- Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie, Arcade, Action
2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death. Imagine the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. You, your loyal katana and hordes of mad Yakuzas. There’s no happy ending this time. Take down as many thugs as you can with you!
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, relentless and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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Pure NintendoDawson HeltonMay 20199/10Akane is a delightful twin-stick shooter that focuses primarily on melee combat, and wants the player to use their firearms sparingly. Mix this with the delightful graphics and upgrades, and there is a lot of fun to be had with this game.
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Critical HitDarryn BonthuysMay 20198.5/10Akane always ends in violence, bloodshed and the death of the titular hero. It's the journey towards that inevitable conclusion, that makes this retro-styled experience one of the finest examples of its genre as it deftly weaves a subtle strategy with some of the tightest action on the market today.
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GameOctaneBeau SeversonMay 2019Akane makes for a fantastic quick-playing rogue-like game on the cheap. What it lacks in depth of story it makes up for in stuff to unlock and style. It's worth picking up if you're a fan of rogue-like games or arena-based hack-and-slash games.
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Digitally DownloadedMay 20192.5/5 starsOn the surface, Akane is a super difficult game that requires absolute dexterity with a controller. It has some fantastic ideas which sadly are all cancelled out by mechanics and design choices that fight against the good stuff. It looks gorgeous, and can be enjoyed in really short spurts, but unfortunately there’s just not enough substance in this game to consider recommending it above the vast array of games available on the eShop right now.
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Video ChumsA.J. MaciejewskiJun 20193/5 starsAkane contains intense action with fantastic controls but the repetitiveness of it all ends up making it a somewhat limited experience.
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Snippets via OpenCritic, where 59% of critics recommend it.
About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Ludic Studios
- Publisher
- Qubic Games, DX Gameworks, Ludic Studios
- Released
- September 10, 2018
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 3 h rushed · 4 h main story · 6 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 22 ratings.
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