Trek to Yomi review: Old school samurai movies brought to life
As a long-time fan of the samurai films by Akira Kurosawa, I was incredibly excited to try out Trek to Yomi. It was available Day One on Game Pass, giving fans immediate access to the game.
Despite being in black & white, with incredible visuals and a decent amount of challenge, Trek to Yomi brings a unique adventure to the table. As a sucker for a tragic story, I could not get enough of this game.
Yomi, in Japanese folklore, is the underworld, and that is where Hiroki finds himself heading throughout the game. Though the title starts with young Hiroki just learning what it means to be a samurai, it quickly becomes tragic. The village is overrun by a mysterious group of bandits who brazenly attack.
The attack is pushed back, and the game fast-forwards to adult Hiroki. Once again, combat is the focus of the man’s life, who is tricked into leaving his village behind to chase down Kagerou, the man who slews his master in the first attack.
Losing his home, all of his friends and his beloved, Hiroki, winds up descending into Yomi to try and complete one of three goals. That’s one of the things that made Trek to Yomi enjoyable for me. The player picks what motivates Hiroki, which leads to one of three endings.
Each of these leads to a different ending, but there’s also a secret, “early” ending, which is incredibly bittersweet in its own way. I’ll avoid ending spoilers, but all four are worth looking at. The game is a side-scrolling black & white action title focused on samurai dueling and intense, challenging combat.
The game also features a few puzzles involving Japanese kanji - a system of writing in Japan using Chinese characters, but they’re incredibly simple.
I was worried about those at first, but then I figured out that all
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