Enjoyable for fans of Samurai movies
User Rating: 8 | Kengo: Legend of the 9 X360
This may not be the greatest game but far exceeded my expectations. First I would like to point out I am a fan of Samurai movies like Yojimbo, 3 outlaw Samurai etc.. and enjoyed Tenchu Z. The battle system is made up of basics, High, Low slash, Block, and graple. There are 3 stances each with a variety of 3 button combos which are upgradable and swapable. Certain combos free flow into the next stance therefore stringing together combos. The game is laid out like DOA. Each character has his or her own story. There are a number of other modes besides main story. The thing I found most enjoyable was during story mode your fighting habits are recorded which is then playable over xbox live. Basically like the VIP feature in 2k sports titles. Another persons data is downloaded and pitted aginst your data and is played out for your viewing enjoyment. It would be nice to have battles over xbox live but I can see how that would quickly do away with the premise of the game. Meaning I doubt people over xbox live would stand and fight because it would be possible to just run around hitting the slash button. It would get old quickly. All in all I really enjoy this game and will stay in my collection.
