Katana ZERO

And I had very high expectations. I've been waiting for Katana Zero for ages. I had hoped for a game about lightning quick katana play in a moody, noir setting. What I got was a breathtaking masterpiece of exacting, challenging gameplay, and a complex story of conspiracy, regret and psychological horror. It's a game that needs to be experienced. The game is hard, Super Meat Boy hard. Every stage is a challenge, and by the end, you will play through each level more times than you care to. It makes you earn your victory, but when you get that playback, often with you fighting faster than you can track with your eyes, it's worth it. The game includes a very fun dialogue system that lets you interrupt characters and gives you multiple dialogue choices. I have no idea if there's a branching story structure, but there's at least two endings. People are gonna tell you it's not finished, and this is true in a sense of giving you something of a cliffhanger, but it feels complete enough to me that I don't feel like I wasted my money.. Zero learns what he needs to learn by the end. He doesn't save the day, but it's noir, so you would't expect him to. I finished it in under 6 hours, but it's an intense six hours and worth every second, and I expect people will play it again and again. I know I intend to.

Sometimes you find a little gem in an otherwise endless stream of turds. Katana Zero is one of these gems. The gameplay core is slicing your way through bunches of enemies with a timeslow mechanic. Interestingly enough the dev was able to weave it all into the story. The story is short but doesn't overstay its welcome and actually made me want more. Looking forward to see what the Dev will do in the future. Katana Zero is enjoyable and should be picked up by anyone who likes a good story and likes tightly designed combat.

The gameplay works really smoth, you mostly feel pretty badass when you reflect a bullet. The music and sounds is something i strongly need in games, and this game have a lot of it, and they all feel really neat in the expirience. The history was something i never expected, and i cant be more amazed how it works, its really really good, its always going up, non-stop, the game is in a constant twist and you always feel bad in your rush of the way (and dont get me wrong, this point its really really important, 'cause the game shares a message and it shows it really neat)

This game is awesome. AWESOME. I blitzed through it in a single night because I couldn't put it down. But it ends on a cliffhanger that doesn't resolve any of the plotlines that it set up, which was kind of a bummer. I would still recommend it for the pure distillation of kinetic and satisfying gameplay that it provides.

Incredibly consistent game. Every element fits with all others and supports the story. It is however short. Also story in Katana ZERO is just the hero coming to terms with his past, while second act is slated "to be continued" in the credits. However it is still very much worth the price.