A warrior saves the Universe from Darkness in Severance: Blade of Darkness. The slasher has elements of a fighting game, where the user strikes and uses a certain weapon. The hero has to find a magic sword with which he needs to kill the antagonist. The game traces Zoroastrianism and a couple of other ancient religions. The creator god of the world is Ahura Mazda, and the villain is Angre Manyu.There are 4 characters:
- Sargon is a standard knight with one-handed weapons and a shield. Distinguished by the balance between defense, strength and speed.
- Tukaram is a huge barbarian with two-handed swords and axes, but slow and without defense and block. The strongest, and knows a lot of blows and combos.
- Zoey is a fast Amazon, using intricate combinations, tricks, somersaults and rolls. Fights with the help of a pole weapon.
- Naglfar is a dwarf who is tough and resilient with axes, maces, and shields. Effective in close combat.
As a result of the confrontation between the deities, crowds of monsters come to the lands and begin to threaten people. Eresh Kigal finds a sword that was blessed by the deity of the night and moon, Ianna. The guy fights the Darkness together with his allies and dies after victory. Eresh's comrades leave the hero's body along with the sword and take the keystones from the temple, leaving clues with which the next brave hero can kill evil. Darkness returns after centuries. The gamer's ward will have to go through a difficult path, finding the keys, taking the blade with which you can kill the Dark Prince. In the process, details of the events that took place here are given.The game is divided into 16 levels with different secrets and locations, made in different styles. The locations are tricky, and there are a lot of traps and crowds of monsters. Having chosen a ward in Blade of Darkness, the gamer receives his weapon, which determines the tactics of the battle, with movements, strikes, dodges. The protagonist has characteristics: a health bar, stamina, defense and damage, as well as special attacks and combos. Among the opponents there are demons, ogres and orcs, goblins and demons, fighting with which you can cut off body parts. Experience gained in battle increases the level, which affects the general parameters and opens up special attacks unique to each hero. There are no autosaves, but the user can save the progress at any time.