The Spirit of the Samurai Reviews
The Spirit of the Samurai’s steep difficulty curve, clunky controls, and sparse, underwhelming puzzles may frustrate newcomers. While optimization is solid, the UI and limited customization options need improvement. Despite these shortcomings, the game’s visuals, atmosphere, and rewarding combat mechanics make it a promising title with room for polish.
As fresh as it is dark, and as fun as it is challenging. The Spirit of the Samurai transports the player to a feudal Japan full of mythological creatures from Japanese folklore, with a haunting and immersive atmosphere. The stop-motion animation makes this metroidvania with touches of soulslike a unique experience.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
The Spirit of the Samurai is a visually stunning game that blends Soulslike combat with Metroidvania exploration, featuring impressive stop-motion visuals and moments of gameplay brilliance, but its limited field of view, occasionally frustrating combat, and technical issues may deter those seeking a flawless, easy experience, while fans of stylish action-platformers willing to embrace some challenges will find it worthwhile.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
The Spirit of the Samurai is a game full of great ideas that, unfortunately, fail to shine due to poor execution. The game is held back by terribly unresponsive controls, poorly implemented enemy AI, and developer promises that fall far short of expectations. These shortcomings, among others, ultimately make it difficult for me to recommend this game.
The Spirit of the Samurai is the most incredible Metroidvania title I have ever played, featuring amazing stop-motion animation, fantastic storytelling with horror elements, and fun combat—all coming together to create a game you’ll easily love as much as I do.