The Brick, a melee fighter who utilizes heavy weapons.The Archer, specializing in all ranged weapons, is best with the bow and arrow, most useful out of close combat.The Swordsman, a powerful melee combatant specializing in dual swords, he can also use a bow and arrow to good effect making him a useful class that excels at any distance.Katana are available to all classes from the outset, however each class has strengths and weaknesses that allow a wide degree of customization in your active party. Any warriors that are not in active play can be sent to recover health and ki (magic points). The player can choose to have four of the seven available classes in his party at a time and can swap them in and out of his active party at will. The Toyotomi, lead by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Castle choice has no effect on playable classes, all classes are available to all players. Players can choose the clan and Daimyo that survived the attack by picking a castle at the outset of the game, the castle they choose will determine the names of the Daimyo, the playable Samurai and the final mission of the game. His attacks were not a complete success however, one Daimyo and his seven Samurai retainers survived the night and fight on to destroy Zanshin and save Yamato. believing his sneak attacks successful Zanshin recalls his forces and begins the conquering of Yamato proper.

Now a demon general, Zanshin unleashes an army of undead soldiers to destroy all those who would stand in his way including his four Daimyo subordinates and all the Samurai in their employ. Tsunayoshi seeks ultimate power over the land and in a bid to acquire it transforms himself into the dark warlord Zanshin. at the time of the game Yamato is ruled by the Shogun Tsunayoshi and his four warlords. Throne of Darkness takes place in a feudal version of Japan called Yamato.

any party members not under the direct control of the player will fight according to the AI specific to their class ToD also has a robust crafting system that gives you the option to tailor your weapons and armor to your specific party. Although the party consists of four warriors the player only controls one at a time, hotswitching between warriors is accomplished using the on screen symbols or the spacebar. The party system allows you to have separate inventories for each warrior as well as giving you the ability to set the formation of your party to better defend, cut through or surround your enemies. Along with the standard mechanics of the genre (click on evil things until they die, loot what falls out of their corpses, sell, upgrade, repeat) ToD allows the player to control a party of four different warriors inspired by historical Samurai and Ninja. Throne of Darkness is a Feudal Japan themed action RPG in the vein of Diablo II.

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