So you can react better to enemies, or get behind them and dodge bullets, or be able to hit them back. Slowing time is also a big factor for this game. When enemies would shoot at me, I would die most of the time, because I just couldn’t slash fast enough a second time, even when I slowed time. As a samurai, you expect to be able to slash your sword around very fast. Though you can watch a video and go “this doesn’t seem slow at all!”, I can assure you, it kind of is. My biggest complaint is easily how slow the gameplay feels. Except even though the game was a bit short, it still felt like it dragged on forever. The game is broken down into about a dozen levels for you to cut your way through.

So it never felt like a worthwhile pay off.Īs for the core of it all, the game plays like a side scrolling Hotline Miami. Why do that? It also doesn’t help that the game just sort of ends. Running down a hallway, ready to kill enemies, and then it “glitches” into a cutscene. I’m all for these kinds of things, but when it actually interferes with gameplay, that’s where I draw the line. To the point where the game even “glitches” to make you think it’s breaking.

The game tries it’s best to walk the line between “is this truly reality? Or are you going insane?”. Especially when it came to the big reveal. Yes I finished the game, but half of the time I just tuned out and didn’t pay much attention to anything outside of the story. As I only played through once, but that was because the bulk of the story, and the game itself just didn’t have that special something to keep my attention. Do you interrupt people while they speak and be the diligent little assassin? Or do you let them say their peace? It sure was an interesting take on it all, but I truly was curious how much this shaped the story. During the conversations in the game, there’s dialogue choices as well. In your doctor’s office, the bulk of the story happens, but now and again, in the levels themselves, there are some story beats, but not often, until the back half of the game.

The story itself plays out in a very odd fashion. Unfortunately your doctor has the medicine you need to survive. This is a great premise, albeit a little cliché, but what can you do. If you don’t do what you’re told to, you will face serious consequences. Your job is to assassinate your targets, without asking questions, and without any collateral damage. You are a lone samurai who works for a secret organization, run by your doctor. It was then released to Xbox One in 2020. Developed by indie studio Aksiisoft and published by Devolver Digital, it was released on PC and Nintendo Switch in 2019.

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