Chris Buffa (Modojo): Samurai Sword Destiny is a 2D hack-an-slash adventure from UFO Interactive. The game casts you Akane, a female assassin that sets off through Japan in search of her brother, doing whatever it takes to rescue him from a group of ninjas and other sword carrying bozos.
Going into the experience, we hoped it would pay homage to classic 16-bit games from the 90s, where Akane blazes through a variety of unique environments slaughtering evildoers and picking up new abilities along the way.
Pocket Gamer: Superficially, Samurai Sword Destiny isn't a very good game. But if you plough enough time into it the carrot-and-stick mechanic eventually draws you in and propels you onwards.
As a product in which to sink some time, overcoming the blatantly poor fighting and feeling a sense of smugness as you wade further into its campaign, it is at least satisfactory.
The eShop's first game from UFO Interactive is a side-scrolling samurai slash 'em up. Here's our review.
"The hack-'n'-slash genre of games has been widely panned, being judged simply as nothing more than a mindless series of button mashing with absolutely no skill involved. Key genre franchises such as Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors (or really any other Tecmo Koei games with Warriors in the title) are completely disregarded and are typically poorly received critically based on the type of gameplay for the price. Now, on the Nintendo eShop, the game Samurai Sword Destiny attempts to bring the same style of sword-swinging action to the 3DS, for a considerably lower price. While the game remains fun, there are unfortunately quite a few balance issues." -- Wiiloveit.com
