Way of the Samurai 2
As a peaceful town becomes victim to extreme violence and unrest, a Samurai arrives with the ability to change the town's destiny. In Way of the Samurai 2, you'll take on the role of the Samurai in feudal…
Way of the Samurai 2 is an adventure developed by ACQUIRE Corp., released 9 October 2003 on PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2.
What Way of the Samurai 2 is
Way of the Samurai 2 is an adventure game developed by ACQUIRE Corp. and released in 2003. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player, a starving ronin (Samurai without a lord), collapses at the gate of a renowned trading town called Amahara. When aided by a little girl the ronin is then introduced to the life of a samurai, whose decisions can give rise to various factions or lead to their destruction, or even stay out of the politics of the those factions.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Way of the Samurai 2 holds a critic score of 52 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Way of the Samurai 2 launched on 9 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Jak II and SSX 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Jak II, SSX 3.
Official trailer
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