Trek to Yomi
Launched: May 2022
Playable on: PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox
When enjoying a samurai game, I like understanding the source to really enrich my experience. So, as the resident video guy, I’d be remiss not to highlight the works of legendary director Akira Kurosawa, who through his movies was extremely influential in introducing Western culture to samurai-centric media in the first place. Hell, it could be argued we have him to thank for this slideshow!
If you’d rather not sit down and watch a few Kurosawa flicks (but really you should) then play Trek To Yomi, a game heavily inspired by his cinematic style. A tale of love, loss, revenge, and parrying, Trek to Yomi is a gorgeous action side-scroller whose environments I loved traversing through while never wanting to play again due to its unforgiving difficulty spikes. – Eric Schulkin, Video Lead
