Akuji the Heartless

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Akuji the Heartless

Developer(s)	Crystal Dynamics
Publisher(s)	Eidos Interactive
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Release date	^NA 1998
Genre(s)	Hack and slash, platform
Mode(s)	Single-player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen

Akuji the Heartless is an action-adventure video game, released in December, 1998 on the PlayStation. It uses a modified Gex: Enter the Gecko engine, and both games were developed by Crystal Dynamics. The gameplay involves hack and slash combat combined with platform elements.

[edit] Story

The game centres around the voodoo priest and warrior Akuji (voiced by Richard Roundtree), who had his heart ripped out on his wedding day by his brother, and through the use of voodoo magic is now cursed to wander through hell. Akuji, however, has a chance for redemption: if he traverses hell and collects the souls of his ancestors then the loa Baron Samedi will grant him safe passage out of the underworld.