I dug this game. It's straight up an old samurai film turned video game. They managed to make this old black and white movie art style stupidly pretty. The way they position the camera for all the areas in the game often feels very artsy. By far the visuals are best part of the game.

I've seen a lot of people complain about the combat, but it isn't that bad. It's actually quite satisfying cutting down foes in a couple sword swings. That said, the combat lacks depth. Throughout the game you learn various combos, some of which if you land will allow you to one-shot enemies AND give a bit of health back. At the end of game you end up spamming these combos over and over without much thought, because they are stupidly effective. Thus, the game starts to get dull and repetitive in the last couple hours, which is not so good when the game is only about 6 hours long or so. So the combat isn't bad perse, and I liked it for the first couple hours of the game, it just could be quite a bit better.

Trek to Yomi is a pretty good game. Definitely recommend to anyone who has game pass.

Reviewed on May 12, 2022


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