Nekome: Nazi Hunter Aims to Be Like Inglorious Basterds Meets Sifu – IGN Preview - IGN

Nekome Nazi Hunter, on paper, looks amazing. This personal, gruesome revenge story has all the right stuff to deliver the gory catharsis its title promises. Combining Arkham-like stealth and combat with an historic setting and unique perspective, it seems like it'll be one to look out for. I had the pleasure of sitting down with a pair of developers from Probably Monsters for a half-hour walkthrough of Nemoke’s stealth, combat, and story. I came out the other side looking forward to getting my hands on the sticks. It all starts with one word: revenge—well, technically, it's nekome. More than just a title, this is the Yiddish word for revenge. And it permeated every brutal frame I saw, pulling every lever and pulley behind protagonist-meets-fascist-dismantling machine Vano Nastasu’s stoic face. Really, it's something even deeper than just revenge… Nekome feels more like retribution – the soulful, carnal hunt for revenge whose only outcome is justice. And it's easy to understand why. The Nazis killed Vano’s family and left him for dead. After being rescued by a man and nursed back to health, this redemption by knife is his only recourse. It's interesting to see this kind of gory reve