It’s the fifteenth century and one in every of Japan’s main figures, Oda Nobunaga, duties a twenty first century college woman and a trio of ninjas to slay the Demon Lord. With the ability of friendship and kisses, off you go to save lots of the world. Emphasis on kisses, by the way in which, as a result of if the title did not give it away, Samurai Maiden is that kind of recreation. Nevertheless, it’s a bit lighter on the fanservice than a few of its friends.
The plot is simply there. Nothing floor breaking, nor horrible — it’s an excuse to convey the women collectively and make a reasonably catchy opening theme. Nonetheless, the interactions and banter is entertaining sufficient to disregard the generic plot, and the fairly prolonged visible novel-esque cutscenes that generally regurgitate plot factors.
A lot of the enjoyment depends on the hit or miss gameplay. There are greater than 24 missions alongside non-obligatory quests generally known as ‘bubble pockets’. You’ll discover out in a short time there’s a scarcity of stage design variation. It is rinse and repeat by fairly linear paths till you attain huge and, generally, detrimentally small arenas the place enemies are roughly a reskin of one another with related assault patterns.
Nevertheless, the bubble pockets do add some selection to the common system, with gentle puzzle and platforming components making a pleasant distinction to the general monotonous foremost missions. They’re additionally important in boosting your fight abilities. Actually, something remotely non-obligatory, resembling bolstering your relationship together with your teammates, is the place the sport stands out.
Each time you employ your companions’ abilities, your relationship with them rises. They’re pleasantly designed in a manner which means you do not have ton depend on them, appearing extra as stun mechanics. As well as, these assaults assist masks the sport’s quite a few body charge dips. Sadly, these drops, alongside your foremost character’s stiff assaults, make Samurai Maiden’s encounters way more irritating than they need to be.