The Spirit of the Samurai

reminds me of the old days. not sure what this mixed rating is about. trailer shows what its going to be and it seems to function as intended. maybe it had a bunch of problems back when it came out. only real bug i have encountered is twice i have gotten stuck where i could not move, but mashing random buttons while pushing in random directions cleared it. you can break puzzles / platforming by pushing a box somewhere it should not be and you not being able to bring it back, this is minor though, there are checkpoints everywhere. honestly, its a game, its a game with the soul of a ps1 horror game, think ominusha, well i guess thats actually a ps2 game, but anyway, something like that, as a side scroller. but not to horrorish either, i would say young kids could probably play it, but there are some rather violent death animations.... of which... some of them are..... you... playing as a cat.... getting brutally killed, but but it is done tastefully, like how old horror movies didnt really always feel the need to show you every detail, but one of them would def upset young children, so dont do that. running it at the 4k setting takes around 8gigs vram, i was running driver sharpness and anti lag and something else which may have increased that a bit. but you dont even really need to run it at 4k, looks about the same at each setting. i believe the game is basically running a cg like movie in the background, though i could be wrong, kind of like how old final fantasy games used prerecorded clips to make windmills and things move that would have other wise been impossible back then on the ps1 atleast in the detail that it was done and on the static image backgrounds that they used. pretty cool actually, and while i would not outright call this innovation, its nice to see some experimentation again. anyway, while it does require video memory, it basically requires very little actual utilization. so it should run on pretty low end hardware i would think. anyway, rating personal rating: 7.5 out of 10 public rating: cautious 7 out of 10 i recommend, but if you are tight on money wait for the sale, i got it at like 5$ and i wholeheartedly believe its worth that and probably more. its clear that some love went into this and it was probably a small team. 07

Jogo artisticamente perfeito e simples. Tem algumas partes do jogo que possui alguns bug, mas da pra se virar pra evita-los kkkkk, mas é bem chatinho isso. Mas é um ótimo jogo. A dificuldade dele é bem equilibrada não tão fácil e não tão dificil, basta respirar tomar uma água e voltar pra vencer o setor.

Визуальный шедевр и настоящий подарок для фанатов мрачного японского фольклора. Анимация завораживает, игра ощущается как «Остров собак» Уэса Андерсона, но в сеттинге сурового тёмного фэнтези. Вместо андерсоновской пастельной симметрии здесь царит осязаемый, липкий кошмар с жуткой нежитью, где покадровые движения подчёркивают каждый удар меча. К боевой системе надо чутка привыкнуть, но в целом настройки комбо и сами анимации выглядят почти зрелищно, а геймплей за кота Тисая отдельный восторг

Plays like ass.. Absolute clunky ♥♥♥♥ controls. enemies attacking you from both sides and there is just no way of not getting hit. It's super frustrating. for one weird reason i can't set the game to 4k either, it keep changing back automaticly to lower reolution so it looks like ass too on my 4k monitor. I tried everything. Luckly i bought it for a few bucks or i would have refunded it for sure.

This is a brief review as I plan a more detailed one but the game some played and I did must be 100% different. Maybe its after all the updates that now its better than it was at launch but man this was a great game. The art style is fantastic especially the enemy designs. The game legit felt like a horror game just with a sword instead of guns. The atmosphere has this dark and oppressive feeling and you get it all the way through and it makes those victories you get feel great. The length its perfect for what it is and it took me about 6hrs and change. I love the feel of the combat as its heavy and then you get those gratifying final blows. I hear some complain about the platforming but I never got a death from it and if you time your jumps right there shouldn't be a problem. Also the check points are very generous so you never feel like you wasted time if you fall in combat or a trap kills you. Now I did have some negatives but these feel like they could be fixed. One is pressing x and direction sometimes didn't make my move come out but when I used the stick there was no problem so I would suggest players use the stick. It might feel weird at first but you get use to it. Also some final attacks I picked wouldn't come out at all and idk if the controls of they just don't go with the previous attack. If its the latter a note saying which ones don't work together would be nice. Lastly there is a specific enemy you run into late in the game that no matter what I couldn't figure out how to get a hit so I had to swing and pray until they died. Thankfully these enemies are rare in the game but they are still a problem and felt cheap. Other than that I loved my time with the game highly recommend it still especially now when its usually on sale for 5 bucks. If you're into horror and samurais this is a must play. I also hope the Mixed review status doesn't stop the devs from making another game as I really want a sequel to this one. Also my time was on the steam deck and it runs great on it.

Wanted to like it as well, but running through the level and the looting is not fun

A very interesting and unique game. At first, I struggled a bit to get used to the controls, but with a little practice they eventually become second nature. The controls feel somewhat clunky, but I honestly think that's intentional and actually suits the game well, especially considering its art style, which resembles stop-motion animation. I've enjoyed it a lot so far and I'm looking forward to putting many more hours into it. Also, the creature designs are fantastic—they look like they came straight out of classic horror movies. Very entertaining overall.

Has too much bugs to actually enjoy it. There are few decent ideas in this game, and fight mechanic is quite nice. However, there are also moments feeling like they were made annoying on purpose, sometimes it's unclear where to go next. I am happy I bought this game on huge discount.