Blade of Klidia Demo

Role-playing games give you all the information you need to know about the genre in the nomenclature: it’s all about playing a role. Hence, people can ignore bad graphics engines and difficult gameplay mechanics as long as the story and the atmosphere are strong enough to sustain the illusion that you are someone else, in a different world.

Blade of Klidia is not really a hardcore RPG, which becomes obvious from the first few seconds of gameplay. Instead, this appears to be more of a retro action-adventure flick, sporting real-time combat mechanics and fuzzy graphics with almost non-existent level design. To make matters worse, a plethora of bugs hog down the experience even more.

Story-wise, your guess is about as good as whatever the developer thought about when he came up with the idea. In essence, you play some kind of knight, whose task is to defeat the evil creatures lurking outside the castle walls. Armed with a shield, a sword and a trusty fire spell, he must clean the surrounding area and make sure that his royal residence is safe from the harm of evil.

The basic idea is that you move around using the directional keys and you swing the sword at every enemy you encounter. Wizards are a bit more tricky to hit because they can teleport anywhere on the map. However, you can just wait a few seconds in a given spot and wait for them to come to you, as long as you do not die from the projectiles he fires at you in the meantime.

Speaking of which, you cannot actually make out most of the in-game objects from a visual point of view. While the main character and the wizards are somewhat recognizable, the rest is just a mess of hard colors that does not seem to resemble anything familiar. The sound is entirely absent as well, but that’s the least of your worries anyway.

In the end, it is quite clear that the developer behind Blade of Klidia is just starting in his game development career. While the title at hand is far from any good, it’s only with constant practice and perseverance that all of these issues are going to be resolved.