Katana Zero 2019

Released: April 18, 2019
Genres: Platform · Strategy · Adventure · Indie · Arcade
Platforms: Android · PC · iOS · Mac · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch
Developer: Askiisoft
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Digital: GOG $8.99-40% Fanatical Steam Nintendo Xbox

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Is it still worth playing?

Askiisoft's 2019 platformer, a neo noir story set in a dystopian metropolis. You play Subject Zero, a katana wielding assassin with amnesia who can slow down time and predict the future, completing contracts for a psychiatrist while he unravels his past. It is a side scrolling hack and slash game in which you try to kill every enemy in a room without being hit. Zero can run, jump, wall kick, throw items and dodge, and a slow motion meter that gradually refills helps you read enemy movement. Each level is presented as a scenario Zero has foreseen. Aside from some bosses, enemies die in one hit, and so does Zero, who restarts from the last checkpoint. Because one hit decides every room, each room is still a short puzzle to plan and then carry out.