Swords & Darkness screenshots, details
Arc System Works recently shared a new batch of screenshots and information for Swords & Darkness. The game’s latest content is posted bvelow.
– Moves include whirlwind and uppercut attacks
– Some faux 3D, with one piece showing your protagonist running up a circular staircase
– Part-RPG
– Talk to some survivors and level up
– Allocate skill points in up to 10 different stats including weight
– Can equip different kinds of gear
– Story: war had been waged just before the start of the game between the kingdom of Athelstern and another
– In order to save themselves, the king of Athelstern incanted a spell from the Vessel of Life, resurrecting his dead soldiers and granting them new strength
– With such power, the kingdom was saved… but at a heavy price
– Game begins with the king having lost his mind (the curse of using such powers beyond mortal ken)
– King and his resurrected troops jealously guard the castle and the now hatred-filled king
– To end that madness and return the kingdom to its rightful, peaceful ways, you must go forth to kill the king, or save him if you can
– Out on December 18 in Japan
– 900 yen
