![]() ![]() Sorry for the nostalgia trip, but this game has also given me very pleasant nostalgic memories.Īragami: Shadow Edition – Gameplay footage (PC, 1080p HD) – DVDfeverGamesĪragami is very much a stealth-based game, and reminds me of elements from both Hitman and Thief, two of my favourite game series of all time. ![]() ![]() Keep out of the light, and stay in the dark, to build up your shadow essence, and if you swap light and dark, with black and red, respectively, it could almost be Bullseye coming back. However, this is how your shadow spirit gets about, so you need to get with it, and after a few minutes, it is easy to get to grips with, so it’s not difficult to pick up and play, and it becomes much more enjoyable than said VR games. ![]() You have shadow essence, allowing you to teleport into dark areas in each of the 13 levels, and it’s this teleportation aspect which takes a bit of getting used to as, initially, it makes it feel like one of those (rather annoying) VR games where you can’t walk about, and must ‘hop’ from space to space. They begin wielding swords, but soon come the archers, along with more difficult baddies, and you need to keep your wits about you in order to complete each level. In short, you’re an assassin, and there’s a supernatural tinge to how you go about things, but in short, whileyou collect some items and destroy others, the real fun here is the ability to quickly zip about and fight the enemy known as ‘Kaiho’, a bunch of mystical warriors who control the light (presumably they know where they switch is – ho, ho, ho). Bandits vs Samurai Squadron (Kumokiri Nizaemon) (1.Aragami is a game I never played on its original release as it slipped past me, but then stealth is what this title is all about.Shock and Awe - The Grindhouse Experience #3 (06/1.Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975).Godzilla: Final Wars (aka Gojira: Fainaru uôzu) (2.Horrors Of Malformed Men (aka Kyôfu kikei ningen.The progressively grave tone of the conversation is like a clock of armageddon ticking down to the time when the swordsman and the samurai will draw steel against one another and find out whom fate truly favors. The rest is pure dialogue, yet Aragami never seems to drag. Kitamura manages not only to show his reverence for the folklore of his homeland while simultaneously poking fun at it, but also accomplishes the impressive feat of creating an ever-growing web of tension by use of one of the strangest plot devices I've ever seen.Ī philosophical discussion over a cup of tea.Įven more arresting is the fact that when you do the math, this film consists of only two fights in its 79 minute runtime. Aragami represents a dramatic departure from the over the top heroics of Versus and Kitamura's light-hearted and bloodsoaked ninja epic, Azumi (2003).Īragami is a surprisingly mature film. Like most people, my first experience with Kitamura-san's work was the oft-maligned but ridiculously enjoyable, Versus (2000). It has to be earned in a duel to the death. But it is not a mantle that can be freely given. The swordsman's greatest desire is to give up his immortality and pass his mantle on to a successor. The samurai then discovers the reason that his life has been spared. However, the one thing that centuries of existence has taught the kami is that everlasting life isn't all that it's cracked up to be. The swordsman in actuality is a kami an immortal being whose sole purpose is to hone his martial prowess far beyond that of normal men and pit his skill against the skill of other fighters. The samurai responds with mild amusement that gradually evolves into outright jovial disbelief.īut this is no laughing matter. The swordsman even claims to have been the great Miyamoto Musashi in a former life. Over the course of the evening, the swordsman engages the samurai in a rather profound dialogue with topics ranging from battle tactics to reincarnation. The companion dies, but the remaining samurai is miraculously nursed back to health by a powerful swordsman (Masaya Kato) and his female companion (Kanae Uotani). The action picks up with a badly injured samurai (Takao Osawa) and his nearly dead companion (Hideo Sakaki) finding refuge from a brutal storm inside the walls of a mysterious temple. Aragami takes place arguably sometime during the latter part of the Bakumatsu the final years of the Edo Period that signaled the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. ![]()
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