Die By The Blade might have flown under your radar when it was first announced in September 2019, but it absolutely deserves your attention. Developers Toko Midori and Triple Hill's upcoming cyberpunk samurai game looks impossibly slick and deliciously brutal, and could well be one of 2022's best surprises.
The game was recently re-announced over on the PlayStation Blog alongside a gory new trailer and some new details on what we can expect when the game releases next year.
Take a look at the Die By The Blade Trailer below:
Die By The Blade's looks like any other 3D 1v1 fighting game on the surface, but the game's biggest selling point - at least for me - is that players can win games by landing a single hit. This turns matches in nail-bitingly tense tests of endurance and patience as players goad each other into making a mistake and leaving themselves vulnerable to that fatal blow.
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"Our dynamic one-hit-kill combat system brings to life tense and exciting combat where every ounce of the players skill, strategy and patience will be needed to best their opponent," writes Triple Hill chief designer Peter Adamondy on the PlayStation Blog.
"Your choice of weapon will be vitally important in your success or failure as a warrior of the sword, so we have worked closely with martial arts experts to faithfully recreate an arsenal of traditional swords and fighting moves to master in the game and by using motion capture sessions we can bring a real sense of realism to each fight."
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