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Just Like Dynasty Warriors

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: June 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is almost exactly the same as Dynasty Warriors and Kessen, which should be no surprise considering that all three games are made by the same people. If you are expecting something different, you won't like this game. Gameplay was good, although the stages seem really short and there are some really annoying things about the game too.
- some of the stages have two parts, the second of which is a long, boring dungeon maze with a thousand people to kill and no health.
- characters do that "disappearing" act from your screen angle just like the other two games
- in co-op play both players use the musou;they build up concurrently on one bar and no player can use it alone
+ there are more characters to play with but
- the story lines essentially remain the same no matter who you are using
+ better items
+ better attacks, thanks to elementals, which means
+ better weapons

I rented this game. I probably wouldn't buy it because it is so short and the storylines are so unoriginal (there's even a Cao Cao character! but with a different name), but it's worth a try if you like slash-and-dash games.

this game is hard

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: December 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

samurai warriors is a hard game. i beat 2 of the stories, yukimura's and the samurai's tale. the highest rank is a twenty. you might want to have 2 people when you're doing story mode. if one of you is a 1 and the other is an 18 you might want have backup. 2 player mode is cool because you go into a mode and just kill everyone in sight. you can also create a charecter. you can have up to 5 people and use them in story mode. you want to be on nobunaga's because his excircises or easier than the other lords, like shingen. that guy dies for god sake. if you like dynasty warriors you'll like this.

Dynasty Warriors only in Japan

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: December 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is very fun but can be diffcult. for one thing the castle levels i think are almost impossiable because fo the booby traps. but it is too easy when you fight on the fields because you can easily demolish everyone. i do have one suggestion that you do two player mode for the campaigns because you can do multiple objects at the same time

I'd rather be playing Dynasty Warriors

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 14
Date: January 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love the Dynasty Warriors series, so when Koei came out with Samurai Warriors I was thrilled. I thought it would be very much like DW, but with Japanese history and characters. In many ways they are alike, and in some ways they are different and that's still good. The "musou" attack in SW is sort of a time freeze where you are still in control of your character unlike DW. I thought that was a nice change, although I still like the Musou attack in DW also.
In SW it feels like I am constantly trying to figure out where I need to be and I never seem to be close to the right place. The maps are more confusing than DW. It shows an X marking where I need to be, I begin heading that way and find a closed off gate. I am then forced to backtrack, losing mission time.
The game is pretty cool in some ways, but I find myself yelling at it more than enjoying it.
I would rather play Dynasty Warriors 4 Empires personally.

You know, this isn't so bad! In fact, it's great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: January 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I had read a number of reviews claiming that this game was exactly like Dynasty Warriors, except worse. Well, I must confess that because of these, I held out from purchasing this for a long time. However, when I found this title in the bargain bin of a certain large chain store (for ten bucks), I finally said, "What the hey?" and purchased it.

Oh, I was not disappointed...

Indeed, Samurai Warriors does have a great deal of similarity with its Dynasty Warrior counterpart. You take control of a character, and hack your way into Japanese history. The time period is the end of the so-called Sengoku, or Warring States, a long and bloody civil war between many participants which ended with the rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The game starts with Nobunaga Oda's attack on the Imagawa, the "ruling" clan at the time. Historically, Nobunaga was far outnumbered by the Imagawa, but managed to gain a bit of luck due to a driving rainstorm.

The game concentrates on a few battles (some real, some fictitious) and a few participants (initially, only five are available, but ten more can be unlocked, including Nobunaga himself). The action moves forward by means of missions which the player may embark on. Succeeding (or failing) a mission will open new missions. Furthermore, each person has a scenario and (at least) two different endings to find. In general, this game is quite a bit harder than Dynasty Warriors, but I found this pretty fun (if at times frustrating - the "Betrayal at Honnuji" level is a killer even at "normal" difficulty).

Character growth is pretty fun, as they grow depending on how you decide to defeat each level (or, you can look online to learn how to max out all character stats). The graphics are a bit weak for an entry this late into the DW genre, but the gameplay makes up for it, in my opinion. Level 5 weapons are quite difficult to get as well.

All in all, I think the game is worth the incredibly cheap price I got it for, and is probably worth three times that. Oh, and one more thing, Nobunaga isn't really all that much like Cao Cao (Cao Cao was a very skilled diplomat, whereas Nobunaga's diplomacy came at the tip end of a sword, so to speak). But anyway, I found the game well worth the money.

The cash cow says "Moo".

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: August 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm one of the biggest Dynasty Warriors nuts on the face of the Earth, so I tend to follow most of KOEI's games when EGM reports them (they REALLY need to make a Gitaroo Man sequel).

Samurai Warriors sounds like a great idea: Take the massive-scale action/strategy of Dynasty Warriors, and put it in Tokugawa Shogunate-era Japan. But not all is well.

The levels and (especially) characters in the game just flat out bore me to death. They feel bland and uninteresting compared to the DW cast, specifically Nobunaga, who is a total Cao Cao clone, and Keiji Maeda, a Lu Bu wannabe. Not to mention you can only play as 15 of them. What the hell? One of the main hooks of Dynasty Warriors is it's 40+ playable characters, so a huge chunk of the replay value is torn out.

Another annoying feature is your allies. Simply put: They are 100% useless. Every DW game seems to lower the fighting capabilities of your army a little more, but this time, they just went way too far.

This game really does feel like it was made to cash in on the popularity of the DW series. Of course, the classic hack n' slash gameplay is still present, but what good does it do when everything around it feels uninspired?

Great Button Masher

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Easily some of the most exciting action games in the past few years are the DYNASTY WARRIORS games from Koei. What the series lacked in storyline surely made up for it with the action packed and longtime playability that you would find in each game. Where else can you kill hundreds or even thousands of enemy soldiers for hours at a time? And of course, as we'ved already seen with the series so far, if a series works, companies will capitalize on its success. This is the case for Koei newest title, SAMURAI WARRIORS.
One of the most appealing things about the DYNASTY WARRIORS series, other than the constant action, is the historical background of ancient China. Sure, while there is no record of any one person killing 1000 people in a single battle, the game brings some historical references into the game to sprucen up the storyline. The only difference between DYNASTY WARRIORS and the newcomer SAMURAI WARRIORS is that the latter now takes place in feudal Japan. Taking place during the Sengoku period of Japanese history,
When the political power of the Ashikaga Shogunate collapsed in the succession dispute of 1467, the islands of Japan erupted in a series of major wars. This era in Japanese history became known as the Sengoku or "warring states" period. SAMURAI WARRIORS explores this dramatic era and combines it with the Tactical Action excitement KOEI has become known for. SAMURAI WARRIORS stars the brave Sanada Yukimura, who leads an elite band of samurai and ninja. Sanada's journey will take him to the hallowed Japanese battlefields of Okehazama and Kawanakajima and inside the embattled walls of Osaka Castle where he will come face-to-face with gun-toting troops, echelons of ninja, and deadly kunoichi (female ninja). Players can choose the role of Sanada Yukimura or other legendary samurai and ninja. The game will herald the rise of the indispensable ninja, Hattori Hanzo, from the shadows of history, as well as the reemergence of KOEI's powerful and mysterious Oda Nobunaga. Missions evolve depending on player performance and the tide of battle. Success or failure can affect scenarios in later stages. With 500 variations, the chain of missions is unique with each play, adding depth while heightening the urgency and excitement of combat. Samurai Warriors' AFS (auto-formation system) randomly generates castle levels and conquest routes offering a new experience with each play. [KOEI] SAMURAI WARRIORS obviously focuses on the warring nations that combat each other during this time period. But technically, for storyline, that is about as historically accurate as this one gets (other than a few real-life characters that you will find throughout the game).
SAMURAI WARRIORS allows you to select from 15 different characters, each with his or her own fighting style and storyline. True, they donall differ too much from each other, but they are different enough to warrant playing through more than one of them. Basically, if you played any of the DYNASTY WARRIORS games, you'll feel right at home with SAMURAI WARRIORS. The square button performs most of the attacks you use throughout the game, allowing you to string together combos. By adding in the occasional press of the triangle or circle buttons for your special attacks, you be able to take apart the enemy armies in no time. Of course, the coolest mode found in the game is when two players see who can kill 1000 enemies the quickest.
The newest upgrade to SAMURAI WARRIORS is the Officer Mode, which allows you to create your own samurai from several pre-rendered models. After creating your character, you go through a series of tests from your trainer until you are good enough to join a clan and become a full fledged samurai. There are also some new RPG effects added into the game that allow you to upgrade your characterattack, defense and weaponry.
One of the biggest downfalls of the game, just like the DYNASTY WARRIORS games, is the English voice acting. The voice acting was pretty bad before, but now it just seems downright intolerable. Luckily for us, a much better acted Japanese track is available for players. The music is also decidedly more Japanese, more subdued and traditional, than the previous rock tracks that we are used to in the DYNASTY WARRIORS series.
I also didn't like the endless castle maze (which all looked alike hence only 4 stars) plus the graphics are not as good as Samurai 2 (which has more color & depth) SAMURAI WARRIORS is still a perfectly good action game for people who enjoy playing games that don't require much thought. This is a game that any player can just jump into and have a great time.

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