Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada
An epic story that delves deeply into the life of Yukimura Sanada. From his early days of watching his father Masayuki and determining his goals to his heroic end at the Siege of Ōsaka, the entire life of…
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 23 November 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3.
What Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada is
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2016. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An epic story that delves deeply into the life of Yukimura Sanada. From his early days of watching his father Masayuki and determining his goals to his heroic end at the Siege of Ōsaka, the entire life of Yukimura Sanada is fully depicted. As the dramatic story unfolds, Yukimura and company will grow and mature, and their appearances will change as well.
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. There are 51 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Dynasty Warriors series
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada is the 45th of 58 entries we hold in the Dynasty Warriors series. The next entry was Warriors All-Stars in 2017. Its critic score of 69 is 3 points above 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: Spirit of Sanada holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 38% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 46 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core i7 870, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 27GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada launched on 23 November 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian and Watch Dogs 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Watch Dogs 2.
Official trailer
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