I am a sucker for video games the place swords are the sharp dying supply gadgets they honestly are, fairly than the large, blunt sticks so many flip them into. First Reduce: Samurai Duel appears to be aiming its blades at my coronary heart, then. It is a 2D sidescrolling swordfighter by which every connecting blow means on the spot dying, and it has a January seventeenth launch date.
The discharge date announcement was marked by a brand new pixel blood-filled trailer:
The apparent comparability for any 2D swordfighting sport is Nidhogg, which had a equally lethal method to fight. The place Nidhogg boiled down your sword swings to distinct excessive, mid and low assaults, First Reduce appears to allow you to use the mouse to easily shift your sword greater or decrease. Or not less than that is the case within the unique free sport, which is still available on Itch and value a few of your time.
Your fighter’s moveset features a dodge and a shove, however in any other case it is about parrying your enemy’s assaults and discovering the precise second to strike. The Steam page for the complete launch additionally makes point out of a bunch of modes, together with survival, a situation marketing campaign, and native multiplayer.
Whereas Nidhogg is the obvious comparability, the extra lifelike fighters and setting of First Reduce additionally give me an excuse to say ’90s cult combating sport Bushido Blade. It had equally on the spot dying inside a 3D world and by no means bought the due it deserved.
To me, Nidhogg and its sequel by no means bought the due they deserved, both. Maybe First Reduce would be the sport that lastly popularises swords that slice.