Pseudo-Suda
While Suda51 himself was not responsible for directing this game, he did write it. It certainly shows. Sometimes the game feels like Suda accidentally died during Grasshopper Entertainment's Christmas party and they had to make something that screamed "Suda Did This" as publicly as possible to cover it up. But there are definitely a few moments where Hideyuki Shin pulls off something so stylish with Suda's writing that even Suda himself would be hard-pressed to top it. It definitely won't feel too fresh or new to anyone familiar with Suda's other work, and it still has the same Grasshopper problem of really simplistic gameplay, but Killer is Dead manages to be enjoyable for its sense of style and sheer spectacle alone.
Far from unenjoyable, but a bit too off-color in a by-the-numbers way, if that's possible.