Soul Of The Samurai

by play station

Product Features

• 1 player, for mature audience

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001X50J
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 24, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,387 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Faithfully designed to re-create the atmosphere of medieval Japan and the actual movements of ninja and samurai, Soul of the Samurai is graphically beautiful and lots of fun. By combining blocking moves with strikes and utilizing various special moves, your character is able to move through the 3-D environment with realistic speed and skill. Students of sword fighting will especially enjoy some of the moves.

At the start of the game you have the choice of playing either the male ronin (a samurai without a master) Kotaro or the female ninja Lin. Lin is very fast and does moderate damage, while Kotaro sometimes kills with one hit but is rather slow. The plot is enjoyable if predictable: your standard evil Japanese warlord raises an army of undead samurai to overthrow the shogun and bring himself wealth and power. The plot could use some work, and the strange combination of Evil Dead and Seven Samurai does not really work. Instead, the joy of the game is found in the amazing fight sequences and the ease with which one can master control of either character within these sequences.

As you advance though levels, you can save games by writing haiku poetry, and you can acquire healing herbs and better weapons. The coolest parts of this game are found in the details. --Allen Stewart

Pros:

• Super-realistic character movements
• Enemies don't just charge to their deaths: they respect your sword
• Excellent backgrounds and atmosphere
• Easy interface makes the game very playable

Cons:

• Repetitive: every new area of the game has a fight sequence
• Enemies don't stay dead

Product Description

This is the game Soul of the Samurai for the Playstation 1. This game may not come with the original case and instructions. We stand by our products and offer a 60 day guarantee. If a game does not work within 60 days from the time you receive it we will gladly exchange it for you.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This samurai's soul is pretty empty, December 9, 2000

By 

Julian Holm (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul Of The Samurai (Video Game)

There aren't many good ninja/samurai games out there and this certainly isn't one of them. The controls are unbelievably poor. You want your character to turn around and walk? Good luck. To turn your character a different direction than the one they're already facing, you have to stop, slowly rotate to the desired direction, and go. The action is basically chop-the-bad-guys with no room for skill or strategy. It also doesn't help that the controls are horribly unresponsive. While the gameplay is bad, the story is decent. You get two characters to control, but it's such a pain to play, you shouldn't even bother.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE ULTIMATE SAMURAI FIGHTING GAME !!, June 11, 2001

By 

R. JANKOWSKI "HORROR FAN" (YONKERS, NEW YORK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul Of The Samurai (Video Game)

I RECENTLY GOT THIS GAME , AND IT RULES!! EITHER CHARACTER IS GOOD TO PLAY AS .. YOU GET TO HACK THRU TONS OF BAD GUYS , AS WELL AS SOME HARD BOSSES ! THE NEW MOVE FEATURE IS GREAT ! EVERY TIME YOU GO CRAZY KILLING - YOU LEARN A NEW MOVE. AND YOU CAN BRING UP HOW TO PERFORM IT , BY THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON .. PLUS YOU CAN REVISIT OTHER AREAS FOR TONS OF HEALTH PICKUPS.YOU GET TONS OF WEAPONS TO USE , MAKING KILLING ENEMIES ALL THE MORE FUN !! BUT SAVE THE GAME AFTER YOU BEAT IT , SO YOUR NEXT CHARACTER WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT ENDING. THE ONLY BAD THING IS HOW SHORT THE GAME IS. BUT WITH ALL THE FIGHTING IN IT , IT'S WELL WORTH IT !SO IF YOU WANT A GREAT SAMURAI GAME , THEN LOOK NO FURTHER..

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Entertaining!, March 30, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Soul Of The Samurai (Video Game)

I have only recently purchased this game and already it has become one of my favorites! Blood, monsters, swordplay and ninjas;the ingredients to a really great game. The storyline has a little much to be desired, but it makes up for it in gameplay. The techniques portion was truly innovative and something that I really haven't seen before. This is truly a game that is not to be missed!