Way of the Samurai Review

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(More customer reviews)A very interesting take on the end of the Samurai era in Japan.I just purchased this title earlier today, but so far I am already enthralled with it.The first things I noticed about the game were: one, its very hard, and two, the story is amazingly open and varied.On the difficulty end of things, there are very few save points and you only get one life; if you die the game is basically over.The story plays out like and old samurai movie or Clint Eastwood western (think "Yojimbo" or "Fistful of Dollars"; you encounter warring factions in a small town and everyone seems to want to recruit you to help tip the balance of power in their favor.However, the game never pushes you towards a specific direction.Your character's choices remain refreshingly open ended as the plot develops.You can fight, switch sides, or just sit back and watch while the npc's fight it out.The game also has it's quircky Japanese moments, like the afro-haired samurai, and sometimes downright bizzare quips you can choose to taunt your oppents with during battle.The bigest weak point in the game is definately in the graphics department.The character faces are genuinly unique and fairly expressive, but the game itself is somewhat jaggy, and definately displays some texture seaming problems.Another possible quible could come from the intitial dificulty level, which is fairly high.However, starting from scratch often is not as bad in "Samurai" as in some other titles, because it alows the player a chance to view different possible story arcs.One final not on the music: it's fairly eclectic, I personally enjoy it, but its probably not for everyone.The rest of the in game sounds are fairly minimal, so if you want to listen to your stereo instead of the game you at least won't be missing anything important.

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Product Description:
Step into feudal Japan as a samurai. Learn the sword fighting techniques and make the alliances needed to keep the emperor in power.

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