Video by Matt S. Okehazama was the first major battle in the Sengoku period (and the first “level” in most Samurai Warriors games). It was a battle that asserted Nobunaga Oda’s tactical mastery and the battle that put the events of the Sengoku period in motion. Here we look at…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. One of the most fascinating stories through the Sengoku period of Japanese history (which forms the basis of Samurai Warriors) is Kaihime, one of the few women through the era to pick up a sword and command soldiers on the battlefield. She was excellent at it,…
Read MoreThis week we have a good chat about games that have inspired us to learn about stuff, Space Invaders as a masterpiece of great game design, and plenty more besides! Also we talk about Final Fantasy spinoffs, because with Final Fantasy Dissidia just around the corner, we can’t wait to…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. One of the things that I love about the Samurai Warriors games is the way that they depict history. Often they’re dismissed as not being “realistic” to history, and that’s certainly the case, but as I’ve argued in the past, they are authentic to history. Related…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I wasn’t all that keen going into Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, truth be told. I love Samurai Warriors with an absolute passion, but the Sanada aren’t high on my list of favourite samurai from those games (or history itself), and I was almost certain that…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. The next Warriors game from Koei Tecmo is another Samurai Warriors game, but it’s a very different one from what we’re used to from the developer. With most Warriors games, the story of dozens of different characters is told at once. For the upcoming Samurai Warriors:…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. In this week’s issue of Famitsu (buying this thing is one of my most understated joys in Japan) there was a double page spread highlighting a new Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou) title by Koei Tecmo. But rather than being Samurai Warriors 5, this is a whole…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I really expected Naotora Ii to be a token character thrown in to eke some additional life out of the already excellent Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. Something to convince players to throw one more wad of cash into the hat as Koei Tecmo prepares…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Years after Dead or Alive 5 was first released, Koei Tecmo is still hard at work at its flagship fighting game. Because it has had such an aggressive DLC strategy, Dead or Alive 5 (and the new PlayStation 4 version, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round)…
Read MoreAs the second part of my little day trip out of Tokyo, I headed into Odawara city. There was a very simple reason for this: I badly – badly! – wanted to see Odawara castle. Related reading: The first part of the day’s history tour. Anyone who has played one…
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