Samurai Maiden

"Samurai Maiden would have been a fun and satisfying RPG if its several stark issues didn&s;t hinder the experience so significantly."

"I thoroughly enjoyed SAMURAI MAIDEN&s;s combat with its wealth of skills and charming cast of lovely ladies. However, it does have its issues, especially if you want to take photos of the characters&s; panties because you&s;ll end up incredibly disappointed. …"

"It&s;s nice that the developer is still supporting the game almost 18 months on, improving the post-launch state of the game, and the lesbian polyamory is just nice to see without delving too deep into fanservice."

"Every time you use your partners’ skills, your relationship with them rises. They&s;re pleasantly designed in a way that means you don&s;t have ton rely on them, acting more as stun mechanics. In addition, these attacks help mask the game&s;s …"

"Despite having an original story and setting, many elements of Samurai Maiden bring about a feeling a deja vu."

"SAMURAI MAIDEN is neither a fun hack and slash game nor a fun visual novel. The combat is far too slow and clunky, the story is poorly paced and predictable, and the two just don’t mesh well together."

"The adventure has a good pace and plenty of content, the graphic quality is impressive on the Nintendo Switch and the combat is quite fun once you get the hang of it. As a whole, SAMURAI MAIDEN is quite simple …"

"SAMURAI MAIDEN mixes two completely opposite genres (action and visual novel) and fails to excel in either one. It is a weak, boring game with awful graphics, bad music, unresponsive controls and a monotonous story. The character models are very …"

"If it was a budget title, Samurai Maiden might be worth someone&s;s time as a guilty pleasure. Unfortunately, it&s;s not."

"Simple and to the point with its yuri-flavoured storyline and trappings: That&s;s Samurai Maiden in a nutshell. It&s;s also quite a chore to play, as you can only get the best skills and powerups through grinding for relationship points with …"

"Samurai Maiden, in terms of content and action, is a competent hack &s;n&s; slash, even more so for including different gameplay options thanks to Tsumugi&s;s interaction with Iyo, Hagane and Komimi. In addition, the game has an interesting story, even …"

"Action packed, girls sword fighting against the demon lord? ! And wholesome love?"

"Samurai Maiden gives players a goofy mix of hack-and-slash action, light platforming, and yuri fan service. Surprisingly, it also gives us some pretty fun combat when it&s;s not being overly frustrating. The game will appeal more to achievement completionists than …"

"Devotees of yuri, musou, or anime visual novels might find something to enjoy in Samurai Maiden. Aside from its genre trappings, fans of action RPGs won’t be impressed. The game’s combat is simply too frustrating, repetitive, and janky. Samurai Maiden …"

"There&s;s no denying that Samurai Maiden manages to deliver on its flagship role: an accessible hack and slash featuring beautiful anime-style schoolgirls, ninjas, and samurai. In fact, it even goes further, bringing some good qualities to players in general, such …"

"Musings over fan service aside, Samurai Maiden is wildly entertaining B-grade fun. Like many of D3 Publisher’s other most notable titles, it rolls with its trashiness and embraces B-grade aesthetics and tone in totality. It doesn’t take itself seriously (at …"

"Players ready for the second or third choices need little else to bring them into the experience. However, if you want to piecemeal Samurai Maiden, you’ll lose steam quickly and get distracted by long dialogues between fights and stages. Personally, …"

"So overall, SHADE Inc. and D3Publisher’s Samurai Maiden was a fun title to go through. While the gameplay visuals may have been a bit bland over time as you’ll only ever see the same color palette swapped enemies, there’s a …"

"Samurai Maiden is a really fun girls sword-fighting action game that focuses more on characters and combat than a strong narrative experience. The fully voiced dialogue, frantic combat, and endearing cast of characters make for a solid action game experience …"

"Despite some clunkiness in its controls and camera, along with a surface-level narrative, "Samurai Maiden" knows exactly what it is and what it&s;s trying to do."

"Samurai Maiden is an enjoyable action Hack and slash game that has great visuals. The combat in the game is solid, but not all the mechanics are quite as polished as its combat. An enjoyable story that picks up quite …"

"At the end of the day, Samurai Maiden is a mediocre game that could’ve been better with just a few tweaks. There should’ve been some unlockable costumes, more enemy variety and a few tweaks could’ve been done to combat to …"

"What Samurai Maiden lacks in plot, it makes up for with excellent relationship-building scenes, and surprisingly tactical hack’n’slash gameplay. While there were a few issues, I had fun throughout. It goes beyond fanservice and delivers a surprisingly great game."

"Very little about Samurai Maiden makes the game appealing. When you combine overtly simplified and imbalanced combat with slow attacks, fast enemies, and an incredibly humdrum storyline, a bad time is unavoidable. Unless you want something with mindless anime girls …"

"Samurai Maiden is mostly hack, slash, dodge, and hack some more. But, while naturally repetitive, it&s;s not much different in that respect from many traditional arcade games. What it does well with is in expanding its combat options in enjoyable …"

"Samurai Maiden’s action may feel generic and its story is lacking but some great characters and interactions help make this anime action game at least a bit enjoyable."

"I actually would recommend it if you’re a fan of Waifu Hack ‘n’ Slashers, but the Switch’s framerate issues keep me from issuing a full-throated endorsement. If you have access to other modern consoles, maybe check out some gameplay videos. …"

"An Exercise in apathy, neither solid nor liquid. Not exactly bad, but not very good either. Just a bit &s;meh,&s; really."