Killer Is Dead: Nightmare Edition

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  1. sleeplust
    Oct 17, 2015
    8
    目前好像只通关了大约1/3不到，普通难度，算是对游戏整体有了基本的认识。
    画面：
    实机画面并不像宣传视频中那般光怪陆离，整体上还是比较清晰易懂和易于接受的，这样的画面风格倒是比较讨巧的避开了高难度的真实化的贴图渲染和光照模拟，当然，这样的风格是和游戏剧情和游戏性部分相辅相成的：大胆粗犷的剧情和理想化，脸谱化的人设是这个游戏的核心设计，画面只是表象。 剧情： 主角是个雇（软）佣（饭）杀（王）手，剧情没有铺垫，也不需要铺垫（写到这里我特意百毒了一下主创须田刚一，发现有另一个作品《杀手7》，画面风格类似，这也许就是前传或铺垫吧。），就像那诡异的画面风格一般，仿佛重复着主创须田刚一的话：“这就是我的风格，你没得选择。”蒙多·扎帕（Mondo    目前好像只通关了大约1/3不到，普通难度，算是对游戏整体有了基本的认识。
    画面：
    实机画面并不像宣传视频中那般光怪陆离，整体上还是比较清晰易懂和易于接受的，这样的画面风格倒是比较讨巧的避开了高难度的真实化的贴图渲染和光照模拟，当然，这样的风格是和游戏剧情和游戏性部分相辅相成的：大胆粗犷的剧情和理想化，脸谱化的人设是这个游戏的核心设计，画面只是表象。
    剧情：
    主角是个雇（软）佣（饭）杀（王）手，剧情没有铺垫，也不需要铺垫（写到这里我特意百毒了一下主创须田刚一，发现有另一个作品《杀手7》，画面风格类似，这也许就是前传或铺垫吧。），就像那诡异的画面风格一般，仿佛重复着主创须田刚一的话：“这就是我的风格，你没得选择。”蒙多·扎帕（Mondo Zappa）这个名字有点意大利风味，却又很适合日本人念出。目前我遇到的主要的瑕疵之一就是游戏角色说话时的口型是英语的（英语配音也不错），可我为了一个置鲇龙太郎的名号就选择了日语语音，毕竟整体游戏剧情和对话的风格也是日式的，“且库妹托”，“keela yis deddo”这样的和风英语也不突兀，配音很专业，但是口型却没变，语音和口型的持续时间不统一的情况很常见。
    人设：
    主角，美国人蒙多的巴掌脸上有着一副典型的“霸道总裁”式的，东方化的五官，配上长方形的斯文眼镜，他和周渝民相比谁的颜值更高（更有gigolo范）是个不错的话题。值得夸奖的是一众女配角的外形设计，脸形有女神化的中长脸也有日式的小圆脸，但是其中全无某F爷的横向长颧骨带来的伪蛇精脸，也没有某日本卖肉游戏DOA里的婴儿肥塑料脸，更不用担心这个游戏里会出现某YM那样的粗壮下颌，而且难能可贵的是其中没有最终幻想中绿茶女表既视感十足的做戏痕迹。可以说在众多偏写实的画面风格中，杀手已死的人设不一定是最好，但可以说是最漂亮的，至少我没想起更美形的例子。
    操作：
    中规中矩，之前我曾经吐槽过日本人做的游戏或日本人做东家发行的游戏作品的视角和键鼠操作往往有问题，而这次虽说日本人是主创，但欧洲人是东家，或许日本人也就不太敢有意做坏PC版的操作了。不能随意跳其实是个优点，乱蹦乱跳的反而有损“霸道总裁”的稳重形象（只是有时从平地上台阶的时候略有不便），视野还算开阔，而且没有MGRR里那样恶心的镜头自动贴地和不合时宜的过肩视角，操作延迟不高，可以让玩家畅快自如的进行观察。
    界面：
    华而不实，杂乱难懂，按键不合理。
    由于PC版本出的晚抑或是设计者有意为之，操作界面中有时会有“选项卡”样式的UI，好像字母R是选择右边的选项卡，再选回左边的却要按Shift！后退回上一层界面是空格，略过过场画面是ESC，有时候需要用鼠标滑轮选择选项，有时候却又要用到键盘的方向键，确认键是鼠标左键，而在开场动画却还要用到回车键！好在游戏内的战斗按键方面，我还没遇到什么让人恼的设置。
    界面的美术设计也是基于游戏整体基调和画面风格存在的，文字的背景很杂乱，而最让人气到想笑的界面中的美化元素，有点像蕾丝，单看这种设计，明显是女性化的，但是结合粗犷的配色和渲染风格，倒也算是不错的中和，美术上不算累赘，但是从实用性上仍显多余。
    bug：
    有些场景中部分音频失效，好像重启游戏可以解决问题。
    人设优秀，风格独特而无噱头感，优点大于缺点，值得尝试。
    Cyborg Gigolo Simulator
    Graphics:8.5
    Control:8
    Characters:9
    Difficulty:7
    Story:6
    Optimization:8
    Total:7.5/10    … Expand
  2. dugazoid
    Oct 3, 2016
    8
    SUDA51 is one of my favourite studios, so... The graphics, gameplay and, overall, characters, are at a level that only this studio can reach.

    Maybe too short, but quite re-playable.
  3. leSange
    Dec 19, 2018
    8
    +крутой стиль
    +японщина, непонятно что вообще происходит, прошел, так и не понял, но было интересно
    +годный ост
    +панцу шоты

    -слешер с маленькой буквы
  4. Gracz-org
    Aug 8, 2017
    9
    Killer is Dead okazał się zaskakująco udanym tytułem, który już na zawsze wpisał się w moją listę najlepszych gier wszech czasów. Fabuła jest tutaj na tyle rozbudowana, że każdy fan japońskich „telenowel” powinien być usatysfakcjonowany^^. Naszym najgroźniejszym przeciwnikiem będzie tu niejaki David, który jest nam o wiele bliższy niż się na początku wydaje i w pewnym momencie zacznieKiller is Dead okazał się zaskakująco udanym tytułem, który już na zawsze wpisał się w moją listę najlepszych gier wszech czasów. Fabuła jest tutaj na tyle rozbudowana, że każdy fan japońskich „telenowel” powinien być usatysfakcjonowany^^. Naszym najgroźniejszym przeciwnikiem będzie tu niejaki David, który jest nam o wiele bliższy niż się na początku wydaje i w pewnym momencie zacznie stawać się również częścią naszych wspomnień… No właśnie, kim on właściwie jest? Przekonajcie się sami ;-) Ukończenie głównego wątku fabularnego i misji pobocznych zajęło mi około 9 godzin - długość rozgrywki jest więc całkiem znośna. Na zakończenie dodam jeszcze stwierdzenie, które niewątpliwie przebija się przez całą recenzję, a czego może jeszcze nie zdążyliście zauważyć - gra jest po prostu rewelacyjna!

    The Job is complete - Killer is Dead!

    Plusy:
    + niesamowita i wciągająca historia
    + rewelacyjnie przedstawiony główny bohater
    + wszechobecny humor
    + satysfakcjonująca rozgrywka
    + efektowna i emocjonująca walka
    + różnorodne i świetnie przedstawione lokacje
    + wampiry na księżycu^^
    + dla tego tytułu kupiłbym konsolę…

    Minusy:
    – grafika mogłaby być ciut lepsza
    – trochę nudzące misje poboczne

    Pełna recenzja dostępna jest na blogu Gracz.org    … Expand
  5. Mobile
    Apr 14, 2018
    8
    ENG
    Great game in my opinion, both in its genre and in General. Breaking 4 walls, humor, characters, style and every beginning of a new level, as if the beginning of a series of series. With great pleasure passed, even in 30 fps quite playable. Pros wrote cons and especially will remember, was in place.
    RU Отличная игра по моему мнению, как в своем жанре так и в общем плане. Ломание 4    ENG
    Great game in my opinion, both in its genre and in General. Breaking 4 walls, humor, characters, style and every beginning of a new level, as if the beginning of a series of series. With great pleasure passed, even in 30 fps quite playable. Pros wrote cons and especially will remember, was in place.
    RU
    Отличная игра по моему мнению, как в своем жанре так и в общем плане. Ломание 4 стены, юмор, персонажи, стилистика и каждое начало нового уровня, будто начала серии из сериалов. С большим удовольствием прошел, даже в 30 fps вполне играбельно. Плюсы написал, а минусов особо не вспомню, все было к месту.    … Expand
  6. Sta42
    Jan 3, 2018
    8
    It's a freakin good game. Yeah, maybe a little repetitive but never boring. Graphics are really cool (maybe a little too dark (really, sometime you can't see anything)) and there's a lot of ideas. Well, that said, I'm pretty big fan of Suda51, so this appreciation isn't really objective. But if you can, don't hesitate and grab this game.
  7. Brayanrdz2510
    Nov 28, 2021
    9
    actualmente el juego no me presento ningun error, el juego es bastante completo, cuenta con buena historia, personajes carismaticos y un buen gameplay. no tengo mucho que decir. pero es muy buen juego COMPRALO AHORA MISMO, ES UNA JOYITA DE JUEGO.
  8. LalchandTudu
    May 25, 2014
    9
    A beautiful game that pushes the limits of creative artworks in the field of cel-shaded graphics. Many thanks to Mr. Goichi Suda aka Suda51 and all the people from Grasshopper Manufacture who were involved in the production process of this game.

    The gameplay is nice and butter-smooth. The beginning may be a bit rough as not much of the combos are available. Once you unlock a few combos,    A beautiful game that pushes the limits of creative artworks in the field of cel-shaded graphics. Many thanks to Mr. Goichi Suda aka Suda51 and all the people from Grasshopper Manufacture who were involved in the production process of this game.

    The gameplay is nice and butter-smooth. The beginning may be a bit rough as not much of the combos are available. Once you unlock a few combos, the game becomes more fun. You can really muster up some of the most brutal combo moves, very flashy indeed and really feels great when you pass judgement combo slash upon enemies. The boss fights are really impressive and full of adrenaline.

    The story will not make any sense if you think straight. In order to understand it you must have an "Otaku" mind, then only you can get around the story.

    The game really shines well in PC platform full F-HD support (1080p resolution), very responsive controls. Although the game is locked at 30fps gameplay speed, you can unlock it to 60 fps by modifying the .ini file which is not very difficult for pc gamers.

    A really good game worth buying and playing for the PC platform.    … Expand
  9. TabulaRasa
    Jun 14, 2014
    8
    Playing this game is essentially signing a contract saying that you'll be willing to accept whatever strange insanity is going on in developer Suda51's head, and it's certainly a doozy. If you're willing to accept that you're probably not going to understand what the hell is going on (at least on your first playthrough), then you might be able to look past the veil and find a charming gamePlaying this game is essentially signing a contract saying that you'll be willing to accept whatever strange insanity is going on in developer Suda51's head, and it's certainly a doozy. If you're willing to accept that you're probably not going to understand what the hell is going on (at least on your first playthrough), then you might be able to look past the veil and find a charming game worth loving.

    It probably won't rock your world, but it's worth a playthrough if you're into solid character action games. It plays in a third person cel-shaded style, which looks good in cutscenes, but does make it kind of hard to see during gameplay. The combat is varied, with a variety of sword moves, sub-weapons, and cool instant-death abilities. The sword impacts feel heavy and satisying, probably more so when playing on a gamepad as opposed to the mouse and keyboard.

    Nightmare Edition comes with an extra difficulty setting, the Smooth Operator pack, and Theater Mode, helping you decipher the story you just played through. Only for 19.99, which is a pretty good value if you haven't checked it out yet.

    Overall, it's a good game with good combat, and interesting albeit sometimes unintelligible writing.    … Expand
  10. Tylanderma
    Nov 1, 2015
    9
    Okay. Just to make this point readily apparent. This is a character action games. Character action games don't play well with keyboard and mouse, just because of how they work. I do not, in any situation, recommend you playing this with keyboard and mouse. Controller is pretty much necessary. That said, the game is fantastic. It controls well, and the story is off the walls crazy, to beOkay. Just to make this point readily apparent. This is a character action games. Character action games don't play well with keyboard and mouse, just because of how they work. I do not, in any situation, recommend you playing this with keyboard and mouse. Controller is pretty much necessary. That said, the game is fantastic. It controls well, and the story is off the walls crazy, to be expected out of Suda 51. The performance is pretty poor, so some people with lower end pcs will have issues running it, but if you can run it, it is well worth it.… Expand
  11. Rayman225
    Jul 10, 2014
    10
    I don't get why are you complaining about, the port is good, it has a good Mouse and Keyboard controls unlike the other Japanese hack and slash games.
    And stop lying, this game has no glitch.
    All this negative user scores are made by a butthurt console gamers, the question is, why? Are you butthurt because this game was released on PC?
  12. apokalipto
    Aug 21, 2023
    8
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  13. puchiandsonic
    May 15, 2023
    10
    This game is one of the best games from Suda 51, better than No More Heroes. Do yourself a favor and play it
  14. RoyBrewer
    Sep 14, 2022
    8
    Recently played this game again after beating it years ago and it is still a fun experience, the game is stylish and the combat is intense. The game has some oddities to it but if you can get past the slower bits its a great experience.

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71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Impulsegamer
    Aug 11, 2014
    76
    Killer is Dead Nightmare Edition is definitely up there with one of the weirdest but fun games that I have played on the PC.
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  2. GameStar
    Jun 9, 2014
    75
    Quotation forthcoming.
  3. Multiplayer.it
    Jun 6, 2014
    80
    On PC Killer is Dead reaches its best. It's a funny game with a good combat system and an original artistic aspect.
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