Разработчик: Dharker Studios
Описание
Edo is now a very different place from modern Japan, where tradition still holds sway other the people and it's leaders. As time has passed the Samurai have been given ever increasing levels of power by the Council of Nobles and their leader the Lord Regent.
This has given rise to the creation of a special core Samurai unit known as the Justicars, though members are appointed by the council, they remain an autonomous unit, able to investigate and judge any threat or criminal they find. It is their duty to safeguard the continuity and protect the people. But Edo is not a land of peace and plenty, strife exists in all corners of the once great empire. Rival factions constantly battle for land and power whilst rebellion grows from within.
Enter Asumi - A female samurai of the black clan, trained from birth to kill on command. Now newly appointed as a Justicar of Edo. Our protagonist finds herself in a place she never thought she would be, outside of the shadows, within an academy, trying to root out a rebel before civil war can engulf Edo and its people.
- Strong, Deadly, Female Protagonist
- PC, Mac & Linux Versions
- 1280 x 720 Standard resolution + Full-screen Mode
- Huge amount of in game choices that effect the story
- Multiple Good and Bad Endings
- Seven major NPCs + Multiple minor NPCs
- Four Romantic Love Interests (2 male & 2 female)
- Over 45,000 word original storyline
- Original Musical Score
- Main Theme Ft. Vocals by Mika Kobayashi
Additional Extras
- Music Room - To play tracks from the game
- Codex - Lore on the world of Edo
- Unlockable CG Scene Gallery as you play
- 48 Save Slots with mini Screenshots + quick & auto saving
- Easy Rollback and GUI removal
- Separate Sound & Music volume controls
- Also includes Steam Trading Cards***
Game Features
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP
- Processor: 1.66 Ghz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX compatible card
- Storage: 300 MB available space
Mac
- OS: OS X version Leopard 10.5.8 or later
- Processor: 1.66 Ghz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Storage: 300 MB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04
- Processor: 1.66 Ghz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Storage: 300 MB available space
Отзывы пользователей
It's an interesting premise with a lack of polish. Story seems to be disjointed and there are a lot of typing errors. Still, had fun exploring it.
Decent VN game with decent replay value. Better than I was expecting and had some fun. Also had a decent soundtrack. Buy during a sale to spend less money.
I was interested in the theme of the VN, but the execution fell flat for me. A high school drama with an assassin mix killed it for me. The story was generally okay, but forgettable. I played 1 path and then skipped all the rest for completion sake. Maybe not one of the better VNs from teh devs, but it had heart and a lacking proof reading team. Art was good, but the style wasn't to my personal liking.
The storyline is a bit short for my tastes but I did enjoy playing. I recommend giving it a go but don't expect too much character development or depth as it was a bit too short. It was definitely enjoyable and had some fun moments.
This isn't an adult game. However everyone seems to have enormous busts. Asumi is made fun of for being lacking in certain assets (flat chested) but even she has easily c cup. This is ridiculously grituitious in my view and while you may not share my view, I found it too distracting to enjoy the story. Just a heads up for anyone would migth feel similarly before you buy.
This game is interesting. To start with, it posits that the Shogunate continued into the modern era, thus the Meiji reforms never happened, and Japan did not open itself to the west... and somehow managed not to be made a colony of one of the European powers. In the 21st century a reform was put into place opening the ranks of the Justicars to the Black Clan, a family of samurai who were taught... less than honorable means of combat (in other words, ninjutsu).
Asumi is a Black Clan-trained warrior who has been inducted into the Justicars and is in a place she is unsure of: the open. Worse there is a conspiracy afoot by a group called the Orochi, who wish to return the Emperor to prominence. And one of the cells seems to be based at this very academy.
In the game, there are many paths. Several end badly, with your death, or the death of someone innocent (perhaps both). But choose correctly and you can end up falling in love and continuing onwards with them at your side. (The two relationships with women would likely be overlooked as not dangerous, and as for the ones with men... well, you become a hero, so any children would be blessed, right?)
So recently I have been playing alot of these indie VNs on steam and the issue is they are Indie VNs.
I love the way this starts the opening song is awesome and sort of gets me pumped to play. Kudos it's a amazing song and overall the game has some really good music that fit the situations nicely.
Tilley (the creator) is pretty much a standard jackass to fans of his "games". While I feel like Sword of Asumi could have been great if someone else made it from Tilley's personality and obvious lack of care it will never ever be.
Due to his shady tactics and lies I would recommend passing this up and supporting other indie VN's that seem to actually really try because Tilley basicially grabs the money and runs and puts so little effort forth. I don't feel the worth of giving this game a deep review like I have other VN's because A.J. Tilley didn't care enough when making it and it's show. Some of the endings just happen seriously it's like he forgot to keep writing and just decided to end it you get a total of two sentences for each ending. The relationships also feel mostly hollow and shortlived.
I recommend the soundtrack though as it was really good and some of the art was pleasing to the eyes and I feel kind of bad (only because other people put work in) for not recommmending this despite the work of other people involved but Tilley just so obviously doesn't put the effort into anything but everyone else did. A.J. Tilley obviously took pointers from Mighty No.9's starting multiple kickstarters for sequels and other projects before finishing and releasing any games and guess what happens. He gets the goal or near goal he asks and bam! the game is cancelled.
In short though the biggest issues is the game feels hollow inside and out.
Some VN's has remained in my memory many years later but this one is already fading from my mind and like I said the story and relationships are short and lifeless just like the story is.
>sword of asumi
>has 3 different fucking art changes
>cheese as fuck writing
>looks at achievements
>seduce and drug the principle
>gay girls
>world saving plus gay girls
>G A Y G I R L S
>MFW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uneSOPqqAFw
in all seriousness wait for this to be on sale i wouldn't pay full price for this but, i am enjoying it nonetheless.
there are some issues with the music looping weirdly but, this is a nice VN can't complain.
Got the deluxe edition as well too.
I love the Shop theme in SMT 4. nice choice for using it in the character creator.
Minor Gripe.
MORE SAVE SLOTS
I have a habit of saving IN EVERY CHOICE
Should you buy the Visual Novel?
Yes, but only if it's on sale.
Why?
To be honest. I don't know much of the anime stuff related things, but for me the drawing style seems to be well done and there is something certain for your eyes. Much for the good eyes, one could claim that the protagonist gets exploited. Well, she gets, but...
The music is definitely epic. I'm happy that I purchased the Deluxe Edition. BUT I have to say that the Character Creator is meaningless, cause you can't use your own creation ingame, just watch and hide from your imaginary wife or whatever.
The idea behind the game is very interesting, but the realization too simple. People say that the gameplay isn't the best. There is hardly any kind of character development and some decisions you have to make appear unrealistic. The last three points are sh t. Some claim this. However, I say: Buy the game! Your money is invested properly.
And even if you think the game is sh t. Who cares? Its only a two-hour gameplay and doesn't cost much. You won't die ...at least I think so.
This VN was quite short in my opinion, but I liked. I think this is the first work from these developers that I actually enjoyed. The concept was interesting, but the writing and character development were… Meh. The art style was decent, BG was good, BGM was good too. I recommend getting this game on a good sale and giving a try.
I wish that Dharker Studio would make more VNs like this one.
5/10.
This game is about an assassin who has to disguise herself as a student to kill a target. This mission turns into romance. So if you do not like a visual novel then do not look at this game.
The end result is a harsh but true 7/10.
Pros:
Many Decisions
Tons of back Story
Multiple Endings
Character Depth
Engaging Storyline
Cons:
Short
A Unique Art style
A confusing amount of mistakes to be made.
I should've written this review a loooong time ago....
Product: Sword of Asumi
Review Date: 8-15-2015
Reccomendation: No
Introduction: Sword of Asumi is a ten dollar visual novel that is barely worth 4 dollars, it's characters are stale the writing is lifeless, cleshe, and lazy and the pandoring is at the level as to which I am annoyed by it. Though that's not enough to save you your ten dollars is it? You still want to buy it right now.... well let me get more in depth with you this is the introduction after all.
Gameplay: Sword of Asumi plays like your regular visual novel you read and occasionally make decisions that will effect you're outcome of the story. It's the same old same old with no other gameplay mechanic. Now yes the decisions do effect your outcome and if you make some "bad" decisions the game will play out it a different way. However in Sword of Asumi's case the game never really plays out too differently overall. There is a BIT of replay value but nothing spectacular. Now my BIG problem with Sword of Asumi's gameplay is it is SHORT! This game was originally what, like 15 dollars? The game doesn't really last longer than an hour or two. It's a bit ridiculous honestly. Though I can't really complain about the decisions too much the amount of gameplay you will be getting is kind of pathetic.
Story: Well ok, the story begins as you, Asumi, a member of an order of warriors named the Justicars and you infiltrate an estate to assasinate the owner. You get a quick peak at some decisions as you go through with your mission regardless. Then after that Kami, a fellow Justicar, aproaches you and congratulates you on a mission success while also briefing you on a new one. A rebel group called "Orochi" deadset on overthrowing the government has been tracked by Kami, and the rest of the higher up Justicars for some time, and Kami has now found a new lead on one of their members codenamed "Raven" who is residing at the prestigious school "Battle Academy" so as a test of sorts to see if Asumi will be let into the higher ranks of the justicars, Kami sends Asumi into the school disguised as a first year student to stop Raven by killing them. (Why would you risk a lead this big on someone who isn't even an expert in your order, I know she's young enough for the role but there HAS to be SOMEBODY else!) So you then go to the school, meet the love interests and then set about on your mission. The story isn't horrible it's just very cliche and to be honest with not a lot of surprises. It's pretty bland to me. Along with that it's very rushed in it's delivery before you know it you're at the end of the line, as such you can't be as invested as you should be because suddenly the game is just over. However I'll give it this Asumi is always trying to accomplish her goal it's not like it's a bunch of filler with an occasional spout of progress. Though still, the story is very short, cliche, and rushed in it's delivery it's not very well thought out. The dialogue feels non-emotional and rushed as well it feels like they have a big checklist in front of them all the time checking off everything they need to make a quick buck.
Characters: THEY ARE ALL BLAND AND CLICHE! Nothing much more to say, other than they all have fanservice dedicated to them in several sections. You have the pretty shopping lightheaded-esque girl who is also bisexual, you have the smart one who likes to read and loves poetry etc. etc. you can tell that none of these characters took any thought into creating. The main villain was incredibly obvious, at least for me, and they're just not that interesting. You can tell the guy who made this literally spent the shortest ammount of time he could on these characters.
Romance: It's very quick and really isn't too believable for me. It just happens a little too fast and well it's just very bland and uncreative the situations you are put in don't really have that much creativity put into them they're just not very well written romances.
Setting: The game takes place in "Battle Academy" a big school, yada yada yada. While I have seen school settings done SOOO many times before this one is still an ok setting I suppose but they don't show you enough of the school for you to truly appreciate that, part of that DEFINITELY has to do with the story's sense of rapid fire pacing.
Art: The art is ok, nothing really ugly about it...... EXCEPT THERE IS A SHIT TON OF FANSERVICE!!! The amount of times Asumi undresses is astonishing to me because it happens so often, not only does it get repetitive and its something they could've replace with scenes to make the story longer, but it's awkward and idiotic to see them pandor like this. On top of that it's not even just Asumi, the girls are drawn like they have a bunch of breast implants and the guys are fucking muscular as all hell. This is pandoring at it's near worst. On top of that no one receives character art besides the love interests and villains. The only exceptions to this are Kami and some twins. WHY YOU HAD SO MUCH MONEY WHY DID YOU NOT JUST DRAW MORE CHARACTERS UP!
Summary: Sword of Asumi had a kickstarter that raised them MORE than enough money to make a visual novel with decent length, unique/interesting characters and a lot of good art. They did not use that potential. Instead they made a boring, unsurprising, uncreative, pandoring, rushed, cheap, immination of what visual novels should be. It's sort of a scandal really. The people who made this game, AJTilley has a habbit of this, Beach Bounce was TERRIBLE and their other visual novels have the same syndrome. THEY ARE ALL RUSHED WITH NO CREATIVITY WITH FORCED DIALOGUE AND ROMANCE! DO NOT buy this game save your money. If you REALLY want a visual novel, well to be honest I reccomend Everlasting Summer, it's free and has more substance than this quick waste of your money and time.
Another candidate for the "neutral" review button, which steam surely needs.
The positive facts for this game are:
., interesting setting (which isn´t that much used though)
., nice graphic style
., story is an interesting terrorist search
., no stats grinding
neutral:
., characters are likeable if not with too much depth
., enough romances and ways to end this, though variations are short and the ends don´t always fit to your playthrough
negative:
., short
., not much replayability
., nearly no variation in graphics (in some scenes there is only one standstill picture, while all the action is only in text).
., Many characters are never seen at all (have no pictures, or are often only mentioned in text, which makes it difficult to remember who everyone is).
., (Spoiler) to live through the end, you have to handle the enemies in one fixed way, which isn´t the most logical imo (you die, if you confront the killer directly)
,. some typos, endings don´t always fit your playthrough etc.
so in the end, it´s an ok game, and i would probably give it a neutral if i could.. but there are just too much discrepances to give it a positive recommendation.
It's decent but I would recommend getting it on a sale, along with the accompying graphic novel.
Story:
The basic story line is interesting if barebones. Still, being an assassin is fun, even if there is a lot of socializing and SOL action between the assassin antics. The story itself does not change much no matter who you decide to romance, which diminishes replay value; in fact, the canonical ending has you romance no one. In addition, it's pretty much the set up for the graphic novel with the much more interesting story, which is why I recommended to buy that specifically with this VN.
Characters:
The romancable characters are all surprisingly moe, even the guys (no homo). In particular, Hikari radiates moe from every pore of his body (no homo, totally). In any case, I enjoyed the interactions between Asumi and the romantic interests; seeing how Asumi interacts with them makes the game replayable even if almost all of the overarching plot remains the same no matter what. A shame that none of the romanceable characters appear in the graphic novel story at all.
Art:
The sprite art is pretty good, and the CG art isn't necessarily bad, but there is a jarring inconsistency between the CG art and sprite art. Personally, that bothers me more than consistently bad art.
In conclusion, if you're bored and this is on a sale, this will alleviate your boredom a bit. It's not spectacular, but it's somewhat enjoyable.
It's a neat game...
I enjoyed it a lot, but you would have to have a faible for Visual Novels...
It is short to be fair (since I already played it three times completly,
but on sale it was totally worth its money =D
This game makes you take the role of asumi. You are on a mission as an assassin and have multiple options as romance and others are concerned. The game makes you go into a scene of stealth, trickery, and school. You got your new mission and along the way take classes in order to find out more about Orochi.
This game was good in my opinion. Not Voiced Acted but the music was nice. The story had some nice portrayals of character. The fun minigame and choices of what to take, with there also being the romance options of both girl and boy. You end up taking the routes and you can lose if you didn't choose some in a right order. The Cg is decent and I love how the creator has her changing clothes each day and the usual hitting part. The school seems like more of a college experience to be honest but it has great use of appeal.
If you are to wanting to know if to get the game. I recommend it. It fills the time, make you think and is enjoyable. Also the backdrop of history does appeal in the minigames. Nonetheless I believe there should be more routes. However this game was in it's own very well done. 8.8/10. Reason? Well although there was a decent story, there was not a long build up, not a lot of "scenario builds" between some. However the setting seems like it could have gone for more and in with that had a little more. However it is a good game nonetheless. There could have been more CG scenes of appeal though. I digress but the game has it's finer moments. I did enjoy it and recommend it.
Right. I am probably approaching this game from the wrong angle, but I was lured into my expectations.
First of all the preview and the intro lead me to believe it is going to be terrorist-hunting, secret plot-uncovering, "Tinker, tailor..." kind of a story. Well, it's not. In fairness there is a terrorist, but our "Strong, Deadly, Female Protagonist" spends very little time looking for hir. Instead she is visiting pools, cosplays and blushes when anyone talks to her. She kills people for living, for heaven's sake, how can she be that shy? Long story short: it's a date sim with teeny-bit of a murder built in. The game does not even give us an opportunity NOT to try to start any relationship at the end.
Speaking of short stories: this one is extremely abrupt. It does feel fast-paced, especially if you consider the number of characters it introduces. The steadier development of a plot would have allowed the intrigue to unveil, but no, we have to deal two-week deadline and hence, the” brilliant” conclusions like “Orochi would choose to attend fighting classes, so this non-fighting chap is definitely innocent”. Are you willing to bet the Edo citizen’s lives on this, Asumi? How old are you?!
By the way… how old is she exactly? All kinds of frisky lingerie she is wearing would rather suit a woman than a schoolgirl, and yet our heroin blends in the Academy perfectly, age-wise.
Granted, I might be harsh here, due to being caught off-guard. My limited experience of this genre consisted of “Long Live the Queen” and “Analogue: hate story”, both of which were brutal, dark and involving. So this wacky nonsense didn’t live up to the expectations.
All in all: if you are looking for an interesting plot, character’s development and a food for thoughts do keep looking somewhere else. If you are in for a teen romcom… still choose something different, because “Sword of Asumi” does not deliver on this field either.
P. S.
To be just: the soundtrack is really worthy of being sold separately. This song is magnificent.
Art 7/10: The CGs are surprisingly lesser in quality than the character art during conversations.
Music 9/10: That song at the beginning really drew me in.
Characters 7/10: No one to really hate but no one to really remember either, except for maybe 2 girls and one guy.
Story 7/10: Starts off interesting and goes on to be pretty interesting. The endings are all nice too (good and bad). However, it seems that your choices rarely affect the ending at all. For example; I didn't talk to Hitsuro at all, yet at the end when you talk to him before killing Raven, you profess your love to him. Oh but +1 to the story for Yuri endings! Woohoo!
This game is rather buggy. I counted at least five typos in the game text, near the end I got a ren'py error screen, and I got good-ending-with-utsuro instead of good-ending-with-hikari like I should have.
It's a bit too obvious to me what the 'correct' choices at various points are. The art and music, while not BAD, is not spectacular. The game is rather short, and I didn't like it enough to go try for more than one route.
The whole thing smells half-baked. I noticed in the community stream that the devs pushed forward the release date significantly. Perhaps they should have taken the time to FINISH and TEST it first?
That said, the overall atmosphere is good. Assassin of justice infiltrating a high school? It just sounds cool.
I would unbuy it if I could, or at least unbuy it until some of these typos and errors are gone, but if you like this style of VN's (otome) this might still be for you.
You play a high school girl who moonlights as an assassin and plays detective. So far all I have discovered is that every single person in this highschool wants to get in your pants.
The art is good and there are lots of options, my only wish is for a way to hide the text box... edit: apparently you just hit the middle mouse button, and I am a noob.
Also there are many endings based on your decision and some great replay value to switch up which classes you take and such.
The Story, theme and art style are all good. However it has many errors where no matter what you choose you end up in the same place. If you kill someone it plays out as if you just knock them out. It forces you down a singular path and some of the romances are impossible to get. no matter what you do some of the romances end very... badly and no matter what you do or how many times you run through it choosing different options it turns out the same. Honestly it promises more than it actually offers. I mean the game will actually crash if you choose the "wrong" answer. In other words it's not really worth the money. Sorry.
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| Разработчик | Dharker Studios |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 19.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 76% положительных (95) |