https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzmLmNBH7D4
Insanity's Blade is an interesting mix of old school action and platforming that is now available to buy and play on Linux. They even offer up a demo for us.
Official About
Adapted from the Insanity’s Blade graphic novel written by Chris Obritsch and as featured on the now-defunct WTFmag.ca.
Take a father’s journey to hell in order to save the souls of his wife and child. Insanity’s Blade: The Chronicles of Thurstan is the first in a series of games based around the journey of a sword possessed by a fathers powerful grief and hatred. This first game is the tale of the swords creation.
Features
- A blend of action, platforming and RPG elements with a classic Arcade style
- Two-player Co-Op Game play! Play the full story mode as well as other exciting arcade game modes with a friend!
- Multiple game play modes. Along with story mode there will be bonus arcade modes such as Corpse Surfing Competition and Arena Battle to name a few!
- Battle through the 16 stages filled with unique enemies and environments
- Adapted from the Insanity’s Blade graphic novel written by Chris and as featured on the now-defunct WTFmag.ca
- Scale buildings and caves with Thurstan’s wall jumping abilities
- A fully original soundtrack in 16bit as well as an 8bit version that would work on real NES hardware (VRC6 based)
- Cut scenes between stages to tell the story of Insanity’s Blade
- Get upgrades at the store
- Weapons system improvements and upgrades as you progress lead to unique combat mechanics
We actually gave you a preview of Insanity's Blade back in April of this year. Overall we found it to be enjoyable.
You can grab a demo below to try it out before you buy it as well:
32bit demo
64bit demo
The developers noted this about the game:
If you like the look of it you can vote to help it get on Steam through greenlight.
If you try out the demo be sure to let us know what you think!
Grab Insanity's on Blade Desura now. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Insanity's Blade is an interesting mix of old school action and platforming that is now available to buy and play on Linux. They even offer up a demo for us.
Official About
Adapted from the Insanity’s Blade graphic novel written by Chris Obritsch and as featured on the now-defunct WTFmag.ca.
Take a father’s journey to hell in order to save the souls of his wife and child. Insanity’s Blade: The Chronicles of Thurstan is the first in a series of games based around the journey of a sword possessed by a fathers powerful grief and hatred. This first game is the tale of the swords creation.
Features
- A blend of action, platforming and RPG elements with a classic Arcade style
- Two-player Co-Op Game play! Play the full story mode as well as other exciting arcade game modes with a friend!
- Multiple game play modes. Along with story mode there will be bonus arcade modes such as Corpse Surfing Competition and Arena Battle to name a few!
- Battle through the 16 stages filled with unique enemies and environments
- Adapted from the Insanity’s Blade graphic novel written by Chris and as featured on the now-defunct WTFmag.ca
- Scale buildings and caves with Thurstan’s wall jumping abilities
- A fully original soundtrack in 16bit as well as an 8bit version that would work on real NES hardware (VRC6 based)
- Cut scenes between stages to tell the story of Insanity’s Blade
- Get upgrades at the store
- Weapons system improvements and upgrades as you progress lead to unique combat mechanics
We actually gave you a preview of Insanity's Blade back in April of this year. Overall we found it to be enjoyable.
You can grab a demo below to try it out before you buy it as well:
32bit demo
64bit demo
The developers noted this about the game:
QuoteIt's a hard game and that's what it's meant to be - a challenge! It's a real retro game. You will not float when you jump, you will die when you fall into a pit of spikes. And you don't have unlimited continues! But like a modern game we have an automatic save as every level is completed. So you can take a break and come back later and pick it up again!
If you like the look of it you can vote to help it get on Steam through greenlight.
If you try out the demo be sure to let us know what you think!
Grab Insanity's on Blade Desura now. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
0 Likes
Some you may have missed, popular articles from the last month:
The comments on this article are closed.
4 comments
I had some trouble getting it to run on Linux Mint 17 64 bit. It complained about a missing libudev.so.0 library. I had a libudev package under a different name so I made a link, renamed it accordingly, and got the game to run.
The game itself is kind of a lemon (that's what you Brits say, yeah? ;)). Looks nice (for the most part), but I found the actual gameplay very phoned in. You play a character who can punch, then punch knives from his fists, and then multiple knives from his fists. At this point all weaker enemies will vaporize before you, whereas tougher fellows (such as an Ent built like a monster truck) serve as mobile bullet sponges who can't even attack you because an up-close blow knocks them out of range.
I'm gonna pass
edit: That being said, the games aesthetics and music are pretty well done to fit the retro theme :)
The game itself is kind of a lemon (that's what you Brits say, yeah? ;)). Looks nice (for the most part), but I found the actual gameplay very phoned in. You play a character who can punch, then punch knives from his fists, and then multiple knives from his fists. At this point all weaker enemies will vaporize before you, whereas tougher fellows (such as an Ent built like a monster truck) serve as mobile bullet sponges who can't even attack you because an up-close blow knocks them out of range.
I'm gonna pass
edit: That being said, the games aesthetics and music are pretty well done to fit the retro theme :)
0 Likes
It ships a chromium browser with it. Acts weird.
HadBabits: So you don't know you can grab torches or get a spiked ball on a chain as a weapon?
HadBabits: So you don't know you can grab torches or get a spiked ball on a chain as a weapon?
1 Likes, Who?
Quoting: sobkasHadBabits: So you don't know you can grab torches or get a spiked ball on a chain as a weapon?
Nope, sailed right over my thick head :) However, I don't know that it would've made the game any more enjoyable; and I can't be bothered to find out :P
1 Likes, Who?
Patreon
PayPal
See more from me