This game is actually pretty good. The storyline is simply fantastic! It is really well constructed. The game feels a lot like a movie because of the cinematics. For people interested in modern Japan, this is the game for you. The combat could get a bit repetitive, but it quite a pleasure giving your opponents a big glass of extreme pain with your moves and weapons. You can even get some more moves. The bad thing is that if you have bad health and then you fight an enemy then he destroys you, you start again with the same bad health, but the enemies aren't that hard to begin with. I enjoy the cinematics a lot because they play like a movie. The visuals were very appealing. The character movements are some of the best I've ever seen. Gameplay looks like a movie at certain camera angles. The cinematics are very well done. The tugging is really superb and the characters are modeled nicely. The lighting effects are also brilliant. The sound is really commendable. The voice acting is simply beyond belief, and that's one of the big things that make the game feel like a movie. It makes the cinematics very enjoyable to watch. The sound effects are pretty good too. In all I enjoyed this game, and it's definitely worth a try.
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