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WhileMonster Hunter Wildsmight not be getting released until next year , Capcom still has another awesome - look game releasing very soon . Kunitsu - Gami : way of the Goddessimpressed me with its Summer Game Fest 2024 drone , and after going bridge player - on with the game , I ’m even more in passion . It ’s a topnotch - weird activity strategy biz where players resign mass villages of the “ Defilement ” that has sweep over them by strategically place helpful small town and fighting the foe , call “ Seethe , ” head - on .
Think of it as an isometricOnimushawith pillar defense elements , as role player can strategically command and put villager to optimally oppose the dancing maiden over that is helping get rid of the befoulment that has overtaken the wad . AlthoughKunitsu - Gami : Path of the Goddesscan be a problematical game to explain , after go hands - on with it , the game became my best-loved matter I played atSummer Game Fest turn Daysthis yr . After also speaking to the development team to pick up more , I think we ’re all in for something particular whenKunitsu - Gami : Path of the Goddesslaunches next month .
Kunitsu - Gami : Path of the Goddessis split into horizontal surface where the goal is to defend the maiden as she make her way from the Torii gate at one end of the level to another . Interestingly , Capcom used miniatures to make these degree and run down those into the game . They hoped designing levels like this would give them a more ground , realistic feel and make participant feel like they ’re look down on a miniature set while playingKunitsu - Gamifrom an isometrical perspective .
During the daylight , player can break away around the point to clear it of defilement and free villagers to make a currency . This currency can then be drop in multiple way . musician can assign villagers roles , like a Woodcutter who will use melee attack against enemies and an archer who can attack from a space . This currency can also be used to cut up a itinerary for the maiden over to follow .
You wo n’t need to do that too betimes on , though , as horde of Seethe number through defiled Torii Bill Gates at dark . To cook for this , players can strategically locate villagers around the small town , like towers in a tower defense secret plan , to facilitate stand off the Seethe . Players can also fight them pass - on with a variety of combo attack that call back to Capcom ’s natural process game root .
Players keep doing this over several day - night cycles until they can get the maiden over to the other Torii logic gate . When that happens , she and the villager will dance to purge the gate , and players can move on . Capcom tells Digital Trends that the emphasis on saltation comes from the idea in Japanese culture that certain dance can sublimate things . It ’s something that Japanese players will recognize , but Capcom hopes it will give a unequalled feel to the game in the West .
It ’s a mixture of gameplay that sense totally unique to this escapade , and it sway . It was extremely satisfying when I recognize I had positioned villagers properly and a night of defending went smoothly ; it was also hectic when things started to go amiss , and I had to tactically retreat to ensure that no Seethe reached the Maiden . As more villager roles are unlocked and combos are take over the course of the biz , I only seeKunitsu - Gami : Path of the Goddessgetting even better .
There ’s also another part of the plot I want to see more of : the story . I be intimate the high - level beats about guiding the master Yoshiro down Mt. Kafuku to free it from pollution , but there are clearly more narrative element at shimmer . Capcom delivers this story with minimum dialogue , too , as it wants to provide the relationship between the defender and the maid , as well as the events of the story and it ’s ending , up to role player to see .
This is an unabashedly unearthly and bold game , and it was my preferent thing I play at Summer Game Fest Play twenty-four hours this year because of that . Kunitsu - Gami : itinerary of the Goddesswill be released for PC , PlayStation 5 , and Xbox Series X / S on July 19 . It will also be available as part of the Xbox Game Pass catalog from the mean solar day it set in motion .
