This is a game of assassins, in a world where all moves have already been considered, where no matter what someone may do, they will never break out of their "role", their "position" on the game board of global politics and relationships.
This game's presentation is like an espionage thriller captured in a gritty, underground comic book.
The enemies, the Heaven Smiles, burst into beautiful explosions of pointillism blood particles, sometimes looking like rose pedals, are absorbed into your character. Beautiful displays of terrorism made to shake the world into fear by God-Like being Kun Lan.
The only group capable of standing against Kun Lan, out of the United Nations, are the Killer7!
Helmed by Harman Smith, he summons his 7 multiple personalities he has absorbed with his own God-like powers and manifests them as the greatest team of assassins the world has ever known!
The means which these personalities are manifested, is with Harman Smith's primary personae: Garcian Smith! He serves as medium for the story to play out, as well as the in universe vessel for the other 6 personae.
The game continues to change itself up, sometimes offering entirely different means of presentation for the sake of the narrative which while there is a coherent point a point b story line throughout, goes through so many tangents, so many hard turns, sometimes even being left unresolved, leaving you to pick up the pieces.
This game is so captivating, from an artistic standpoint. I fully understand why it cannot appeal to everyone, it's somewhat of a clarion call for eccentrics in the gaming art form. The stark black shadows highlight vibrant colors, incredible character designs and the soundtrack that goes from classic spy-film thriller, to edm drops, and haunting pieces of sonic discord that pins and pricks at your spine, leaving you uneasy and on edge.
This is one of the most important games to my development as a person, I've never played anything like it, and probably never will. It's dream like story, characters, presentation, and the overall message and themes that only hit me as an adult: There are sometimes where even our actions are but plays, in a game of Chess.
I love this game, and always come back to it, the experiences I can't find anywhere else in regards to storytelling. I've played the Gamecube version, and the most recent steam release.
I've thought about this game for 10+ years, and I don't think I will ever stop thinking about it for much longer than that.
This game's presentation is like an espionage thriller captured in a gritty, underground comic book.
The enemies, the Heaven Smiles, burst into beautiful explosions of pointillism blood particles, sometimes looking like rose pedals, are absorbed into your character. Beautiful displays of terrorism made to shake the world into fear by God-Like being Kun Lan.
The only group capable of standing against Kun Lan, out of the United Nations, are the Killer7!
Helmed by Harman Smith, he summons his 7 multiple personalities he has absorbed with his own God-like powers and manifests them as the greatest team of assassins the world has ever known!
The means which these personalities are manifested, is with Harman Smith's primary personae: Garcian Smith! He serves as medium for the story to play out, as well as the in universe vessel for the other 6 personae.
The game continues to change itself up, sometimes offering entirely different means of presentation for the sake of the narrative which while there is a coherent point a point b story line throughout, goes through so many tangents, so many hard turns, sometimes even being left unresolved, leaving you to pick up the pieces.
This game is so captivating, from an artistic standpoint. I fully understand why it cannot appeal to everyone, it's somewhat of a clarion call for eccentrics in the gaming art form. The stark black shadows highlight vibrant colors, incredible character designs and the soundtrack that goes from classic spy-film thriller, to edm drops, and haunting pieces of sonic discord that pins and pricks at your spine, leaving you uneasy and on edge.
This is one of the most important games to my development as a person, I've never played anything like it, and probably never will. It's dream like story, characters, presentation, and the overall message and themes that only hit me as an adult: There are sometimes where even our actions are but plays, in a game of Chess.
I love this game, and always come back to it, the experiences I can't find anywhere else in regards to storytelling. I've played the Gamecube version, and the most recent steam release.
I've thought about this game for 10+ years, and I don't think I will ever stop thinking about it for much longer than that.