Trek to Yomi

 PlayStation 5
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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 53 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 14 out of 53
  3. Negative: 13 out of 53
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  1. babaganoosh08
    May 7, 2022
    8
    A lot (nearly everybody) is and will compare this to Ghost of Tsushima. But the truth is they're not even in the same genre of game so it's not even a smart thing to do.

    Trek to Yomi is truly beautiful, simple in its execution of delivering a Kurosawa, monochrome style story that will allow you to play through 3-4 times thanks to a path choice midway through the game. The combat is    A lot (nearly everybody) is and will compare this to Ghost of Tsushima. But the truth is they're not even in the same genre of game so it's not even a smart thing to do.

    Trek to Yomi is truly beautiful, simple in its execution of delivering a Kurosawa, monochrome style story that will allow you to play through 3-4 times thanks to a path choice midway through the game. The combat is simple and familiar to anyone whos played a game before. Light and heavy attacks can be mixed and matched, most of which you will find and learn as the game progresses, as well as the ability to alter simple light attack stokes using the right stick, to strike upwards, for example, which does add a little depth to the combat depending and what enemy you are facing. However, this will largely go unnoticed by those who will choose to just press square to win, which seems to be a valid tactic in this game, until you face a boss at least.

    Visually is where this game shines. The camera is not a concern here with it either being in a fixed position or panning along with you as you move through feudal Japan. Little collectibles are scattered through the levels, often in little hidden pathways that are not always obvious but not so difficult to spot either if you are actively looking, which if you're anything like me means you will be hugging every wall of the scene to see if there is a passage hidden or obscured for the chance of treasure or a sweet stat upgrade. Whether trekking through a village situated on two sides of a river below a gorgeous waterfall or preparing for a showdown with a bandit chief, framed by a burning torii gate, it's always a feast for the eyes gazing on scenes so symmetrical it would give Wes Anderson a hard on. You might struggle to take it all in a single shot. Even more incentive to play through the game once more for that alternate choice path.

    For the price, I don't think you can go wrong picking this up. It's great that there are still people that want to make video games that can be considered art. I would argue that this should be considered art.    … Expand
  2. Usefulidiot
    Jul 18, 2022
    9
    Visuals are stunning and the gameplay is addictive. Not the most complex combat system but I don’t always want that. The Atmosphere is amazing and so much care went into the ambiance.
  3. Blaze8604
    May 13, 2022
    8
    Personally I love Japan so a game based in Samurai times is something to look forward to,
    THE GOOD: It is Akira Kurosawa 'style' game, with great music, sound effects and amazing camera angels, this 2d/3d or whatever they call it is absolutely amazing imo, it is not just a basic left to right it is so much more!!,
    also the 2nd part of the game reminds me a bit of Nioh... in a good way    Personally I love Japan so a game based in Samurai times is something to look forward to,
    THE GOOD: It is Akira Kurosawa 'style' game, with great music, sound effects and amazing camera angels, this 2d/3d or whatever they call it is absolutely amazing imo, it is not just a basic left to right it is so much more!!,
    also the 2nd part of the game reminds me a bit of Nioh... in a good way ;) ...
    THE BAD one is mainly fighting - finishers are great, there are many moves You will unlock yet still certain enemies needs to be fight within a specific move set otherwise it is super hard to kill them and that makes it repetitive and boring.

    If You like samurai and 2D games this one is for You!    … Expand
  4. delfierro006
    Jan 20, 2023
    8
    Trek to Yomi was a enjoyable game with great black/white visuals, story is awesome, and the bosses are also great. To begin, love the game to even go for the platinum and pass is aproximately 6 times. In contrast, the only negative was the buttons but overall liked the game a lot.
  5. RayJai
    Jun 7, 2023
    10
    All Japanese Samurai sword-fighting action adventure games set in Feudal Japan, especially those paying respects to the legendary Kurosawa Akira style of flicks with grain filters, and most importantly with Japanese voice over, are totally beyond AWESOME !!!!!!!
  6. MGRODVI
    May 8, 2022
    7
    Los paisajes y la foto están bien pero es un combate bastante sencillo, está bien para palomear
  7. HeartlessNinny
    Apr 8, 2023
    3
    All sizzle, no steak. The gameplay is utter trash. Complete waste of time and money. Looks nice on the surface, but the animations are stiff and weird so even the aesthetics are ultimately second rate.
  8. BenFauWriter
    May 6, 2022
    0
    You want a good samurai game, play ghost of tsushima. Yumy suffers from horrible frame rate, repetitive combat. Agat, Tsushima is better in every way
  9. SimpKilla
    May 8, 2022
    0
    What a garbage game! Typical xbox gamepass trash game. Boring gameplay, very repetitive, combat sucks! Don't waste your money and time!
  10. Destroyer87
    May 9, 2022
    0
    The biggest Repetitive **** in my entire Lifetime I ever played. Tank Control from the 90's Playstation (Resident Evil Style), Story is from Absurdly to Boring, Fighting System are Horrible,
    Who wants play a great Samurai Game, should play Ghost of Tsushima. You can play with Noir filter aka "Akira Kurosawa" it's a thousand times better than this. This Game is your Money not worthy.
  11. HonestReviews66
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    This is one of the worst games I've played in recent times. They're basically hiding a terrible game behind a cheap black and white instagram filter with some poxy 'old film' effects to hide the poor graphics, bad animation and disgusting framerate. Eurogamer has a whole article about how poor this game performs on next-gen consoles even though it's basically a gameboy game. The combat isThis is one of the worst games I've played in recent times. They're basically hiding a terrible game behind a cheap black and white instagram filter with some poxy 'old film' effects to hide the poor graphics, bad animation and disgusting framerate. Eurogamer has a whole article about how poor this game performs on next-gen consoles even though it's basically a gameboy game. The combat is something you'd come up with yourself if you were a first-time game developer. It's just light attack and heavy attack with a couple of obvious combos. Parrying is uninspired and the flow doesn't feel right. Frustratingly, there's numerous times when you can choose between two paths but when you pick one, you can't go back to the other, meaning you miss collectibles. The fixed camera angle from Resident Evil 1 is immersion-breaking. The combat is incredibly repetitive. If you like the theme, just play Ghosts of Tsushima like every other sane person - that's one of the best samurai games of all time. This is trash. I'd rather eat bob all day than ever play this again. Shame on you, developers. I appreciate the indie games scene but I didn't pay £450 to play Tetris. I hate everyone.… Expand
  12. dyinginbeauty
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    Absolutely stunning game, probably the visually most beautiful I have ever played. Different to some reviews I find the combat great fun and a challenge. If you like old Japanese films a la Kurosawa this is almost a must play.
  13. jonjohn048
    Jul 3, 2023
    6
    I barely heard about this game back when it first launched but I do remember hearing a Youtuber I trusted saying he recommends it even with how flawed it is and I can definitely say I agree with him because while I'm positive you'll find it enjoyable, it is no way underrated because the flaws drag it down from being a classic. Before I actually talk about what I don't like about this game,I barely heard about this game back when it first launched but I do remember hearing a Youtuber I trusted saying he recommends it even with how flawed it is and I can definitely say I agree with him because while I'm positive you'll find it enjoyable, it is no way underrated because the flaws drag it down from being a classic. Before I actually talk about what I don't like about this game, the first thing I can say is that the black and white aesthetic feels incredibly cinematic and immersive tricking you into thinking you're watching an old movie in a good way and since this game was made with the black and white aesthetic from the ground up, it's for sure better than Ghost of Tsushima's Kurosawa mode. The music, voice acting, and the environments are pretty good at making sure your immersion isn't broken and stays with you all the way to the end. There's 4 separate weapons here and they're all unique and the fact the game takes advantage of the PS5's adaptive triggers is a nice bonus. You can even earn new moves via exploration and this can encourage you to keep an eye out for hidden spots in the environment to see if there's something for you to grab or even take down enemies without getting your blade out. Now that I've gotten all the positives out of the way, this game was some major problems that prevent me from both recommending this game and playing it again. The first major problem I have is that the story while completely serviceable isn't compelling and doesn't make me feel anything when things go bad which in turn, makes not even bother getting into the lore which that genuinely feels like an afterthought with how the game never asks any questions about our characters past making it difficult for me to connect with the characters either. While the way the camera is shot can be cinematic, there are times when the environment gets in the way of the camera totally messing up your focus. The puzzles are WAY too easy even for an indie game and I wouldn't be surprised if even someone who hates puzzles solves them quickly. I'm not kidding when I say the game is kinda broken since once you gain access to a few special moves, you can legit just spam those moves on the enemies over and over and there's pretty much nothing the enemies can do about it ensuring the enemy variety is meaningless and you don't even need to pick up any new moves and considering new moves are found only in exploration and not naturally throughout the game, that's a genuine failing on the developers part; and NO, the bosses aren't gonna encourage you to find those moves either since as long you can master your parrying and dodging, you'll pretty much be just fine. But tbh, easily the worst part about this game is how the gameplay is both unsatisfying and not smooth; no joke, whenever I entered the final boss in Chapter 6, the game wouldn't respond to my inputs for more than a second causing him to get a cheap shot at me and considering some of the trophies involve defeating bosses without getting hit, that's downright aggravating, one tiny complaint I have is that I wish the range was better since some enemies are so close to my sword when I feel like it should've hit them, but also how the game's hit registration is inconsistent because sometimes both me and my enemy will swing our swords and even though it should've hit us, nothing happened leaving us wide open. Overall, while this game is not totally unsalvageable, it's also certainly a little disappointing and after 18 hours of this game, I'm genuinely left unsatisfied since I know this game could've been so much more but alas, this is what we got. If you think this game is interesting, go in with an open mind, otherwise I don't think you should bother.… Expand
  14. StIwY
    Aug 30, 2023
    4
    Dreadful game, the camera view is obnoxious, the black / white design is stupid, the plot is boring.
  15. MechGundam13
    Aug 22, 2023
    7
    Trek to Yomi is a mixed bag.
    The Unique visual style is the biggest selling point, but also something that isn't always working in the games favor.
    Some parts of the game are just to dark, if your character is in the foreground its totally fine but in some scenarios your character tends to wander off into the distance and its hard to tell what actually is going on. Also the subtitles    Trek to Yomi is a mixed bag.
    The Unique visual style is the biggest selling point, but also something that isn't always working in the games favor.
    Some parts of the game are just to dark, if your character is in the foreground its totally fine but in some scenarios your character tends to wander off into the distance and its hard to tell what actually is going on.
    Also the subtitles are in white, they sometimes overlap with the white environment.
    Let's talk about the gameplay, the game has a parring system which doesn't really work.
    There is also no reason to learn any of combos.
    Fighting kinda fells repetitive and is sometimes frustrating.
    But the Game is cheap, has a very distinctive Visual Style and the short Story (3 - 4 hours) makes it perfect to entertain you on a boring day.    … Expand
  16. AtomosFabian
    Jun 1, 2023
    10
    La ambientación es increíble, el estilo y el arte recuerda a las películas de Akira Kurozawa, gran jugabilidad e historia
  17. Nmaa18
    Jun 12, 2023
    6
    Best stuff: The ost, voice quality and acting, sounds, and visuals are top notch.

    Issues: Sometimes there were 2 paths to choose from -which was the main one was never made clear- which i disliked because on several occasions i couldnt go back. The difficulty is just weird, I played it all on medium but then couldnt beat the final boss until I put it on easy. The combat depth and range    Best stuff: The ost, voice quality and acting, sounds, and visuals are top notch.

    Issues: Sometimes there were 2 paths to choose from -which was the main one was never made clear- which i disliked because on several occasions i couldnt go back. The difficulty is just weird, I played it all on medium but then couldnt beat the final boss until I put it on easy. The combat depth and range of weapons are decent, but the blocking is horrible.

    What could be improved: The enemy combat ai and facial expressions in cutscenes could be improved. The story is not very interesting, elaborate or memorable enough... An unexpected switch of setting/story focus mid way through the game did add some novelty. In addition, a lot of concepts/phrases were used too often: "you could have saved them" was said like 300 times.

    My conclusion: Overall I had many fustrating moments in combat, but at least there were many respawn points and the music and visuals carried me forward - although i wish i could have included the story as a pull factor. Took about 5 hours for me to complete, if it had taken longer or if I had paid more than 10£ I might have give this a 5 instead of a 6. I can only recommend it if you really like feudal Japan, short experiences, or really want to try a flawed but unique game to take a break from AAA titles. I'm giving this game a 68/100    … Expand
  18. jaymeehuynh
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    Utterly boring with laggy fighting system, dodging and parrying keeps getting lagged if u have more than 3 enemies surrounded. Even if u can get used to it, which has not much to offer in upgrading and fighting style at all n the same thing would keep repeating all over and over n over again, the game itself is so boring, dont even wanna finish it since the writting and story isn’t thatUtterly boring with laggy fighting system, dodging and parrying keeps getting lagged if u have more than 3 enemies surrounded. Even if u can get used to it, which has not much to offer in upgrading and fighting style at all n the same thing would keep repeating all over and over n over again, the game itself is so boring, dont even wanna finish it since the writting and story isn’t that appealing, couldn’t be more basic with all those youkai and samurai vengence stuffs… Expand
  19. TheBigTicket
    Jun 28, 2023
    8
    I really enjoyed this game, it certainly lacks in gameplay but the whole setting, presentation and even the story are really good.

    Loved the design and style, satisfying game that probably isnt for everyone though.
  20. Ubaaii
    Jul 17, 2023
    2
    Trek to Yomi is artistically perfect, but for some reason the game developers seem to forget it is a video game. Gameplay is awfully inconsistent. You can eliminate an npc in 3 hits; but later on, you meet the same npc and it gets eliminated in 6 hits; and another time in just 2. For a game based on parrying, it has a very terrible parrying system thats also inconsistent. Boss fight couldTrek to Yomi is artistically perfect, but for some reason the game developers seem to forget it is a video game. Gameplay is awfully inconsistent. You can eliminate an npc in 3 hits; but later on, you meet the same npc and it gets eliminated in 6 hits; and another time in just 2. For a game based on parrying, it has a very terrible parrying system thats also inconsistent. Boss fight could have been better with parrying fixes. Unfortunately, the game is really repetitive. You fight the same npcs with the same strategy. They also limit you to the parrying system that barely functions.… Expand
  21. Warrior_of_Doom
    Jul 19, 2023
    8
    The overall score is based on how much fun I personally had with every component of the game
    and the overall experience.
  22. Kapi_
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the worst game Ive ever tried to platinum. Everything is broken and achievements are lazy, the combat is repetetive and not enjoyable. If the game had chapter select it would be much better ngl.… Expand
  23. ThePocketDoc
    Jul 30, 2023
    7
    The worst game I've ever loved. See also. The most beautiful lobotomy ever. Seriously, the hit reg and bugs about drove me up a wall. I hope they make another game, and please for the love of God release it actually finished.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 42
  3. Negative: 2 out of 42
  1. The Independent
    Aug 8, 2022
    80
    At eight hours in length on a single playthrough Trek to Yomi is a compelling enough story that makes strong use of cinematic techniques to tell a samurai tale in a novel way. Its approach could easily be imagined on the silver screen but its interactive medium makes for a compelling combat-heavy side scroller with enough mechanical depth to warrant multiple playthroughs.
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  2. Oyungezer
    Jun 24, 2022
    65
    I can recommend Trek to Yomi to those who want to experience a dark story. But even though visuals are eye-candy, I gotta admit gameplay is kind of a letdown.
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  3. PLAY
    Jun 22, 2022
    60
    It’s a shame that despite a story about finding balance, Yomi doesn’t manage to achieve that itself, being a handsome cinematic homage on an indie budget, but sadly lacking the smooth and satisfying swordplay to back it up. [Issue#15, p.78]
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