Samurai Warriors
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Samurai Warriors PlayStation 2 Front Cover

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Arcade, Hack and slash

Setting

Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval)

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Description

Samurai Warriors is Koei's extension of the popular Dynasty Warriors series. Instead of taking place during the Three Kingdoms era in China, Samurai Warriors takes you back to feudal Japan, during the warring states era. In the game, you take control of actual historical figures such as Yukimura Sanada, Nobunaga Oda, and Hattori Hanzo. Altogether, there are fifteen characters, ten of whom need to be unlocked.

Basically, gameplay is almost identical to that of Dynasty Warriors. The main differences are things like the inclusion of indoor castle levels, and a greater variety of enemies. In Dynasty Warriors, enemies were basically either soldiers or archers. In Samurai Warriors, there are soldiers, archers, musketeers, and many different types of ninjas. In terms of story, there are basically only five levels, but depending on your actions in a certain level specific to each character, the story will branch of into two different stories, leading to a good ending or a not as good ending. Updated graphics and a more "techno-ish" soundtrack top off the additions.

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Samurai Warriors PlayStation 2 Found the exit, got some bonus seconds

Samurai Warriors PlayStation 2 In "Archery", the tables are turned, and the player needs to perform ranged attacks

Samurai Warriors PlayStation 2 The initial character selection, more characters have to be unlocked

Samurai Warriors PlayStation 2 Beginning of the stage

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Alternate Titles

"Sengoku Musou" -- Japanese title

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GameZone	PlayStation 2	May 06, 2004	8.7 out of 10	87
Game Over Online	Xbox	Jul 14, 2004	83 out of 100	83
UOL Jogos	PlayStation 2	Jun 22, 2004		80
Game Informer Magazine	PlayStation 2	May, 2004	7.5 out of 10	75
IGN	Xbox	Jul 14, 2004	7.4 out of 10	74
GameSpot	Xbox	Jul 12, 2004	7.3 out of 10	73
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Xbox	Apr 11, 2004	7 out of 10	70
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox	Aug 30, 2004	13 out of 20	65
Xbox Nation (XBN)	Xbox	Aug, 2004	6 out of 10	60
GamePro (US)	PlayStation 2	Jun 03, 2004	3 out of 5	60