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Ninja or Die is a peculiar identify for a sport, however I took a take a look at the ninja-slaying roguelite on Steam and I’m intrigued by… all of this. It’s so quick and flashy, I can hardly sustain.

I’ve watched the trailer for Ninja or Die a number of occasions now, and I’m nonetheless piecing it collectively; slow-mo helps, however I doubt it’ll totally click on till we’ve tried enjoying it.

Nao Video games and Marvelous Europe are hoping to mix “hardcore motion” with “easy controls,” and I’m curious to see how that may pan out as soon as the coaching wheels are off. Particularly, Ninja or Die makes use of one-button controls. “Leap to the place you level, eviscerate the enemy by dashing via them, and maintain to assault with larger energy.”

The setup is that you just’re a undercover agent in a “ninja-eat-ninja world” with bosses to carry down and hordes of smaller creeps to chop via. As a roguelite expertise, demise is part of the deal and also you’ll accumulate perma-upgrades in addition to alternate characters. You’ll be able to energy up your stats again on the village or “pay the back-alley physician.”

Versus some current roguelites, Ninja or Die appears to emphasise excessive scores and replayability over a loop-based format that’s servicing a bigger story. On that notice, ranges are “a combination” of procedural and hand-crafted, and there’s an Infinite Watchtower to run.

The items won’t all add up in the long run, however the strangeness appeals to me. I simply hope that after I’m the one leaping round Japan like a madman, I’ve a greater sense of my busy environment. From the surface trying in, readability is a priority.

As luck would have it, there’s a browser-based demo to get a really feel for it.

One other one for the wait-and-see wishlist? I believe so.