Samurai Warriors State of War

by Koei

Product Features

• Includes all 19 fighters from Samurai Warriors and Samurai Warriors Xtreme Legends
• 37 stages across 22 maps - all created exclusively for PSP
• Competitive multiplayer Vs. challenges for up to 4 players via wireless connection
• Wide-screen action uses the PSP's full display, plus an option to toggle maps off
• All-new stories take you to open battlegrounds and mysterious trap-laden castles

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EGDEBW
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 7, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,674 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #47 in Video Games > Sony PSP > Adventure
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Samurai Warriors: State Of War takes you into the early days of feudal Japanese combat. It's a volatile time, and you'll face off against both the samurai and legendary ninja. Engage in an unfolding war as you prove your honor and skills. Expanded biographies of real samurai

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun button-masher - lots of eye-candy, March 15, 2006

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Maryjane Heyer (NYC, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Samurai Warriors State of War (Video Game)

This is a port of a game that was written for other platform(s), but I've never played the original so I cant compare. All I can say is - Nice graphics, minimal load times (no loading during the fight!), music that doesnt annoy, kewl sound-effects, an interesting story, and your choice of characters that get to level-up as the game goes on combine to make a pretty good game. I really enjoyed going into the multi-enemy battles and watching my character spank the opposition. four difficulty settings make it easy for a newbie (and not a terribly great gamer) like myself to get involved with no real frustration. The fairly simple controls are complicated enough to allow a serious gamer to pull off some good-looking and devastating stunts.

If you've never played this so far - you get your pick of a bunch of samurai-type warriors that you will use to lead a force into battle. There's a lot of individuality in the bunch - each one has his/her own look and set of advantages and disadvantages. Also you'll get the opportunity to play each one if you want to complete the whole game, and each character will level up as you play him or her (and get better equipment and moves.) There are unlockable characters (I've only unlocked one so far) Also, every campaign will unlock a series of generals that you will take with you into battle - it's kewl to have friends. (the generals are figures in Japanese history, and each comes with a short biography.)

my only complaint is that so far I havent found a way to control the perspective - annoying since sometimes the thing I need to beat up is out of shot, so it looks like I'm hitting air, or worse I get hit in the process of trying to find the target. there is a heads-up display with a radar, so I'm not too concerned about the perspective issue. I like the game enough that I think I'm just gonna get used to it.

if, like me, your primary motivation is to get out there and spank a bunch of stuff and not have to think to hard doing it, this is definitely it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST GAME FOR PSP...PERIOD!!!, December 20, 2006

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Joshua Robert Matrone "XtremeGamer81" (Ashburn, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Samurai Warriors State of War (Video Game)

This is simply the best game out for the PSP to-date! It has tons of characters to level up and pretty good storylines for each of them. Each character has their own special talents and weapons that compliment them. Weaponry ranges from fans to swords, to guns...and there's tons more!!! This game has the best graphics out of all of the PSP games I've played and it looks to have better graphics than most of the current PSP releases from what I've seen as well. The fun factor for this game is off the charts! The fact that you unlock new chracters each time you complete a chapter of a character's storyline make for some serious replay time. This was the first and only game I bought with my PSP last year and I'm still playing this game over and over again! If you don't have yet you really need to get it into your game collection ASAP!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Samurai Warriors State of War" is an excellent game !, July 28, 2006

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Orlando Crystal "Long Ton That Bao" (Viet Nam) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Samurai Warriors State of War (Video Game)

This game is an excellent game !I do love this game.The male characters are really handsome (Yukimura,Magoichi,...),The female characters are so cute and beautiful (Ina,Oichi,...).But I can't understand why there 's some characters from a game named "Dynasty Warriors",what 's the relationship between them ?.Anyway,It has an excellent graphic,the music is great too !.This game is different from many game which I played before.It isn't the kind of "Face to Face" action game,I think It combines 3 kinds of games :"Face to Face" action,"chaotic war" and somethings like RPG (Because we can level up the characters,learning skills,fighting with other characters in the same time and finding weapons.More over,It has the history of each character and officer.It has 19 main characters,It 's a big quantity but I opened all the main characters in a very short time.That 's too bad because when a player play this kind of game,the only important purpose is openning all the main characters !When all the main characters were openned,that means "The end" and nothing more to do !That 's the main reason that I think the fun of game is 4 stars.After all I really like this game !I 'll never forget this game,I wish I can play the game "Samurai Warriors State of War 2" someday !