Metacritic Games

Magatama (Xbox)

(Currently available in Japan only) Magatama chronicles a war in Medieval Japan between the forces of the Yamato and the Shogun Bakafu forces. To counter an attack from Bakafu general Ashikaga, Monkan of the Yamato forces enlists the help of demon kind from an alternate world. The player takes control of Shinato, a twin-bladed knight determined to defeat the demon forces.

Microsoft
Action
Players: 1
RP (Rating Pending)
Developer: Team Breakout
Released November 20, 2003

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

51 / 100

Critic Reviews

73 Weekly Famitsu
8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - 29 [Vol 780]
50 NTSC-uk
For the most part it looks and sounds great, and there are definite glimpses of brilliance, which it sadly counter-balances with too many average or frustrating elements. A definite missed opportunity. [JPN Import]
40 Edge Magazine
Combat is simply a matter of clobbering the 'B' button, and the increasingly acrobatic combos that are automatically unleashed are little compensation for your bored brain and strained tendons. [JPN Import; Feb 2004, p.111]
40 Xbox Nation Magazine
Magatama lacks any sense of progress. [Sept 2004, p.88]

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