Instead, Samurai Shodown set its battles in the storied past of feudal Japan. Shodown took the core gameplay of the genre — i.e., one vs. one battles on a 2-D plane — and adjusted it to focus on strong, fast attacks, rather than the lengthy combo strings popular at the time. As...
Ghost of Tsushima is a major departure for Sucker Punch, as the developer had previously spent the better part of a decade working on the inFAMOUS games — but it’s a welcome change of pace. In it, you play as a samurai who is tasked with saving his home of Tsushima Island. In ...
Lanselot is the actor who walks on stage and the crowd takes notice, even as he whispers more than speaks, let alone ever shouts a line. 4 Hobyrim Vahms Hobirym is your classic blind samurai archetype, and Tactics Ogre does little to distill the cliche. It's an excellent cliche ...
Ghost of Tsushima is a visual masterpiece and a great adventure game. This samurai adventure set in feudal Japan immerses you in a beautiful open world brimming with history and culture. You play as a dishonored warrior named Jin Sakai forced to abandon his code of honor to protect his home...
and heritage with some of the best samurai combat you can get only cements its status. Not enough can be said about its brilliant design that forgoes the standard map markers and waypoints for environmental cues to lead you to your next objective or point of interest. No side quest feels li...
Plenty of games can let you feel what it’s like to be a samurai, but onlyKatana Zerolets you feel what it’s like to be a movie samurai who can slice bullets and move so fast the world appears to be in slow-motion. At the same time, you are also incredibly vulnerable and will ...
Set during the Mongol invasion of Japan, it uses the game’s gorgeous island as the backdrop for a gory samurai tale of honor and glory under difficult circumstances. It offers most of the usual open-world RPG features, including many side quests, a huge world to explore, and an ...
Naoe is your more traditional assassin-type character in Assassin's Creed Shadows, while Yasuke plays quite differently. As a samurai, he is not so good at stealth and subterfuge, but instead heads into battle headfirst with powerful attacks and strong armor. This makes his skill tree far dif...
What a treat this brand new game is. LikeNioh2, Ghost of Tsushimagrounds itself in a real historical time period during a Mongol invasion of the titular island, though forgoes any mythical or supernatural elements. You play as a Jin, a Samurai attempting to rescue his uncle and find a way...