Underplayed Gems

Neko Zamurai (1999)

Neko Zamurai cover
Developer
Aim at Entertainment
Publisher
Human Entertainment, HAMSTER
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Genres
Role-playing (RPG)
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How it feels

A quiet, conversation-focused journey through old Japan that unfolds gently across many small character-driven stories.

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About

Neko Zamurai places players in an old Japanese town set in the Edo period to enjoy multi story plots consisting of over 150 scenarios and featuring over 100 characters. In the conversation screen that forms the main part of gameplay, real time mime motion is adopted with the use of face tracker to give detailed and rich facial expressions to characters.

Screenshots

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