X, X, X, Y, Y, X...........Another one bites the dust.
Gameplay: Can you say, Dynasty Warriors?...you can..oh ok good, good. Can you say Samurai Warriors? yeah...that's good that's good. Well this game would have been better off developed by Koei....why you ask?...well....BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME GAME AS THEM!!! Yes, that is correct. Phantagram who made the innovative RTS/action game Kingdom under Fire, develops this, and dares to put their name on it. Take note that you will only need 3...count 'em THREE buttons to effectively play this game. X, Y, and an occaisonal B. While you pull off some sweet looking combos...it really candycoats the game, brainwashing you into believing you're having fun. Yeah the game might be fun for the first campaign...but once you unlock the 6 other characters...you're ready to sell this title to Gamestop. Bad programming makes this game so infuriating that you wanna take a naildriver to your grandmothers throat. In every stage you will be running, and running, and running, and running. And slashing, and slashing, and slashing doing nothing challenging, or puzzling, or anything that makes you go WOW, WHOO, or F**K YEAH! Often times you'll be figting a goblin army (whoopee) who pose no threat whatsoever. However when it comes to the archers, you'll notice that their arrows can penetrate just about any surface on Gods green Earth, often melting through rocks, and trees, and at times walls to hit you. Also the bosses in the game are the most unfair enemy that can kill you in less than 4 hits. Picture this: You're storming through enemy defenses, swinging your sword at anything that gets in your path. You approach the final boss in the final mission. You attack relentlessley not letting up. All of a sudden the Goblin King blatantly walks through your hits without suffering any damage and proceeds to destroy with two slashes, and a fancy lightshow super move. Once again this is the kind of thing that will make you walk next door into your neighbors kitchen and punch him into the hot oil and chicken cutlets.
Graphics: Nothing special....this game could have been done on a Xbox easy. The enviroments will start to look like one giant blur after your first playthrough. Character models do look quite nice however. Audio: Ipod....thats all I have to say about this. Actually...forget about your Ipod, this game will actually make you crave to listen to the Spice Girls entire 3rd album. The voice acting is so horrible that I would have rather listen to the entire script voiced by C.A.T.S "ALL YOUR BASE, YOUR BASE, ARE BELONG TO US" And the music is so forgettable that you wont even notice it's there. Ohh well, *Select Music, Anakin vs. Obiwan*
Overall: If you're going to buy this game...please, please, PLEASE do it for the achievements. The acheivement points are hefty. C'mon a hundred points for beating Asphars campaign. Other than that....this has to be one of the more worse games on the 360 to date.