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Koei
Release Date:
September 19, 2006
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Summary
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Starring:
Hisao Egawa, Akio Ootsuka, Daisuke Gori
Developer:
Omega Force
Genre(s):
Action
# of players:
1-4
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Critic Reviews
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Positive:
4
Mixed:
18
Negative:
4
Worth Playing
With each installment, Koei and Omega Force are not reinventing the wheel; it's there, and it rolls just fine. They're smoothing it out, steadily working out the bumps and making the whole thing roll much more smoothly.
GameShark
For fans of the series, Samurai Warriors 2 is a sure bet, the best of the regular series since Dynasty Warriors 3. For newcomers, don’t be afraid to try this one out, it has a lot of new features and great replay value.
Game Chronicles
Despite the addition of a Monopoly-based game that you might not play a whole lot of (except to unlock certain characters), it is a fun way of going through a rough history lesson of feudal Japan, although it may not be completely accurate.
Game Informer
The gameplay really needs an upgrade before I can recommend this series again. [Nov. 2006, p.130]
IGN
The core gameplay is in serious need of an overhaul, though. We've seen this too many times before and are ready for something new. Couple that with painful audio and visuals and it's hard to find a reason to recommend this to any but the hardest of hardcore fans.
Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
Samurai Warriors 2 doesn't introduce any new problems to the series and corrects a few of the glaring inadequacies of the first game. Nevertheless, it fails to add enough to the series to justify being a full-priced sequel. [Oct. 2006, p.85]
Game Revolution
With twenty-six unique charaters and as many stories to play through, this is the hands-down, be-all, end-all, motherload of button pushing. The rest of us, however, understand why George Jetson hates his job. Ok, you can stop doing it now.