Samurai Warriors 2

Samurai Warriors 2 (Sengoku Musou 2 -Japan title). Compared to the prequel, this game has more characters, more stages, more challenging, more replayability, more... everything.

There are ten new characters in total (including the most famous, Musashi Miyamoto who was never defeated in real-life history & who uniquely used 2 swords-style), and each of them have their own unique weapons and movesets. What makes this game is more unique, is that all characters, returning and brand new, are given specific techniques and movesets. The RB button, if pressed at the same time with either "X" or "Y" button, will make a character do a Special technique. The techniques range from doing special attacks, calling a horse, shooting, ninjutsu, and many others. Characters have also been assigned different types of movesets. Some characters' movesets are still similar to Sengoku Musou 1's moveset, but some others' are similar to the Shin Sangoku Musou movesets, but with improvements. If...Read more

I've played this game quite a lot and have found it to be very good in all aspects of gameplay. Unfortunatly I have been told by several retailers that this title has been discontinued. I do not know if the manufacture of this title has been halted but I'd advise getting this sooner than later because it really is a good game. I've probably put in more than 25 hours in the game and haven't completed all the storylines yet. This game is full of unlockables, something I really enjoy; It gives a nice sense of accomplishment. The voice acting on a couple of the characters is a little silly but for the most part is well done.

When I got my hands on the first installment of Samurai Warriors, I thought it was a lot of fun. When I got this one, I was shocked to see how much they had improved on the original. The combat system is much more fluid and intuitive. The in-game store allows players to spend money earned in missions to customize the characters to better match the player's own style. There are more playable characters than before, and individual story modes allow for quite a lot of replay value. Sadly, Koei removed the irritating character creation feature from the first game rather than fixing it. One of my favorite features, and the reason I bought it for Xbox 360 rather than PS2, is that the Xtreme Legends expansion pack is an Xbox Live downloadable patch rather than a separate disc that has to be swapped in and out during game-play. Some may consider this game just another hack-and-slash-fest from Koei, but as a fan of samurai, ninjas, and killing virtual opponents by the thousands, I...Read more