This 20 Year Old RPG Is Incredible | Blade of Darkness
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- I love unique RPG's and Blade Of Darkness is one of the most interesting games I've played in years...
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the souls-like genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
Blade of Darkness Is Available on Nintendo Switch, Steam & GOG
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Yes, it's a masterpiece that has never been given its dues in popular culture.
The ultimate Conan The Barbarian simulater
Thank you for this video! This game deserves all the attention and praise. I played this on release and was blown away. And I truly believe that there is still no game that made sword combat better than this (except for For Honor and other simulators). Very difficult, very atmospheric and very rewarding. If you didn't play it back then, give yourself a treat and buy this game. It still holds up, 20 years later, both graphically and gameplay. This game was ahead of its time!
True jedi knight 2 and mods that make lightsaber play more like the movies are great too, nothing that came after was as cool
True, this game combat system is ahead of its time.
Good review, but ... 12:57 it's a game made in Spain by Rebel Act Studios not in Czech Republic. Unfortunately, the game didn't achieve the expected commercial success and they had to close.
It's so cool that this and Jedi Knight are on Nintendo Switch, which very strangely has become the home of excellent OC ports. They port them as is, instead of making them feel different than you remember like say Doom 3 BFG edition (which sucks)
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My Dad and I played this back in the early 2000's and we were blown away. Instantly became one of our favorite games ever, and honestly it still is. So far ahead of its time, it's amazing.
Yeap same here, I played with an 8mb graphics card and 64mb ram in a Pentium 3 with lowest settings lol
i played it with my father back in 2004-2005 when i was 4 yrs old and it's top 10 games ever for me, i love the nostalgia it gives me and it's honestly ahead of its time with all the decapitation and physics
How am I only just hearing about this game now? Whoever was in charge of advertising this really dropped the ball. 😂
Criminally underrated indeed. I was thinking the same as you when it came out. I just happend to find it in some discount bin not long after it came out. And it was like... wow. And I still love it. It aged really well.
And I still haven't seen a thing in a game that is so satisfying as making a finishing move that send the enemy's head flying. And then picking it up throwing it at his mates. Or making a very powerful attack with some difficult key combo that scatters a shield.
You have no idea what it was like to play this as a kid when it came out. It was light years away from any other game in the genre. I remember playing this alongside Vampire the Masquerade Redemption, and man, this felt like the future
Played it back in the day late '90's early '00's, on a Pentium III 366 mhz, with a Packard Bell CRT. Trust me, Elden Ring, Oblivion and many many others owe its existence in this gem! Great atmosphere, music, characters! A true gem! Hope they remake 'ENCLAVE' also. Another gem.
YES, we need a re-release of eclave as well, I remember both these games very fondly, my dad recommended me to play them and I was blown away (I'm the same age as blade of darkness) I'm so happy that I also got to play games like original x-com and dungeon keeper when I was growing up. I don't even hope for a remake of them, but re-releases like this asure me that I will be able to show them to my children in the future
Me too
It was released in february 2001. So no, you did not play it in the late 90s early 2000s.
@@adriantrusca1245 MEA CULPA I am not young anymore. In my mind I refer to that period as right after the army. As for the game I still gave it stashed somewhere.
@@adriantrusca1245 It was released in 2001 so HE DID play it in the early 2000's.
You can kill creatures with someone's decapitated head.
Yep I'm buying this game
Just saw this on eshop and instant buy, this was the hidden gem of gaming when I was a kid and I couldn't be happier to see it has found a new home on nintendo and dirt cheap
I've spent so many hours on this game over a span of 20 plus years. Still can't believe it's been that long, I feel old! Best game ever for me.
For anyone new to the game, it has a small but very strong cult, it was extremely good as a game but failed on marketing back in the day.
The game is a hack and slash, it's one of those difficult games you need to master, it is NOT an RPG, the story is completely linear, although each of the 4 playable characters has an extra beginning level.
Used to have an online PVP arena too, you might be able to find a mod that does that.
Overall, I highly recommend it, truly a hidden gem, SxyBiscuit isn't lying to you.
It was released same moment with another masterpiece on PC's "Rune"
My childhood. I used to love this game. It's extremely hard, but the lighting quality has always impressed me. It currently has a new switch release.
I don't know how many times I have completed this game in my childhood. It's countless. Recently I remembered it and downloaded it again. The nostalgia is hitting me hard
I remember reading about this in a swedish PC Gamer-magazine as a little kid and looking at the screenshots and wanting so badly to play it, but my computer wasn't good enough and I didn't have money enough, maybe it's time now... Haha.
I am not Sure but i Think its still on Black friday sale so that you can get it for under 10 bucks. Its worth it, but still a frustrating game. The start is the hardest Part Till you get lvl 4 or 5.. if you are Willing to go through that you get rewarded with a really well aged game
Is funny when you found that one of your favorite games from childhood is released again and after that 20 years you still have muscle memory of all weapon combos 😄
I'm one of the lucky few who knew about this game, have finished it multiple times, kept picking it back up on multiple occasions. the game was basically abandonware for over 15 years as people in the community kept trying to find out who owns the IP in effect, as the publishing studio went belly up. in the recent years before the re-release on Steam the game was somewhat difficult to play, as it was struggling to run on modern hardware and it either had visual glitches or straight up crash reliably. I was enthralled when I discovered it being released on steam with modern hardware support, and bought it immediately. I just love your enthusiasm on discovering the features this game has, and you haven't even scratched the surface. every weapon has a special attack, the barbarian and knight have about a dozen combo attacks, and I don't wanna spoil too much. this game was quite frankly way ahead of its' time, and considering it was developed by a minuscule studio in Spain, it is tremendous what they have achieved.
Way ahead of its time, one of the only games we had in Cuba for pc when I was young, we used to spend so much time playing this, absolute masterpiece.
I played this when it got out 20y ago... still a lovely game, great atmosphere and sound effects. It get spooky sometimes. Combat system still one of the best, highly rewarding when you learn it
This game was the inspiration for Dark Souls if it’s the one I’m thinking of. I can’t watch yet, I’m at work. Looking forward to it though!🥂
Took me longer than I hoped to be able to watch this, but well worth it, great video!
“Let me break all these boxes with this guy’s head”
Looks like just on PC and Switch right now, hopefully comes to Xbox and PlayStation soon as well! This game deserves way more recognition than it currently has in gaming history.
Demons souls came out in February of 09, and had Kings Field as a series dating way before that. I don’t think it was an inspiration, and can’t find an interview or anything stating it was. Great game though!
@@MrX-hw9yq this is a remaster, original came out 2001 way before Demon Souls
I've never heard of this until today and bought it instantly. Thanks for the gameplay vid. It's exactly what I was looking for.
The water in this game was years ahead of its time, they managed to make it look like made with shaders when shaders didnt even exist and water was just alpha JPGs in the rest of the games. And the dynamic ligthning and shadowing was ahead of its time too.
I played this game maybe more than hundred times since I was about 7-8 years old. I really glad to see, how somebody gets first impression from this game. Very interesting to continue watching your walkthrough: this game definitely deserves your attention. I think, this game has the best combat system I've never seen.
One of my favorites from back then. Played it on the first "real" computer I built. It was a 400mhz AMD Processor with a Voodoo 5 agp video card and a 21" ViewSonic CRT monitor. I was blown away. Thought it couldn't get any better. Considering its age, it has held up well. I'll definitely be getting it for the switch. Thanks
This is a great game, I bought it when it was first released, I still have the cardboard box! Here it was called: Severance blade of darkness. I was amazed by the shadows and water graphics. So far ahead of its time. I hope they Someday make a full remake or a sequel.
I remember play It as a kid. The original name was Blade the Edge of darkness but they change for Severance because copyright issues. 22years later still remember this Game. For me was a solid 9.5/10 in time and im glad come black to switch! Its a miracle! ♥️ But the company Rebel act was disolved and some member go to other companys and others to Mercury Steam. Si i dont thing a sequel could be possible :(
Its now on PlayStation as well! Just bought it for only 15 euros. Can’t wait to try it with controller as I played it with mouse and keyboard back in the day
@@murray821 maybe i Will buy It for switch. Its arround 9€ so is a good prize and the Game is fun enought to be replayed
@@MElekiaZ I tried it a bit, feels nostalgic and familiar but also a bit janky. Guess I’m spoiled with modern controls 😅 I’m sure I will get used to it again.
@@murray821 rigid controls. In the day you play It normal but nowadays you feel the controls "heavy" and "square" but the game is enjoyable despiste this things. In that age i play un AMD atlon 700mhz with 256 RAM ,20gb of He and the first 32gb envida GPU. Games of this era i remember are soul reaver legacy of kain, vampire the masquerade, Star wars Racer,Blade,Delta force III,medal of honor,ground control,evolva,giants citizen kabuto,return Castle wolfenstein,neverwinter nights, diablo 2... Great golden years as a kid♥️
Your enthusiasm and joy at playing this classic game is infectious. More 'Severance' videos please!
I loved this game on the PC back in the day! So awesome to see it being rediscovered!
This is a masterpiece, it deserves a remake more than any other game
The barbarian chain combos were so devastating & meaty I still think of them these days, there was nothing like encountering a room full of minotaurs, pumping up the vagrant story battle music and letting the combos rip, spent way too much time playing this, Deus Ex & Giants: Citizen Kabuto.
edit: only just noticed it's on steam, bought it from codemasters in like 2014 but could never get it to work.
Back in the day , I read a review and got really interested. Stumbled upon the ”bestseller” reissue in a gameshop. I was instantly impressed. One of my favourite combat systems ever. You have absolute control. Nowadays , I got my GOG version and I still play it regularly. I’ve never gotten the opportunity to play it against an opponent in LAN though.
This isn't really an RPG but it is an incredible game that deserves more attention
maybe its considered rpg since you can play as diffrent characters which have theyr unique movesets. they all play quite a bit diffrent from each other.
@@abnon-tha3088 I do already think Dark Souls is kind of stretching the definition of RPG a bit but considering Blade of Darkness an RPG stretches that definition a lot further in my opinion. At least in Dark Souls, you have different builds, stats, armor and weapons with different trade offs, while Blade of Darkness's character progression is extremely linear and really only offers choice at the beginning of the game when you select your character. Other than choosing your character, you don't get to do different builds, you can't choose how your character evolves and changes as you don't allocate any points into skills or attributes. You can't really even use weapons outside your character's specialty weapon types as that would severely gimp your combat potential and make the game much harder for no benefit to you. You only kill enemies, pick up new weapons and armor that are almost always objectively better than the one you are currently using and that's it, because leveling up just automatically increases your health/stamina. In short, you make no decisions at all in how your character develops which is the core fundamental of an RPG for me. Every playthrough you have with a specific character is functionally the same from a gameplay perspective because of the linearity of character progression. Note that this is not a bad thing, Blade of Darkness is not an RPG and it doesn't need to be. It has many good qualities that make it stand out regardless
@@HJ-bd6mb It's definitely a hack and slash RPG, which is a sub genre. The fact that it has linear progress doesn't change that.
Blade of Darkness! Game of my childhood. I do remember that game was fantastic rpg experience back in day.
Fingers crossed for some gameplay with your voice 😅.
I remember first playing this game in college a very long time ago. On the first level I got in a fight with a guy, decapitated him, and his head rolled down the stairs. I had never seen anything like that before and was totally blown away. Blade of Darkness is an absolute classic.
Thank you for having a video on this nobody seems to have any reviews or anything of the remaster. I can't believe I never heard of this game I used to love games like this it looks like a mix of Morrowind and Baldur's Gate dark Alliance but obviously not open world I don't think anyways
One of the best games I ever played, we played it through over and over again back in the days, this game deserves a shiny new remake
Great game! I remember playing this back in the day and be surprised that you could cut enemies and use their body parts as weapons, that’s wild!
you may not heard it before but this was my true love along with my friends, real adventure set in single player! A masterpiece and one of a kind RPG.
Also 4 characters, not 3 and also u have 3 armor types with knight, 2 with dwarf and 1 with amazon and barbarian. Also all characters have their weapons, meaning they can use other character weapons but wont be effective the only effective way is to use that character own weapon type that he can sort of master, with the unlock of that weapon combo. Uhave ur basic combos that is well for every weapon u find for that character but then each weapon has its own combo. Also later on u can find i think even in that first lvl potions i think there are 50-100-150 ones that are only usable as meat and bread and cheese, pick it up and heal. Then u have potions 500-1000-full HP that are usable wherever u are, u can use it during fights or if u just low on health and u are unsure of urself for the next fight. Also other items that u can find, poison res. dmg res. and so on. Also 4 special weapon, one is i think universal that vampiric sword i think, or queens sword its called the other 3 are for each character different but u must find those first and they are mostly on off beat paths or hidden behind something or in some cases rarely just there.
Btw. Barbarian and Knight move quite ok up and down when u traverse heights like that parkour thing etc. those both are quick to pull themselves up, but the Amazon u must watch out in some cases cause shes sloooow, so u must in some places time ur ascend and dwarf is like in between.
Also to those combos some u must well time them right so they do a big impact. Also the ordinary combos are displayed like yellow streak as for the effect, like when u llv up u see that blue glow, and also when u do the weapon specific combo it is red the streak, and u do like 3x or more dmg as normal, its mostly devastating but u must be precise with the hits and time them, otherwise u wont make it. Some are fairly simple and highly effective and others are complicated and well they do massive dmg but well yeah the tradeoff is u need to be on time and also hit them buttons on time to make the combo. Also some combos like are multilayered or how should i say, explanation, like say with easier button combos u do like a big swing or smash or something, but with the more complex ones u do like one turn swing and then like a salto with swing of ur weapon in between and in the other direction and u decimate opponents around u for sure, if u can make the combo. I found it like its more effective to do combos that are easier to make for u, dont force urselfs do combos that u barely are able to hit, just do the regular combos instead until u find that better weapon try another combo and probably that will be urs, also u dont need to use all weapons as u lvl up, use only those mostly that are ez to wield and handle for u, especially with combos, either regular normal ones or those special for each weapon.
The worst thing in this game is the graphics, there are mods that can lift it up, but i think its nothing extra its not like with Morrowind or Oblivion that can really boost the graphics or in GTA etc.
SO better to stay with vanilla.
Later on ull face much worse enemies, trust me on that. Here in this entry lvl (btw for each character a different first lvl after that well u have the same lvls, also u need to find stuff like keys and some runes that if u dont find in that lvl, in the end it will show u again the map with those highlighted where u can find those keys or runes, if u dont, u can finish the game but u wont face the real FINAL boss. Just a heads up for those who never plaeyd it.
I did play this game in 2001 i think, right after it came out, barely had enough ram to play, loading was so slow, but still it was that great back then. Barely marketed, barely known sadly.
Later i did get a 32mb ram upgrade to 96 and the game was much more responsive.
Now i play the game at least once every year or whenever the mood struck. Just finished the game with the Amazon and she has some awesome brutal spears and halberds that do like chop in half the enemies. Massacre.
Btw just to that special thing about this game, when ur character does get hit and ull get hit often trust me, it shows, u get some cuts bruises and bloody things all over ur armored body. Best seen on Barbarian, u know half naked :). But u can see it on other characters too. Bit silly if the Knight has his full plate and u see a deep cut on his back, but hey at least u know u are hurt without checking the health bar, and trust me the more beat up ull get the more bloody ull get.
ANyway u can see that i love this game, cause it does one thing better then DS, u can save everywhere and even then the game can be hard at places. And still learn moves and how to avoid hits and how to get things done without needing to git gud, cause ull git gud in the end ull learn what u need to.
One last things a little like tidbit is that when u do the saves, it calls u names like hero or champion or something if u good, but later the more u save the less favorable the namecalling is for u.
Also a bit more info and i read that and its i think correct en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance:_Blade_of_Darkness.
Still holds up and worth playing. HF
This is my favorite game of all time 🔥❤️
Oh, man! I remember playing this game back in the days with my friend! We were fascinated! Not just the groundbraking graphics (real time shadows didn't existed before this, advanced damage system, severing limbs, scars on your character) but the gameplay was brutal! It was hard and you had to learn combos and the enemy attack patterns. Enemy was smart, Balck Knights even drunk health potions so you couldn't take it from them. You really didn't want to fight more than 3 enemies at the same time, they just butchered you. I remember a small room you fell in it like in a trap. There were 2 f*cking huge minotaurs in it and they had big axes, They just deleted you from existance. You needed patience, planning and play smart to beat them. When you finally could overcome on a really tough situation you felt like a real hero in this game!!! It was like a Dark Souls game. Basically it is kind of the great grand father of souls like games I think. The asthetic, the combat design, the story and everything is just in a Dark Souls game. I lovet it!! Thanks for bringing back good memories!
This game is my most treasured childhood gems. Always weirded me out when people praised dark souls, after playing this.
Wtf why have I never heard of this before? Buying this for sure now thanks Roxy.
I had this when i was a really young kid. Maybe like 4 or 5 and we moved about a month after i got it and we lost it. Been thinking about this game for aome years trying to describe it to my pops and friends and nobody knew what i was talking about. Found it on PS5 store today by random chance and freaked out big time. I cant wait to play this again.
20 year old fantasy action RPG that honestly looks better than any Elder Scrolls of Souls Born game
Yo a crossover
Been hearing about this game this past year. Wow. Simply shockingly great lost RPG. Amazing
I always get so tickled when I see someone bring attention to this game. If you asked me what a hidden gem was, I'd point to this game. So glad they re-released it
I got this game after trying the demo, and I instantly loved it!
This is the grand father of Dark Souls. This was one of my favorite games somewhere around the early 2000's. I was absolutely blown away that my PC could run this at 1024x768 with al the lights casting shadows, etc. The fighting is brutal, but awesome! One of the most amazing things is - even to this day in early 2024(!!!) - that your weapons and your enemies' weapons don't clip the walls, floor, etc. BUT HIT THEM! This game was light years ahead of it's time.
I just recently bought it again at a GoG sale to play on the Steam Deck. I just started playing again and absolutely love it again! Do yourself a favor, buy this gem of a game!
yeah i played this all the way through, years ago, i thought the swordplay was incredibly great, way beyond what most video games do with swords, before and since
It should be made available on consoles. Those guys need to play this.
Saw this on the EShop, very cheap, thought it looks interesting. This review was so funny and entertaining that it's convinced me to buy, so thanks for that!
The best game i have ever played why they never made more 2,3,4,5,10
When I was a kid I read about it in a magazine. I stared at the pictures and must've read the article at least 100 times. Then we got the game. It was nothing short of amazing as a kid. I never read the reviews for it as I loved it. It's great to see it garner the love it so rightly deserves. The knight is my favorite. 😁
I recommended you try this aaaaaages back in a stream (also The Guild 2: Renaissance), so glad you got it and liked it! Wizardy 8 is another blinder (albeit a party-based dungeon crawler) from the time; great fun and infinitely replayable.
I saw the ad for this when it was about to come out and just HAD to play it. It was back then, for all intents and purposes, one of the most intricately made games you could get your hands on. The lighting was just out of this world, the fighting system, the interactivity that was possible with the environment, the music, the voice acting, that visceral dismemberment... all big selling points back then because it was way, WAY ahead of its time in combining all of that AND looking just... awesome for its time. Even now, 20-odd years later, some of the intricacies blow you away. It's still a "believable" game. The lighting is still just SOO good. I still remember the bugs as well. For all that it did right, it had some major flaws. Movement was iffy at best. Falling down stuff because the character sort of keeps moving a while after you've stopped input was an issue. Movement delay was an issue. Camera suddenly diving under and over stuff was a thing as well. And it was HARD. At times frustratingly so. As you can see, it hasn't aged well on all fronts and the bugs I mention are most obviously still there. But it had style, it had pazazz, it had a VIBE. This could be remade with better models and textures today and still manage to be something that makes you go "WOW" because it was soooo close at getting so many things right even though, in the end, it didn't. I always thought it was released 6 months too soon. Unpolished. However! It did have that magic that so few games these days have. I don't know if it was the time, the zeitgeist, I don't know. Some games just had that... thing and even though they were fundamentally flawed to the point of broken, you just couldn't NOT play them.
The best game review I have seen since 2016 💯🔥, can't wait to see more.
When you said "this game can be played completely in first person", I instantly bought it.
Played it. Loved it. And who remembers "Drakan: Order of The Flame" where in addition to combat identical to Severance, you could also ride a dragon and fly around the map, spit fire at other dragons in epic aerial battles and the dragon also helped, when possible, to defeat enemies on the ground when on foot and outnumbered? Another jewel from the same time that few know about nad that deserves a remake/remaster.
i orginally played this on pc and back then it was mind blowing .. imagine they remade this game with current tech
The most hidden of all gems this game was and still is. Man this game was scary, atmospheric, had physics and the lighting was extraordinary mind you. Casting real time shadows in a 3d environment was a big feat in 2001. Add the extended combat combos and you have yourself a winner. The only let down is the not so polished PC controls on the re-release which somehow I remember to be less clunky in the original.
This game was way ahead of its time with the link-combo specials, multi-tiered level design, and chunky combat animations. The controls have some major crust to them with the directional inputs, but It's still fun. I like carving through enemies as the Barbarian, timing my combos so they run right into my spin attack.
I'm playing the game on Steam Deck and have zero camera issues. It seems like directional attack inputs are spotty without lock-on, though.
This game is incredible. There’s some insane difficulty spikes later on but I will praise this game always.
Souls games enemies death animations are all the same meanwhile this 20+yo game you can cut off head, limbs and feel savage and visceral af.
Got this when it came out - have given it a run through every other year or so. It's a masterpiece in game design and atmosphere. The Vampire boss fight is so good - "What is this, a plaything for my armies, food for my worms ...?". The interplay of shadows and lighting was so well done. Such a shame the studio didn't do anything else.
It's also very configurable. I found some of the "grunting" voices a bit annoying for some of the characters so you can copy those out. You can edit the AI for all the monsters it's all separate Lua files.
Bought this on a whim from PC World when I was 12. The name caught my eye, and I remember on the back of the box they made sure to let you know you could chop off the limbs of your enemies and then use those limbs as weapons to kill other enemies. That was something new and cool to me (and it's still uncommon in games today even!) I got it home and installed it and even though my PC could barely run it the graphics blew me away - especially the flickering lights in that dark prison dungeon. I know they look bad compared to what we have today, but 22 years ago this was top of the line, jaw dropping stuff - especially when you just switched to PC from a console.
Later there was a tragedy - I lost the box and the CD. The only one of my PC games that ever went missing. I think it may have been stolen. Fortunately when Amazon was invented I was able to buy it again, but this time it was one of those barebones copies that's just a case with absolutely nothing in it except the CD. No instruction manual, no cool art or anything.
I still remember the demo version in which the Knight's intro was narrated in a Christopher Lee style voice. To this day, I've still yet to defeat Ragnar properly. I always pick up a halberd earlier then repeatedly chuck it at him.
I played this back in the early 2000 with a Pentium III + GeForce 256, it was absolutely amazing at the time but no one on earth had ever heard of this game back then.
I just love how it's tagged "souls like" on steam XD Souls were not even thought of when this was a thing.
20 years and still Shadows/Lights look great.
I finished this game 4 times (as each character) back in the day. Gameplay is pretty oldschool, you have to also collect secret runes to get to true last level and reveal true ending.
This game has always been criminally underrated. I remember finding it in some discount bin not long after it came out. And i was blown away by it. The story is so bad it is hilarious though. But the combat makes up for all of it. I honestly can not imagine playing this with a gamepad though. It was clearly a PC game at the time. So, mouse and keyboard.
And yes, your shield (also the enemy's) can break. Stammina isn't for blocking, it is for attacking. It is an interesting mechanic. When you find more powerful weapons, they require more stammina to use. While you can easilly do a flurry of attacks with lower level weapons.
And you have to admit. This game aged like fine super expensive whiskey.
One of my favourites. I absolutely loved the barbarian character and plot. The combat system is great, arrows phisics astonishing, as much as lightening
The PC version of this game has files that can be edited!
You can edit stats weapons and your own or the characters. The animations can be edited too but I don't recommend doing that because it has mixed results.
Completed this as amazon years ago. Absolute class.
Got about 3 quarters through on knight. Couldnt cope with barbarian or dwarf.
I played this back in the day, loved it. Can't wait to get home so I can buy it for the Switch! Great vid, thanx!
Really cool, definitely going to buy.
After a major update by new developers, Blade of Darkness gets HD graphics and other improvements, and it's also now available for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, and Xbox One.
Very Cool. Never seen this game Before. Gonna give it a Try. Thank you
I never beat this without cheats when I was a kid, but I feel it prepared me for later releases such as the first release of Dark Souls on PC, which I beat with a M+KB back when that was considered almost impossible, so thanks Severance!
Why was this ignored? For a 2002 game, it is genuinely impressive, ahead of its time even
Oh my god! I played this when it released and have now bought it on my ps5 thanks to this video. Can't wait to play it again.
Ah yes. the Dark Souls of 2002.
One of the first games I bought together with my first PC (pentium 3 900hz) back in 2001 or 2002 along with half life. Still one of my favorites. What a great time it was: Wolfenstein and medal of honor were released the same year, soon to be followed by GTA 3, vice city, prince of Persia: sands of time trilogy, then God of war on ps 2, shadow of the colossus, then demon's souls for PS3. Then eventually dark souls series. However, now I mostly watch playthrough on CZcams. Don't know is it just me or the games are no longer that great. Probably just getting older
I'm convinced this game came out of a diferent timeline because no way this existed when I was a kid
Discovered it last week out of nowhere. It really does hold up so well.
The gameplay is amazing! The fight is amazing, the shield block and dodge! And the lighting is amazing for 2002! And using anything as weapon is pretty cool, specialy limbs...You could grab a chair and kill the sleeping guard
I'm glad the indie scene has given way to classic games, like this, being given their time in the spotlight.
You think about the sort of games people put tons of hours into, despite lesser graphics or even "retro" graphics, and it becomes obvious that gameplay is, and always was, king.
I feel like during the Xbox 360 era it would have been a lot harder to get someone to try this game, and this would have been less than 10 years old at that point. Now you look at this, and it isn't so far off from Valheim. It's become a desirable aesthetic. There's all this room for 8bit, 16bit, ps1 era, style games, etc etc etc.
I dunno. It's good. This game deserves love.
This is the very first game I ever played ! I still remember the weapon combos 😌
This was the first game with dynamic shadows and reflections ever.
Purchased this on nintendo eshop because I liked the look of the trailer. I had absolutely no idea it was historically a big deal of a game.
Saw it on sale in the PS Store, heard about how much a hidden classic gem it was, and rolled a Barbarian, cause big weapons and bigger muscles are my sirens call.
To say the least, its good and fun. The controls can get frustratingly clunky though, especially when locking on to strafe, but its a good amount of challenge.
Theres definitely a thrill of victory in surviving a battle, pulling off that sick combo, taking out an enemy in one well placed blow, and finding hidden caches of supplies that make all the difference.
Just wish those strafing mechanics were a little more fluid. Getting stuck or having non responsive dodges is extremely frustrating in tense fights.
"I took his arm off!"
my man you split him in two
I used to watch my dad play this game in our basement when I was probably 10 years old this game was scary and cool af
The GOAT get's it's respect. Every couple of years, I'll reinstall this masterpiece and give it a go.
"He hit the wall and he reacted! This game is 20 years old!"
Take a look at the fact that you are surprised by this, and ask yourself if games from the modern age are really that great. That was pretty par for the course 20 years ago. Actual physics interactions with the player-character in today's games are next to non-existent.
This is very Dark Soulsy and that is one of my fave game series so I might have to check this out on my Switch as I don't think its available on Xbox or PS. Had a look to see what the original was like and apparently it came out in 2001 and this remaster was released in 2021 on PC first. EDIT: After having watched the video, this has to have had some influence on Dark Souls if From Soft had seen it.
I always tell the youngins Dark Souls is very Blade of Darkness-y
I still love this game the way of story telling fighting different swords and how to use them with different power attack
This game is GOLD! Didnt remember games name till today lol... my childhood!
1:26 It's on PS4. I found out today, which led me to your review. So when I saw it, I instantly had to know if they messed it up or if it they improved it. So far, so good.
First video game of my life...the ambience and music is great...
This was the favorite game I and my school friends played in my younger years.
I remember the game by the name. It's the first game I found complex moveset from directional inputs.
Considering the time back then, it can't be just 20 years but around 26 or 27.
So glad this game found it's way to me when i was a kid. Maybe if they remake it they will put some more time into further diversifying the characters paths since only the first level was different and the rest of the game was the same for all 4 character (exempt their equipment and weapons)