STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®

Hiryu kills small enemies in a single stroke, and the game is tuned around that speed. You keep moving, cutting through rooms of cybernetic soldiers in seconds, then slide or climb to reach the next fight from an angle they did not expect. The plasma cyphers give the sword real choices: one burns, one freezes enemies in their tracks, and one deflects bullets straight back at the flying droids that fired them. Shielded enemies only fall to the right cypher, so you swap on the fly and keep the rhythm going. When a room fills with soldiers and machines at once, clearing it without stopping is the whole pleasure of the game.

Kazakh City is one massive interconnected world, and you cross it the way a ninja would: jumping, climbing any surface, running along walls and sliding through vents. New abilities keep reopening old ground. A charge attack breaks specific shields, a ground strike smashes floor grates, and later upgrades let you bounce through the air or fly between distant districts. Backtracking is part of the design, and it rarely drags, because simply moving through the world is the best thing in the game. The districts themselves vary widely, from neon-lit streets to sewers, laboratories and military bases, each with its own look.