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Akane

2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death.

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Developer
Ludic Studios
Publisher
Ludic Studios
Release
September 10, 2018
7 years and 327 days ago
Steam Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive2,885 reviews95.5%

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About the Game


Akane is an Arena Arcade-Slash where you kill your enemies with only 1 hit. The objective of the game is simple, to kill as many enemies as possible.

All Features:

Music and SFX:

Cybass:

Five different types of enemies:

-Yakuza Guy: Yakuza pawn that appears all the time.
-Tank: This enemy is the only one who it's not killed by one hit.
-Shooter: A Yakuza shooter with cybernetic enhancements that never miss his target.
-Cyber Ninja: A ninja who abdicated his body to become a killing machine, his dash is deadly and his defense seems almost impenetrable.
-Boss: Katsuro is Akane's Nemesis which evolves according to the number of times he is killed.

Missions to unlock equipments.

Five kinds of equipments to gear up:

-Different guns.

-Katanas with unique abilities.
-Cigarettes that change the aesthetics of Akane special abilities.
-Gadgets that grant small improvements in combat.
-Boots that change the dash and the way you move on the screen.

Akane Samurai Skills:

-Dragon Slash: Akane dashes forward killing every enemy in her path.


-Dragon Slayer: Akane kills all enemies on the screen.

One single Arena:

-Sprites with lights and shadows.

-Pedestrians and neon advertisements to give life to the scene.
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