Simple but attractive, unqualified in number, contains a very keen, violent and noiseless action flow. Slash downward direction to create a small thrust to help the samurai jump higher, accidentally (or intentionally) creates the ability to evade other effective attacks. That’s because, you can’t slash the bullet backward in an absurd way, but you have to cut it in the opposite direction to its path. It makes it easy for you to slash every bullet that has left the enemy’s gun, it helps you decide your next action while being surrounded, it makes it easier for you to defeat the high-ranking enemy – by one The blow and a slash are still not enough if they are released at the wrong time.Īllowing the main character to cut all eight directions around him is also one way that Katana Zero offers a choice for players. Slowing down time is limited by a certain amount of “batteries”, which can be recalled through each break.

But unlike the test and repeat nature of Hotline Miami’s predetermined tendency, the core of Katana Zero’s play relies heavily on improvisation, as well as challenging you to take advantage of the ability to how slow is the time. He can slow down (as well as reverse) time, push back the flying bullets, causing every body to collapse with just one slash, pedal … throwing enemies on the other side of the door, grabbing everything throw anyone who is unlucky in the middle of their trajectory, as well as rolling people (with a huge amount of iframe) to evade.ĭo you feel familiar? Because except for the “prying” factor of time, these are the mechanisms that made Hotline Miami’s notorious “bet” play, when both players and enemies came to heaven later. Our main character in Katana Zero is a samurai wearing a bathrobe who always holds the sword on his hip. But the Katana Zero’s qualities far outweigh any expectations that people give to it. Bring in a name that sounds pretty monotonous, an art style is not too new, an initial look does not make the audience admiring. Speaking of which, Devolver Digital, the independent game “gentlemen” consider the above-mentioned titles as “like”, from Hotline Miami, Ruiner to The Red Strings Club, and now Katana Zero. It is no coincidence that Synthwave became quite popular with contemporary Cyberpunk delights, because the sound of “punk” of Synthwave in particular and the wave of new wave in general are clearly expressed in every beating and overflowing beat vitality emerges between the solitary temperament of this genre of music. Synthwave (citing the definition from Wikipedia) is an electronic music genre inspired by 1980s film and video game music, playing the role of a science fiction atmosphere back then, as well as contributing to create art trend Retrofuturism which looks at sci-fi through nostalgic prism.

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