Bladecrest
A third-person sword brawler on floating sky-island ruins at sunset. Chain light and heavy combos, launch enemies into the air, parry for slow-motion ripostes and shatter crystal monsters into glittering shards.
Fight across four islands linked by bridges of light, pick a relic after every wave, an
Bladecrest is a third-person sword-action brawler set among floating sky-island ruins at sunset. Waterfalls spill off the island edges, petals drift on the wind and glowing rune circles pulse under your feet as you battle waves of shadow-crystal creatures that shatter into glittering shards with every finishing blow.
The combat is built to feel great. String light attacks into three-hit chains, use a heavy launcher to toss enemies into the air and juggle them, then crash down with an aerial slam. Dodge rolls make you briefly invulnerable, and a perfectly timed parry slows time so you can answer with a devastating riposte. Every hit lands with weight: hit-stop, knockback, sparks and screen shake. Fill your special meter to unleash a huge area attack.
Enemies each demand a different answer. Imps swarm you, shield golems must be broken with heavies or flanked, lancers telegraph long charging lunges, seers hurl orbs you can parry back, and brutes slam the ground. Every fourth wave a giant stone guardian awakens with readable attacks and glowing weak points.
Between waves you pick one of three relics, such as a burning blade or chain lightning, and cross a bridge of light to the next island. Runs earn gold and XP to unlock four blades with their own movesets and specials, six hero colours and the tougher Ascended mode. A daily challenge adds a fresh modifier every day.
How to play
Click Play and you are on the first island right away; a short training run teaches the basics the first time. Move with WASD or the arrow keys. Left click or J performs light attacks that chain into combos, and right click or K performs a heavy attack that launches enemies into the air, where light attacks juggle them and a heavy slams you back down. Press Space to dodge roll through attacks, and press Shift just as an enemy glows white to parry, then attack to riposte. When the special meter is full, press E to unleash your blade's special move. Tab or Q locks on to a target. After each wave pick a relic with 1, 2 or 3 and cross the light bridge. On a touchscreen, use the left stick to move and the on-screen buttons to fight. Press P to pause and M to mute.
Controls
- W A S D / Arrow keys: Move
- Left click / J: Light attack (chain three hits)
- Right click / K: Heavy attack: launcher, or a thrust after two lights; slam down in the air
- Space: Dodge roll (invulnerable)
- Shift: Parry when an enemy glows, then attack to riposte
- E / L: Special move when the meter is full
- Tab / Q / Middle mouse: Lock on to a target
- Mouse: Orbit the camera (after clicking into the game)
- 1 / 2 / 3: Choose a relic
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- Touch: Left stick to move, drag the right side to turn the camera, buttons for attack, heavy, dodge, parry, special and lock; tap an enemy to lock on
Category: Action games
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