<s>
Revenant	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
produced	O
by	O
Cinematix	O
Studios	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
publisher	O
Eidos	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Locke	O
D'Averam	O
is	O
a	O
revenant	B-Application
who	O
is	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
House	O
of	O
Averam	O
,	O
which	O
raised	O
him	O
from	O
the	O
dead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Locke	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
magical	O
control	O
of	O
Sardok	O
as	O
a	O
revenant	B-Application
,	O
has	O
no	O
choice	O
but	O
to	O
accept	O
the	O
quest	O
,	O
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
his	O
freedom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revenants	B-Application
combat	O
system	O
changes	O
in	O
accordance	O
with	O
the	O
control	O
method	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Locke	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
with	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
to	O
perform	O
standard	O
attacks	O
with	O
minimal	O
player	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
for	O
finer	O
control	O
,	O
gaining	O
access	O
to	O
three	O
basic	O
attack	O
types	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
chain	O
them	O
into	O
special	O
combos	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
result	O
in	O
special	O
death	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
gamepad	O
or	O
joystick	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
way	O
to	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
method	O
,	O
with	O
nearly	O
every	O
move	O
or	O
command	O
able	O
to	O
be	O
mapped	O
to	O
buttons	O
or	O
button	O
combinations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revenant	B-Application
underwent	O
three	O
name	O
changes	O
during	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
were	O
developed	O
with	O
Direct3D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revenant	B-Application
received	O
above-average	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Preston	O
of	O
NextGen	O
said	O
;	O
"	O
Diablo	B-Application
fans	O
who	O
need	O
a	O
quick	O
fix	O
will	O
enjoy	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
do	O
much	O
to	O
transcend	O
its	O
genre	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
