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The Craft of the Samurai

85% positive of 27 Steam reviews

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Released
2021
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Evgeniy Sevostyanov.

About the game

A short visual novel inspired from the works by the masters of Japanese cinema: Masaki Kobayashi, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Gosha.

Tagged by players

  • Cinematic
  • Visual Novel
  • Text-Based
  • Historical
  • Medieval
  • Atmospheric
  • Dialogue Heavy
  • Linear
  • Story Rich
  • Casual

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Short and Sweet. I appreciate the developer providing exactly what to expect with the visual novel, and that it was reasonably priced. I only heard about this game through some indie game YouTube channels, so I'm glad there's some exposure to this for what may get lost in the shuffle of the many games appearing on Steam daily. The overall presentation was good. The art, sound effects and most of the music…

    38 min played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    It is a short visual novel (30 min. long) that reminded me of the works by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. In all, I enjoyed the story. The art was beautiful but it would have been nice if more drawings had been used to visually tell the story.

    28 min played when written. 4 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Sum-Up In-depth analysis further down. 🟩Pros 🟥Cons As a Self-Voicing option that acts as Text-to-Speech, since the game is a linear story this can turn the experience in to a film. Short Visual Novel, takes you under one hour. -/- No choices can be made. -/- While sticking true to its inspiration, the Story does seem promising but fails miserably.The style of writing is a bit confusing for the reader to…

    13 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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