Game Reviews5.8/10
Ken Ogawa’s revenge carries Ninja Blade, but the story falls short
A modern ninja wields katana against infected carriers of a worm parasite, in this dark, cinematic action tale of betrayal and pursuit.
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Tag: hack and slash
Game Reviews5.7/10
Killer Is Dead Review: Sharp Combat, Shallow Story
A contract executioner hunts the corrupted across a near-future Earth, in a hack-and-slash thriller that never quite explains itself.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada Narrows Down to One Clan — and Earns a 6.9
A tale of one family amid the Sengoku wars, wherein swords clash and spirits rise, told anew within the halls of a castle town.
Game Reviews6.5/10
Thirteen years on, Dynasty Warriors 8 still justifies its body count through its roster system.
Dynasty Warriors 8 review: Omega Force's 2013 hack-and-slash adds branching Story Mode, four-character stages and restored co-op, but gates its best idea
Game Reviews6.7/10
Arslan: The Warriors of Legend Review: A Crossover That Knows Exactly What It Is
Arslan: The Warriors of Legend review: Omega Force's 2015 musou crossover of Hiromu Arakawa's manga, with split-screen co-op and a 6.7/10 score.
Game Reviews7.5/10
MadWorld’s black-and-white brutality still looks like nothing else on the Wii
MadWorld, PlatinumGames' black-and-white Wii brawler, reviewed: its Bloodbath Challenges still work, its controls and sales story still don't.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes Review — A Hack-and-Slash That Knows Its Audience
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes review — Capcom's 2010 hack and slash brings camp control, branching history and split-screen co-op to PS3 and Wii.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Dynasty Warriors Next showed what the Vita could do, and what it couldn’t fix
Dynasty Warriors Next review: the 2011 PS Vita launch title brings one-against-a-thousand combat, a territory map, gold, and unskippable touchscreen duels.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Warriors Orochi 4 Review: Gods Behaving Badly, 170 Heroes Trying to Stop Them
Warriors Orochi 4 review: Koei Tecmo's final crossover pits 170 heroes against Zeus, Odin and Loki, with Sacred Treasures replacing type actions.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Samurai Warriors 4-II polishes the formula without moving it forward
Samurai Warriors 4-II review: Omega Force's 2015 revised take on Samurai Warriors 4, with a character-focused story mode and two-character switching. 7.5/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle — A Faster, Funnier Revenge Ladder
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle review — Grasshopper Manufacture's Wii sequel cuts the grind, adds dual beam katanas, and scores 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Dynasty Warriors: Origins Review — A Branching, Amnesiac Take on the Three Kingdoms
Dynasty Warriors: Origins review — Ziluan's amnesia, faction branching, and Switch 2 port. A 7.8/10 hack-and-slash that finally gives the series a spine.