Game Reviews

As in every fighting game released recently, the voice-overs in Samurai Shodown SEN is Japanese. I am happy on this decision as it feels more right rather than the mediocre English dub. As for the story-mode in, you will get to hear their story in a Japanese narrated voice but there will be English subtitles you will get to read.

When you are choosing characters, you will get to see the phenomenal character art for each of them. They’re done in pastel-like painting and it reminds me of the classic games that I’ve played in the past. The characters in the game have mixed background history that resembles through their clothing such as the Feudal Japan. As what the title of the game game implies, you will be seeing a lot of Samurais.

I’ve originally received Samurai Shodown SEN to review a week before it’s release. Since then, I decided to hold off the review since I don’t want to review the game without touching all of the stuff; mainly the online. Giving myself four days after its official release; I still find it odd that there’s no people to play with. I’ve kept trying in different times and yet, no luck. To test it, I’ve played with a fellow reviewer and the online feature is similar to what ever fighting game has. Nothing new to impress us. Good luck finding someone to play with!

If If I were to compare Samurai Shodown to other fighters that are out right now, I would say that when it comes to the graphics, this is the worst I’ve seen. It is true that the game is done for the 360 to be in HD but playing on a 1080p display, it looks more befitting to appear on the PS2. The character models are in 3D but the way they were drawn out doesn’t live up to my expectation. The movements and attack execution seems very limited and feels something is missing. Everything looks very last-generation.

There is no effort that is needed to play Samurai Shodown SEN. Vertical Slash, Horizontal Slash, Kick, and Special/Throw are the four things that you would need to remember. You can combine it to produce an attack that will deal devastating damage. It sure sounds easy but as you keep on playing the game, you would notice that each characters in the game has only limited attacks that can be done compared to other fighting games out there.