Windows

Blade of Darkness

In a dwarven mine, you encounter some horrors. Notice the excellent light/shadow engine.

"The moon shall be tainted with blood..."

The Sword of Light is corrupted and becomes the Blade of Darkness

Character selection - the Amazon

Character selection - the Knight

Load Screen always shows the barbarian

Sargon, the knight, begins the adventure in prison, betrayed

Zoe, the amazon, begins raiding an ancient temple

Tukaram, the barbarian, travels to Kashgar, land of ancestors, to find it cursed

Naglfar, the dwarf, visits the library of Khazel Zalam to seek wisdom, but the city has already fallen

This game is specially well known for its gore

You can paint the scenarios in red

You can hit your enemies with their limbs

And there is always time to enjoy a bloodbath

Blade was also well known for its wonderful (and resource consuming) shadows

And for the water effects as well

Torches can be used to put crates on fire

Keys are mandatory to advance in any level (specially if between golems)

Traps are one of the hardest and most frustrating parts of Blade

Each character has his/her own special combat moves

And each weapon has its own power move

Fighting back with a bow

Shields protect against weapons and arrows

A fire golem holding one of the four keys that open Ianna's temple

One of the six hidden runes needed to unleash Ianna's sword's real power (and to open the real ending)

An angry orc general

A dark knight with his minotaur pet

Ogres are fast and strong, but get exposed after attacks

The vampire is a tricky enemy

Fire demons are weaker than they look like

Chaos knights are slow, but have devastating attacks

Frair the dwarf was the first hero of Ianna, he hid the runes

The dwarf mines of Kelbegen

The Duke's castle in the fortress of Tell Halaf

The island of Karum is guarded by a dragon

The fortress in the oasis of Nejeb, of Arabic inspiration

Tortured prisoners in the forge of Xshathra

The Hero's path to retrieve the sword

Finally, I'm worthy of Ianna's Sword!

The Sorcerer is the last obstacle between the Hero and the child of Angra Manyu

Destiny awaits into the ABYSS...