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Blade Symphony

Prove you are the world's greatest swordsman! Engage in tactical 1 vs. 1 sword fighting, 2 vs. 2, or sandbox FFA, or capture Control Points in a tactical slash-em-up.

85 7 May 2014 Free to play

Blade Symphony is a fighting developed by Puny Human, released 7 May 2014 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play.

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What Blade Symphony is

Blade Symphony is a fighting game developed by Puny Human and released in 2014. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Source.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Blade Symphony was a multiplayer action video game developed by American indie studio Puny Human for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux. The game focuses on sword-based duelling, it is reminiscent of and inspired by Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. Following a Steam Early Access release in April 2013, the game was officially released in May 2014.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. There are 26 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Blade Symphony holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 3.0 Ghz P4(+), Dual Core 2.0(+) or AMD64X2(+), 2 GB RAM and DX9.0c Compatible 256MB VRAM, NVIDIA Geforce 7600 Series / ATI x1600 Series. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB.

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What it launched against

Blade Symphony launched on 7 May 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor and Child of Light. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor, Child of Light.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Blade Symphony yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Blade Symphony — frequently asked questions

When did Blade Symphony come out?
Blade Symphony was released on 7 May 2014 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
Is Blade Symphony free?
Yes — Blade Symphony is free to play.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Blade Symphony?
At minimum, Blade Symphony needs 3.0 Ghz P4(+), Dual Core 2.0(+) or AMD64X2(+), 2 GB RAM, DX9.0c Compatible 256MB VRAM, NVIDIA Geforce 7600 Series / ATI x1600 Series graphics, 5 GB HD space of storage.
How many GB is Blade Symphony?
The PC version needs about 5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("5 GB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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