Samurai Warriors: State of War
Samurai Warriors: State of War is a portable version of Samurai Warriors, however, it is not a straight conversion and is made to more resemble Dynasty Warriors, giving it an "Samurai Warriors Empires" style…
Samurai Warriors: State of War is an adventure developed by Omega Force, released 8 December 2005 on PlayStation Portable.
What Samurai Warriors: State of War is
Samurai Warriors: State of War is an adventure game developed by Omega Force and released in 2005. It was published by Koei. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Samurai Warriors: State of War is a portable version of Samurai Warriors, however, it is not a straight conversion and is made to more resemble Dynasty Warriors, giving it an "Samurai Warriors Empires" style of playing. The gameflow is mainly separated into two stages: the Strategy phase and the Action phase. During the first stage, the map is separated into colored squares and the player is asked to move their character in a turn-based fashion. Terrain affects how the player can act during this stage. What usually follows is the action phase, which asks the player to defeat as many opponents possible within 60 seconds. These stages can tip the battle in the player's favor. There are four…
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: State of War is the 12th of 58 entries we hold in the Dynasty Warriors series. The next entry was Dynasty Warriors 5: Special in 2005. Its critic score of 70 is 4 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: State of War holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Samurai Warriors: State of War launched on 8 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
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