Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft

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Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft

European PlayStation cover art
Developer(s) Take-Two Interactive
Publisher(s) Acclaim
Platform(s) MS-DOS, PlayStation
Release date(s)

PlayStation

  • NA: October 31, 1996
  • PAL: November 1996

DOS

  • NA: January 7, 1997
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft is a 3D fighting game released for PC and PlayStation. Iron & Blood is based on Ravenloft, a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game.

Gameplay

Players choose a hero or villain to control. The heroes are Luthor the paladin, Darius the gladiator, Erland the elven archer, Torgo the dwarf, Ignatius Max the halfling thief, Xenobia the amazon, Red Cloud the Abber Nomad shaman, and Shinesta the elf princess. The villains are Ardrus the skeleton warrior, Balok the black knight, Kaurik the warlord, Stellerex the wizard, Sasha the werewolf, Nym Pymplee the mad goblin, Urgo the margoyle, and Balthazaar the Headsman.[1]

Development

Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft was developed by Take-Two Interactive. Before its conversion to the PlayStation, the game was originally developed for the 3DO M2 console under the title Ironblood.[2] However, Take 2 Interactive later announced that the game would first be released for the PlayStation, with versions for the M2 and PC to come later.[3] They mentioned that while the M2 original ran at a resolution of 640 x 480, hardware limitations meant they could only get the PlayStation version to run at a resolution of 512 x 240.[3] A version for the Sega Saturn was also planned,[4] but was eventually cancelled.[5]

Reception

According to GameSpy, "A bargain-bin game from the day it was released, Iron & Blood is best forgotten."[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cheatcc.com/psx/codes/iabwor.html
  2. ↑ Next Generation staff (October 1995). "ng alphas: Ironblood". Next Generation. Imagine Media. pp. 86–7. ISSN 1078-9693.
  3. 1 2 "Behind the Screens". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis (85): 77. August 1996.
  4. ↑ "Protos: Iron & Blood". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis (85): 82. August 1996.
  5. ↑ "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Iron & Blood -- Warriors of Ravenloft (Canceled)". allgame. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  6. ↑ Rausch, Allen (2004-08-18). "A History of D&D Video Games - Part IV". Game Spy. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
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