Severance: Blade of Darkness 2001

Released: February 23, 2001
Anniversary: Turned 25 on February 23
Genres: Fighting · Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Adventure
Platform: PC
Developer: Rebel Act Studios
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Is it still worth playing?

Rebel Act Studios' action adventure for Windows, originally in 2001 and remastered in 2021. You choose one of four characters: a two handed weapon specialist, one of two one handed weapon and shield specialists, and a polearm specialist, and all can use a bow. Each starts at a different location, though after the opening levels all follow the same path. The goal is to obtain Ianna's Sword and kill the necromancer Dal Gurak, and to get the sword you have to collect six well hidden runic tablets before entering his tower. Special attacks use button and direction combinations. A body slash system lets you pick up severed body parts and use them as weapons. Even now, four fighters with different weapons give each playthrough its own style.