Severance Blade of Darkness
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PostPosted: Sat, 10th Aug 2013 12:06    Post subject: Severance Blade of Darkness
I could never get this working on Win7/8 (disc version) and this was recently (March) released on GOG, I only just noticed:

http://www.gog.com/game/blade_of_darkness

Yay.
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PostPosted: Sat, 10th Aug 2013 12:37    Post subject:
the thing is this game works fine , but the installer does not Laughing Wink
same with Rune , Unreal and other games that use the Unreal 1 Engine , they work fine

when you set the installer to win98 , when you get the only supported in 16 bit os pop-up just manually copy those files




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PostPosted: Sat, 10th Aug 2013 20:08    Post subject:
I reinstalled it last week, such an awesome game. Everything's fine with GOG release Smile (just make sure to select rOpenGL otherwise there are problems with the menu). In 1080p it's a bit stretched, but very playable.
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PostPosted: Sat, 10th Aug 2013 20:14    Post subject:
A bit? Nah, it's quite a lot, which is quite a no-go for me. I think I'd rather play with the black columns. Smile Also, if anyone has the same problem I had some time ago with the mouse movement in it (it was really fucked up!), just force vsync on from the driver.
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PostPosted: Sat, 10th Aug 2013 21:11    Post subject:
This was a Dark Souls of it's time. Fantastic game. Loved it and was scared of it as a kid Very Happy
Somehow I've finished it... WITH A JOYSTICK (yes - a flightsim joy - don't ask Laughing )


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PostPosted: Sat, 10th Aug 2013 22:20    Post subject:
DarkRohirrim wrote:
A bit? Nah, it's quite a lot, which is quite a no-go for me. I think I'd rather play with the black columns. Smile Also, if anyone has the same problem I had some time ago with the mouse movement in it (it was really fucked up!), just force vsync on from the driver.

Yeah same here.. I ended up limiting the framerate without forcing the vsync because I had some weird jittering/stuttering. Sad It took me a while to figure it out, but now the sensitivity is ok.
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PostPosted: Mon, 12th Aug 2013 21:31    Post subject:
ixigia wrote:
I reinstalled it last week, such an awesome game. Everything's fine with GOG release Smile (just make sure to select rOpenGL otherwise there are problems with the menu). In 1080p it's a bit stretched, but very playable.


why you no use aspect ratio mode provided by epic nvidia? black pillars over fatty chars every day Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Jan 2014 00:23    Post subject:
Hello dudes,

a friend linked me to this:



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BLADE of LIGHT - Blade of Darkness Enhanced.
Modern Graphics upgrade for the game via ENB (www.enbdev.com). Enhanced gameplay where lighting plays a part in the strategy.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/blade-of-light

ENB 0.242 (www.enbdev.com) Graphic enhancements: HDR, SSAO, SSIL, BLOOM, DOF, GLOW, FLARES, PIXEL SHADERS...

Blade Of Light mod. Use the light bearing blades to slice your way into the heart of the Darkness. Cast a light on your weapon (or any object, bone or limb you are carrying) to help you explore and fight in the dark.

Replay incoming.

last one was in 2011 or 2012,a barbarian playthrough

Dwarf or knight now, or should I please Anita Sarkesian and go for the Amazon? Cool Face

Also, lets see you dark souls wannabes learn the controls in this game Laughing


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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Jan 2014 00:29    Post subject:
Afaik this version of the ENB mod only works with the Voodoo 2 renderer, so no high resolutions for now. It will probably get fixed in the future Razz



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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Jan 2014 03:40    Post subject:
So Much Win


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PostPosted: Sat, 25th Jan 2014 01:17    Post subject:
enb is terrible. wow.
The vanilla game still looks good but that enb bloom is laughable imo


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PostPosted: Sat, 25th Jan 2014 01:20    Post subject:
i think it looks pretty good, nice comparison shots ixi.


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PostPosted: Sat, 25th Jan 2014 01:28    Post subject:
The default value for the bloom is AmountDay=2, I guess a value of 1 should make it less 'noticeable'. But generally everything looks better in motion Smile
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PostPosted: Mon, 1st Jan 2018 19:50    Post subject:
bumpitty bump.

Since the game is no longer available on gog, what is the latest proper gog version to look for?
There is "setup_blade_of_darkness_2.1.0.8" about 460mb.
But there are also few 700mb older versions. Any ideas?


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PostPosted: Mon, 1st Jan 2018 22:48    Post subject:
Yep, the 2.1.0.8 should be the most recent one (it's still installed on my laptop Razz), just configure nglide and you're good to go. Shame about that silly dispute with Coderpmasters, it's tricky but here's hoping this amazing gem can be brought back in some way.
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PostPosted: Mon, 1st Jan 2018 22:57    Post subject:
This game was pretty cool back then with all the limb removing.

Even though i don't think i really played it for long. Kept restarting the game and just played a bit after the first gobling camp, wtf. Laughing Confused


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PostPosted: Sat, 14th Aug 2021 16:18    Post subject:
damn
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“Since its initial launch, Blade of Darkness continues to build a dedicated following — mods, ‘Let's Plays’, and community patches are found throughout the gaming community even today. This only signals how undeserving was the game's fate,” said Elena Roor, Managing Director at SNEG. “I'm glad that we've managed to sort out everything legal and, to our luck, unearthed the source code with the help of the original dev team. Altogether this brings us to the upcoming October release.”

Modern Brutality: Blade of Darkness has been re-engineered to shine on modern PC hardware and operating systems, including widescreen support up to 4K resolution, new display settings, and overall stability improvements. The gameplay content and story are untouched — featuring all the original game’s quirks and charm.


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PostPosted: Sat, 14th Aug 2021 23:57    Post subject:
An unexpected remustard, but proper widescreen support would be an improvement over what we have. Mouse controls could use some tweaking, too, since they're a bit on the rough side. As for the visuals, judging from the Steam page the new version looks untouched in that regard.

Nevertheless, the experience as a whole holds up surprisingly well both in terms of complex level design free from handholding and combat with its challenging mechanics, one could say it's some sort of Dad Souls. The real-time shadows and water effecs were cutting-edge back then, not to mention the dismemberment system which is still damned satisfying. Good stuff.
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PostPosted: Wed, 29th Sep 2021 05:38    Post subject:
The demo is available on Steam if you want to try it before release.
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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Mar 2023 16:25    Post subject:
The Steam version just received a pretty big update:

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- upscaled textures (thank you for all your help and support SrRaulCL)
- bug fixes for the game’s save system
- reworked camera with the ability to freely look around outside of the combat
- better controller support
- new visual features: improved anti-aliasing, HDR, bloom, SSAO, motion blur
- massive patchwork across the game
- SteamDeck support (pending Valve's approval)
- console versions release


https://steamcommunity.com/games/1710170/announcements/detail/3694678490417176609
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