Severance - Blade of Darkness

a.k.a. Blade: The Edge of Darkness / Blade of Darkness

published by Codemasters in 2001-02-21, developed by Rebel Act, running on Windows

type: action/reflex, beat 'em up
genre: Fantasy, Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, Souls-like
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player, LAN, Internet

languages: eng

4/5

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Among the first games, if not the first, to have fully dynamic/real-time shadows.

Also among the first ones (not the first one, mind) where you can chop off limbs from your enemies and they continue to live and fight you, until they bleed to death. (IIRC, organic mobs did bleed, undead didn't.. long time since I last played)