Severance: Blade of Darkness follows the fate of four characters and their quest to defeat an evil Necromancer and retrieve a legendary sword. The player can choose between the characters, who are a Knight, a Barbarian, A Dwarf and a Ranger/ Amazon type female character. All characters have different starting areas but eventually end up in the same levels. Yet, the sequence of the stages can be chosen as a world map in between the stages prompts you to decide where you want to go next, maybe look for help at the Dwarven Mines or go face the Orcs at their dwelling.
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I played this game ages and ages ago, it was hard to find a physical copy of it but I managed to. This is one of my favourite games of all time. When I managed to finish it, I felt like I accomplished something big because this is a hard game, it takes patience and some combat skill. Each character has their special type of weapon, and each one has their own storyline at the start - Zoe has always been my favourite character. As soon as I saw that this game got released on Steam, I felt fucking happy, legit. I've been waiting for this game to be released on Steam for years, I even signed a petition a while back, but finally, this game is here. I bought it without needing to think twice since it is a game that I love so much, and I am looking forward to reliving good memories, this time with a higher resolution and running on a more recent machine.
All I can remember is pain and suffering. I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out why I subjected myself to playing it, let alone completing the campaign. Maybe I was just desperate for something to play back then...
One of the games with the worst gameplay mechanics I've ever seen. If I lived for 25 years in a cave and it was the first game I ever played, maybe I would like it.
The combat's super good, very gruesome, the levels have nice secrets and in repeat playthroughs the differences between the characters make you switch up how you play. Just make sure you remap the controls.
Love this game to the death. An underrated gem.