Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story

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5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 5 out of 9

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  1. Yunichi
    Feb 22, 2020
    8
    Its an Acquire Way of the Samurai game...its also a decent dungeon crawler/hack n slay with alot different swords...i played it for 10h in hh so far...dont like a particular boss bc i died 3 times but overall its a great game...of course no diablo...but still worth it in my opinion...played 2 way of the samurai games from Acquire...bought katana bc of that...continue another run now :)
  2. holopleather
    Feb 22, 2020
    8
    A hack-and-slash entry to Chunsoft's lineup of rogue-like mystery dungeon titles. If you are a Shiren the Wanderer fan, or just enjoy high stakes procedurally generated dungeon crawling, you will probably like this. This kind of game is not for everyone, but it fits very will within it's specific niche. It's perfect for portable system like the switch. It's a little hard but for it's genreA hack-and-slash entry to Chunsoft's lineup of rogue-like mystery dungeon titles. If you are a Shiren the Wanderer fan, or just enjoy high stakes procedurally generated dungeon crawling, you will probably like this. This kind of game is not for everyone, but it fits very will within it's specific niche. It's perfect for portable system like the switch. It's a little hard but for it's genre I would say the difficultyis about average. Easy enough to be accessible, plenty difficult enough to keep you from getting bored.… Expand
  3. QuietNerdKing
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    Have you ever played a way of the samurai game? If you didnt, do not give this game a playthrough. If you have played a way of the samurai game, then you'll understand that this game is legit trash you'd find in a dumpster behind a tim hortons. It's not even a way of the samurai game, i dont know why they'd called it that. It dungeon crawling aspect is mediocre to crap, the controls areHave you ever played a way of the samurai game? If you didnt, do not give this game a playthrough. If you have played a way of the samurai game, then you'll understand that this game is legit trash you'd find in a dumpster behind a tim hortons. It's not even a way of the samurai game, i dont know why they'd called it that. It dungeon crawling aspect is mediocre to crap, the controls are junk, and the story was sad (not in a good way either). If this is what Acquire is doing now, then i dont want them to have money. Just port the WotS series in a collection to PC/Switch/PS4, and dont even mention this abomination.… Expand
  4. Mnobody
    Jul 26, 2020
    0
    This is a groundhog day experience unlike no other that only a neanderthal would be enchanted by. You will spend your entire time in this came unable to leave a blacksmith hut to have any meaningful character interaction. You will randomly attack NPCs out of tired frustration. Your only freedom is to go into a dungeon embedded into a magic tree, use the same 3-button combinations to levelThis is a groundhog day experience unlike no other that only a neanderthal would be enchanted by. You will spend your entire time in this came unable to leave a blacksmith hut to have any meaningful character interaction. You will randomly attack NPCs out of tired frustration. Your only freedom is to go into a dungeon embedded into a magic tree, use the same 3-button combinations to level up your one OP sword that you'll have to repair every 20 minutes, and then warp out to repeat all the crap levels again the next day starting again at LVL1.

    Anyone that gives this game more than a 3/10 is clearly paid by developers to spread fake reviews or suffers from a brain defect.    … Expand
  5. mighty_paulo
    Mar 3, 2020
    4
    Laggy, badly translated, pointless gameplay loop, cumbersome navigation and dull story are some of the defining characteristics of this game. I really, really wanted to like this, but this game is a mess.
  6. RossiPosse
    Feb 21, 2020
    4
    I'm only a few hours in at the moment so will update with a proper review later on but for now I would definitely say stay away, looks absolutely awful and the gameplay is very bland, hefty price tag which doesn't help. Maybe they may patch it but it feels and looks like a cheap mobile game in current state.
  7. SplitMind
    Jul 29, 2022
    4
    An insult to the WotS series. Useless roguelike dungeon crawler. Give us WotS 5!
  8. swoke12345
    Sep 20, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I liked this game a lot. There's plenty of hours of fun to be had here. If you include the bonus dungeon, after you beat the main game. I have 2 gripes about this game. 1, the skills on your sword are hard to precisely call upon when needed and sometimes the skills come out when you dont want them too; due to clunky controls for sword skills. 2, sometimes the game gitters, here and there. By gitters, i mean that the screen flakes out from time to time. the devs know should know what im talking about. Other than that i thought the game was well done. and i am looking forward to another installment. hopefully they at least make the sword skills less clunky to use.… Expand

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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    May 1, 2020
    80
    The gameplay loop works well as something to play for just a few minutes each day. [Issue #46 – May/June 2020, p. 18]
  2. Cubed3
    Apr 13, 2020
    80
    Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story is likely going to still be a cult classic like its predecessors. This experiment has proven to be a huge success. Even gamers who are turned off by the words 'procedurally-generated' and 'roguelike,' might actually enjoy this new take on ronin simulation. It is mostly elevated thanks to the combat, and the attention to detail of choices that can be made to tip the scales in one's favour. Don't expect something like Ninja Gaiden 2, since the combat here is more methodical and gritty.
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  3. GameCritics
    Feb 26, 2020
    45
    Roguelikes always involve repetition, but the difference between a good roguelike and a bad one is whether there’s a sense of momentum from one run to the next – some feeling that I’m slowly chipping away at a discernible goal by gaining the right tools or learning the right lessons. Katana Kami occupies that space for a while, but then keeps going for no good reason. Players with the self-discipline to call it quits when the final boss is felled may find value here, but as a whole, Katana Kami is a solid eight-hour roguelike stretched and distorted into a thirty-hour grotesquerie.
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