Slice some gentlemen from Feudal Japan this summer.
The gaming industry has enjoyed a slew of samurai video games that do justice to the ancient samurai period. Here's a list covering them.
Due to technical issues the guys had to record twice this week! Needless to say, this one is a bit weird. Even they aren't immune to the pitfalls of modern technology! Spencer is on again for this one as the Game Out Loud Podcast guys talk about what they've been playing. What does Spencer think of Assassin's Creed Syndicate? Rob's thoughts on Ark: Survival Evolved? Jordan's excursion into Way of the Samurai 4? All these and more in this week's episode!
Bit Cultures writes: Great video games incentivize players to return time and time again. Some games accomplish this through collectibles, a new game plus mode, harder difficulty levels, multiplayer, or different play styles. Bulletstorm, while an absolute raunchy, “arcadey” thrill and one of my favorite games, only witnessed a single playthrough. The mature banter, kill combos and over-the-top moments kept me hooked, but left me wavering after the campaign. Games such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas and the Mass Effect series, however, easily garnered second, third and sometimes even fourth playthroughs. There are tons of nuances in these games to bring players back into the digital worlds. Similarly, Way of the Samurai 4, a third-person, hack and slash role-playing game, utilizes many elements from the latter three titles in order to keep players playing. The one major difference between replaying Way of the Samurai 4 and the other grand RPGs, however, is a player’s investment of hours in the campaign. A single playthrough of Way of the Samurai 4 may take up to anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. Through creative use of a choice-driven story line, a rewarding new game plus mode and a variety of unlockable items and weapons, Way of the Samurai 4 offers a replayable campaign without the burden of dedicating absurd amount of hours to a single playthrough.
Way of the samurai brings back a ton of memories, a really good quality games this is.
My style is very American, but "to try something new, is to explore your true potential".
Ok it may look very dated but the game is alot of fun with many samurai stuff to do.
Is very much like the Yakuza games but in Feudal Japan.
This will be a day one buy for me. I've been a fan of the Way of the Samurai series forever...granted the last one kind of disappointed me a little but I still played it. This one looks to have tons of potential. Thank you XSEED for bringing this to the US!
This is actually a very underrated title coming from the former creators of the Tenchu series. Do not listen to the reviews because they do not understand the meaning of this game. I'm glad xseed is bringing it, but I think I'll be importing the game from UK. Running out of space in my HDD already. No matter how big your HDD is, you'll never have enough space.