Rune

Rune is a computer game, made by Human Head Studios. It was released in late 2000. A standalone game/expansion was released in 2001, called Rune: Halls of Valhalla. Human Head Studios licensed Epic Games' Unreal Tournament engine and made several enhancements to it, including a skeletal animation system, a new particle effects system, and an enhanced shadow system. Although made using the Unreal Engine, Rune is a third-person perspective game without any shooting. The weapons used in the game include swords, axes, maces, and other mediæval/fantasy melee weapons. Despite using an engine made for shooting, the interface lends itself well to a playing style consisting of running, jumping, and hack at opponents. An innovative feature of the game is that anything dropped by a dead opponent can be picked up and used. This extends to include body parts. Limbs can be swung as clubs, and grotesquely enough, head can be carried and used as weapons. Although the game includes no ranged... full article at wikipedia