Blazing with aesthetics, but flailing in most other aspects, Killer Is Dead feels, at worst, like shallow imitation to the Suda51 nuance I was starting to understand around the time this game was new. It is definitely more stylish and unique than the rest of his 360/PS3 escapades, but still lacking in a sense of structure and depth.

The story itself feels meandering, and even nonsensical at times. The hack-n-slash gameplay feels pretty damn good, but the pacing is miserable, most especially with where it puts its numerous "slow-walking" narrative scenarios. Also, playing this on PS3 was lousy with screen-tears and a shit framerate. I don't believe the 360 version was much better, but holy fuck does its awful performance do a huge disservice to its awesome artistry.

Gigolo missions are also shit, no wonder Suda51 was trying to make moves to take his shit back.