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a great sequel to excellent game made by squaresoft which now is known as Square Enix. This game is not a Final Fantasy or RPG kind of game, it is a fighting game. For a Fighting game it is definitely pretty decent at it's time. It might not beat Soul Blades/Soul Edge now as known as Soul Calibur, the gameplay may not be it, but it still very fun and the controls are easy, but kind of hard to do some combos, depending upon which sword you use. I had played the first Bushido Blade and comparing the two, it doesn't compare to it's sequel. The first Bushido blade varied between players, some people would love the first game or this one. Though they aren't a lot of characters you start out with compared to the first, they added a lot of characters to unlock. This game definitely gives challenges, especially when trying to unlock characters. You always want to replay it in order to get some characters. Overall out of 5 stars I give this a 4/5 it's definitely one of the best games to ever hit the PS1Read full review
Concept- The game has a definite charm for those who remember the glory days of the ps1. I mostly enjoy the game for it's unique realism, in which, like an actual samurai fight, that battle can be decided in one blow. No hp bar. No rediculous combos. Only the final boss battles require an absurd amount of hits. For those who are searching for a game that acurately depicts a real life sword fight, I would highly reccomend this game. However, the storyline was a little cliche. There are some characters to unlock and a few different weapons to choose from, which adds a little variety. Design- Sadly, for our time this game is severely outdated as far as graphics and sound quality. The voice acting was decent for it's time. If you want a nostalgic look into where technology was at the time, then you will enjoy this games visuals and sounds. The opening has some decent cg, but the disc I bought was scratched and I couldn't see the whole thing. The menus are a bit confusing at first. Still, it was very easy to catch on. Overall- I enjoyed playing the game but, after about a week I'm a little tired of it. Still it is the most realistic samurai game I've found. For that reason it is worth keeping.Read full review
the short yet amazing series by Squaresoft and developed by Light Weight called Bushido Blade was one of the first fighting games Square made, released in Japan March 14, 1997 and in America September 30, 1997. Unlike it's faster and much more cartoon-esqu gameplay style of The Bouncer published also by Squaresoft, made by Dream factory in partnership with Square, Bushido Blade was much more about tactics and cold hard bouts of steel against flesh. Bushido Blade 2 ended the series due to disagreements between Light Weight and Square. Lightweight later moves on to produce Kengo. Bushido Blade used a rock paper scissors style of sword play (vertical blocks horizontal attacks and vice versa) with a wide range of character moves for each of the available weapons. Each character (many more seen in Bushido Blade 2 than Bushido Blade)had their specific chocie of weapon that they knew how to use and had special attacks open to them. some characters explicit special moves that made fighting easier, and other times the weapons were just quicker or easier for a character to use. There was no health, and any good hit against the enemy or player with the weapon used indicted a kill. There was also a damage/ injury system in place that made it harder to fight if you lost the use of your arm (if it was hit) and the battles can last anywhere between a split second to almost a few minutes. The story was great in that even though it was set in modern times the characters still explicit Fuedal Era Japan behaviors. The Character vocie acting is also pretty good though acting and scripting is terrible by today's standards. A few well known voices from anime such as Rurouni Kenshin also make appearances into this. Overall I give this game a 8.5/10Read full review
No health bars, no time limit, no bs. It's a fight to the death and one fatal blow can take you or your opponent out, along with being able to cripple limbs making combatants significantly weaker. I found that to be one of the coolest features in the game because it adds some realism, along with making the fights more intense knowing if you make a mistake that it's all over. The story is fairly generic, but the characters are memorable and easily lovable with their silly insults they throw at each other prior to fighting. While there are a few different weapons to choose from, some weapons are better suited to specific characters depending on their stats and every character has their own unique throwing weapon. Unlockable characters give incentive to playthrough each person's story, some of which even wield firearms. The arenas are open for the combatants to run around in with climbable ledges, some destructible objects, dirt or water (depending on the arena) can be thrown into your enemy's face to temporarily stun them and deadly drops to force your opponent off of so they can fall to their death! I'd recommend Bushido Blade 2 to anyone who loves fighting games or has been looking for one that embraces the fragility of human beings, giving it elements of realism not found in so many other traditional fighting games.Read full review
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This game takes martial arts video games to a whole new level. The one hit kill system makes this game hands down THE best sword fighting game of all time. Patience, skill, and technique are your only allies. Button mashers get their heads chopped off, while the impatient get disemboweled. The only gripe that I personally have with this game is that the first Bushido Blade had a wider variety of weapons and moves, such as side-step slashes, the bushido hit system(which makes the battles where this rule applies much harder and more fun, in my opinion), the sledgehammer(a favorite of mine, which was fairly useless due to its slow speed, but fun to smash a friends head in with every once in a while), but despite these omissions, Bushido Blade 2 still delivers a highly re-playable, genuine sword fighting experience. If you are looking for a game where you and a friend can face-off against each other in a no-holds-barred sword fight to the death, where one well placed blow can end a battle, there is no more authentic a game as either Bushido Blade. This game is becoming somewhat rare however, as not many people even knew about it, and it never really gained popularity in the U.S. That coupled with other game releases about the same time as this game launched, results in a low number of good condition copies inside the U.S. at this time. I had bought Bushido Blade 1 as soon as it was released, and have been playing it regularly since then(testament to its re-playability) So, if you think you have the skill and patience to truly master this amazing title, buy yourself a copy. Have a friend over, cut him down with one timely strike, and laugh about the funny Japanese voice-overs. I know you'll enjoy it as much as I have.Read full review
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