RONIN

really really cool in concept, really really frustrating in execution, would love to see another try at this kind of game, but this version just doesn't function how it should. 6/10

[h2]Quick! Slash that guy! PAUSE... Oh, uh... Slash THAT guy! PAUSE... Okay...[/h2] Ronin instantly reminded me of Mark of the Ninja, but the gameplay couldn't be more different. It's a side-scrolling action platformer with a turn-based twist. Not something you see very often... if ever. The art style isn't the greatest, but it fits the game well enough. The gameplay is what kept me coming back, with each encounter feeling like a little tactical puzzle. The story, on the other hand... I honestly don't remember much of it. Either it wasn't very memorable, or my brain decided to overwrite it with more important information. All in all, I'd recommend it. It's one of those hidden indie gems that's easy to overlook but well worth playing. [h2]7/10[/h2] [h3][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45905648-Gork%2527s-Game-Grind/]Check out my curated list of games[/url][/h3]

Turn based game that makes you feel like a ninja who can dodge bullets.

Promising concept but imprecise controls spoil it. Jumps don't get to platforms you feel like they should. Even though you can see the enemy's line of fire you won't know if its going to hit you because your hitbox is weird. A tooltip reads "the jump indicator is a lie", girl, the jump indicator is half the game. This would make the game unplayably frustrating except that it autosaves before every fight. This compromise makes planning your kills beforehand even less advisable so you end up thinking on the fly. Thinking on the fly also isn't great because there aren't that many ways for you to interact with the enemies. In combat you can't move to the side or climb up walls and you can only kill with ledge kills and stabs. Maybe worth trying if you liked the games that inspired this, sometimes the world works how you expect and you feel like a ninja

I like the concept and the aesthetics, but oh my god is this an unfairly frustrating game. The difficulty doesn't come from tactical complexity or puzzle-solving: it stems from how inconsistent the game is. Despite being ostensibly turn-based, sometimes it randomly turns real-time (seemingly because you momentarily went out of the enemies' field of vision). The jumping arc which is supposed to show where you land is not always reliable (e.g., you might fall right through a platform the arc tells you you're about to land on). The ridiculous "9 seconds to lockdown" mechanic forces the player to jump back and forth around the level to make sure they are seen by every enemy instead of doing actual combat; and sometimes, the game bugs out and shows that you have more seconds left than you really do, before suddenly going into lockdown. I could handle it if this were a hardcore tactics game or a puzzle that forced me to replay multiple times to work out the solution. I could bear with it if it were an action game that required fast reflexes and surgical precision. But it's neither of those things. It's just trying the same stuff all over again, failing in a different way because of how inconsistent the game is, and then restarting from the checkpoint while the rage inside you slowly reaches a boiling point. It wouldn't have even taken that much to fix this, but the developer seemingly was content with leaving snarky hints like "The jumping arc is a lie" instead of making it actually reliable.

short, fun, and engaging just like most of my short friends

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Необычная игра, но пока вы поймете как бросать меч, как разбивать стекла и как убивать гребаных белых самураев за 2 удара катаной вы сдохнете 10 000 раз. Я два часа проходил первый уровень, третий почти четыре. Отвлечься от работы а после набить лицо начальнику после такой игры - бесценно.