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Kunitsu-Gami Path of the Goddess Gameplay & Impressions – NEW CAPCOM Action Strategy Game
For a while in the mid-2000s, Capcom enjoyed a burst of creativity that is rare to see from any major, established publisher. A crack team led by Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami oversaw a series of original titles characterized by bold design and even bolder visual direction. First there was the "Capcom Five," a series of initially GameCube-exclusive games that included Resident Evil 4 as well as Hideki Kamiya's side-scrolling brawler Viewtiful Joe and Goichi Suda's gonzo shooter Killer 7. Then Mikami and Kamiya formed the rebel in-house unit Clover Studio where each one of them directed a masterpiece for the PlayStation 2: Mikami's revisionist beat-'em-up God Hand and Kamiya's gorgeous hand-painted Zelda lookalike, Okami.
There was just one problem: the games pretty much all bombed. Capcom closed Clover in 2007, and Kamiya and Mikami left to form PlatinumGames, which inherited some, if not all, of Capcom's genius from this era. But over the next 17 years, this unique game series only grew in influence and reputation. Now, a revitalized Capcom, enjoying unprecedented success on the back of Resident Evil and Monster Hunter, is starting to feel the creative spirit stirring again. You can see it in its daring triple-A gamble, Dragon's Dogma 2. And you can definitely see it in Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess.
Kunitsu-Gami is a relatively small-scale, defiantly quirky game that could have been lifted straight from its 2000s heyday. With its sequence of small, limited scenes, focused action and a tight gameplay loop, it feels more like a remaster of some lost PS2 game than a true product of 2024 (Free). Its richly detailed, grotesque art is inspired by traditional Japanese folklore and illustration styles, and that aesthetic combines with the premise to create a unique atmosphere that's both eerie and alluring. It's a real one-off.
