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Blades of Time

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Blades of Time
Blades of Time cover
Developers
Gaijin Entertainment
Engines
Dagor Engine
Release dates
Windows April 20, 2012
macOS (OS X) September 17, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 63
OpenCritic 34
IGDB 61
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Hack and slash
Art styles Stylized
Themes Fantasy
Series Blades
Blades of Time on HowLongToBeat
Blades of Time on IGDB
Blades of Time on MobyGames
Blades of Time on Wikipedia
Blades
X-Blades 2009
Blades of Time 2012

Blades of Time is a singleplayer third-person hack and slash game in the Blades series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Online features are not supported.[1]
Limited Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Limited Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
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Limited Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Limited Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
All macOS versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The Limited Edition includes the base game, the Dismal Swamp DLC, the digital artbook, wallpapers and the digital soundtrack.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC The DLC includes a new and short campaign.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Dismal Swamp
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\video.
  2. Delete or rename gaijin.ogm and intro.ogm.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\BladesOfTime\settings.blk
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208670/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\BladesOfTime\Saves\
macOS (OS X)
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\208670\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208670/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Listed on the storepage as a feature, but hidden and not in usage.[2]

Video

Options.
Options.

Input

Customize controls.
Customize controls.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, sound, and speech
Surround sound
7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation Tribo Gamer

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Versus, Co-op
Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
Online play
2 Versus, Co-op

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.6, see profile introdution.
Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz
AMD Athlon 3500+
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7300 GS
ATI Radeon X1300
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 9600
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
Other Broadband Internet connection


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/208670/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (208670) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Blades of Time on GOG.com - last accessed on 2020-07-27
    "NOTE: This version of Blades of Time does not support online features"
  2. User Cloud for Blades of Time on SteamdDB - last accessed on May 2023
  3. Blades of Time | WSGF