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# Samurai Gunn looks minimalist and plays fantastic
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/samurai-gunn/
- Published: 2013-12-11T16:01:36.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:15:17.000Z
- Description: Well-placed strokes are an important thing in Samurai Gunn, the new, super-fun, four-player fighter for PC that dabbles pixel art with Kurosawa. That applies not only to strategy in a game where one hit will kill you, but also to the game’s visual flair. A horizontal slash scores the arena like a ri
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, fighting games, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Well-placed strokes are an important thing in [*Samurai Gunn*](http://maxistentialism.com/samuraigunn/?ref=killscreen.com), the new, super-fun, four-player fighter for PC that dabbles pixel art with Kurosawa. That applies not only to strategy in a game where one hit will kill you, but also to the game’s visual flair. A horizontal slash scores the arena like a rice paper screen being sliced when you jab your opponent. The effect of chaining together several of these takedowns is striking. It makes you feel like a badass. It’s stylish.

It’s true that we’ve seen more than a few of these lo-fi fighters, as the local multiplayer scene has been making a comeback. A thing you find with the ones that rise to the top is that they make bold stylistic choices. You see this with *Towerfall*’s bright, high-contrast cisterns. You see it with *STARWHAL*’s airbrushed marine life and light cycle grids. Though not technically a fighter, you see this with *Hokra*’s field of Mondrian cubes. That anyone can pick up and play these games is part of their appeal, but the simplicity of play demands a hot art direction. Watch and see.