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Die by the Sword - fencing skills anyone?

CaptainRED

CaptainRED

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Hey gents, remember >><a href="http://gr.bolt.com/games/pc/action/diebythesword.htm" target="_blank">Die by the Sword</a><< ?

It was a fantasy genre game where it was possible to steer your virtual sword arm freely around with your mouse - in a way it was like real fencing. Mouse buttons switched the weapon into block mode although it was hard to block any attacks. Generally it was safer to stay out of range if possible.

Keys were controlling your body and your shield. Took me 3 days to get the moves right.

Also, they had real physics implemented for the fighters and weapons. The weight and speed of any weapon was realistic and sent your enemies flying against the walls when you hit them the right way. Body parts could be chopped off if hit with the proper damage. Lotsa fun, i tell ya !

Still have it btw, to quickly satisfy my lust for hack'n slash every once in a while. (PotC isn't bad either of course)
 
Where can you get it?

Sounds good! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="me.gif" />
 
Amazon still lists some used & new, but the prices are rather high. I surely wouldn't buy it for 30-40$, that's just hilarious.

If you find it somewhere else you should throw in some additional coins to also get the mission cd 'Die by the sword: limb from limb' if you can. It features more different characters you can play (the skeleton is my fav), a nice story quest and the best enhancement: more rooms for the arena mode where you can train against monsters (you can also add a ai teammate to help you).

A demo can be downloaded here:

<a href="http://www.download.com/Die-by-the-Sword-demo/3000-7564_4-884099.html" target="_blank">http://www.download.com/Die-by-the-Sword-d...4_4-884099.html</a>

That's a good possibility to train your swordarm while you wait for your order to arrive. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
Thanks fer de link mate,Be give'n this one a whirl . <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
No problem matey. It may take hours to get the hang of it (a bit like real fencing i guess) but u def should check this out. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
 
Lol - this IS the topic.

And yes, it 0wns, i still have it, too. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
 
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