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Great, But Frustrating
First off i Have got to say that Blade of Darkness crushes Rune. Blade of Darkness has wonderful combat methods, sound, graphics, and other things that make it a great game. Why I say it is frustrating is that there is no quick save. Also sometimes you just be walking and all of a sudden the walkway you were on will fall in. Automatically you die, and if you didn't save recently your pretty much screwed. Also there are some clipping problems, with characters arms and legs disapearing into walls. But the main problem of this game is it's frustration level, with the hit points. Blade of Darkness become's so annoying and frustrating because when an enemy has over a 1000 or more hit point's than you, than one must usually have to play that character over and over again because they keep on dying. I know it sounds like the game is not that good, from all the stuff above, but truly this is a great game with depth, amazing graphics, and other important attribute's that most game's come without. If you like 3rd person hack and slash action's, then this is for you

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Gorgeous graphics, suspect gameplay
Played on 1Gig P3 with Rage ATI 128 graphics. Windows 2000 Pro.

Someone spent a lot of time working on the architectural details because this game is simply gorgeous. The only other game that comes close is Half-life with Blue-shift graphic upgrades. If I was grading on graphics and sound effects alone I'd give this five stars.

But you have to play it too and there is a long list of problems here. Firstly, this game suffers from the same problem that all 3rd person hack'n'slay games do -- the camera ends up in the wrong place so you can't see guys that are whacking you. Give me 1st person views any day.

There's also the 'unique' physics which are cool at first but soon it gets very frustrating having your opponent walk right through you and your character ends up staring at the wall ignoring your commands to turn around (rather like my dog, really). Meanwhile, you're getting whacked again.

The difficulty level varies wildly too, and some areas are hip deep in potions when you're topped up while other areas clearly have too many heavies without a chance to recover. I don't understand why there's such strict limitations on what you can carry (1 power potion, 2 life, 2 1000hp, etc) Why not just allow you to carry, say, 8 potions of any kind? I also had problems dropping stuff which is very frustrating when it stops you picking something up. At one point I had to drink a potion before I could pick up a gem.

There are cheats available, but they are very flakey. For example, they only work when you start a new level, and once you load a saved game, they don't work any more. I guess whines about cheats aren't really valid, but you cannot finish the game without them.

All the monsters are bipedal. I wish there had been a dragon, or slime monster or something a little more interesting. Actually, the monsters were the weakest graphically too. Some weapons with range would have been nice, the bow was pretty boring compared to some of the weapons in Quake II or Half-Life. How about a Holy Handgrenade? (The number of thy counting shall be...)

I think four stars may be a little generous, but the graphics, especially water and fire, were outstanding.

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Amazing
This game is great, there is not much more to say about it. The graphics are brilliant, Gameplay is huge. Once you've started it you will not want to stop. The Gore is Great! Brilliant game. The only thing left to say is 'BUY IT!' :-)