Die By The Sword is the second most annoying game ever made. The first is Abe's Oddysee, but for different reasons.DBTS is a fairly decent action game in the mould of, whereby you hack and slash your way through a series of levels in search of your kidnapped girlfriend. It goes without saying that the idea is to exact bloody revenge on all those who you come across.In parts the game is hilariously funny - lop the leg off an ore, then pick it up and beat the next one to death with it. Unfortunately, the control method is so hideously cumbersome as to make the game almost unplayable unless you devote days to practicing its fine art. To recap: the mouse is used to wield your sword - in theory a fine idea, in practice a nightmare.
There's a simpler arcade mode, but in all honesty it isn't simple enough.Anyway, Limb From Limb is an expansion pack for DBTS that adds a new quest and gives you a choice of new characters to control. New weapons, arenas and multiplayer modes are also included. Limb From Limb doesn't so much add to the gameplay as double it. Graphically, the original game was never that great in the first place. The sound, however, remains highly enjoyable, adding more over-the-top Python-esque voice-overs. Sadly, the exact same control method remains in place, which means that if you hated the game the first time around, you'll still hate it.
Xtended v1.6.0 by Hazard May 6 2016 Die by the Sword Xtended Full Version 1 comment. Xtended (made by Hazard) is a modification of Die by the Sword: Limb from Limb that fixes bugs, adds new features and modifies many aspects of the game.
Back in 1998 when this game came out it had some pretty innovative mechanics. For example the amount of sword swinging combinations are infinite, the use of mouse in the VSIM mode also added a different view on hack and slash games overall. Personally i played the game in arcade style, using both pre programmed moves and the numpad VSIM. Its also so far the only game with a somewhat realistic damage model on living characters, for example if you cut someone's arm off they will still live and use whatever they got in the other hand, unless you cut both arms off then they wont be able to do any damage at all. Since bleeding out isn't a feature you can get some funny situations where they try to run and hide or just hug you begging you to make them taste steel one last time. In the multi-player mode you can also cut both legs off (in single player only 1 leg works) making players or bots stand still in one spot not able to move, making them easy targets for a clean head chop.
The story is the good ol girl gets kidnapped and hero kills bad guy and rescues the girl, but back in the days of the golden age of gaming not many cared about the story, they just wanted to play a game with good game mechanics. And thats exactly what this game gives you. Still today this game stands alone at the top of the blood and gore hill, only touched slightly by Blade of Darkness (2001), Blood (1997) and Aliens versus Predator (1999). And even though its a tad bit outdated in both graphics and sound i still think its a game would recommend to anyone who likes a good game. I gave it 10/10 because thats what i gave it back in 1998 when it came out (damn i feel old).