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Die by the Sword

Description

Die by the Sword is a third-person action game set a medieval fantasy world. The player controls Enric, a knight whose sweetheart Maya was kidnapped by kobolds and who swears to bring her back. The game's distinguishing feature is its sword-fighting system, which allows detailed and precise control of the player character's moves, giving it a fighting game flavor. The game features a fairly complex and elaborate control system, with separate keys and button combinations assigned to moves such as running, jumping, slashing, stabbing, parrying, etc., which allows the player to execute these moves simultaneously in a variety of combinations.

A somewhat simpler control system, dubbed "arcade mode", is also available. This system limits the amount of combinations to three kinds of slashes and blocks - low, medium, and high. The game also incorporates local damage system, in which wounding specific body parts will inflict different conditions on the enemies, including severing their limbs and even decapitation. The game's levels include, beside enemies, many hazardous traps that Enric will have to avoid.

In addition to the story mode, the game also features arena and tournament modes, which allow up to four players participate in free-for-all battles using the game's sword-fighting system. The player is also given the opportunity to create his own custom moves with a built-in editor.

Alternate Titles

• "DBTS" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Group

• Die by the Sword series

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User Reviews

A decidedly different third person fighting game.	Evan Kerr (10)
A typical fantasy action game with a plot older than gaming itself... and one of the most memorable and fun games I've ever played.	George Shannon (110)
Would be an excellent game for the Wii	kvn8907 (177)
Good first person RPG hack & slash journey	Robert Peters (2)

The Press Says

GameGenie	1998		100
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Apr 07, 1998		90
OK PC Gamer	May, 1998	89 out of 100	89
Gamezilla	Jun 11, 1998	88 out of 100	88
PC Games (Germany)	Apr 01, 1998	86 out of 100	86
PC Jeux	Apr, 1998	82 out of 100	82
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	May, 1998	82 out of 100	82
Gamereactor (Denmark)	May 17, 1999	8 out of 10	80
Game Revolution	Jun 05, 2004	B	75
GameSpot	Apr 10, 1998	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

A "cuss-pack" patch is available from the Interplay site (support section) and this adds even more mature comments, powerful insults and witty lines to the main character's vocabulary. Most of the added speech files are not suitable for younger people.