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Blind Fate: Edo no Yami

Walk the dark path of a blind cyber-samurai in this action platformer filled with robotic Japanese folktales. Embark with Yami on a journey of revenge and face the dangers of a mysterious Edo period…

60 15 September 2022 ESRB T

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami is an adventure developed by Troglobytes Games, released 15 September 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Blind Fate: Edo no Yami is

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami is an adventure game developed by Troglobytes Games and released in 2022. It was published by 101XP. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

It’s a new, dark and machine-filled Edo period, and the Shogunate rules over Japan with its just, but pitiless hand: you. You follow orders. You obey. You kill. Until your sight is taken from you, and you must learn to “feel” the world anew... — A world of data and lies The Mask of the Oni creates a simulation of the world around you, but tread carefully: old data will show you only deceiving echoes of the past. — Swords sing unseen Even blind, you are unstoppable. Use different sensors to detect your enemies and identify their weak spots, then crush them with lightning speed. — Robotic folktales of Japan Discover the story of dozens of robotic versions of Japanese folktale creatures! Find…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, science fiction and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 14 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami launched on 15 September 2022, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger and Grounded. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger, Grounded.

Official trailer

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When did Blind Fate: Edo no Yami come out?
Blind Fate: Edo no Yami was released on 15 September 2022 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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