Samurai Warriors: Katana for Wii Reviews by Gamers

When you think of KOEI, you think of the Warriors titles but you also think of death, repetitive, mostly mindless combat and terrible voice acting. Samurai Warriors: Katana is no different, but a little fresher on the Wii's hardware.

Picture this:
You are a soldier on the field of battle in the Warring States period of Japan. You are accosted by scores of stupid enemies of limited scope and variety. Interspersed throughout this horde of baddies is the occasional super version of these stupid enemies. Wash, rinse repeat.

The entire game is presented from menus and a first person perspective for combat. From the menu you can equip your hero with skills (think of the items from other warriors titles.) and mildly customizable weapons including the sword, spear, hammer, bow, gun and... boomerang (Seriously.)
A little spiel is thrown at you about what this mission is all about and some banter commences between the heroes, which commonly focuses on just how incredibly awesome you are (which gets old.)

The combat, as already stated, is repetitive and performed from the first person. By pressing the 'A' button in combination with short, jerky swings from your Wiimote you can perform normal and power attack in traditional fashion. This is interesting and cool at first but ceases to be a cognitive and interesting process rather quickly. The other weapons, such as the spear, mix things up slightly but it never propels the system much higher than 'Mildly amusing.'

The levels themselves are fairly interesting if a bit short and for most of them you're on a rail ala House of the Dead and 99% of all shooting games you'll find in an arcade. Some levels allows you free range of motion but they're inexplicably short and are usually easy and boring. The music within however was great and appropriate.

In the end, the game is actually pretty fun but I can only-- in good conscience-- suggest it to people who like first person rail shooting games or Warriors title games.