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Brandish: The Dark Revenant

From acclaimed Japanese studio Nihon Falcom, the classically-styled dungeon crawler Brandish: The Dark Revenant puts players in the role of swordsman Ares Toraernos as he climbs his way through over 40…

80 19 March 2009

Brandish: The Dark Revenant is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Nihon Falcom, released 19 March 2009 on PlayStation Portable.

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What Brandish: The Dark Revenant is

Brandish: The Dark Revenant is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 2009. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Brandish is a 1991 action role-playing game developed and published by Nihon Falcom. Originally released in 1991 for the NEC PC-9801 and FM Towns, it was later ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and PC Engine CD-ROM² in the mid 1990s, including an expanded re-release titled Brandish Renewal. The game was the first in the Brandish series and was followed by three sequels. A remake, Brandish: The Dark Revenant, was released for the PlayStation Portable in Japan in 2009 and worldwide in 2015.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Brandish: The Dark Revenant holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Brandish: The Dark Revenant launched on 19 March 2009, within three weeks of Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Empire: Total War and Guitar Hero: Metallica. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Empire: Total War, Guitar Hero: Metallica.

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When did Brandish: The Dark Revenant come out?
Brandish: The Dark Revenant was released on 19 March 2009 for PlayStation Portable.

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