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Berserk and the Band of the Hawk

Game

A 2016 hack and slash from Omega Force adapting the Berserk manga's Golden Age and Hawk of the Millennium Empire arcs into Dynasty Warriors style one against a thousand combat, casting Guts, Griffith and other Band of the Hawk fighters against huge armies.

Genre: Hack and slash action
Platform: PlayStation 4 / PS Vita / PC
Developer: Omega Force
Publisher: Koei Tecmo
Release Year: 2016
Japan Release Date: 2016-10-27
North America Release Date: 2017-02-21
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Gameplay

Borrowing its structure from Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors series, the game has players mow down large crowds of weaker soldiers while singling out tougher named officers and bosses for tighter duels. Each playable character carries a distinct weapon and combo set pulled from the manga, and a berserk armor mode powers up Guts for a stretch of devastating attacks.
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Story

The campaign retells the manga's Golden Age Arc through the Hawk of the Millennium Empire Arc, covering Guts' rise within the Band of the Hawk, Griffith's betrayal at the Eclipse, and Guts' path of revenge as the Black Swordsman, skipping over the Guardians of Desire and Lost Children arcs entirely.
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Reception

Koei Tecmo published the game for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in Japan in October 2016, with a Windows version following in the West in February 2017. Reviews landed in the middle: Metacritic logged 66 out of 100 on PS4 and 54 out of 100 on PC, Famitsu scored it 35 out of 40, while GameSpot and IGN gave cooler marks of 5 out of 10 and 6.3 out of 10.
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