Is Blade of Darkness similar to Severance?
Blade of Darkness is a third person action role-playing game. In it, you can play as one of four characters—each with their own strengths and weaknesses. It’s a rerelease of Severance: Blade of Darkness, a game from 2001 that went through some distribution rights issue. Severance: Blade of Darkness is an action-adventure game developed by Rebel Act Studios and originally published by Codemasters.In its short lifetime, Rebel Act Studios only released one game, Severance: Blade of Darkness. Despite critical acclaim for the graphics and controls the game found no commercial success, yet is till considered an underdog classic and widely respected for the sophisticated implementation of melee combat mechanics.
Is Blade of Darkness a soulslike?
Contemporary reception deems the game a pioneer within the soulslike subgenre, due to its high difficulty, dark fantasy world, and similar gameplay mechanics. Also highlighted is the fact that Blade of Darkness was released 8 years before Demon’s Souls. Dark Souls is the first game in the series; it is considered a spiritual successor to Demon’s Souls (2009). FromSoftware wanted to develop a sequel to Demon’s Souls, but Sony’s ownership of the intellectual property prevented them from doing so on other platforms.