10 Most Iconic Swords In Gaming History
2. Soul Edge
I’ll be honest, this is the first sword I was dead set on including in this list and just in case you aren’t across it, just take a look at this thing. It’s deliciously horrific, and if the gore and eyeball didn’t give it away it not only includes a soul, which is pretty by the book at this point in the list, it’s actually alive.
Like Frostmourne, this sword gives its user incredible power at the high stakes cost of their very life force and sanity.
Unless it wasn’t already apparently, Soul Edge is also evil. It presents in a variety of different sword and sword-adjacent weapon shapes but it consistently has that deeply unsettling eye so you can tell it apart from all your non-evil run-of-the-mill swords. By and large the sword is wielded by Nightmare, who arose when Siegfried attempted to claim Souls Edge and the sword clawed itself into his hand. Yucky.
The blade drains the health of both the wielder and whoever it’s unleashed on, encouraging quick and lethal strikes.Aside from learning how best to use it and who to equip with the sword, the series will also see the sword grow and change hands, as you learn more about its origins and capabilities.