Hanako - Soul of the Samurai Gameplay PAX 2014

In a time of warrior’s, fighting for honor, love, greed, and above all the future of a nation. In this time friends become enemies, enemies become brothers and everyday is a good day to die for lord and country.

In the game Hanako the land is split between multiple warlords, but two clans slowly rise to the top. In the West rises the Yamai. Through violence and bloodshed they make their way through the other warlords’ territories, throwing aside honor for victory. The nation will be renewed and if war is what it takes the Yamai will bring it. They will bring this whole country to its knees in fire and ashes and rebuild it if necessary.

To the East are the Hanako, renowned for unifying the warlords together striving for a strong nation under the current Emperor. Upon hearing news of what was transpiring in the West, the Hanako clan starts reaching out further trying to unify the land in an attempt the meet and stop the Yamai. A new country cannot be built on blood and violence. We should strive to build a nation as one.

 The video above shows pre-alpha footage on the first battlefield map and is the first video +Mpact games have released of their new Unreal Engine 4 version of the game.

Due for release sometime in the first half of 2015, Hanako will be multiplayer only to start with, but if sales are decent, an episodic single player mode has not been written off.

Key Features of the game are:

• Various Classes of Japanese Warriors.
• Campaign Across Japan.
• Cultivate Your Warrior’s Skills.
• Guide Your Blade With Precision.
• Take Advantage of Battle Circumstances.
• Customize Your Warrior.

With warriors like the Kenshi wielding Katana, wakizashi and no-dachi and using combat focuses on using combos and/or charges to quickly defeat the enemy with medium damage attacks. The game looks to be bringing the chaos of hand to hand combat in 16th Century Japan to the PC.