KAKU: Ancient Seal

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  • Summary: Kaku has lived alone on a snowy mountaintop for years, always dreaming about the world that lay beyond. Now, the ancient keeper from the mysterious ruins told him that it's his destiny to go on a continent-spanning adventure with a pig.
    Maybe some legendary creatures are waiting for him?    Kaku has lived alone on a snowy mountaintop for years, always dreaming about the world that lay beyond. Now, the ancient keeper from the mysterious ruins told him that it's his destiny to go on a continent-spanning adventure with a pig.
    Maybe some legendary creatures are waiting for him? Will they be good and kind, or snippy and inimical? Perhaps he'll find trouble with other tribes? But he'll never know unless he sets foot on this journey. For now, the only thing he needs to worry about is how to communicate with a pig, and how to fill his belly since that pig isn't for eating.

    KAKU: Ancient Seal is an open-world action-adventure fantasy game that lets players navigate their own path through a mysterious continent full of strange creatures, ancient ruins, and unique tribes. Play Kaku an young child, who's tasked with going on a journey across a sprawling continent.    … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Movies Games and Tech
    Sep 3, 2024
    90
    If you’re looking for a game that balances action with moments of thoughtful puzzle-solving, KAKU: Ancient Seal is well worth your time. It’s a journey that, much like its art style, feels like a warm, playful nod to the past while carving out its own space in the present.
  2. Try Hard Guides
    Jul 10, 2024
    90
    Kaku Ancient Seal feels nostalgic for PS2 area adventure games featuring fantastic world-building and strong action-adventure mechanics. The game will take you in, invest you in its diverse and interesting world, and provide satisfying ways to grow your strength as you balance the elements and save the world from destruction.
  3. Softpedia
    Jul 19, 2024
    80
    KAKU: Ancient Seal is a decent representative of the third-person action genre that doesn’t find ways to innovate in interesting ways. The core mechanics are decent, and the world is at times impressive. There’s plenty of depth to combat. But the narrative stalls after a few hours and fighting will become repetitive despite the wealth of new moves players can learn. Fans of the open-world action structure will enjoy the four continents and the unique content associated with each. But the entire experience would have benefited from being more focused, with a smaller number of mechanics and more innovation. KAKU: Ancient Seal is a solid game that fails to find a unique hook.
  4. GameGrin
    Aug 5, 2024
    70
    KAKU: Ancient Seal offers a great experience in a fantastic world, but certain design choices leave something to be desired.
  5. Hooked Gamers
    Aug 5, 2024
    70
    This is a game that is crying out for either a more sparsely populated map with more deliberate encounters al la Breath of the Wild, or a more fast-paced hack-and-slash combat system.
  6. The Games Machine
    Jul 10, 2024
    65
    Kaku: Ancient Seal is sub-par in every aspect of the action-adventure genre. Stay clear.
  7. Gaming Age
    Sep 6, 2023
    58
    It’s a thoroughly average 3D platformer that doesn’t do enough, good or bad, to be worth praising or condeming.

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  1. Sa6o90
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Really, really bad.
    Single player game, that you can't play offline.
    I wanted to play it on my SteamDeck when I'm outside and without    Really, really bad.
    Single player game, that you can't play offline.

    I wanted to play it on my SteamDeck when I'm outside and without internet, and guess what - you can't. :)
    Instantly refunded.    … Expand

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