Bleak Sword Devolver Developed by more8bit Bleak Sword is a dark fantasy action game tasking players to struggle across compact, cursed dior… TouchArcade Rating: Buy Now Watch Media DetailsDeveloped by more8bit Bleak Sword is a dark fantasy action game tasking players to struggle across compact, cursed diorama battlefields. Through nine tense chapters, heroes must lift the curse of the legendary Bleak Sword by striking down all manner of creatures in every forest, swamp, castle, and dungeon on their journey. Invoke powerful magic, uncover helpful items, and level up your character to upgrade your stats before facing down menacing guardians. Once the curse has been lifted the challenging Arena Mode and thirty unlockable achievements await even the most accomplished warrior. Bleak Sword is designed to be able to play it easily with elegant controls allowing heroes to roll, parry, attack and counter-attack using basic movements on gamepads and touch controls. Scored by award-winning composer Jim Guthrie with sound by famed designer Joonas Turner. Information Seller:Devolver Genre:Action Release:Sep 19, 2019 Updated:Oct 03, 2022 Version:4.0 Size:466.9 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel jswiney Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Nov 12, 2012 53 6 8 #2 jswiney, Sep 19, 2019 This game is amazing, once you get the hang of the controls (I chose the two handed method). It is so much fun. Highly recommend. Barak Well-Known Member Mar 13, 2010 230 4 18 Portland, OR #3 Barak, Sep 19, 2019 This one was quite the surprise for me. Simple but insanely good. Skall Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2009 500 60 28 #4 Skall, Sep 19, 2019 Looking for playing to this!!! psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #5 psj3809, Sep 20, 2019 Hmmm this was one game I really was looking forward to. Love the graphic style. Just not keen on the controls. Was hoping this would be a dual stick type of game that’s the only negative thing about Apple Arcade. If I had paid £4 for this I would give it more of a chance but as I’ve got so many to play I’m deleting some to try others. We’re spoilt kozz84 Well-Known Member Aug 27, 2012 140 21 18 #6 kozz84, Sep 20, 2019 Just beat the first Forest Area and its boss. My heart was pumping when I fought the boss and that is a indication of a good game I choice one handed control scheme. How 2-handed is different? andsoitgoes likes this. IggyZX_ Member Jul 4, 2014 13 12 3 Male #7 IggyZX_, Sep 20, 2019 I love this game. First game I tried after subscribing to Arcade (I think somebody on Reddit recommended it). Love the retro graphics, the dark, oppresing atmosphere and the sound design. Control scheme is simple and the game plays great! andsoitgoes likes this. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,575 1,131 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #8 Anotherkellydown, Sep 23, 2019 This is an excellent and very unique action RPG. A perfect fit for mobile and one of my favorite AA games so far. andsoitgoes and Barak like this. JasonLL Well-Known Member Feb 21, 2014 546 106 43 Male #9 JasonLL, Sep 27, 2019 Devolver games definitely have a retro vibe to them but this one, even more than Downwell, feels like a hidden gem I would “discover” in a case of floppy disks on my old Commodore computer...this game would even play fantastically with a retro one-button joystick. One of my favorite Apple Arcade launch titles so far. macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #10 macplash, Sep 28, 2019 I would go even further and use expression like “...case of cassettes on ZX Spectrum” because I remember seeing floppy disk drive for the first time and it felt like future. And games were already more advanced (visually-wise) than this Loading a game for 5 minutes using cassette player and listening to that squeaky noise would fit this game perfectly. Oh nostalgia. andsoitgoes and JasonLL like this. macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #11 macplash, Oct 1, 2019 I made a previous comment based on gameplay trailer and screenshots only, but I didn’t have a chance to try it for myself back then. Now that I had I just wanted to say this game’s a masterpiece! I’m a huge fan of Pixel Art and minimalistic visuals done right in general. This game reminds me of CRAWL a lot, but on top of that brings that nostalgic feeling from Sinclair era and gaming on ZX Spectrum. Which is priceless for an old timer like me. Of course it’s a modern game and animations are top-notch. I’ve chosen one finger controls which works flawlessly for me. I’ve been able to successfully parry any monster coming at me which never ever happened before. Just read how I’m doing with shields in Dead Cells’ thread. All I wanted to say is “don’t overlook Bleak Sword”. Guys from Devolver made the name for themselves with high quality games in the past. So you shouldn’t be on a fence if you’re (for whatever reason) still hesitant about this game. You won’t regret trying it. It’s a promise. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,000 113 #12 ste86uk, Oct 1, 2019 I tried it and it’s just meh for me. But I can see the appeal for people into games like this. I think everything on AA is worth checking out since it’s all practically free. macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #13 macplash, Oct 1, 2019 ... aaaand, that’s it. You just crossed the line. We’re not friends anymore! Morbus Iff Well-Known Member Sep 9, 2010 236 33 28 #14 Morbus Iff, Oct 1, 2019 FWIW, it's kinda meh to me too, but I'm still playing it infrequently. I'm on 2-5, me thinks. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,000 113 #15 ste86uk, Oct 1, 2019 Nooo! We agree on so much but we can’t all like everything the same. I hope you can forgive my insult. It’s why I don’t really slate anything I don’t like unless it’s for the game being very poor rather than not my kind of thing. macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #16 macplash, Oct 1, 2019 @ste86uk no worries. I’ll get over it eventually. Just give me a few minutes. You just took me by surprise, that’s all. Right after I poured my heart out, you just went straight for it. Nah, just kidding. We’re good. ste86uk likes this. andsoitgoes Well-Known Member Jun 30, 2010 2,673 58 48 In a van, down by the river! #17 andsoitgoes, Oct 3, 2019 Oh man talk about a nostalgia trip!! I remember loading (sometimes TRYING TO) games via cassette on my commodore, it was magical while at the same time being so amazingly kludgy. I could never tell if a game would actually load. Sometimes it might, and then it was glorious. Actually, I uh think there might have been a strip poker game there. Truth be told I don’t think I once was successful at actually getting to see anything. I was and am crap at poker. anyway, yes this has a huge nostalgia vibe to it while being so polished and current gen. my ONLY complaint is the same sound effects at the end of each level. It started to wear on my very quickly, but everything else about the game is absolutely stellar. it’s no walk in the park but there’s a constant sense of moving forward even if you end up losing. And every battle is just packed with so much tension. I don’t mind a challenge but I also don’t enjoy the impossible (alas cuphead while being a truly spectacular game never clicked with me because it just feels inherently impossible for me) - this struck a good balance. I always felt like I could move forward and did with each subsequent level. Need to put more time into it but there are so many good titles to dig into. Jenny LeClue is my current obsession and the best of the murder mystery games (I’m not much of a fan of Murder Mystery Machine, something just feels.... off). wonder when the next slew of games is going to drop. macplash likes this. Tef Member Oct 3, 2019 14 1 3 Male #18 Tef, Oct 3, 2019 I dont understand how this game works.... I play a little bit, see what the game is about.... I'm at level 1-6... I decide to change the control scheme from one finger to 2... and the game makes me restart the tutorial.... OK... I guess because I am using a new control... then It makes me restart from 1-1... what? but my progress to 1-6 has reseted??? I play a bit more... get to about 1-8 and decide to stop and close the game. Later on I restart it... they put me on level 1-2... WTF???? This game doesnt save? So Ok... thinking th game only save at each 1-10? SO I get to 1-10... keep dying at the boss... after 6-8 retries and failing the game makes me restart back to level 1-1??? WHY??????????? I know I sucked at the boss but making me restart the whole 10 levels SUCKS! and No Save??? Barak Well-Known Member Mar 13, 2010 230 4 18 Portland, OR #19 Barak, Oct 3, 2019 That has only happened to me in a different game when cloud saves aren't working. This game saves at every stage, no matter what control scheme you use. There is definitely an issue... Tef Member Oct 3, 2019 14 1 3 Male #20 Tef, Oct 4, 2019 That... could make sens... I was playing in a room where my wifi aint the best (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
This game is amazing, once you get the hang of the controls (I chose the two handed method). It is so much fun. Highly recommend.
Hmmm this was one game I really was looking forward to. Love the graphic style. Just not keen on the controls. Was hoping this would be a dual stick type of game that’s the only negative thing about Apple Arcade. If I had paid £4 for this I would give it more of a chance but as I’ve got so many to play I’m deleting some to try others. We’re spoilt
Just beat the first Forest Area and its boss. My heart was pumping when I fought the boss and that is a indication of a good game I choice one handed control scheme. How 2-handed is different?
I love this game. First game I tried after subscribing to Arcade (I think somebody on Reddit recommended it). Love the retro graphics, the dark, oppresing atmosphere and the sound design. Control scheme is simple and the game plays great!
This is an excellent and very unique action RPG. A perfect fit for mobile and one of my favorite AA games so far.
Devolver games definitely have a retro vibe to them but this one, even more than Downwell, feels like a hidden gem I would “discover” in a case of floppy disks on my old Commodore computer...this game would even play fantastically with a retro one-button joystick. One of my favorite Apple Arcade launch titles so far.
I would go even further and use expression like “...case of cassettes on ZX Spectrum” because I remember seeing floppy disk drive for the first time and it felt like future. And games were already more advanced (visually-wise) than this Loading a game for 5 minutes using cassette player and listening to that squeaky noise would fit this game perfectly. Oh nostalgia.
I made a previous comment based on gameplay trailer and screenshots only, but I didn’t have a chance to try it for myself back then. Now that I had I just wanted to say this game’s a masterpiece! I’m a huge fan of Pixel Art and minimalistic visuals done right in general. This game reminds me of CRAWL a lot, but on top of that brings that nostalgic feeling from Sinclair era and gaming on ZX Spectrum. Which is priceless for an old timer like me. Of course it’s a modern game and animations are top-notch. I’ve chosen one finger controls which works flawlessly for me. I’ve been able to successfully parry any monster coming at me which never ever happened before. Just read how I’m doing with shields in Dead Cells’ thread. All I wanted to say is “don’t overlook Bleak Sword”. Guys from Devolver made the name for themselves with high quality games in the past. So you shouldn’t be on a fence if you’re (for whatever reason) still hesitant about this game. You won’t regret trying it. It’s a promise.
I tried it and it’s just meh for me. But I can see the appeal for people into games like this. I think everything on AA is worth checking out since it’s all practically free.
Nooo! We agree on so much but we can’t all like everything the same. I hope you can forgive my insult. It’s why I don’t really slate anything I don’t like unless it’s for the game being very poor rather than not my kind of thing.
@ste86uk no worries. I’ll get over it eventually. Just give me a few minutes. You just took me by surprise, that’s all. Right after I poured my heart out, you just went straight for it. Nah, just kidding. We’re good.
Oh man talk about a nostalgia trip!! I remember loading (sometimes TRYING TO) games via cassette on my commodore, it was magical while at the same time being so amazingly kludgy. I could never tell if a game would actually load. Sometimes it might, and then it was glorious. Actually, I uh think there might have been a strip poker game there. Truth be told I don’t think I once was successful at actually getting to see anything. I was and am crap at poker. anyway, yes this has a huge nostalgia vibe to it while being so polished and current gen. my ONLY complaint is the same sound effects at the end of each level. It started to wear on my very quickly, but everything else about the game is absolutely stellar. it’s no walk in the park but there’s a constant sense of moving forward even if you end up losing. And every battle is just packed with so much tension. I don’t mind a challenge but I also don’t enjoy the impossible (alas cuphead while being a truly spectacular game never clicked with me because it just feels inherently impossible for me) - this struck a good balance. I always felt like I could move forward and did with each subsequent level. Need to put more time into it but there are so many good titles to dig into. Jenny LeClue is my current obsession and the best of the murder mystery games (I’m not much of a fan of Murder Mystery Machine, something just feels.... off). wonder when the next slew of games is going to drop.
I dont understand how this game works.... I play a little bit, see what the game is about.... I'm at level 1-6... I decide to change the control scheme from one finger to 2... and the game makes me restart the tutorial.... OK... I guess because I am using a new control... then It makes me restart from 1-1... what? but my progress to 1-6 has reseted??? I play a bit more... get to about 1-8 and decide to stop and close the game. Later on I restart it... they put me on level 1-2... WTF???? This game doesnt save? So Ok... thinking th game only save at each 1-10? SO I get to 1-10... keep dying at the boss... after 6-8 retries and failing the game makes me restart back to level 1-1??? WHY??????????? I know I sucked at the boss but making me restart the whole 10 levels SUCKS! and No Save???
That has only happened to me in a different game when cloud saves aren't working. This game saves at every stage, no matter what control scheme you use. There is definitely an issue...
