If you would like to go in blind, maybe skim through this review because I am going to touch on some elements that you might not want to be spoiled however, I will try to keep it as light as possible. While the overall premise of Katana ZERO isn’t the same, the gameplay ties directly into the narrative. Atreus would even make mentions to it when inside the boat. Their mission wasn’t time sensitive so who cares if they wanted to explore some. The overall point of that game was to scatter Kratos’ wife’s ashes atop the highest peak in the realms. A great example of this would be in God of War.
It is nothing I would ever argue against a game for, but it is always fascinating when a game ties the two elements together. We have grown accustomed to it and really just turn our brains off when it comes to this dilemma.Ī game-specific example would be Link collecting 50 rushshrooms for some random dude so he can make a quick buck in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild while Calamity Ganon destroying Hyrule and Zelda is still battling the beast inside Hyrule Castle. A typical example would be dying hundreds of times without the game ever mentioning it once. Sadly, the gameplay often contradicts the narrative the game is trying to tell. There has to be gameplay in there to keep the player entertained between cutscenes unless a game is designed around it. A modern issue with storytelling in video games is that, well, its a video game. The overall narrative to this game captured me and what I find even more compelling is how the story ties directly into the gameplay. On a surface level, Katana ZERO looks like your run of the mill 2D action platformer, but once you dig deeper there is so much more to discover. Through the 15 or so levels of the game, you will use your sword to take out rooms of enemies while also utilizing a dodge roll, an ability to slow down time, and the ability to pick up objects and chuck them at enemies. Game and want to purchase it, you can support the developers by doing so here.Katana ZERO, developed by Askiisoft and published by Devolver Digital, puts you in control of “The Dragon,” a super skilled samurai assassin tasked with taking down high-level targets.
This download is completely free and won't cost you a penny. Then, launch the game through the desktop shortcut. Double click inside the Katana ZERO v1.0.5 folder and run the setup application.
zip file and click on “Extract to Katana ZERO v1.0.5.zip” (To do this you will need 7-Zip, which you can get here, or you can use the built in windows extractor).