Die by the Blade is a fighting developed by Triple Hill Interactive, released 16 May 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What Die by the Blade is
Die by the Blade is a fighting game developed by Triple Hill Interactive and released in 2024. It was published by Grindstone. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Die by the Blade does not use the concept of healthpoints and healthbar. Just as in real life, any hit delivered is painful. The game is built on a realistic battle system which emphasizes weapon positioning for defending yourself. A clean hit to the any vital area will result in an instant death. This system will help you to absorb your mistakes and give you a chance to mount a comeback needed for victory. Since every fight in Die by the Blade has different feel and difficulty, you can choose how many lives will be part of the round and then you can easily adapt to the difficulty of each fight for yourself. One to three lives result in high tension fights which might be sometimes based on…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Die by the Blade holds a critic score of 45 out of 100. That places it above 8% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 31 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Die by the Blade launched on 16 May 2024, within three weeks of Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Stellar Blade, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Nine Sols. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Stellar Blade, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Die by the Blade yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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