Overview: A 2D action adventure. Play as a samurai named Takeshi, a Kodama, and a cat.*
*I did not play far enough in the demo to play as the Kodama or the cat, but they are in the trailer.
20241021:
Officially Next Fest is ended, but I'm going to go down the list of demos I have installed and play them. The first such demo was this game.
Setup: Xbox controller.
Gameplay Log:
Got to the training exercise.
Couldn't figure out what turning when covered meant.
Exited the game. Came back had to do the training agian.
Finally figured out that "covered" meant "defending." I think the developer should have explicitly instructed what keys to press. I nearly quit playing the game because of this.
I found the woman in the well, but she asked me to go find a root. I stopped playing the demo there.
Steam Game Time: 54 minutes
First Impressions:
Straight away, it's clear the game has amazing graphics, particularly beautiful cutscenes, and excellent story telling.
I find the fighting mechancis to be underwhelming relative to the excellence of the graphics and story telling. In particular, I think the window for parry can be widened to be a little more forgiving.
As a more minor nitpick, the game has stats that can be improved, but it isn't explained what the stats do for the character. As another minor nitpick, I dislike the feel of the short pause that occurs after a parry is successful.
Unfortunately the trailer shows more to the game, but I did not reach that portion of the demo.I would give the game a demo rating of 4.4, but some players may find the fighting mechanics to be perfect in which case the game would be at least a 5.0 for them.
Demo Rating: 4.4 out of 5
The Spirit of the Samurai (PC) (Demo)
Relevant Links:
The Spirit of the Samurai (Steam Store Page)
*I did not play far enough in the demo to play as the Kodama or the cat, but they are in the trailer.
20241021:
Officially Next Fest is ended, but I'm going to go down the list of demos I have installed and play them. The first such demo was this game.
Setup: Xbox controller.
Gameplay Log:
Got to the training exercise.
Couldn't figure out what turning when covered meant.
Exited the game. Came back had to do the training agian.
Finally figured out that "covered" meant "defending." I think the developer should have explicitly instructed what keys to press. I nearly quit playing the game because of this.
I found the woman in the well, but she asked me to go find a root. I stopped playing the demo there.
Steam Game Time: 54 minutes
First Impressions:
Straight away, it's clear the game has amazing graphics, particularly beautiful cutscenes, and excellent story telling.
I find the fighting mechancis to be underwhelming relative to the excellence of the graphics and story telling. In particular, I think the window for parry can be widened to be a little more forgiving.
As a more minor nitpick, the game has stats that can be improved, but it isn't explained what the stats do for the character. As another minor nitpick, I dislike the feel of the short pause that occurs after a parry is successful.
Unfortunately the trailer shows more to the game, but I did not reach that portion of the demo.I would give the game a demo rating of 4.4, but some players may find the fighting mechanics to be perfect in which case the game would be at least a 5.0 for them.
Demo Rating: 4.4 out of 5
The Spirit of the Samurai (PC) (Demo)
Relevant Links:
The Spirit of the Samurai (Steam Store Page)
Date/Time
Monday, October 21, 2024
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14:36
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