Underplayed Gems

Brandish: The Dark Revenant (2009)

Brandish: The Dark Revenant cover
Developer
Nihon Falcom
Publisher
XSEED Games, Nihon Falcom
Platforms
PlayStation Portable
Genres
Role-playing (RPG)
Rating
4.5 of 5, 5 player ratings
Where to get it
Website

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How it feels

A grueling, trap-laden dungeon crawl that demands careful, methodical exploration of a hostile labyrinth.

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About

From acclaimed Japanese studio Nihon Falcom, the classically-styled dungeon crawler Brandish: The Dark Revenant puts players in the role of swordsman Ares Toraernos as he climbs his way through over 40 sprawling floors of monsters, traps and puzzles in an attempt to escape a long-forgotten underground labyrinth. Along the way he repeatedly encounters his arch-rival, the voluptuous sorceress Dela Delon, who’s just as interested in claiming the bounty on his head as she is in escaping the maze herself. With each floor boasting unrelenting enemies fought in real time, elaborate booby traps, ancient treasures, tricky puzzles and thousand-year-old mysteries to solve, Brandish promises to keep players fighting for survival till the bitter end.

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