August Modern Playthrough - Muramasa: The Demon Blade

[Fleach]

Overview
It is the Genroku era and shoguns control Japan. Power hungry leaders battle to claim swords containing legendary power. However, these blades are cursed and bring only chaos, madness, and death. Take control of two unique characters aiming to restore order to their country.

Platforms
Nintendo Wii
PS Vita

Checkpoints
Week 1 - Complete Acts 1-4  of Monmhime
Week 2 - Complete the Final Act of Momohime
Week 3 - Complete Act 1-4 of Kisuke

Participants
EngineerMike (?)
ericeskapade
Fleach
Disposed Hero
GrayGhost81
Raidou
SingleBanana
Techwizard (?)

[GrayGhost81]

I'm in. Can't decide whether to play on Wii and just start a week late or play on Vita and start while I'm on vacation.

[Fleach]

I'll be playing on the Vita. Portable gaming is slowly becoming a guilty pleasure of mine.

[techwizard]

i'll try my best to find the Wii version as it sounds like that's the original release. if I can grab a copy i'll join in on this.

[Fleach]

There's an abundance of Wii Muramasa's on eBay. Finding one locally will be a different matter though.

[singlebanana]

Only problem I had finding it locally was finding one CIB locally. Gotta love ole GS. Count me in.

[Disposed Hero]

Count me in!  I'll be playing on the Vita.  Poor thing has just been collecting dust since I finished Persona 4 Golden well over a year ago.

[MaterialHandlerMike]

If I find a copy locally (Crabby you reading this?) by the 1st of August, I will join.

[Fleach]

Holding out for a Wii version, Mike? We won't be upset if you play the Vita release.

[Raidou]

Ordered a Vita version for $35-ish, so I'm in!

Any excuse to build up my Vita library

[Fleach]

Awesome! I think you'll love this game's Japanese mythology and themes.

[Fleach]

I posted the first checkpoint! Commence hacking and slashing!

[ericeskapade]

Sunday morning, let's start ...mhm, the first choice to do is some kind of difficult-level (I am so eager to play now, i won't read the manual first). Maybe we should have give a suggestion, becauseI am not sure if it's changeable later on.  I'll start with "Muso" for safety...

[ericeskapade]

ok, you can change the difficulty any time in pause-menu when playing the game. the first difficulty-grade is very, very easy,- really just for exploring the game.
the artworks/backgrounds on the screen is really looking amazing- i think anyone with a little weakness for art and melancholic sceneries will like them. and now in act.2 the music is really great!!!

[Fleach]

I think the artwork and set design in this game are absolutely beautiful! Everything looks so vivid and colourful. Sometimes while I play this game I think, "wow this would look great on my wall."

So, we've heard from eric regarding his initial impression of the game. What does everyone else think? Are you enjoying the game so far?