Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

Play it on: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows, PS5, PS4
Buy it from: Humble Bundle
Current goal: Collect some more demon masks

Up until Ethan’s recent review of this new Capcom action-strategy game, I had no idea this thing existed. I’m not sure I’d have downloaded and played it, but after reading his review and other people’s thoughts on the game, I was curious. The pitch that it’s a PS2-like action-strategy game with simple base building and fun Dynasty Warriors-like combat intrigued me.

Since starting the game, I’ve been hooked. It’s not the best-looking game ever made, nor is it the most advanced thing I’ve ever played, but it does remind me of the random PS2 games I’d play back in the day. Back when I’d stroll through my local Blockbuster, looking for something new while my parents picked out a movie. Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is the kind of game I’d see a few times over the course of a month or two, but never pick it up. Finally, I’d give it a shot probably because the games I wanted that week were already rented. And it was these random games that would sometimes blow me away. I can imagine a much younger Zack falling in love with this weird game about protecting a goddess and saving villages on a mountain. He’d get a kick out of it, even if he could barely pronounce most of the enemy names in it. —Zack Zwiezen