Shin Samurai Jazz
Shin Samurai Jazz is a platform-adventure game. It combines the likes of film noir and samurai cinema, presenting them with 8-bit graphics, an electro-jazz soundtrack, and a comic/manga-like style creating a…
Shin Samurai Jazz is an adventure developed by Blaze Epic, released 16 March 2015 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Shin Samurai Jazz is
Shin Samurai Jazz is an adventure game developed by Blaze Epic and released in 2015. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shin Samurai Jazz is a platform-adventure game. It combines the likes of film noir and samurai cinema, presenting them with 8-bit graphics, an electro-jazz soundtrack, and a comic/manga-like style creating a unique atmosphere. Unlike it's predecessor, samurai_jazz, Shin Samurai Jazz features jumping mechanics inspired by chuunori, an old technique used in kabuki theatre to give the illusion of flying. It's combat mechanics consist of hacking and slashing with the ability to juggle enemies and perform mid-air combinations, also inspired by chuunori. While the adventure elements remain intact, the puzzles are more complex with varied level designs and enemy placements/attack patterns that…
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Shin Samurai Jazz launched on 16 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0 and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.
Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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