I'm in a bit of a tight spot. I got to play a game from a manga franchise I'm not very familiar with. I was hoping it wasn't the usual licensed trash. In some cases it isn't, but in a bunch of places it is.
It's a hack 'n slasher and... it's a bit of a sleeper at times. Not because of anything involving depth, but that's another issue down below.
But there are some decent swords and combo upgrades. You pretty much have two styles, Single sword and dual swords along with a machinegun hand and cannon leg. The manga's premise keeps the gameplay from being completely bare. I like increasing my stats for the body parts from finding the bastards that took em.
The bosses are pretty cool albeit easy. The game in general is pretty easy which I don't treat as a negative since combat isn't exactly the best. I REALLY like how with boss fights, you can switch camera modes to focus on the boss or return to the regular camera. Not a lot of games I can think of that do this.
The upgrades really show their use, like being able to dash after you get your left leg (which I'm guessing one review below mine didn't reach yet) and it getting faster as you get more connecting body parts that increase speed. It can encourage you to revisit chapters to look for the hidden Fiends. Despite the fact that half of the hidden Fiends are clones of ones you fought in story, I still like the thought. But with revisiting lies my biggest problem....
Here's my big con, lots of areas are too big with a whole lot of nothing! And big areas mean a lot of walking and running which are more annoying to revisit for some chapters. At the very least, you can go in any area of the stages but damn. Even in the story, I'm just not a fan of these open spaces where there could have been actual levels. Pretty much stretching the game to be longer than it should.
Platforming can be finicky at times which I almost expect with these types games at this point.
Final verdict? This game was ALMOST good. Almost. Its a game I can tell that had quite a bit of love put into it and plays decently especially near the end. But has a some drawbacks that plague a shovelware action game at times. Probably would've given it 2 and a half stars but I at least had nice introduction to this franchise.
It's a hack 'n slasher and... it's a bit of a sleeper at times. Not because of anything involving depth, but that's another issue down below.
But there are some decent swords and combo upgrades. You pretty much have two styles, Single sword and dual swords along with a machinegun hand and cannon leg. The manga's premise keeps the gameplay from being completely bare. I like increasing my stats for the body parts from finding the bastards that took em.
The bosses are pretty cool albeit easy. The game in general is pretty easy which I don't treat as a negative since combat isn't exactly the best. I REALLY like how with boss fights, you can switch camera modes to focus on the boss or return to the regular camera. Not a lot of games I can think of that do this.
The upgrades really show their use, like being able to dash after you get your left leg (which I'm guessing one review below mine didn't reach yet) and it getting faster as you get more connecting body parts that increase speed. It can encourage you to revisit chapters to look for the hidden Fiends. Despite the fact that half of the hidden Fiends are clones of ones you fought in story, I still like the thought. But with revisiting lies my biggest problem....
Here's my big con, lots of areas are too big with a whole lot of nothing! And big areas mean a lot of walking and running which are more annoying to revisit for some chapters. At the very least, you can go in any area of the stages but damn. Even in the story, I'm just not a fan of these open spaces where there could have been actual levels. Pretty much stretching the game to be longer than it should.
Platforming can be finicky at times which I almost expect with these types games at this point.
Final verdict? This game was ALMOST good. Almost. Its a game I can tell that had quite a bit of love put into it and plays decently especially near the end. But has a some drawbacks that plague a shovelware action game at times. Probably would've given it 2 and a half stars but I at least had nice introduction to this franchise.