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Learn the basics of Japanese in this interactive role-playing game! No experience needed – start reading and writing in Japanese!
Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War is a rpg, indie and education game
developed by Sleepy Duck
and published by RIVER CROW STUDIO.
Released on January 30th 2017 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 530 reviews of which 485 were positive and 45 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.40€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (32bit/64bit)
- Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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the gameplay is fine, story is ok, but most importantly this actually helps me learn katakana faster, i can recognize almost all katakana character in just a few days, also charlotte is cute
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An instant improvement over its prequel 'Hiragana Battle'. Hiragana Battle was extremely basic; it did what it needed to do, and it worked well, but its UI elements felt clumsy and its character progression was lacking. Katakana War fixes that with a clean user interface; neat and tidy answer windows; better RPG progression; and a degree of focus and polish the original sorely needed. As soon as the game starts, being prompted to enter your own name, class, and select a preferred gender tells you just how much more effort they're putting in right out of the gate, but my experience was something like that of a rollercoaster. There's voice acting for the characters! Yay! But they're all Americans claiming to be Australian, or from European or Slavic countries, with absolutely zero accent. Boo! There's more than four stock characters! Yay! But they (including the protagonist) total 8. Progressing the game even at a slow pace means that if you're looking to max out everyone's affection, since YOU cannot leave the party, there will always be one character left out, who you'll just have to grind with for an hour whilst the finale patiently waits for you. Boo! There's more than one music track for battles, including fun little special versions of those tracks when fighting certain bosses. Yay! But music tracks don't loop well. Boo! There's a variety of special effects and magic spells to be had. Yay! But there was no consideration put into audio stacking (getting much louder) when affecting more than one enemy, resulting in having to turn the volume down. Boo! Anyway... It's nice that these characters - accent-starved as they are - get a lot more banter between eachother, but my opinion vacillated on whether I liked them or not. I know 'annoying human with no concept of actually *being* a human' is a common anime character trait, but the game seemed to be making your party members juggle endearing qualities and loathesome ones from scene to scene, and I went back and forth between laughing and cringing. Speaking of laughter, it is a funny game with a lot of charm, and altogether has a salubrious effect, but what's important is that it works. It helps familiarise Katakana just as effortlessly as Hiragana Battle did with Hiragana, but since Katakana focuses on loan words (foreign words taken from other languages), the game often seems to run out of material, and takes the time to teach you Hiragana. I really, truly don't see why. So many of my notes (you WILL need a notepad, trust me) contain me having to confusedly specify that the game swapped from Katakana words to Hiragana words for no real reason. I think a more strict focus on Katakana would have been appreciated. A scant few words are in both Hiragana and Katakana, but the game doesn't explain why both are used in the same word. But yeah, I walked away happy and confident that I could revise both alphabets well. I know Kanji, vocab and grammar are Japanese's real threats, but just like Hiragana Battle, Katakana War is effective at effortlessly making its subject matter easy to digest. I really recommended Katakana War, with the caveat you finish Hiragana Battle beforehand. It's a wonderful program.
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I played through the game in a few days. It was really fun. The basic story is okay. Can you learn katakana through the game? Yes, you can! You don't just learn katakana, but also whole words, some grammar, and cultural aspects of Japanese culture. The katakana symbols are taught gradually, including voice output, so you know how to pronounce them. I can't wait to start with the kanji sequel! PS: I had already played the predecessor with the hiragana alphabet. You don't have to have played the predecessor, but I think it makes sense. Every now and then, whole words are taught. I'm glad that the game didn't just write typical Japanese words in katakana, but also displayed them in hiragana alongside romaji. These words are optional in this game and are just nice to know.
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Very much an improvement over hiragana battle, in several ways. Firstly, the difference in presentation is clear: most RTP map assets have been replaced by custom ones, there's voice acting and large portraits of characters, and sourced royalty free music is used in place of RTP music. The game does not feel like your average hobbyist RPG anymore, though there's some beginner mistakes like the music often not looping correctly, the sound effects of multi-hit skills being very loud, and some dungeon exits being handles improperly (for example, the train station dungeon exiting into the old train station). Nothing game breaking though. Secondly, the educational content is better, and there's more of it. The main story is longer, so you have more opportunities to practice your knowledge against enemies, and there's more sidequests which will teach you vocabulary in both hiragana and katakana. Thirdly, combat sees a major improvement. The mana bar has a reason to exist, meaning every character gets a variety of spells to use. A good compromise is that you cannot defeat an enemy with a spell that deals damage, you have to deal the finishing blow with a kana skill. There's also boss battles now, which are just a series of kana stuffed into one enemy that deals a lot more damage. It's not perfect though. The game is longer, but it contains a lot of dialog that has nothing to do with japanese whatsoever. Your party members (all 7 of em) have something to say in most scenes. It's entertainment value varies from bad to decent. Also can I just ask: why does this game have heart-to-heart events? It's really just filler, a sort of distraction from the learning part. It wasn't for me, maybe someone else will feel different about it. And there's more than 20 of these events? If it would've included some vocabulary or some japanese cultural things I would've appreciated it more, but alas. The most important question is: do I remember anything after playing it? I think I can write about 80% of the katakana from memory, and I remember some new words in katakana. I did try learning katakana before starting this game, but that kinda failed as katakana does not seem to want to stick around for long. This is because they seem a bit confusing at first, some looking alike or similar to hiragana but sounding completely different. If anything, this game is definitely a less painful way of learning katakana than any tool out there is, at least in my opinion. Hiragana battle was a steal at 6 euros, this game even more so.
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I do not know that using this game on it's own will make you learn faster than from a book on its own, but in combination it's really quite effective. This game is perfect for making you recognize the katakana as someone who struggled with them. The story is kinda boring, but serviceable. Voice acting as rough around the edges. Combat is nothing special. But I came to this game with one goal; learn the Katakana. Did I do that? Yes. Do I regret not playing this game sooner? Yes. If you want to learn the katakana, get a textbook or online worksheets and play this game alongside. Without hesitation I can recommend this game for its intended purpose. Especially on sale.
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Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam.
Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 5.99€ on Steam.
Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War received 485 positive votes out of a total of 530 achieving a rating of 8.52.
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Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War was developed by Sleepy Duck and published by RIVER CROW STUDIO.
Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War is not playable on MacOS.
Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War is not playable on Linux.
Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War is a single-player game.
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