Game:

Severance: Blade of Darkness (2001)

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Review

Duration: 23:47

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0:00 Intro/Skit
4:05 Start of Review/Plot
6:55 How to Get the Game Working on Windows 10
10:25 Gameplay
22:25 Slight Spoiler Warning

Windows 10 Guide comment taken from here:
https://youtu.be/4J7_m6HOxzU

Severance: Blade of Darkness is an abandonware title developed by Rebel Act Studios and published by Codemasters. It is known for having a huge cult following, and a sort of precursor to the Souls series. I guess you could say that this is the Dark Souls of Soulslike games. It is known for having a simplistic plot, but the combat making up for it, being considered to have some of the best combat-systems that any video has ever made. In fact, it was never replicated to this day, and is even more complex than in the souls games!

I did a review of this quite a while back, but I felt like I didn't give the game the praise it deserves, and was frankly wrong about a lot of things. So, here is my redux review. Enjoy!

Music is from Epidemic Sound. The following songs were used:

Rune Dale - River Glen
Deskant - An Ordinary Day
Deskant - Battle of Aonach More
Deskant - Dance of the Wildcats
Bonnie Grace - Deer Hunt
Sage Oursler - Ethelda's Last Breath
Sight of Wonders - New World Order
Deskant - Riverstone Walk
Deskant - Sins of the Fathers

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Intro jingle made by frankmcginnis: https://www.fiverr.com/frankmcginnis/write-and-record-a-jingle-theme-song-or-intro-music
Animated intro and outro made by cheapintromaker: https://www.fiverr.com/cheapintromaker/do-3-different-3d-animated-logo-intro
Sprite made by ohno90s & ismaileldesouky: https://www.fiverr.com/ohno90s & https://www.fiverr.com/ismaileldesouky

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