Darkness Reborn

Darkness Reborn is a medieval-fantasy role-playing game about Sevarog, a wizard seeking to regain his powers and stand against the Kingdom of Light. Cruel and ruthless, he gathers power by any means, including taking souls to burn for himself. He came into the world in an afterlife form, as his kind once did; how they escaped death’s chains and how Sevarog survived the Great Purge are unknown. The story describes him as the player’s deepest fears and worst imagined human abomination: “He is you.”

Story and world

You travel through a mostly open world and follow quests. The next quest targets appear in the top-right corner of the screen, and the main story’s target is marked from afar by a visible violet slope of light. Quest paths are not shown.

Gameplay

The game combines storytelling with some combat, searching and resource management. It opens with an introduction and a short tutorial before moving into the main game. You encounter enemies of varying strength and several bosses, some of which are particularly powerful.

You can save your game state most of the time, except during important events. Quick saves are supported, but automatic saves are not.

Audio and graphics

Music plays throughout the game, with environmental sounds in some places and sounds for spells. Dialogue is not voiced. Graphics settings range from Low to Cinematic, and each setting can be adjusted to a different level; changes are saved automatically.