Samurai Shodown will kick your ass, then encourage you to improve

The new Samurai Shodown fighting game is a bit of a shock to the senses — it’s such a slow, deliberately-paced game compared with its contemporaries. And if you’re not used to it, you will get your ass kicked. Luckily, the game has such a simple and forgiving system that it almost encourages you to learn and get better. The game is set in an ultra-stylized take on 18th-century Japan, with each character detailed in hard black lines and gorgeous, comic book colors. The characters are mostly the kind you’d expect for the time period (or rather, a fantasy version of…

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