Princess Kaguya: Legend of the Moon Warrior

It was ok...

Princess KAGUYA is a beat'em up game where you play as Princess Kaguya and you must save your twin sister Princess Sakuya from the evil scroll. There was a tale of evil that tormented the land until a maiden sealed the evil away. Generations later, the twin princesses Kaguya and Sakuya are given this duty to protect the land, but Sakuya is tempted by the scroll and is able to kidnap Princess Sakuya, so Princess Kaguya goes into the scroll to save her twin sister. The game plays as a beat'em up: beat up the enemies to progress to the next area and eventually fight a boss at the end of each stage. There are a total of 4 stages and then the game ends. There are 3 difficulties to the story mode [spoiler]as well as an endless mode after completing the game for the first time[/spoiler]. Princess Kaguya has two different weapons: her kendama stick and her bow and arrows. You can chain together your moves for different combo attacks. You have a limited amount of times you can shoot arrows in a row, but it replenishes automatically. There is also another gauge that you can use to do special moves. The art style is 2-D and most of the characters with the exception of Princess Kaguya have limited movement to them. The background is very basic as you're traversing across a scroll the whole time. The music is pretty much the same throughout most of the game, but it fits the theme. Unfortunately, there's no voicing for any of the dialogue as well as Princess Kaguya never says any words in her dialogue, which I guess follows the mute protagonist, but I don't like it ([spoiler]especially since Princess Sakuya speaks directly to you and understands your muteness[/spoiler]). This game is really short. You could beat your first run on Easy in about an hour if you don't die. The attacks have a bit of delay when stringing them together and there's a bit of delay from the time that you want to stop attacking and switch directions that you'll need to give if you want to switch directions and attack what's behind you. You can jump in the game, but I almost never jumped. For most of the game, I just used the basic combo string for the kendama stick because it did quick damage and also can hit right behind you in parts of the combo. Hitting enemies in the sky with the bow and arrow arc attack doesn't always connect and needs a little getting used to in order to find the right placement to hit enemies in the air. I get that the enemies are supposed to be tied with the scroll and evil, but in the first stage, you face little scrolls that move with a leg at the bottom and they have an arm at the top; I feel it's lazy, but it is a tad creepy. I don't recommend this game due to a very short story playtime, sluggish attack strings, and not very thrilling story. I like the beginning and ending cutscene art and the model of Princess Kaguya, but that's it.