Severance: Blade of Darkness
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| Wikipedia:Severance: Blade of Darkness | }} | |
|---|---|---|
| year | 2001 | |
| genre(s) | action role-playing game | |
| developer(s) | Rebel Act Studios | |
| publisher(s) | Codemasters | |
| engine | proprietary | |
| Character | ||
| name | various | |
engine
- Rebel Act proprietary at
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- Atmospheric/environmental effects
- lighting: dynamic, colored; flickering; candles, torches
- reflection: wavy water
- shadows: real-time, projected, dynamic, multiple light sources, fade, scale, vertical angle adjustment--everything!
- physics: thrown/knocked objects bounce and ricochet off other objects; fluid
- transparency: blood, cobwebs, fading broken objects, water
- other: sword impact (+ sparks & surface debris: wood, stone), eating food crumbs
player character
- name: Tukaram (barbarian), Naglfar (dwarf), Sargon (knight), and Zoe (adventurer)
- character: incremental body damage, stamina (can only attack so much before needing to rest)
- moves: attack (swing weapon in at least 4 ways), block, climb, duck, jump, pick up, ready/stow shield/weapon, run, sneak, throw (+ drop), walk
- view: 1st-/3rd-person, seamless transition, body and shadows rendered in 1st-person, camera moves with character's breathing
