Severance: Blade of Darkness
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…
Severance: Blade of Darkness is an adventure developed by Rebel Act Studios, released 21 February 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 13 hrs to finish.
What Severance: Blade of Darkness is
Severance: Blade of Darkness is an adventure game developed by Rebel Act Studios and released in 2001. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Severance: Blade of Darkness is an action-adventure game developed by Rebel Act Studios and originally published by Codemasters. The game was released in North America and Europe for Microsoft Windows in February 2001, receiving generally favorable reviews. A remastered version was released on Steam and GOG in October 2021, and one year later on Nintendo Switch through the Nintendo eShop, marking the debut of this game on any home console. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in March 2023.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Severance: Blade of Darkness holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13 hrs.
What it launched against
Severance: Blade of Darkness launched on 21 February 2001, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Star Wars: Starfighter. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns, Star Wars: Starfighter.
Cheats and codes
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Official trailer
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