Samurai Sword Destiny is trying to be Muramasa. Someone on this game's development team must have played and loved that Wii game and wanted to craft an homage -- and visually, they've kind of succeeded. This new 3DS download doesn't present the extreme level of detail that Muramasa held in its art, but the overall aesthetic is in the same vein here. Playing this, you can imagine what Muramasa itself would be like if it actually had a 3DS version.
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
