4.5
‘Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada’ is frustrating due to its total lack of challenging gameplay. The game makes several mistakes that diminish from the potential this title could have met, making the whole thing feel like a waste.
SAMURAI WARRIORS: Spirit of Sanada
Omega Force · May 23, 2017
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Struggle for survival. Death before surrender! Experience the dramatic story and epic, action-packed battles of the Sanada clan during Japan\'s Warring States period.
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7.5
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- 7.0As someone thoroughly tired and uninterested in anything Musou, I can say without hesitation that Spirit of Sanada did very little in changing my opinion on the genre. Having said that, the focus on telling a tighter, more involved story along with the addition of a variety of RPG elements is a step in the right direction and deserves praise- hopefully pointing towards a renaissance for the genre.
- 8.0For any Samurai Warriors veteran, Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada will feel like a pair of comfy old slippers – easy to slide into, and once you’re in their warm embrace you won’t want to part company with them until they’ve become a little too sweaty and overbearing. In layman’s terms; the core gameplay hasn’t actually been changed all that much at all, meaning that the thick action synonymous with the series eventually just becomes as tiresome and repetitive as it always has.
- 8.0While Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada doesn’t diverge wildly from what I’ve come to expect, its presentation and impact are unique enough, strong enough and successful enough that I can only hope it heralds a new direction for the franchise. Deeply personal stories about these monumental figures, given ample room to breathe, can bring an overtold legend back to life.
- 9.5Spirit of Sanada is a massive step in the right direction, and even though I own all of the former Samurai Warriors 4 games, I am happy to have this game added to my collection. The addition of new systems, a better story, new characters, and a nice sheen of polish makes this the best musou game to date. It does justice to the story of Yukimura and his family, and that is honestly the best compliment that I can give it.
- 6.5Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, is an admirable effort by Omega Force to put a fresh spin on an old formula. For the most part, their use of the multi-stage battles, Strategems, bringing back the rage meter, as well as introducing some flashy new Musou attacks does the job. Fans of the genre will find plenty to love about this game as it keeps enough of the genre staples while still trying to keep you on your toes with some variations.
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