For centuries, brutal wars have dominated the seven kingdoms of the Eastern Empire. Qin Shi Huangdi, the Qin king, is obsessed with the vision of an empire where all peoples live together in peace and to achieve this goal, the monarch will stop at nothing. The Western Empire, unified by King Lu Xun, fears that the Qin king also intends to annex his lands and is preparing its troops for battle.
Emperor Lu Xun, his life drawing to a close, has appointed his general Dian Wei as his successor to Koei, the Western Empire, tasking him with restoring the old order and defending the country against a potential invasion by Qin. However, this decision clashes with the plans of the emperor's son…
The Blade is an adventure-rpg where we play as the 23 years old swordsman Huang Qi as he travels around the land while the events unfold. The game uses a mix of RTPs and lots of custom art, facesets, characters edits and so on. The style fits the oriental theme and setting. The game also uses custom menus, and the various abilities have some little images that reminds of the Pip Boy from the Fallout saga, but in this game they are instead cartoonish versions of the protagonst.
Random Fact:
Huang Qi's weapon if a katana. That is a japanese sword, while he is
chinese and the game is set in China, so that's pretty odd. I guess it
was more cool than other weapons!
Final Verdict: while I do not know enough german to ay something about story and style, the aestetics are really pretty and mapping is pretty good. I also like he protagonist battler and its cool animations.
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