Where did you go, Samurai Warriors?

Posted Jan 30th 2008 4:00PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Screens

Koei's Samurai Warriors Katana released earlier this month in the U.S. to a distinct lack of fanfare, and next month, European gamers will get their shot at the action title. Last August, the game sure sounded like it had potential, so what happened between then and now that resulted in an average score of 53 on Metacritic? Apparently "fun" is as far as the concept went, and many other elements were left unpolished. Still, the reviews are not all bad, and the screens didn't make any of the staff at Wii Fanboy vomit on their shoes, so it might be worth keeping an eye out for the inevitable markdowns that are sure to come in a few weeks.

Gallery: Samurai Warriors Katana

Tags: action, gallery, koei, omega-force, samurai-warriors-katana, samuraiwarriors

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1-30-2008 @ 5:14PM

Perverted said...

Hack n slash i should always see my character, and not be on rails.....
I'd rather play the other versions or even take the kiddy mystic heroes over this....If i had to play one :P

1-30-2008 @ 6:40PM

Thunderpants said...

This looks like a fun, unique title. Just not $50 fun. They were beyond stupid for the price point. I mean c'mon, there's like 8 hours of arm slashing here and not much else (I still am looking forward to the archery gameplay though). I'll buy it when its $30.

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