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The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a free-to-play action role-playing game by Bethesda for the Nintendo Switch.
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The Elder Scrolls: Blades is an action role-playing game played from a first-person perspective. The game features nearly-unavoidable one-on-one combat. Unlike the majority of the installments in the series, which are primarily built on open-world and world map features, the game's overall design is linear. Another distinction is that the abilities of sneaking around non-playable characters, moving corpses, and hiding/storing/stealing items were not included in the game. Combat includes using melee weapons, magic spells, and ranged attacks. Regarding the use of magic, the player can only equip up to three different magic spells to use during combat. The game features dungeons that are both hand-crafted by designers and procedurally generated. Players can customize and level up their characters to enhance their abilities.
Blades features three main game modes: Abyss, Arena, and Town. Abyss offers a roguelike experience in which the player must attempt to get as far as possible in an endless dungeon. Despite not being connected to the game's story, the endless dungeon is ideal to gain experience and strength for the player. Arena is a player versus player multiplayer mode in which two players battle against each other. Town is the game's main mode, which is a hub area where the player can receive quests and meet NPCs to progress the story. The player's hub town initially starts destroyed and they are tasked with rebuilding and upgrading it, which consequently unlocks more quests and NPCs. Players can visit their friends' hub towns.
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- The Elder Scrolls: Blades at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Elder Scrolls: Blades at GameFAQs