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Life and death as a real Samurai | | Justin Gill from Moray, Scotland says (1/Sep/2005): | This game is not for everyone, if you like Beat-em ups with power-ups and extra lives at every corner with levels this is not for you. This is a game for someone that enjoys investing a lot of time to perfect their form, stance, and moves. If you want to pick up and put down a game this is not for you. If Japanese history interests you especially the Sengoku Jidai period and the skills of the Samurai at that time, then this is for you. The depth of play and the learning curve that the game gives you prepares you for a very skillful and rewarding latter part of the game. The controls are simple and intuitive with a vast number of moves to be mastered and chosen. This game is very realistic and requires patience, however do not let this put you off as, with most things in life, you get out of this what you invest in it.
The graphics are good, the level of play is up to you, if you feel that you are not ready then continue to train. The Recruiter missions can get repetitive, but this is your opportunity to change your style of play, to demonstrate skillful or brutal techniques and to see the blood gush from your enemies wounds and to hear their dying moans.
This game has no cheats for it, you are the only determining factor, in this game make a mistake and you are dead, for good.
| Not Bad! | | Osman Beg from London, United Kingdom says (23/Feb/2003): | I've played the first Kengo and from my point of view, it was much better than this part. Although you can see 'Genki' have tried to go for a much more realistic approach but it fails in many ways without having the special ability (from each sword) and training mode that was given in Kengo: master of bushido. Also the Recruiter Mode Is plain boring, after you keep attempting to perform assassinations and Guarding the Governers Mansion for example, the game gets very repetitive and eventually you don't bother to try anymore. From my point of view 7/10 for Kenjo 2 (aka 'Sword of the Samurai' in UK) Is a very generous score and so you will face a lot of disapointment compared to the previous title. Although that is not needless to say that Kengo 2 is very disappointing, it does have many upsides, one of them being you have many more players to choose from in the verses mode including Jubei Yauygu - a very famous samurai in Japan and many others. Only get this title if you are up for a challenge since from my point of view it is much more challenging than the previous installment. Overall a few upsides on the easy gameplay and small learning curve but too many downsides, ie. repetitive, too hard and lack of imagination compred to the first part (kengo: Master of Bushido)
| Nice, but it isn't a Bushido Blade | | Cole of the Bushido from Toronto, Buffolo says (17/Nov/2003): | I just recently bought this game and I was amazed of how fun a Samurai Beat-em-up could be. Well... I've played Samurai Beat-em-Ups before (Bushido Blade 2- PSX) but this is one of the best yet. The graphics are beatiful, the character build up is great and the gameplay is even best. Where else could you play a beat-em-up that lets you meet actual Japan heroes? This game is a great game, but you better rent it before you buy it.
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