Samurai Warriors 2 Empires
Samurai Warriors 2 Empires is an expansion to the original Samurai Warriors 2 and the third Empires expansion by Koei. Very similar to both Dynasty Warriors 4 Empires and Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires, the game…
Samurai Warriors 2 Empires is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 16 November 2006 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.
What Samurai Warriors 2 Empires is
Samurai Warriors 2 Empires is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2006. It was published by Koei. It is available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Samurai Warriors 2 Empires is an expansion to the original Samurai Warriors 2 and the third Empires expansion by Koei. Very similar to both Dynasty Warriors 4 Empires and Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires, the game features the strategic and tactical Empire Mode that combines the gameplay of Samurai Warriors and several turn-based strategy elements from Nobunaga's Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The Empire mode allows the player to select from some of Japan's greatest battles. In the CAW Mode, the options are limited to 13 models with 10 color patterns each, as well as four different voices. Fortunately, a new feature is added to the mix: the ability to copy movesets of other…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Dynasty Warriors series
Samurai Warriors 2 Empires is the 19th of 58 entries we hold in the Dynasty Warriors series. The next entry was Dynasty Warriors: Gundam in 2007. Its critic score of 60 is 6 points below the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition at 85.
How it was received
Samurai Warriors 2 Empires holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 7 hrs.
What it launched against
Samurai Warriors 2 Empires launched on 16 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.
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