KAKU: Ancient Seal is a surprising adventure

KAKU: Ancient Seal already draws a lot of attention with its beautiful, eye-catching and detailed graphics. Right from the start we are introduced to our prehistoric protagonist, Kaku, who is a silent but charming character, and reminds me of the characters in games from the SNES or PSX era, where the gameplay is the main focus and the story is well told as you play, without getting too bogged down in tutorials and cutscenes.

I see this as a positive point in attracting audiences to a live stream, as we are quickly drawn into the game.

KAKU: Ancient Seal takes a lot of inspiration from other games, but with its own personality

After just a few minutes of playing the game, we quickly found ourselves with a gameplay similar to games like “The Legend Zelda: Ocarina of Time”, in which we have a semi-open world to explore, with lots of secrets to discover and simple but totally functional and fun combat.

The characters also don’t have many voices and only speak through a few noises and the game’s own language, but they are very charming and expressive to make up for the lack of voice acting, which is a good thing and manages to bring a good experience to everyone who watches it.

In terms of gameplay, KAKU: Ancient Seal has a skill tree to learn as you play, with new combos, double jumps and other powers, making you feel stronger with each advance in the game. There are exploration rewards, finding weapons and armor scattered around the maps with chests and puzzles to solve, somewhat similar to “Immortals Fenyx Rising”.

The gameplay and art direction shine in a live stream

KAKU’s main focus is certainly its gameplay, but the game hasn’t stopped working on its visuals: enemies are cartoonish and charming, the biomes are very unique and well-done, the maps are huge to explore and there are secrets to be found, making the streamer and his audience enjoy each new discovery, with key moments in which the story progresses without being too intrusive and cutting the pace of the gameplay.

A big plus point is that the game is translated into a staggering twelve languages, and in my native language, Brazilian Portuguese, it was really good which greatly increases its accessibility and inclusion for those who will be following the game. The translation just needs a few minor adjustments, but it’s totally understandable and as the game is in early access, it’s possible that this will be corrected by the time it reaches its final version.

But make no mistake, despite being in early access, the game is practically finished and its story has been completed. It is in this period while the game is not released for consoles so that they can adjust some bugs or future problems.

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Its performance was surprisingly good, and there were a few frame drops moments on my computer, but nothing that seriously hindered the experience. Something to note is that the game did a benchmark on my machine before starting to identify the best settings and this helps people without much knowledge of the area to have the best possible experience.

Even so, it’s a rather heavy game and requires a more powerful machine to run it well in conjunction with live stream programs.

Like games of the same genre, KAKU: Ancient Seal can be a little repetitive in combat and in some puzzles, but the game tries to vary a lot between its areas and with the skill tree you unlock, trying to remain as innovative as possible within its limitations.

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