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Musashi: Samurai Legend

Musashi Samurai Legend marks the second chapter in the Musashi series. You'll play as Musashi, a young swordsman summoned to rescue a kidnapped princess. The journey, however, is a difficult one, as enemies of…

79 15 March 2005 ESRB T

Musashi: Samurai Legend is an adventure developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 5, released 15 March 2005 on PlayStation 2.

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What Musashi: Samurai Legend is

Musashi: Samurai Legend is an adventure game developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 5 and released in 2005. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Musashi Samurai Legend marks the second chapter in the Musashi series. You'll play as Musashi, a young swordsman summoned to rescue a kidnapped princess. The journey, however, is a difficult one, as enemies of all types stand in your way. To survive the onslaught of foes, you must learn your opponents' techniques and use their attacks against them. Some techniques let you attack multiple enemies at once. Musashi Samurai Legend immerses you in a comic book-style adventure by combining Japanese animation with dialogue balloons.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Musashi: Samurai Legend holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Musashi: Samurai Legend launched on 15 March 2005, within three weeks of God of War, God of War I, Tekken 5 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: God of War, God of War I, Tekken 5, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

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When did Musashi: Samurai Legend come out?
Musashi: Samurai Legend was released on 15 March 2005 for PlayStation 2.

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