History VideoGame / SeveranceBladeOfDarkness

* UrExample: ''Severance'' was a SoulsLikeRPG almost a decade before the form truly became popular and was nearly forgotten when they did explode into the zeitgeist. It doesn't help that being ''such'' an early take on the concept (and having to grapple with doing Souls-like gameplay on turn-of-the-millennium hardware), and being from a team that was strapped for resources and had to release the game as an ObviousBeta with no real way to update it, made a lot of people put it out of their minds.

* NintendoHard: Lots of durable enemies? Check. Limited health pickups? Check. Long levels filled with traps? Check. It's a good thing you can save any time you want, because you'll probably be loading your game a lot.
* ObviousBeta: This game had some pretty annoying bugs, especially within its cutscenes. Like losing control of the character and not getting it back after the cutscene, or the character just walking in circles instead of towards his goal.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Naglfar.
* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Minotaurs are some of the strongest foes the heroes face, wielding huge cleavers.

* SwordBeam: The special move of the Sword of Light.

* BladeOnAStick: Zoe specializes in these.

* AnAxeToGrind: Naglfar and Tukaram are fond of these; the former uses one handed ones, the later prefers huge two handed ones.

* SoulsLikeRPG: [[UrExample Long before]] ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' popularized the genre [[TropeNamer and gave it a name]].

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Zoe is the only playable female character out of four. Made more hilarious by her being the only female character in the game, not counting Inanna who is only heard.

* Sword&Sorcery: The game has shades of this mixed with Dark Fantasy and some light LOTR elements.

* ALoadofBull: Minotaurs are some of the strongest foes the heroes face, wielding huge cleavers.

* ActionGirl: Zoe, the Amazon.

* LethalLavaLand: The Forge of Xshathra.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Zoe is the only playable female character out of four.

The game is currently {{abandonware}}, due to Codemasters losing the distribution rights, resulting in its removal from Website/GOGDotCom in 2014.

* ObviousBeta: This game had some pretty annoying bugs, especially within its cutscenes. Like losing control of the character and not getting it back after the cutscene, or the character just walking circles instead of towards his goal.

''Severance: Blade of Darkness'' (known as ''Blade: Edge of Darkness'' in Europe) is a third person HackAndSlash developed by Rebel Act Studios and published by Creator/{{Codemasters}}. It was released on February 2001. Taking place place in a DarkFantasy setting, armies of orcs and undead are invading the land, and it falls upon a hero to recover the Sword of Light and defeat the master of the hordes.

* SoulsLikeRPG: [[UrExample Long before]] ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DemonSouls'' popularized the genre.

!!!Playable characters:

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* InfinityPlusOneSword: In the main castle of the BigBad, there is a weapons chamber with 4 extremely powerful weapons (one for each character, of course). These deals normal damage equal to the Sword of Light, and their special attacks are the most powerful in the game, causing more than 10000 damage in one hit. The weapons chamber is easy to miss, though.

* Naglfar, a dwarf. Uses one handed axes, hammers and clubs.

The game is currently {{abandonware}}, due to the developers shutting down and Codemasters losing the distribution rights, resulting in its removal from Website/GOGDotCom in 2014.

The game is currently {{abandonware}}, due to the developers shutting down and Codemasters losing the distribution rights, resulting in its removal from Website/GOGDotComin 2014.

The game is currently {{abandonware}}, due to the developers shutting down and Codemasters losing the distribution rights, resulting in its removal from Website/GOGDotCom.

!!Playable characters:

!!!The playable characters are:

''Severance: Blade of Darkness'' (known as ''Blade: Edge of Darkness'' in Europe) is a third person fantasy HackAndSlash developed by Rebel Act Studios and published by Creator/{{Codemasters}}. It was released on February 2001

The game takes place in a LowFantasy setting, where armies of orcs and undead are invading the land. It falls to one hero to recover the Sword of Light and defeat the master of the hordes.

The game is currently {{abandonware}}, due to the developers shutting down and Codemasters losing the distribution rights, resulting in its removal from [[Website/GOGdotcom GOG]].

''Severance: Blade of Darkness'' (known as ''Blade: Edge of Darkness'' in Europe) is a third person fantasy HackAndSlash game with ActionRPG and BeatEmUp elements, developed by Rebel Act Studios and published by Creator/{{Codemasters}} in 2001.

!!!This game contains examples of:

* AllTrollsAreDifferent

* {{Gorn}}

* ObviousBeta: This game had some pretty annoying bugs, especially within its cutscenes. Like losing control of the character and not getting it back after the cutscene, or the character just walking circles instead of walking towards his goal.

* OurOgresAreHungrier
* OurOrcsAreDifferent

* AWinnerIsYou: [[spoiler: After defeating the Chaos Child, the hero (PlayerCharacter) put back the Blade of Light and goes away while the gates close behind him/her. The End.]]

* AWinnerIsYou: [[spoiler: After defeating the Chaos Child, the hero (PlayerCharacter) put back the Blade of Light and goes away while the gates close behind him/her. The End.]]