i went hacker mode and edited some txt's with notepad to give me infite HP and attack, potions etc..
Friend, we have been betrayed! The orcs fell on us during the night. My Lord the Duke... Argh! My life ebbs away. My Lord the Duke has been taken prisoner. Rescue him... please -- he is our one and only hope... Take this key to aid your escape, and read in this parchment the final orders of... my master... what a soldier!
there is a swedish black metal band named Diabolical Masquerade, which uses some of the combat themes from the game in its album Death's Design, also from 2001 just like Severance ... as far as I know, most of this soundtrack (or all of it) are from a free royalty music bank; I've seen / heard other themes from the game used by other bands, in low budget movies and even in TV ads
I’m trying to get to the bottom of this. I’ve heard them in other things too, including Max Payne etc. But the soundtrack is credited to one man, Oscar Araujo, who along with the other team members who went on to form MercurySteam, did music for the Lords of Shadow games which aren’t that dissimilar to this musically and proved him to be a more than capable, award-winning composer. I’m curious if he did compose these tracks, they licensed them out AFTER and have been used in all the other things. Are there any instances of them popping up in anything PRIOR to this game? Because most people seem to be of the logic that “they’re present as stock music in other things after this so they must have used stock music in this” whereas couldn’t there be a possibility that this is where said stock tracks originated?
Why oh why hasn't this gotten a remake yet? This game is sooo good but it desperately needs a revamp. Imagine this game with Dark souls 3 lvl graphics.....my god Same goes for Gothic
Because the Anglo-Saxon market does not value what comes from Spain, and these are pioneers of this line of "Blade Like" that should be called the style of Dark souls. Miyasaky has surely been copied and it is not convenient for him to say so because he has more global financial support.
This is the best game with the best soundtrack ever for I love 4:30 the final fight and agra manue fight 37:00the ambush of Skeletons and the dark chaos And for now I still play this game really it's the best and old game I have play it on my hall life Thx for the soundtrack
What I want to know is who in tarnation decided to dislike this video. Like, who went out of their way to find the soundtrack for what is essentially a cult game and then disliked it.
The combat and plot was pretty generic and basic but very easy to understand and very fun nevertheless. What really stood out in this games was the tone and atmosphere which was done so much better than any other game I’ve played since. From a world building perspective each location was very uniquely designed which also plays into that atmospheric design; the various architectures and level design was astounding and comes to show that a big budget and fancy graphics can not replace well thought out level design. Despite the game buying rights to use music from outside the company; they used it in such a carefully intentional way that surprises me often in setting the tone and atmosphere. Many times I could be completely tense awaiting a terrifying encounter in a dark maze; or just laid back taking in the calm environment of some empty open ruins. This is one of my favourite games; having played it since a very young age (I was born in 2001) but as all good things must come to an end; my old computer just isn’t accessible anymore and I’ve been unable to play this fantastic game for around 5 or so years. If this game was remade with the exact same level design; music; and gameplay mechanics only with just updated textures and perhaps some more smoother models; I would hands on buy it immediately. However for legal reasons it may be a very long time until this game is renewed. I have seen sites advertising that they have online downloads available for Windows 10 but I’m not risking that kind of trouble. PS. The geography of that world map is more on point than any other fictional map I’ve ever seen and I’d recommend it as inspiration for world building.
El primer tema me recordó a la banda sonora de Kratos... hasta la musica de demons souls tomaron referencia...jummm como que hay muchos juegos que se han inspirado en este juego.
![Blade of Darkness - Heroes Fight Each Other [NPC battles]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oQa0oSBPm4k/mqdefault.jpg)
![Blade of Darkness - Heroes Fight Each Other [NPC battles]](/img/tr.png)
![Severance Blade of Darkness - a cut above [FULL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS]](/img/n.gif)
It's ashame nobody remembers this game. Thumb up.
P.S.
Several dozens of comments and hundreds of likes later, I feel super warm, it seems many of you cherish and remember it.
+Петров Yeah it really is
I just finished this game again after years and years. This game is Conan the Barbarian of video games. Epic in it's simplicity. Storytelling, atmosphere, music, just sublime.
One of the few soundtracks that can rival AoE2 and FF7.
Of all the reboots and remakes we live in these days, this is one that desperately needs one.
Also: 30:20
I do. Completed it about 3 times and found every secret that lead me to the bonus level "tower of Dalgarok"
This was probably the greatest udnerated game ive ever played still to this day. Miss it
Rangefinder -
Dal Gurak I believe, but nvm. Great that you remember :)
People cry about how Dark Souls is hard and demands skill and stuff....oh boyz.... You have no idea where true fight begins! :D
I played this since I was a kid and I remember it being hard as shit
Also: FUCK you Dal Gurak
*****
Exactly! :D I literally grew up playing this game, with bigger hiatus between each gameplay. But with that came great progress, until Dal Gurak. Oh boy... I was so happy when I managed to beat the game. :) Wonder if anyone still plays multiplayer...
I remember yeah
But that posh Dal Gurak, smirking while he continued to one shot you with that one magic attack.
I was litterly stuck there for days before I finally kicked his ass back to whatever hole he crawled out of.
And I remember the vampire being hard the first time you fight him in that tower.
Since the souls franchise is done at the moment I really wish they rebooted this franchise, the combat is godlike
*****
Not just the combat, but the maps and the music was very atmospheric (or something). The only thing I'm sad about is that, even though it had a lot of music, they are all very short ones. But they were all great. :)
Tamás Csernák The music was amazing yeah, the only a few games have a soundtrack as good as this.
I only wish the story was better implemented and the textures where better, this game deserves a remake. The potential is right there.
Best game...Best music...Best atmosphere everrrrrr
Confirmed
Yeaaaah 💪🏼
Never will be bather .Go through all stages 16 times Best is 2 deaths for all the game .Still can’t do it without die.Each2 or three year I installed it and try this year again fall from high in Forge .BEST EVER.
@@martinyanakiev8204 have you played mercenary 2 in blade of darkness
@@bucketlisttrek3863 First time hearing this.I see it what is some update with new levels ? When that come out?
Basil Poledouris himself (composer from Conan the Barbarian, 1982) couldn't have made a better soundtrack. These are the tunes that I remember being the most epic, catchy or atmospheric:
5:50 - Character Selection Screen
6:51 - World Map
28:11 - Tutorial
30:20 - Out of the Mines of Kelbegen
39:14 - Cathedral
51:32 - Beginning
I can't remember what was played in the monumental Fortress of Nemrut, the most immersive level I may have experienced in my nearly 30 years of gaming. Guess it's one of the 100 valid reasons to play through this masterpiece again.
my man! exactly the stuff I love!
i really like the "beginning"
Yeah, I remember the moment you enter the cathedral in Nemrut, plays a very heavy version of church choir while you fight a number of knights. (Plays in 39:20.) That always gave me goosebumps.
Yeah, this is easily comparable to the Conan Soundtrack. Really Epic
The cathedral theme is so epic.
I remember watching my brother playing this game! It was so fun to watch back in the days! I miss my childhood!!!! The music in this game is masterpiece and unique !
5:50
Sad barbarian Tukaram sit near the river and throws a stone...He remember old good times.
Ouch, you touch the feels
Meanwhile the knight broods over the horizon from the roof while the dwarf sits inside their house drinking all the ale. There's probably an alternate reality where this sitcom exists.
Omg iremmber all players but tukaram my best character 😭
@@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers *Zoe* 'GODSdammit, why do I have to all the washing and food preparation? You men are intolerable!' 😀
@@abnon-tha3088 I would 100% watch this hahaa
This game is my chlidhood, thank you for the soundtrack. :)
Greatest game ever. Fifteen years waiting for Blade 2
18... man
@benz merc People made some kind of mod, blade of light or something like that. Maybe... :P
19 years . Play it all game 15 times and never found barbarian full armor .Best game ever
Best score 3 deaths for all game
@@martinyan9739 barbarian only had basic armor. And my best score was 0 dying xD but now I always get stuck in Nejeb Palace
One of my favourite games! And one of my childhood memories too..This game is a masterpiece! It's a shame that Rebelact is gone....
84follow They are MercurySteam now. Still alive!
They abandoned this masterpiece tho.. what a shame. Btw 84 nice profile pic , looks like a very familiar menu screen
9:25, 18:16, 34:21, 6:51, 13:49, 23:43, 25:55, 30:32
Timing, strategy, intelligence, creativity, style, variety, replay value. This game had a lot and demanded a lot. All it needed was decent marketing.
This and Clive Barker's Undying were games that genuinely frightened me, back in the day.
Lo tengo en formato dvd y lo guardo como oro
I still love this game, specially its Music, its been 18 years now but I still shed tears whenever i listen to this music
whoever created this soundtrack => musical genius,
Best game ever...
Beating the whole game as the Knight using only the Elf Sword destroying everything with "The Dream" combo. Memories...
Such a shame this game went unnoticed... well only noticed by people who know what a good game is.
elf sword i use the ice one forgot the name op combo
Scimatar. Picked it up because it looks cool. A few levels later, half way through the icey fortress of Nemrut i discovered its special combo (sadly can't remember the name)... Not even Thanos could defeat Sargon with this beast of a sword.
@@warlockiii1846 triple destruction :P
@@Dr.What. thanks mate!
Glad to see people remember this game
@@warlockiii1846 I've played it too much... I remember all places and most of hidden objects. Maybe Tai Sword is the only one I never found...
Anyway, I used Scimitar, heavy mace, glacial (Maybe, don't know english name, ice sword) and Cavalry Sword... My god, loved that one too much :P
Anyone here for the best game ever 2019?
Yes! It still have best combat system and atmosphere!
This masterpiece and STALKER have the better atmosphere in gaming history
Very true
Try the film Stalker - and Artemiev's soundtrack
32:50 this music and not a single enemy in the screen! This game is awesome
Best game I have ever played
Nostalgic....:'(
23:20 аж до мурашек
Ty for uploading this soundtrack, a relic from rebel act studios and Friendware. Maybe one of the best games I ever played.
When you die in Dark Souls: Shitty game mechanic's fault.
When you die in Severance: Your fault.
thank you
Gonna compose an adaptation/arrangement using this soundtrack for film scoring class. Respect to this badass game.
One of the best games ever created. I remember some catacombs you had to go into. I was litting every torch there, no matter how many times I played this game. It always gave me satisfaction.
I used to play it everyday, and I would do if I had my PC now
From time to time, i still play this game.
Considering when it was released, it has amazingly well designed combat, levels, difficulties, labyrinths that require logical thinking.
only thing this game lacks is game story, or else it'd be remade 1000 times already, loved it !
do you still play it?
@@Nebulousss I will always keep playing it
55.35 is always my best!!!
35:26 54:33 un gran juego y encima español!!
there is no weak themes here, they're all amazing in creating different atmospheres, but I will highlight this one 20:45 as I see no one else did ... so many great memories from my teen years, spending hours and hours playing and exploring the maps ...
Since re-release on steam Ive gotta search for character selection screen music, its just sad and exciting at the same time, such a masterpeace, Ive heard about this game few years ago but when I downloaded it I rage quitted bc of the controls, dont know how do I changed but now Im in love with this game masterpiece.
Just played it again today,,, still got it
Awesome soundtrack to a legendary game! It still has the best combat system 20 years after release.
man this game gave me so much playtime back in the days, classic.
I never forget this game soundtrack. One of the best games in my childhood.
No worries guys, I will make remake of this game on some really good engine, the best out there.
Icarus Tanović great
Ahmed Mohamed Thanks man.
***** Are you developer or doing 3D and concepts?
That´s right!
That would be so great
47:15 such power! :D 24:12--> omg i love this one\ AND 42:00 OFC!
Epic music for a combat! I remember using these in my custom maps for other games.
Why people dont remember this game this so sad
i completed more then 10 times with 4 characters , best sword game ever
nice. I finished it at least once with each character, great game.
same - in recent years I've been playing it during holidays - playing through this game this is the definition of a quality time spent at the PC xD
I've finished it dozens of times
30.35. the BGM that touches the soul. Great BGM by the team. Was my favourite game back then
We NEEED REMASTERED!!!
the most amazing thing about some of the music is that its male choir instead of female like the rest of 98% games. skyrim the only other game i know of that uses male.
Still my favorite game.
I miss that game, been almost 12 year's since i last played this game.. Shame we didn't get a second one!!
Rejoice, my friend, this gem was re-released on Steam.
im 32 yold now..
i started playing this in my brothers laptop.. i was around 12 years old maybe..
i got a physical CD that i got from a Gaming PC magazine that was coming out every month..
this is one of the 1st rpgs games ive played and the best so far.. and i played over 50 titles..
no such game can replicate this ambient music that emerges you into the scenario
All i had to do was put my headphones in and you instant abstract from anything outside of the game... was playing it 8-10 hours straight as a kid
i have never finished the game legit, there was some part that i got stuck so i went hacker mode and edited some txt's with notepad to give me infite HP and attack, potions etc..
Dark Souls is similar to this game.
18:15
powerful, also like
Still listening in 2024🌋
I love this game and the soundtrack is so amazing and for now I still play it actually best game ever I hope that there's blade of darkness 2
One of my favourite game and still listening to it's bgm in 2018.🛡
Nostalgia!😎🔥
5:49 This should have been the opening track. Just magical.
Honestly, this game is great !!!
28:11 best part
thanks for sharing the ost
Such iconic music and the best game ever made!
It's the day finally....... Steam version
The name of the song at 54:33 please! I am searching for this song for years and i haven't known the title yet
zone out body and mind
I would pay for the whole PS5 + AAA game price to have this masterpiece remastered.
Spanish OG Soulsborne brohs we won...
This game is now on Steam
Best game I ever played! Amazing, brilliant, awesome game! Somebody, please, made BoD 2! It will f... all of the rpg and slasher games!
Friend, we have been betrayed! The orcs fell on us during the night.
My Lord the Duke... Argh! My life ebbs away.
My Lord the Duke has been taken prisoner. Rescue him... please -- he is our one and only hope...
Take this key to aid your escape, and read in this parchment the final orders of... my master...
what a soldier!
37:51
I played it many many many times 🎉🎉🎉🎉
26:50 - nearly identical song as in Conquest - frontier wars! :o
there is a swedish black metal band named Diabolical Masquerade, which uses some of the combat themes from the game in its album Death's Design, also from 2001 just like Severance ... as far as I know, most of this soundtrack (or all of it) are from a free royalty music bank; I've seen / heard other themes from the game used by other bands, in low budget movies and even in TV ads
I’m trying to get to the bottom of this. I’ve heard them in other things too, including Max Payne etc. But the soundtrack is credited to one man, Oscar Araujo, who along with the other team members who went on to form MercurySteam, did music for the Lords of Shadow games which aren’t that dissimilar to this musically and proved him to be a more than capable, award-winning composer. I’m curious if he did compose these tracks, they licensed them out AFTER and have been used in all the other things. Are there any instances of them popping up in anything PRIOR to this game? Because most people seem to be of the logic that “they’re present as stock music in other things after this so they must have used stock music in this” whereas couldn’t there be a possibility that this is where said stock tracks originated?
Why oh why hasn't this gotten a remake yet? This game is sooo good but it desperately needs a revamp. Imagine this game with Dark souls 3 lvl graphics.....my god
Same goes for Gothic
Because the Anglo-Saxon market does not value what comes from Spain, and these are pioneers of this line of "Blade Like" that should be called the style of Dark souls. Miyasaky has surely been copied and it is not convenient for him to say so because he has more global financial support.
2019?
i love music blade
This is the best game with the best soundtrack ever for I love
4:30 the final fight and agra manue fight
37:00the ambush of Skeletons and the dark chaos
And for now I still play this game really it's the best and old game I have play it on my hall life
Thx for the soundtrack
Still in my top 5 games of all time!
What I want to know is who in tarnation decided to dislike this video.
Like, who went out of their way to find the soundtrack for what is essentially a cult game and then disliked it.
I remember, how my frend told me, that Dark Souls is somewhat like Blade of Darkness
32:40 onwards..
THIS GAME WAS A FUCKIN EPIC, MAN.
this game is from spain and in spain nobody knows it i am so fucking alone here ;(
The combat and plot was pretty generic and basic but very easy to understand and very fun nevertheless. What really stood out in this games was the tone and atmosphere which was done so much better than any other game I’ve played since. From a world building perspective each location was very uniquely designed which also plays into that atmospheric design; the various architectures and level design was astounding and comes to show that a big budget and fancy graphics can not replace well thought out level design. Despite the game buying rights to use music from outside the company; they used it in such a carefully intentional way that surprises me often in setting the tone and atmosphere. Many times I could be completely tense awaiting a terrifying encounter in a dark maze; or just laid back taking in the calm environment of some empty open ruins. This is one of my favourite games; having played it since a very young age (I was born in 2001) but as all good things must come to an end; my old computer just isn’t accessible anymore and I’ve been unable to play this fantastic game for around 5 or so years. If this game was remade with the exact same level design; music; and gameplay mechanics only with just updated textures and perhaps some more smoother models; I would hands on buy it immediately. However for legal reasons it may be a very long time until this game is renewed. I have seen sites advertising that they have online downloads available for Windows 10 but I’m not risking that kind of trouble. PS. The geography of that world map is more on point than any other fictional map I’ve ever seen and I’d recommend it as inspiration for world building.
Seconded - I would love to see a remaster.
The combat was generic? I bet you venerate dark souls as having the ebst combat ever when it can't touch this :D
The remaster is coming in october 2021 :D
28:11❤
Blade of darkness. Arx fatalis best games ever
My two favorite of all time, Kindred spirit ^
This game is EPIC
Petition for a remake or part 2?
I'm down. Set one up and advertise it here.
i want remake
great game with an incredibly good combat music
When Gamers were true men .
Top music
Does anyone know the exact name of the song that plays at 28:12 ??
Antikue- automatic pilot
Love.
35:26 is what i was looking for.
SAME
AMAZING theme!!!
mi juego favorito de mi juventud tremenda musica
42:55 I hear this same sample everywhere
46:22 this one too
20:45 fuckin eargasm... everytime... love this part so much... fuckin barbarian music!!!
God this game was good.
Óscar Araujo is the (main) composer.
Este juego necesita un Remake.
ost at 53:49? would be neat to have a list of all ost names :p
El primer tema me recordó a la banda sonora de Kratos... hasta la musica de demons souls tomaron referencia...jummm como que hay muchos juegos que se han inspirado en este juego.
Remember cleari g half a level with not having saved and then died cuzz of the floor falling underneath you xd