Goken
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Goken is an adventure, released 28 September 2017 on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Goken is
Goken was released in 2017. It was published by Gianty. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
-Scenario- Long ago, when gods lived amongst people... There lived a swordsman who was given five swords forged by god himself. Using these swords, the swordsman brought peace and order to the world. People called the swordsman, "Wielder of the Five Swords"... One day, during a fete to praise the gods, the blades of the swordsman turn against the gods for reasons unknown. One of the gods, Ozone, furious with all his powers, sealed the swordsman away at the top of a mountain now known as Swords Peak. This tale begins 5,000 years after the battle between the two, near a the small village of Cardina.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Goken launched on 28 September 2017, within three weeks of Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Divinity: Original Sin 2. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Official trailer
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