I feel like DEATH NOTE Killer Within was always going to be a bit of a hard sell for me because I’ve honestly never really cared for the two things it’s based on. When I first got into Death Note, I thought it had a really strong opening, but it meandered way too much in the middle that I got incredibly bored and stopped watching—although I am aware of the ending. The same goes for Among Us—I respect it as a pretty fun little game of Cat and Mouse, but I honestly never really got into it.
But I’m always willing to give anything a try, and the idea of Among Us but its Death Note is actually a pretty decent concept. I may have been a bit skeptical going in, but honestly, it’s not a bad little experience, combining an interesting bit of intrigue from the series—the first 10 episodes anyway—with Among Us’ signature “hiding in plain sight” gameplay.
DEATH NOTE Killer Within is a fairly simple premise: one team of players takes on the role of Kira and his followers,... Read more