Way of the Samurai
In 1878, the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogun Age and the rise of the Meiji Restoration Era brought an end to the Age of Samurai. Way of the Samurai puts you in the role of a wandering samurai who is drawn into…
Way of the Samurai is an adventure developed by ACQUIRE Corp., released 7 February 2002 on PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2.
What Way of the Samurai is
Way of the Samurai is an adventure game developed by ACQUIRE Corp. and released in 2002. It was published by BAM! Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Tokugawa shogunate, a Samurai clan that unified Japan during the sengoku period for 265 years has fallen, and now ten years later when the very people who once ruled Japanese society (Samurai) have been outlawed, a lone ronin (Samurai without a lord) has arrived in Rakkotsu Pass. With three factions competing for control of the outpost, it is your decisions that will dictate who will rise, who will fall, and ultimately who will survive this turbulent time.
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. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Way of the Samurai holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Way of the Samurai launched on 7 February 2002, within three weeks of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Jet Set Radio Future and Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Jet Set Radio Future, Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure.
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