The beast was present in the land, As night grew strong and set the sun to flight, So its legions made ready... Find the seven fragments held by the seven wizards in the seven towers in this DOS classic and free the world enslaved by Murk.
Blade Warrior's store page heralds this game as a MS-DOS “classic”, a label that it does not truly deserve. Instead of being a well-remembered title, the game was actually very obscure on the PC. It is a port of a better known Amiga title that *did* get quite some recognition and a score of positive reviews. So, how come the PC-version isn't as well...
This was FUN! Even if I didn't really understand what was going on or what I was trying to accomplish. The entire environment, your playable knight, and the enemies are all in silhouette over a vivid background, which makes the game look incredibly unique for its time. Gameplay is generally easy, but it's not quite clear how much damage you can absorb...