Players can transfer health, in the form of blood, between the two playable characters, healing one at the expense of the other. In single-player gameplay, the player can switch between Jeremy and Alysa by pressing a button (the Y button on the Xbox 360). Alysa also has special attacks, including the ability to fire flaming arrows and a grenade attack. While controlling Alysa, the game functions as a twin-stick shooter, in which movement is controlled by one thumbstick or set of keys, and firing weapons is controlled by the other thumbstick or another set of keys. When controlling Jeremy, players can chain attacks using one button (the X button on the Xbox 360), and can use a number of special attacks that have a cooldown timer, including a heavy blow, a whirlwind attack, and a power that draws distant enemies to Jeremy. Like most hack and slash games, the control scheme is minimal. Blood Knights does not support online co-op. The game can be played as a single-player game, in which the player alternates between controlling Jeremy and Alysa, or as a local co-op game, in which two players play cooperatively, with one controlling each character. Players assume control of Jeremy, a sword-wielding, melee-focused character, and Alysa, who uses crossbows to deliver ranged attacks. The game also contains boss battles, in which the player must defeat a significantly stronger enemy that is aided by normal enemies. These enemies include human outlaws, demons, werewolves, and other vampires. Combat takes the form of set-piece battles, in which a number of enemies appear and must be defeated before the player can continue to progress through the area. Players can discover equipable weapons and armor that improves effectiveness in combat by exploring levels for chests. Players move about several areas, including a forest and a castle, using precision jumping and puzzle-solving to move about the level. The game follows a traditional top-down and sometimes dynamic camera, as the two playable characters jump and fight enemies and get loot through the scenarios in classic dungeon crawler fashion. Jeremy and Alysa engage in combat in co-op mode Blood Knights received generally negative reviews upon release, with a large number of critics faulting the game for showing a lack of creativity and having uninteresting gameplay. The game features both single-player and local cooperative gameplay (co-op) modes but does not allow for online co-op. The game features two playable characters: Jeremy, a vampire hunter, and Alysa, a vampire that Jeremy became ritually bound to, on a quest to retrieve an artifact that can cause cataclysms. Blood Knights was released on 1 November 2013 for the Xbox 360, 13 November 2013 for Microsoft Windows, and 19 November 2013 for the PlayStation 3.

The game was developed by German studio Deck13 Interactive and published by Kalypso Media, also from Germany. Blood Knights is an action role-playing game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 (through PlayStation Network), and Xbox 360 (through Xbox Live Arcade).

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