A perfect marriage of storytelling and game design. Doesn’t get much better than this and I don’t even like bullet hells.

Plenty of work clearly went into creating the Kurosawa aesthetic and it looks pretty great for the most part. The stark black and white palette and white wide camera angles create a striking homage to classic films like Yojimbo and Seven Samurai. Unfortunately the game does not really have anything to offer beyond that as both story and gameplay are a boring repetitive slog.

Can appreciate it for what it is, but it’s just not for me.