

First premiring on Desura and later on Steam after Desura folded, samurai_jazz is the first game by developer Blaze Epic, and has the stylistic patters that would go on to color the rest of their work. You play as Yo, a ronin who is on a quest to stop a person known as In, but has to take his own life to do it. What follows is a strange cityscape full of swordsman and youkai looking to murder you. Your goal is simply to traverse the back alleys through acquistion of 'special cigarettes' to reach the abode of In and fight your way into its inner sanctum. The gameplay is very similar to an NES title - including the reularly spawning enemies - and is not as polished as its followup Shin Samurai Jazz, but the game oozes style and I personally enjoyed my time with it!