Trek to Yomi

[h2][b]Visual Fest + Boring Gameplay[/b][/h2] [quote][b] Rating: 6.5/10 [/b][/quote] The best part about this game is what you already see - Visuals & Japanese music. There is a complete story with multiple endings (4)! All chapters remain same but it was still a fine narrative. I recommend Japanese voice over English for authentic experience. Problem is.. whole game from start to finish.. all you have to do is [b]Parry, Attack. Parry, Attack. Parry, Attack. Repeat after me: Parry, Attack. Parry, Attack.[/b] Yeah! It gets so boring damn, especially in middle portion of the game. I'm glad they didn't ruin the experience further by keeping game short. Yes they do introduce new sets of attacks and enemies with time, but I didn't find them seamless enough to make the switch. You also gonna be pixel peeping in few scenes because of that fixed camera angle! Game isn't hard as you get plenty of health, checkpoints & parry window but IMO over the top free flow combat would have been more fun. Parry wasn't satisfying anyway. [h3]Overall its not a bad game. I felt like 7 but asked myself, will I ever even want to remember this gameplay? gave 6.5[/h3]

Trek to Yomi is a stylish side-scrolling action game heavily inspired by classic Japanese cinema. Set in Edo-period Japan, it draws particularly from those samurai films of Akira Kurosawa, adopting their dramatic cinematography and stylised sword fights. In fact, its presentation is probably its most insisted selling point by choosing to be presented entirely in black and white, with dramatic camera angles, composed cinematic shots, and trying very hard to make you feel like you are playing through an old samurai movie. You play as Hiroki, a young samurai who grows up in a small village and eventually takes on the responsibility of protecting it. The story follows his life through several stages, dealing with the conflicts of duty, love, loss, revenge and the consequences of violence. In fact these themes will carry the character forward and offer some choice of outcome at some point. It's a fairly straightforward samurai story, but the presentation does a lot of the heavy lifting here. The environments are beautiful, the lighting is truly excellent, and the black-and-white cinematography with sometimes exaggerated contrasts gives even relatively simple scenes a lot of character. …

Don't miss the game if you planning to buy it, it worth 100% 👍🏯

The visuals and graphics of the game are amazing I really liked the first 3 chapters. The story and voice acting, along with the great visuals really made the game outstanding to me. Then the next 3 chapters dragged on over and over the same fights, the same voice overs the same thing that by the end of chapter 6, even the main character was asking when it would be over. The last chapter brought back all the good parts from the first 3, and even had a really cool action piece in the middle. My main complaint is that the combat is just not balanced. It "can" be fun, sometime, but mostly it's frustrating. Some enemies stagger you so much you never get a chance to attack. I recommend standing still, and being aggressive as they come towards you, otherwise you will get hit for no reason other than the game doesn't want you to go hit less. The differences in the difficulty has a huge margin. Easy mode is too easy and normal is too hard. Some balance in the combat and tightening up the middle chapters would take the game from a solid 70% to a 100%. I recommend buying on sale and playing when you want a short game with good graphics and music.

I'm not going to write an entire book on what is wrong with this game. The game mechanics are kinda crappy, the fighting is sometimes unresponsive. Even with all of that though, I completed the game. The visuals and the audio are amazing, the way the gameplay plays out is beautiful. I just wish the mechanics weren't as broken and unresponsive as they are. Also...the final fight felt like I was up against a 5 year old button mashing me as they pinned me into a corner so that I couldn't move. So yeah, play it if you want, its an okay game.

BUYER BEWARE!! This game contains a lot of strong themes and imagery involving death. This game is a work of art! It kind of reminds me of Furi with its stylish presentation and satisfying combat. Overall, I had a lot of fun, and while the story is decent, the gameplay is what kept me hooked. My biggest complaint is the puzzles near the end of the game. They felt unnecessary and really slowed down the pacing. I found myself wanting to get back to the combat instead. I'd also recommend starting on Ronin difficulty for your first run to save yourself an extra playthrough later. (Unlocks hardest mode)