Way of The Samurai for PlayStation 2

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Action Adventure

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Release Date 5/30/2002
Publisher BAM
Developer Acquire
Platform PS2
Genre Action Adventure

Number of Players 2

Blood, Violence

Game Description

A sword-based adventure set in Japan in the year 1878. The Tokugawa Shogunate has fallen, and Western culture is coming to Japan. In the end of the Shogun era, one wandering samurai must help the people around him settle a feud. The sword combat in this game is quite complex, involving hundreds of moves and 40 different swords, each with its own characteristics. After you've played the adventure, plug in a second controller for head-to-head sword fighting.

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GameSpot Review (7.1 out of 10)

Fans of the Tenchu series have been waiting for Acquire's first PlayStation 2 game with no small degree of interest, while a new developer works on creating Tenchu III. Acquire has tackled a different, although similar, theme with Way of the Samurai: Instead of playing as a ninja in feudal Japa...more

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Average Member Rating: 7.1 out of 10

Play. This. Game.. (10 out of 10)

posted by OMGmyFACE (BEAVERTON, OR) on May 24, 2006
Member since Jul 2005
7 out of 7 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

This game is very short, but there's so much to do that you'll play this game over many many times. You can end the game at anytime, keep going until the end of the story you made for yourself, or die and there's many titles you can get based on who you helped/hurt, killed/saved, what you said and t...more

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