#Dona dona way of the samurai series

The most fun fight in the game for me is Black Mask, one of the only enemies in the game who plays by the same rules as the player, more or less. Even the exciting enemies, Kinugawa, Mizuchi, and the other shithead are more spammy numbers fights than a test of skill. This takes all of the importance away from player skill, and it just becomes a numbers game bt the end. Even in the rare 1 on 1 hard fight, you can't rely on the combo you want to come out, even if you're doing the input correctly.Д®nemy Design: How the fuck did Ninetails and Monstercats end up in the game as is? Why are most of the enemies and the few bosses dark souls monsters done worse? Why in God's name did anyone think being blinded, weakened, confused and corroded is good, challenging design? There are enemy compositions that you NEED invincibility items to cheese.

It always boils down to me using katana time, and if necessary invincibility items to just mash enemies to death. Between the unresponsiveness of the controls, the piss poor lock-on system, and the hordes of enemies I can't use half of of the tools on any given sword. I don't enjoy mowing down thugs with worthless swords, I enjoy taking on some absolute badass using a 10ft sword iaido style and taking said sweet ass weapon for myself. The Roguelite Transition: Now, I never played 3 or 4, but from the footage I've seen and the many hours I've put into WotS 1 and 2, the games are fundamentally designed around 1 on 1 combat. Unfortunately, it rarely ever works as you're almost always fighting multiple enemies using a system clearly not designed for it. You can actually outplay the most difficult AI opponents, get juggles, land counters, and do cool shit when it works. It goes beyond the Binding of Isaac formula that is becoming ridiculously OP with passives. Strong Core Combat System: I would dare say at it's best Katana Kami's combat manages to be deep for a game of it's style. If there were more interactivity here than start faction war, loot swords, this could've been highly innovative for a roguelite. The NPC interactions and especially the fights can be pretty entertaining to watch, and you get to see swords in action you'd never normally use. I mean, they already do, they just do it exceedingly poorly.ДЇaction and Overworld System: Before you shout at me about how Katana Kami's faction system pales in comparison to other installments, I know, but hear me out. If there were some way to guarantee the quality of weapon you want, blueprints alone could act as a barebones endgame. Yakumo and Jaga immediately come to mind as swords that are fun, flashy, and actually allow for some playstyle expression.Д«lueprints: This is mostly an extension of the above, but the blueprints are actually fairly exciting the first few times you get them.

#Dona dona way of the samurai series

Beyond that, some of the cooler swords the series seem to be making their first appearance in Katana Kami. Sword Collecting: There are swords, and you can collect them. Since another post got me thinking about the game's many flaws, I figured I'd rant and speculate a bit to feel better about the fact that this is likely the last WotS game, at least until an indie dev creates a spiritual successor or the series gets revived.ДЄnyways, referring to the title I don't just mean a great game that happened to have the Way of the Samurai label slapped on for recognition, I mean a game that could legitimately do what prior games did well, even with the roguelite format.