Severance: Blade of Darkness - Character Overview & Rankings

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Raphael Perry

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Published on October 7, 2021 11:16:27 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xnpqLaJtug

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Severance: Blade of Darkness (2001)

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Severance: Blade of Darkness (also known as Blade of Darkness, Severance, Blade: The Edge of Darkness (completely different title)) is a gritty fantasy game of grueling harsh combat from 2,001. Many have compared the difficulty to that of Dark Souls and that's a reasonably fair comparison. In fact, in many ways it may be even harder as many players gave up on the extreme difficulty. I know that I personally ran into a very hard fight about two thirds of the way through the game and had to step back and take a break for about six months. When I came back to it something just clicked and things worked that had been a major problem for me before. I'm glad that I persevered and finished the game. Those of us that did manage to see it through truly appreciate this hidden gem for all of the innovative things that it did (the water graphics were years ahead of their time).

Now that the game is becoming available once again on Steam (it was available on GOG for a handful of years then it got pulled) I thought I'd create a little video detailing the four playable characters, their strengths, their weaknesses, and what makes them enjoyable. The game itself has an obscure and interesting story that seems to be based on Zoroastrianism (although good luck trying to understand it as it's got even less information than you'll find in your typical Dark Souls game - another thing they've got in common).

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