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About Trek to Yomi
Trek to Yomi Is a side-scrolling action-adventure game inspired by the cinematic style of classic Japanese samurai movies of the 60s and 70s developed by Leonard Menchiari and Flying Wild Hog studios, step into the shoes of a young samurai who has made a vow to his dying master to protect the town of Hiroki and the people he loves from all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must go on a voyage and decide how he must push forward.
- As mentioned before the game is stylized like a film with breathtaking camera angles and striking visuals reminiscent of classic samurai films
- Fight all kinds of vicious swordsmen and supernatural beings using only the traditional weapons used by samurais with a streamlined combat system built around them.
- Experience a mythical and enthralling story of Hiroki and his struggle against the forces of evil and his subsequent heroic return to avenge his failed vow to save the people he swore to protect.
- The soundtrack is punctuated by epic action pieces and somber pieces designed to feel authentic to the music of the time and place of feudal Japan.
Trek to Yomi Reviews
All in all, Trek to Yomi is a pretty solid game if a little short. I won’t fault a game for being single-digit hours long, as long as it delivers a good story; Trek to Yomi certainly did. As mentioned prior, the additional story path options potentially take the game up to a good probably 10 hours, assuming all are approximately the same. The challenge offered by completing the game on higher difficulties can also invite a challenge to squeeze a few more hours out, and the combat is fun enough to welcome a playthrough just for difficulties sake.
Gaming Age
Trek to Yomi is, for me, just shy of a veritable masterpiece. Looking at it purely subjectively, I think this game is bloody brilliant, and certainly one of the finest non-AAA games I have played in a long time. Rich combat, striking visuals, a gritty narrative, and dynamic audio experiences blend together to make this game a true stand out of 2022 so far. Unfortunately, I feel the hyper-stylised tone and fixed Japanese language setting may prove a turn off for some and cause this game to be overlooked. However, if you have even a passing interest in Japanese culture, cinema, or just plain solid gameplay, then I implore you to give Trek to Yomi a look.
Checkpoint Gaming
This samurai action-adventure embraces its contextual tone with a uniquely stellar presentation, a well-paced story, compelling positional and timing-based combat, and a cinematic flair that ties everything together. In all honesty, it's impressive how this game managed to richly condense such an experience within roughly 5 hours. I do wish that some boss fights were more challenging and that Aoki was given more focus, but those points don't take away from how enjoyable, and impactful Trek to Yomi was.
Noisy Pixel
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Devolver has some banger games in the last few years. Excited to see how this game performs. It's on my steam wishlist. Discord: Niloybd#2223
Trek to Yomi is a love letter to classic samouraïs movies but here you can interact and that's the plus (CHUCKY#0351)
The game looks interesting, but I just wait for the reviews before try it out. DANI3100#1440
The graphics look amazing! I would definitely check it out and buy it from here when it will launch! Geanyyy#9829
Upcoming small title from the Shadow Warrior team under Devolver Digital. As in Shadow Warrior this game focuses on the vojage of a samurai in a hack&slash side-scroller with a cinematic cut to it, thanks also to the artistic choice of using only shades of gray. Not much has been released yet but so far it seems quite promising, thanks to the small price tag, interesting visual choices and a pretty lax system requirements, looking forward to its release! mister0#3976