It’s a loving tribute to ancient Japanese culture and old-school game design.
Capcom released an absolute gem of a game this year.
No one is going to blame you for having missed it.
Once you’ve stopped the monsters, everybody does a dance to purify the gate.
Kunitsu-Gami feels silent by comparison.
There’s nothing extra to buy, unless you count the soundtrack, which is available on Steam.
you could go back and replay levels for additional rewards, but they’re optional.
It’s just a strategy game, and that alone makes it somewhat harder to approach.
It isn’t a variation on a well-trodden set of gameplay mechanics and themes.
Publishers similar in size to Capcom just don’t make games like this anymore.
Many games reflect the place in which it was made, but Kunitsu-Gami takes this to another level.
Kunitsu-Gami is steeped in Japanese art.
you could find woodblock prints telling you about the different monsters you fight.
), Kunitsu-Gami presents a world that feels like a diorama of a fairytale.
Photorealism is the last thing on its mind.
you’ve got the option to present Yoshiro with traditional Japanese confections made by real confectioners.
Bunraku (puppet) theater is one of the oldest forms of performing art in Japan.
Despite being a new game, Kunitsu-Gami is an artifact from another time in the best way.
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