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Oh, I see you all showed up wearing your favorite costume; guy who dies like a bitch.

And with dialog like that, we begin the Afro Samurai demo review. Maybe you are like me, and you’re a little skeptical of the upcoming hack and slash. You wouldn’t be out of line; it does feature robots in feudal Japan, cell-shading or worst of all… Samuel L. Jackson.

But I gotta tell you, this game is better than you think. Possibly fun even.

For the first time since seeing him eaten by a shark in Deep Blue Sea, I’m happy to see SLJ in a role. He’s actually pretty funny in this game (well, the demo). It’s anything but a wooden role, thankfully the game itself is  pretty fun as well. It’s very bloody (a plus!): when you slice enemies in half you will see torrents of blood shoot out of them. The combat is actually pretty tight and the gore-splosions are your reward for a perfectly-timed strike. Give the demo a try, it was enough to get me interested in the anime.

The demo did a very good job of getting me interested in learning a little about the backstory of Afro and the world he chops his way through. I mean, who is this Kuma character?