Swift strikes for instant kills is what you’re aiming for as, at the end of each level, you’re graded on things such as how many times you were seen, how long it took to finish the level, etc. Actual combat, outside of the game’s challenging boss fights, should be your last resort. Blocking is key to success as the end of a combo can leave you open to enemy counterattacks. Combat revolves around a fast flurry of strikes, whether armed or not and each enemy type has their own set of moves to adapt to. If you choose to forego the stealth route, you can engage in armed or unarmed combat, though you can’t block if you choose to solely use your fists. That doesn’t mean you can’t be stealthy, you just have to be quick about it. Though make no mistake, the combat and stealth are what it’s all about, but unlike most ninja games that reward a measured, careful and slow approach to stealth, Within The Blade is about speed in all things. The game combines platforming elements, light RPG elements, and crafting into its core as well, giving you much more to play with than a simple brawler. Once you’ve started the game proper, there’s no hand-holding, just your ninja being handed a task and then taking the fight to a variety of locations across the game’s twenty-five levels. So don’t go in expecting to use dash strikes from the get-go. Though the tutorial section will give you the run-through of the gamut of your skills, in the actual campaign you’ll have to unlock them through the skill tree. Within The Blade is a side-scrolling 2D pixel game, combining light RPG elements, fast-paced and gory combat, and stealth into one package.īefore you jump into the fray, it’s a good idea to run through the tutorial at the main menu to get an idea of how the game plays and the skills you’ll need to master in order to become a blistering dealer of death. If you like your ninja games full of fast and furious stealth with a glistening barrage of visceral and violently gory combat, then developer Ametist Studios’ incredibly surprising ninja-‘em-up, Within The Blade, is definitely the vocation you should be taking up. It’s your job to take the fight to the warlord and his minions to bring peace and prosperity back to Japan. And this is where the ninja, Hideaki of the Black Lotus clan, comes in. In the vein of the best of these stories, only one man can save Japan and assassinate the warlord. So, during a civil war in the Feudal Era, one warlord takes it upon himself to strike up a bargain with some shady demonic salesmen for ultimate power and control of Japan.
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