Samurai Warriors was my childhood. I remember spending hours playing the first game during my elementary and middle school years.Yukimura and Nobunaga were my all time favorite characters and the battle of Honnoji and Osaka were my favorite levels. I’m happy that someone is giving these games some love.
My childhood was samurai warriors 2, i remember trying to connect the lines and actually figure out who won which battle as an elementary student, those days were so fun!
problem is combat too easy repeat , monster too easy , if die you can not play in checkpoint , the world have nothing , they can add something you can pick , move or use to kill enemy
I remember playing only samurai warriors 2 after playing dynasty warriors 3 and 5 and then I got warrior orochi and my jaws were dropped the cool characters from samurai warriors and dynasty warriors fighting together I played those games to death trying to unlock all character and their strongest weapons and max levels
While I agree Koshosho's design is quite ridiculous for the series, Gracia's at least has roots in Japanese and historical fashion. Her SW4 dress is a fusion of Tudor-period gowns(this is apparent in the details of her upper torso and arms) and modern-day Japanese lolita fashion, which is more apparent in the skirt design and her hairstyle. Tudor is right in the same time period that the Sengoku Jidai occurred so I was pleasantly surprised by the design. I think the intent would have been made much more clear if she had the giant neck ruff that was in high fashion at the time. It's a massive improvement over her horrendous design in SW3.
I grew up on the Dynasty and Samurai Warriors games, and my favorites are the Empires spinoffs. Ever since I could walk and talk I've loved Ancient China and Feudal Japan as well as the Samurai specifically on top of loving and practicing marital arts. When I discovered these games I was completely enthralled. I even went out of my way to read Romance of the Three Kingdoms as well as learn as much about the Samurai as I could on top of that. Although I recognize their flaws, I still hold these series close to my heart when it comes to video games that I love. This is a bit of a side-note, but I also really loved the Kessen games. Although Kessen II was terribly inaccurate in various ways and silly as hell in others, I still have to say it's my favorite of the three in the series. I also really like the strategy series they made under the same name as the text that inspired it. I've only played the most recent of the Nobunaga's Ambition games, but I enjoy it just as much. When it comes to my beloved experiences with these specific games, Koei could do no wrong in that era. The only more recent game of theirs that I've played that I didn't like was Dynasty Warriors 9, but the less known about that travesty the better as far as I'm concerned lol :P
man, samurai warriors spirit of the sanada is top notch. really dives to the story of the Sanada clan and hits your heart especially Yukimura's final charge.
11:19 YES! to this day I still miss Samurai Warriors 2 Empires. used to play it every Sunday morning til late afternoon with friends, making our own officers and racing to get to that level 20 (or whatever the max level was), geting upgrading and putting elements on the weapons, unlocking moves, mounts, formations, cutscenes recruiting characters, suppressing rebellions, and more! the "Goofy" voice was amazing 😂 we'd conquer and unify the land as ninjas / monks. Musashi Miyamoto was my favorite characters. loved it whenever he says "I am invincible!" and he was whenever I played as him. oh man this comment ended up being long and like a time machine while typing it. thank you for the great video!
Samurai warriors 2 was one of my favorite games and is one of my favorite games of all time. I loved the story of Mitsuhide and I loved the what if of Kotaro fuma basically conquering Japan through the shadows. They were soo cool
Dude, great channel! I've been binge watching in for the last couple of days. By the way, check out Kessen III. It's about Nobunaga Oda's rise to power, that led to his inevitable (or is it?!) downfall. One of the few games that depicts him not as an evil guy aka The Demon King, but as a romantic (yet controversial) national hero of Japan and a dreamer. Which he undoubtedly was. Extremely underappriciated game. Again: great channel, thanks for the great content. Keep up the good work! Sorry for not great english (if it is, i'm not a native) and hello from Belarus!
Kessen III is a “what if” story of Oda Nobunaga escaping Honnoji and survives to continue his reign all over Japan alongside his faithful vassals as well as his wife, Kicho/Lady No (she’s no longer the deranged temptress who wants to enjoy Hell)
I'm a big fan of warriors games starting from Dynasty Warriors 2. I really love Samurai Warriors series too, my favorite character is Hattori Hanzo . My opinions about each entry: SW: Nice start up but couldn't find its identity yet SW2: Really good improvement. Sw3: I only could play this on emulator maybe that is the reason I didn't like it that much SW4 and SW4-II: Finally serie found its identity, gameplay is much more enjoyable in my opinion Spirit of Sanada: This game is best in every aspect even surpassed Dynasty Warriors, especially considering how dissapointing DW9 is. I'm not even fan of Yukimura but this game is perfect, hope they make similar game for Oda Clan Didn't plyed previous Empires titles but SW4 Empires is one of my favorite Samurai Warriors title. It is so much fun customizing famous but generic looking samurais (like Takeda retainers) and conquering whole region.
I grew up with Dynasty warriors 4. When i first got the game from block busters, I was hooked and once I got the game, both myself and my cousins would spend hours and hours playing this. My favorite battle being Hulao gate! But once I discovered samurai warriors a decade later, I was hooked! The metal music, characters, and just the battles filled with hundreds of npcs! I only wish the newer titles were closer to their predecessors.
I love this series so much! I actually got the Platinum Trophy for SW4 a few days ago! I'm no expert like you, but I love the Sengoku period. I normally do my own research because I know the games aren't historically accurate, but that's part of the fun, too! I love making Nobunaga survive Honnõji and unify Japan. Have you played Nioh? It's another Koei game (by Team Ninja) in style of Dark Souls but during the Sengoku era. Full of supernatural stuff, but really interesting!
I absolutely agree with it being to much anime inspired. I think it does need some anime inspiration because it differentiates them. But it needs to be more realistic samurai depictions. I've wanted it for so long. Real life Samurai armor is amazing and needs no over glorification.
I played SW2 since I was a child and got hooked because of the Sengoku history that was conveyed in a game medium. It's very entertaining. I am so happy I got to know your account coz I get to know more about the samurais!!
I love the series, not for history or combat system, i grew up whit those games, spend hours and hours, these games brought me to feudal japan history, thanks to these games i'm watching the video right now, nice video by the way.
While I haven’t played samurai warriors, I’ve played Pokémon conquest. Conquest has the characters from samurai warriors, the gameplay mechanics of something more like fire emblem, and of course you battled using Pokémon.
Somehow, it manages to fix the misconception that Sanada Yukimura served Takeda Shingen during his lifetime by having Masayuki Sanada take center stage during the first levels of the game and then, Sanada Yukimura goes on to take center stage (as he always does in every Samurai Warriors game)
Great review of the series. I do agree with your analysis of the character designs. The earlier games had better designs than the newer ones. It has gone way too anime inspired with overly saturated colors. And I agree. Samurai Warriors 2 Empires was the peak!
I grew up with Sengoku Basara games, and I'm still loving it to this day As i grow up i started to play more warriors games, such as Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors, and i still love them. In fact i know a lot of Sengoku samurai stories thru these games and find them fascinating It's kind of a shame that Sengoku Basara doesn't have its west release anymore, but at least we still got the Warriors series still going strong, especially with One Piece added in the franchise which is also a really good one since I'm already a One Piece fan in the first place
Love the Warriors games, and Ginchyo is my favorite of all the characters. She’s a shocking strong fighter in a series where pole arms and ranged weapons dominate while she had a short range weapon. Maybe because she’s fast as lightning (see? Two electricity puns, so you know I’ve played her quite a bit.) ⚡️
Ginchiyo was the second character that I played in samurai warriors 2 after yukimura she was really fun to play especially since you could do 12 hit combos, probably more I haven't finished it yet
I'm finishing Spirit of Sanada and it's amazing. Obviously it's not perfect, but storywise, it conveys what it wants to convey so well. I'm looking forward to what you'll say about the Battle of Sanada Maru, Yukimura's finest hour. If you did all the side content, collected all the special accessories and equipped and leveled Yukimura well, you will truly witness the might of the Sanada. Seriously, no other Samurai Warriors game has come close to showcasing the legend of Yukimura Sanada as well as this
spirit of sanada was good but sw2 hits different but the designs are like that to catch a pretty wide range of consumers from kids and cartoons to adults and history.. business is sumnthin
u right tho.. this game was really just about the many ways the sengoku era would have been thru if all the warriors were either present or in major alliances all in one timeline. hype was def there for me
Thank you so much for the awesome review of the Samurai Warriors series! 🤩 I’ve been a fan of the Samurai Warriors series since the first game for the PS2 and played mostly all of the games (except SW2, SW3:Empires version). This game series actually got me interested in learning more of the Sengoku Era history. 😃I’m so happy that you liked playing SW2:Empires! To be honest, I liked that empire game more than the SW4:Empires. 😊 My favorite chapters to play is The Legend of the Oda, The Legend of the Sanada and The Battle of Sekigahara. 💖 My favorite samurais in the game are Yukimura, Mitsunari, Mitsuhide, Magoichi, Kunoichi, Takatora, Yoshitsugu and a few others. However, is it true that Yoshitsugu and Mitsunari were close friends in reality during the Sengoku Era or was that just in the game? 🤔 Thank you so much for the upload! I’m definitely subscribing to your channel. 😃 P.S. You should definitely check out the Nioh and Sengoku Basara game series when you have free time. 😊
Got hook on SW2 back then and started playing this games even now. I read from a japanese article that they have plans for sw5. But looks like they are still in the planning process and it may still take years for a JP released then followed by global released
I discovered SW3 for the Wii in 2013, and man... The first time I tried, I didn't understand how to play it. But for some reason, I tried again, and again, and again... And now, technically, it's my most favorite game franchise. Even I can say certain events of my life in this month are extremely tied to this game franchise. I think Spirit of Sanada was how the SW future could be, and not what we had with SW5. Actually, I'm afraid what Koei Tecmo will do with SW as its 20th Anniversary is approaching. If SW was historically accurate, I wouldn't have my favorite character in his early years: Musashi Miyamoto. I don't know, I like him because he's introduced like a young guy searching for his own path in that turbulent era, instead of a plenty wise aged man like most manga, anime, and doramas show him. By the way, I think Gracia's outfit is most like a gothic lolita reimagined in the Sengoku Jidai. And I like her. Good video, as a SW fan, you describe what exactly how this franchise really is, with its goals and fails. Greetings from Mexico. PS: I like you chose Musashi Miyamoto as your video thumbnail image.
Superb series review. I have fond memories of these games from my childhood. These games inspired me to seek out the real history and facts surrounding the characters.
Samurai warriors 1 was the best in my opinion...the characters were very memorable, officers cutscenes, castle stages and custom characters...it had it all 💯
8:01 I was going to recommend "Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes" or "Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi" since I believe they have the best combat of any Warriors style game, but since the Sengoku Basara games are a much more "anime" take on the Sengoku Period than the Samurai Warriors games you might not have a lot of fun looking at them haha. That aside I'd still be interested in seeing a "Spirit of Sanada" video from you at some point.
This is why I love Empires because you can re-create the characters to a more realistic view of themselves. Either way it is a fun game in my opinion. I am a more of a realistic person tho so by re creating I can get that.
I love samurai warriors 2. The story of each character is really interesting and the dream mode is really good too. I hope SW5 also focuses on each character. Im really excited!
I love Samurai warriors, it's the series that got me hooked onto Japanese History. The Anime series, I will admit could have done alot more if they didn't focus on the Sanada Brothers so much.
Will you do a review of Bushido Blade? Probably the best game I've played due to how injuries impact the characters and how they must follow the bushido in order to pass each level. My sole complaint about Bushido Blade is that it wasn't given a historical setting with historical figures. I've only played the first sequel to it, and because of how they changed the injury rules I lost interest.
Been a fan of Dynasty Warriors since I got my chance to play DW4 at a friend's house years ago. It actually got me into the Three Kingdoms story to see what it was all about. That being said, where should I start? Spirit of Sanada looks interesting, but if I have to know somethings to get that story, I wanna deal with those games first.
My favourite has always been Chronicles for its general management on the battlefield and its custom character stuff, but I'm going to pick up Spirit of Sanada soon. I was really hoping Spirit of Sanada Switch version would be released in English but here I am waiting...
The most amazing thing about japan is how they make the world knows about their nation heroes and history as famous as the world know superman and batman
Have you ever heard of SW's sister series, Sengoku Basara? It's a very wacky but fun game: Tadakatsu Honda is a Robot, Oichi is possessed by a demon, Motochika Chosokable is a pirate, Ieyasu is a hot-blooded brawler, Yoshitsugu Otani is a sorcerer mummy, and so on. I'd love if you downloaded the Nintendo Wii emulator "Dolphin", tried it out and showed your reaction to the games and the fantastically wacky depictions of the historical figures.
Pretty much the same opinion, I have a lot of fun with these games, but would never try to seriously argue that they are Great Games... just that they can be a great time depending on one's personal taste and level of interest in any of the given settings, whether it's Sengoku Jidai or Zelda or whatever. I need to play 4, I haven't probably due to playing Hyrule Warriors instead basically, but after hearing that it has its own completely new way of doing the story mode, I'm interested. I have to say that while I get what you're saying about the over the top female characters... I also think it doesn't make sense to focus only on the female noncombatants, when all the same criticisms apply to the various 'advisor' or 'strategist' type characters who also would never have participated in battle and are given various magic weapons or straight up magic as a weapon to clearly show this, just like is done with all the female characters who would never have been in battle, going back to the original old Dynasty Warriors games... it probably has something to do with you coming at these with all the history already in mind, and I didn't in any serious way when I played these, too, though. In any event I would personally find it TRAGIC if they had decided not to have so many cute girls in these games available to play, simply for this reason ; )
I was more into dynasty warriors myself but the samurai series has interest me but every time I think about getting one there is a new dynasty warriors I get instead
i lived in the game everyday, maxed out game time and every character. Nene No Magoichi Shingen Nobunaga Mitsuhide Masamune Ina Ranmaru Okuni... the newer versions arent like the ones from the past so i couldnt dive into them
Cao Cao and Oda Nobunaga really look alike, making them probably relatives with Cao Cao’s descendants marrying Japanese people and somehow, Nobunaga makes himself as a descendant of the great Cao Cao (in the Dynasty /Samurai Warriors canon at least)
@@lewisaino both of them have similar facial features in the games and they have a “win by any means necessary” mindset as well as competency and brilliance in the battlefield with them beating someone with far more superior military strength than them. The difference is, Cao Cao died peacefully while Nobunaga died in a fiery inferno
Whats your opinion on the Warriors Orochi games? While I'm a fan of both dynasty and samurai warriors, warriors orochi is my absolute favorite warriors series. Still hoping one day to get a warriors orochi empires though I doubt it'll ever happen
It’s the biggest assembly of the finest warriors from China and Japan along with mystical characters, modern day ninjas, Achilles, Joan of Arc as well as Greek and Norse deities. A Warriors Orochi Empires would be truly nice. Imagine having Oda Nobunaga having an army of demons under his control, making his Demon King moniker resemble more than just a gimmick
I only own Samurai Warriors 2 Samurai Warriors 2 Empires Samurai Warriors katana and Samurai Warriors 3 I hope they will announce Samurai Warriors 5 soon . I own Way of the Samurai 3 and also Kengo legend of the 9 video games .
We're pretty much the same, our friends even some of my brothers didn't really appreciate the gameplay and even the game itself, they played it for couple of stages then I see them yawning or at times mocking the names of the characters, only my elder brother who understood the game as much as I do, sadly by time he gradually lost his interest in this game, but heck if you'd been my friend I'll play from SW1 to sw4 with you hahaha it's the sw2 that I had the most fun and still my favourite SW1 is the most nostalgic and toughest. 3 is bad for me, I don't know I just don't like how 3 turned out and not to mention the console and FPS, 4 is fine but I didn't really like the dash attacks charge attack were used to be, it became OP and repetitive.
Samurai Warriors 2 was my favorite. I played 3&4 but they don't hit me as much as 2nd one. If any of you know, plz tell me where can I download it again 😭🙏
8:00 I will point out that the depiction of female characters in warriors games wasnt always that... off. Can you guess when it took a downturn? Not even joking when I say it was with the merger with tecmo... and sadly most of the SW games came after or during said merger. The biggest example of this is actually in the DW series... with Sun Shang Xiang, a character who used to be considered an equal to her siblings and father, even leading Wu in some of the games, who took no shit... and then the Tecmo merger happened, and the very next DW game had her as a whimpering waif who could not bring herself to go against her husband, with her personality reduced to a fiery tomboy who turns into a feminine obedient wife the moment she meets Liu Bei. Reminder that Naotora Li, the BIGGEST offender of this in the SW games is basically a glorified Dead Or Alive character that is there exclusively to be shitty fanservice.... actually she literally IS a Dead or Alive character just guest starring in SW, with how much push she gets in DOA over SW. Hell, just look at the original designs for Ina, or Ginchiyo Tachibana (who mercifully avoided the worst of it) and compare it to the designs in SW 4. ... or any of the DW female cast early designs VS what they look like now. Not saying there did not use to be fanservice characters... but holy fuck it all got much worst after Tecmo got involved.
Shogunate talking about female and said what the hell is this Me: get an ad of final fantasy brave exidus, remebering how this are anti consumer yep that sum it up
Horrible games, play Sengoku Basara instead. Sengoku Basara is basically Samurai Warriors in good, in almost every aspect. The only problem I have with Basara, which is better in the warrior games, is Nobunaga, I'm simply not a fan of the Demon King depiction of him.
The first game was released as Devil Kings in the west and the third one (the first I played) as Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Heroes. The second and fourth game (and all expansion re-releases) were only released in Japan, as well as the latest spin off Sengoku BASARA Sanada Yukimura-den, which I'm currently playing. Sengoku Basara 4 and its expansion Sumeragi are the best in terms of gameplay but they are lacking a bit in story because they don't have a major event like the Battle of Sekigahara in Samurai Heroes that ties all characters together. Also, as they are in japanese, I can only understand some/most parts of the story.
@ShinTensei There is a bad localization of the first game, but that doesn't really count. The 3rd game also got a western release and it was the first time I have heard about the series. I also imported the 4th, it's rerelease with extra content and Sanada Yukimura-den from Japan.
I played SW2 since I was a child and got hooked because of the Sengoku history that was conveyed in a game medium. It's very entertaining. I am so happy I got to know your account coz I get to know more about the samurais!!
Samurai Warriors was my childhood. I remember spending hours playing the first game during my elementary and middle school years.Yukimura and Nobunaga were my all time favorite characters and the battle of Honnoji and Osaka were my favorite levels. I’m happy that someone is giving these games some love.
My childhood was samurai warriors 2, i remember trying to connect the lines and actually figure out who won which battle as an elementary student, those days were so fun!
problem is combat too easy repeat , monster too easy , if die you can not play in checkpoint , the world have nothing , they can add something you can pick , move or use to kill enemy
I remember playing only samurai warriors 2 after playing dynasty warriors 3 and 5 and then I got warrior orochi and my jaws were dropped the cool characters from samurai warriors and dynasty warriors fighting together I played those games to death trying to unlock all character and their strongest weapons and max levels
For me, it's hideyoshi, hanzo, and yukimura
Thanks for the shout out! I appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed the Comparison episode.
While I agree Koshosho's design is quite ridiculous for the series, Gracia's at least has roots in Japanese and historical fashion. Her SW4 dress is a fusion of Tudor-period gowns(this is apparent in the details of her upper torso and arms) and modern-day Japanese lolita fashion, which is more apparent in the skirt design and her hairstyle. Tudor is right in the same time period that the Sengoku Jidai occurred so I was pleasantly surprised by the design. I think the intent would have been made much more clear if she had the giant neck ruff that was in high fashion at the time. It's a massive improvement over her horrendous design in SW3.
I grew up on the Dynasty and Samurai Warriors games, and my favorites are the Empires spinoffs. Ever since I could walk and talk I've loved Ancient China and Feudal Japan as well as the Samurai specifically on top of loving and practicing marital arts.
When I discovered these games I was completely enthralled. I even went out of my way to read Romance of the Three Kingdoms as well as learn as much about the Samurai as I could on top of that.
Although I recognize their flaws, I still hold these series close to my heart when it comes to video games that I love. This is a bit of a side-note, but I also really loved the Kessen games. Although Kessen II was terribly inaccurate in various ways and silly as hell in others, I still have to say it's my favorite of the three in the series.
I also really like the strategy series they made under the same name as the text that inspired it. I've only played the most recent of the Nobunaga's Ambition games, but I enjoy it just as much.
When it comes to my beloved experiences with these specific games, Koei could do no wrong in that era. The only more recent game of theirs that I've played that I didn't like was Dynasty Warriors 9, but the less known about that travesty the better as far as I'm concerned lol :P
early Next year, DW9 Empires will be released.
man, samurai warriors spirit of the sanada is top notch. really dives to the story of the Sanada clan and hits your heart especially Yukimura's final charge.
I’m really digging your channel and the fact that you like the samurai warrior series. I’m glad you popped up in my recommended.
11:19 YES!
to this day I still miss Samurai Warriors 2 Empires. used to play it every Sunday morning til late afternoon with friends, making our own officers and racing to get to that level 20 (or whatever the max level was), geting upgrading and putting elements on the weapons, unlocking moves, mounts, formations, cutscenes recruiting characters, suppressing rebellions, and more!
the "Goofy" voice was amazing 😂 we'd conquer and unify the land as ninjas / monks.
Musashi Miyamoto was my favorite characters. loved it whenever he says "I am invincible!" and he was whenever I played as him.
oh man this comment ended up being long and like a time machine while typing it.
thank you for the great video!
Samurai warriors 2 was one of my favorite games and is one of my favorite games of all time. I loved the story of Mitsuhide and I loved the what if of Kotaro fuma basically conquering Japan through the shadows. They were soo cool
Dude, great channel! I've been binge watching in for the last couple of days. By the way, check out Kessen III. It's about Nobunaga Oda's rise to power, that led to his inevitable (or is it?!) downfall. One of the few games that depicts him not as an evil guy aka The Demon King, but as a romantic (yet controversial) national hero of Japan and a dreamer. Which he undoubtedly was. Extremely underappriciated game. Again: great channel, thanks for the great content. Keep up the good work! Sorry for not great english (if it is, i'm not a native) and hello from Belarus!
Thank you!
Kessen III was awsome but I liked Kessen I more
Kessen III is a “what if” story of Oda Nobunaga escaping Honnoji and survives to continue his reign all over Japan alongside his faithful vassals as well as his wife, Kicho/Lady No (she’s no longer the deranged temptress who wants to enjoy Hell)
I'm a big fan of warriors games starting from Dynasty Warriors 2. I really love Samurai Warriors series too, my favorite character is Hattori Hanzo . My opinions about each entry:
SW: Nice start up but couldn't find its identity yet
SW2: Really good improvement.
Sw3: I only could play this on emulator maybe that is the reason I didn't like it that much
SW4 and SW4-II: Finally serie found its identity, gameplay is much more enjoyable in my opinion
Spirit of Sanada: This game is best in every aspect even surpassed Dynasty Warriors, especially considering how dissapointing DW9 is. I'm not even fan of Yukimura but this game is perfect, hope they make similar game for Oda Clan
Didn't plyed previous Empires titles but SW4 Empires is one of my favorite Samurai Warriors title. It is so much fun customizing famous but generic looking samurais (like Takeda retainers) and conquering whole region.
I grew up with Dynasty warriors 4. When i first got the game from block busters, I was hooked and once I got the game, both myself and my cousins would spend hours and hours playing this. My favorite battle being Hulao gate! But once I discovered samurai warriors a decade later, I was hooked! The metal music, characters, and just the battles filled with hundreds of npcs! I only wish the newer titles were closer to their predecessors.
I love this series so much! I actually got the Platinum Trophy for SW4 a few days ago! I'm no expert like you, but I love the Sengoku period. I normally do my own research because I know the games aren't historically accurate, but that's part of the fun, too! I love making Nobunaga survive Honnõji and unify Japan.
Have you played Nioh? It's another Koei game (by Team Ninja) in style of Dark Souls but during the Sengoku era. Full of supernatural stuff, but really interesting!
Wow, if you think Samurai Warriors was too anime at points, I wonder what you'd think of Sengoku Basara. XD
Did I hear the sekigahara theme Western army version there?
yes you did!
I absolutely agree with it being to much anime inspired. I think it does need some anime inspiration because it differentiates them. But it needs to be more realistic samurai depictions. I've wanted it for so long. Real life Samurai armor is amazing and needs no over glorification.
I played SW2 since I was a child and got hooked because of the Sengoku history that was conveyed in a game medium. It's very entertaining. I am so happy I got to know your account coz I get to know more about the samurais!!
I love the series, not for history or combat system, i grew up whit those games, spend hours and hours, these games brought me to feudal japan history, thanks to these games i'm watching the video right now, nice video by the way.
While I haven’t played samurai warriors, I’ve played Pokémon conquest. Conquest has the characters from samurai warriors, the gameplay mechanics of something more like fire emblem, and of course you battled using Pokémon.
lol both from japanese culture. your sadly a weeb tho 😂
Spirit of the Sanada is the best warriors game ever
But it’s one player tho
Somehow, it manages to fix the misconception that Sanada Yukimura served Takeda Shingen during his lifetime by having Masayuki Sanada take center stage during the first levels of the game and then, Sanada Yukimura goes on to take center stage (as he always does in every Samurai Warriors game)
Great review of the series. I do agree with your analysis of the character designs. The earlier games had better designs than the newer ones. It has gone way too anime inspired with overly saturated colors.
And I agree. Samurai Warriors 2 Empires was the peak!
Now hang on home boi. This game is a blast when we play together, especially when we're 6 beers in haha!
The worried old man clan
LOL!
What a meme fest!
I grew up with Sengoku Basara games, and I'm still loving it to this day
As i grow up i started to play more warriors games, such as Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors, and i still love them. In fact i know a lot of Sengoku samurai stories thru these games and find them fascinating
It's kind of a shame that Sengoku Basara doesn't have its west release anymore, but at least we still got the Warriors series still going strong, especially with One Piece added in the franchise which is also a really good one since I'm already a One Piece fan in the first place
Love the Warriors games, and Ginchyo is my favorite of all the characters. She’s a shocking strong fighter in a series where pole arms and ranged weapons dominate while she had a short range weapon. Maybe because she’s fast as lightning (see? Two electricity puns, so you know I’ve played her quite a bit.)
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Ginchiyo was the second character that I played in samurai warriors 2 after yukimura she was really fun to play especially since you could do 12 hit combos, probably more I haven't finished it yet
I'm finishing Spirit of Sanada and it's amazing. Obviously it's not perfect, but storywise, it conveys what it wants to convey so well. I'm looking forward to what you'll say about the Battle of Sanada Maru, Yukimura's finest hour. If you did all the side content, collected all the special accessories and equipped and leveled Yukimura well, you will truly witness the might of the Sanada. Seriously, no other Samurai Warriors game has come close to showcasing the legend of Yukimura Sanada as well as this
spirit of sanada was good but sw2 hits different
but the designs are like that to catch a pretty wide range of consumers from kids and cartoons to adults and history.. business is sumnthin
u right tho.. this game was really just about the many ways the sengoku era would have been thru if all the warriors were either present or in major alliances all in one timeline. hype was def there for me
My first Samurai Warriors game was Chronicles, I love that game.
Thank you so much for the awesome review of the Samurai Warriors series! 🤩 I’ve been a fan of the Samurai Warriors series since the first game for the PS2 and played mostly all of the games (except SW2, SW3:Empires version). This game series actually got me interested in learning more of the Sengoku Era history. 😃I’m so happy that you liked playing SW2:Empires! To be honest, I liked that empire game more than the SW4:Empires. 😊 My favorite chapters to play is The Legend of the Oda, The Legend of the Sanada and The Battle of Sekigahara. 💖 My favorite samurais in the game are Yukimura, Mitsunari, Mitsuhide, Magoichi, Kunoichi, Takatora, Yoshitsugu and a few others. However, is it true that Yoshitsugu and Mitsunari were close friends in reality during the Sengoku Era or was that just in the game? 🤔 Thank you so much for the upload! I’m definitely subscribing to your channel. 😃 P.S. You should definitely check out the Nioh and Sengoku Basara game series when you have free time. 😊
Got hook on SW2 back then and started playing this games even now. I read from a japanese article that they have plans for sw5. But looks like they are still in the planning process and it may still take years for a JP released then followed by global released
I discovered SW3 for the Wii in 2013, and man... The first time I tried, I didn't understand how to play it. But for some reason, I tried again, and again, and again... And now, technically, it's my most favorite game franchise. Even I can say certain events of my life in this month are extremely tied to this game franchise.
I think Spirit of Sanada was how the SW future could be, and not what we had with SW5. Actually, I'm afraid what Koei Tecmo will do with SW as its 20th Anniversary is approaching.
If SW was historically accurate, I wouldn't have my favorite character in his early years: Musashi Miyamoto. I don't know, I like him because he's introduced like a young guy searching for his own path in that turbulent era, instead of a plenty wise aged man like most manga, anime, and doramas show him. By the way, I think Gracia's outfit is most like a gothic lolita reimagined in the Sengoku Jidai. And I like her.
Good video, as a SW fan, you describe what exactly how this franchise really is, with its goals and fails.
Greetings from Mexico.
PS: I like you chose Musashi Miyamoto as your video thumbnail image.
Superb series review. I have fond memories of these games from my childhood. These games inspired me to seek out the real history and facts surrounding the characters.
Samurai warriors 1 was the best in my opinion...the characters were very memorable, officers cutscenes, castle stages and custom characters...it had it all 💯
8:01 I was going to recommend "Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes" or "Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi" since I believe they have the best combat of any Warriors style game, but since the Sengoku Basara games are a much more "anime" take on the Sengoku Period than the Samurai Warriors games you might not have a lot of fun looking at them haha.
That aside I'd still be interested in seeing a "Spirit of Sanada" video from you at some point.
Good video mate.
You should do a video talking about each character and tell us what they actually did and battles they actually fought in :)
This is why I love Empires because you can re-create the characters to a more realistic view of themselves. Either way it is a fun game in my opinion. I am a more of a realistic person tho so by re creating I can get that.
Such a great channel
I love samurai warriors 2. The story of each character is really interesting and the dream mode is really good too. I hope SW5 also focuses on each character. Im really excited!
I love Samurai warriors, it's the series that got me hooked onto Japanese History.
The Anime series, I will admit could have done alot more if they didn't focus on the Sanada Brothers so much.
Looking to get back into these again, thanks for the help🙏🏾
Will you do a review of Bushido Blade? Probably the best game I've played due to how injuries impact the characters and how they must follow the bushido in order to pass each level. My sole complaint about Bushido Blade is that it wasn't given a historical setting with historical figures. I've only played the first sequel to it, and because of how they changed the injury rules I lost interest.
The problem with Bushido blade is that I'd have to use an emulator to play it because I don't have an original playstation.
Been a fan of Dynasty Warriors since I got my chance to play DW4 at a friend's house years ago. It actually got me into the Three Kingdoms story to see what it was all about. That being said, where should I start? Spirit of Sanada looks interesting, but if I have to know somethings to get that story, I wanna deal with those games first.
My favourite has always been Chronicles for its general management on the battlefield and its custom character stuff, but I'm going to pick up Spirit of Sanada soon. I was really hoping Spirit of Sanada Switch version would be released in English but here I am waiting...
The most amazing thing about japan is how they make the world knows about their nation heroes and history as famous as the world know superman and batman
My first samurai warriors game was state of war on the psp.
Great vid but im surprised you didnt address the hypothetical scenario focused Chronicles sub series.
This games is same as DIABLO like games. I dont mind though. Both are fun to play.
I wish the next tittle give us two path depends of certain battles similar to SW1
Samurai warriors is what made me study ancient Japan back in 2004
Have you ever heard of SW's sister series, Sengoku Basara? It's a very wacky but fun game: Tadakatsu Honda is a Robot, Oichi is possessed by a demon, Motochika Chosokable is a pirate, Ieyasu is a hot-blooded brawler, Yoshitsugu Otani is a sorcerer mummy, and so on.
I'd love if you downloaded the Nintendo Wii emulator "Dolphin", tried it out and showed your reaction to the games and the fantastically wacky depictions of the historical figures.
I have heard a lot about Sengoku Basara haha
@@TheShogunate Oh that's nice. If you don't plan to play it, it's at least worth a video about the characters.
Still vibin the seige of Osaka ost for samurai warriors 1
i love both Dynasty & Samurai Warriors
Pretty much the same opinion, I have a lot of fun with these games, but would never try to seriously argue that they are Great Games... just that they can be a great time depending on one's personal taste and level of interest in any of the given settings, whether it's Sengoku Jidai or Zelda or whatever. I need to play 4, I haven't probably due to playing Hyrule Warriors instead basically, but after hearing that it has its own completely new way of doing the story mode, I'm interested.
I have to say that while I get what you're saying about the over the top female characters... I also think it doesn't make sense to focus only on the female noncombatants, when all the same criticisms apply to the various 'advisor' or 'strategist' type characters who also would never have participated in battle and are given various magic weapons or straight up magic as a weapon to clearly show this, just like is done with all the female characters who would never have been in battle, going back to the original old Dynasty Warriors games... it probably has something to do with you coming at these with all the history already in mind, and I didn't in any serious way when I played these, too, though. In any event I would personally find it TRAGIC if they had decided not to have so many cute girls in these games available to play, simply for this reason ; )
I was more into dynasty warriors myself but the samurai series has interest me but every time I think about getting one there is a new dynasty warriors I get instead
I haven't played Samurai Warriors since the PS2, I played Warriors Orochi 1 and 2, I've played a lot of the Dynasty Warriors though
Man, Sekigahara theme is such nostalgia
+1 subscriber lol
i lived in the game everyday, maxed out game time and every character. Nene No Magoichi Shingen Nobunaga Mitsuhide Masamune Ina Ranmaru Okuni... the newer versions arent like the ones from the past so i couldnt dive into them
I love this game and will always idc what anyone has to say
I'd love to see you make a vid on the Sengoku Basara series if you are familiar with it.
Have you played Kessen for the PS2? I think you would enjoy it.
You need to review Kessen III too.
I think Warriors Games are the Best games in the World.. even better than Final Fantasy..
Ina/Inahime aka Komatsuhime was indeed a onna bugeisha. 7:49 haha
I got no problem with Ina!
@@TheShogunate Just saying haha
I love Warriors Games so much.
Could you do a video on Pokémon Conquest (the crossover between Pokémon and Nobunaga’s Ambition/Samurai Warriors)?
The first Samurai Warriors got me into Japanese history, so it gets a pass for me no matter what.
Cao Cao and Oda Nobunaga really look alike, making them probably relatives with Cao Cao’s descendants marrying Japanese people and somehow, Nobunaga makes himself as a descendant of the great Cao Cao (in the Dynasty /Samurai Warriors canon at least)
Yeah , even in the Orochi Cross Over they appesr together lol.
@@lewisaino both of them have similar facial features in the games and they have a “win by any means necessary” mindset as well as competency and brilliance in the battlefield with them beating someone with far more superior military strength than them.
The difference is, Cao Cao died peacefully while Nobunaga died in a fiery inferno
Whats your opinion on the Warriors Orochi games? While I'm a fan of both dynasty and samurai warriors, warriors orochi is my absolute favorite warriors series. Still hoping one day to get a warriors orochi empires though I doubt it'll ever happen
It’s the biggest assembly of the finest warriors from China and Japan along with mystical characters, modern day ninjas, Achilles, Joan of Arc as well as Greek and Norse deities.
A Warriors Orochi Empires would be truly nice. Imagine having Oda Nobunaga having an army of demons under his control, making his Demon King moniker resemble more than just a gimmick
Anyway Samurai warriors are very fun❤ im glad u did a video on it
I only own Samurai Warriors 2 Samurai Warriors 2 Empires Samurai Warriors katana and Samurai Warriors 3 I hope they will announce Samurai Warriors 5 soon . I own Way of the Samurai 3 and also Kengo legend of the 9 video games .
We're pretty much the same, our friends even some of my brothers didn't really appreciate the gameplay and even the game itself, they played it for couple of stages then I see them yawning or at times mocking the names of the characters, only my elder brother who understood the game as much as I do, sadly by time he gradually lost his interest in this game, but heck if you'd been my friend I'll play from SW1 to sw4 with you hahaha it's the sw2 that I had the most fun and still my favourite SW1 is the most nostalgic and toughest. 3 is bad for me, I don't know I just don't like how 3 turned out and not to mention the console and FPS, 4 is fine but I didn't really like the dash attacks charge attack were used to be, it became OP and repetitive.
I wish they put yasuke on this game.He work for Nobunaga
Samurai Warriors 2 was my favorite. I played 3&4 but they don't hit me as much as 2nd one. If any of you know, plz tell me where can I download it again 😭🙏
Preferred the empires versions since I liked the idea of making your own characters.
So glad I’m not the only person who’s turned away by how anime some of the characters look. ESPECIALLY the female characters.
Samurai warriors 2 is the best warriors game to date(in my humble opinion)
4 is better for sure. 2 hits different namsayin
8:00 I will point out that the depiction of female characters in warriors games wasnt always that... off.
Can you guess when it took a downturn?
Not even joking when I say it was with the merger with tecmo... and sadly most of the SW games came after or during said merger.
The biggest example of this is actually in the DW series... with Sun Shang Xiang, a character who used to be considered an equal to her siblings and father, even leading Wu in some of the games, who took no shit...
and then the Tecmo merger happened, and the very next DW game had her as a whimpering waif who could not bring herself to go against her husband, with her personality reduced to a fiery tomboy who turns into a feminine obedient wife the moment she meets Liu Bei.
Reminder that Naotora Li, the BIGGEST offender of this in the SW games is basically a glorified Dead Or Alive character that is there exclusively to be shitty fanservice.... actually she literally IS a Dead or Alive character just guest starring in SW, with how much push she gets in DOA over SW.
Hell, just look at the original designs for Ina, or Ginchiyo Tachibana (who mercifully avoided the worst of it) and compare it to the designs in SW 4.
... or any of the DW female cast early designs VS what they look like now.
Not saying there did not use to be fanservice characters... but holy fuck it all got much worst after Tecmo got involved.
No offense but the crazy weapons are what make the games fun if u played dw9 and they tried the realism aspect and it was horrible
Fortunately, Spirit of Sanada does away with Yukimura at Nagashino. But still the best Samurai Warriors game to date is SW 4.
Love the series. Still hate how they portrayed Naotora Ii.
I LOVE the Musou Franchise, however I HATE Koei's marketing, DLC, and pricing practices
Have you considered watching the drama sanada maru ?
Still waiting for the Sanada review until now :(
Samurai Warriors Spirit of Sanada are my favorite
Always wish koei can combined nobunaga and worriers together
i mean your wish did come true.. sw2-4 is pretty lit
And what is your favourite character
I love Sakon Shima too! Otherwise Yukimura is always amazing.
I always have the most fun playing as Date Masamune
4&5 are the best
Nah man, you are not alone. The outfits are ridiculous, and I say this as a fan of Dynasty Warriors lol
Samurai warriors series? Then where is 3rd one? I wanted to get more infos for 3rd one but i only hear 2nd & 4th.
Sadly I jumped the third one. On top of that, Samurai Warriors 3 Empires was only available in Japan, so that did not help anything.
Shogunate talking about female and said what the hell is this
Me: get an ad of final fantasy brave exidus, remebering how this are anti consumer yep that sum it up
Samurai warriors 4 or Samurai warriors 4 empires?
Samurai Warriors 4: overall great game.
4 Empires: good, but youre mainly playing it for customization and the grind.
These games are for me
I mod Samurai Warriors I'll showcase my mods
I love it.
Play sengoku basara
👏👏👏
My favourite character is sakon shima
Horrible games, play Sengoku Basara instead. Sengoku Basara is basically Samurai Warriors in good, in almost every aspect. The only problem I have with Basara, which is better in the warrior games, is Nobunaga, I'm simply not a fan of the Demon King depiction of him.
I've heard of those, I'll have to check them out!
The first game was released as Devil Kings in the west and the third one (the first I played) as Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Heroes. The second and fourth game (and all expansion re-releases) were only released in Japan, as well as the latest spin off Sengoku BASARA Sanada Yukimura-den, which I'm currently playing.
Sengoku Basara 4 and its expansion Sumeragi are the best in terms of gameplay but they are lacking a bit in story because they don't have a major event like the Battle of Sekigahara in Samurai Heroes that ties all characters together. Also, as they are in japanese, I can only understand some/most parts of the story.
@The Shogunate If you don't like over the top parts of SW than you won't like Basara. It has way more over the top parts than SW.
I would but they never bothered bringing them to the usa
@ShinTensei There is a bad localization of the first game, but that doesn't really count. The 3rd game also got a western release and it was the first time I have heard about the series. I also imported the 4th, it's rerelease with extra content and Sanada Yukimura-den from Japan.
I played SW2 since I was a child and got hooked because of the Sengoku history that was conveyed in a game medium. It's very entertaining. I am so happy I got to know your account coz I get to know more about the samurais!!