Evil Avatar writes: "The Afro Samurai manga and anime crossed over the line that stops most regular people (read – not geeks) from enjoying the delights of Eastern animation. Samuel L. Jackson had a lot to do with it; introducing the term "muthafucka" tends to throw things into the mainstream regardless of the subject matter. It was a bloody, twisted delight that broke down conventions and gained a huge fan-base. However, when these hugely popular pieces of modern culture are turned into multimedia franchises there will always be a sense of trepidation. It's unfortunate that such prior negativity holds true."
The Good
* Ninja Ninja remains hilarious and Samuel L. Jackson's voice acting remains strong.
* The focus attacks that slice your enemies into dynamic parts are great fun to experiment with.
* The visuals do a good job of translating a 2D cartoon into the world of 3D.
* The music, overseen by The RZA, is excellent.
The Bad
* The combat system is very limited and leveling up seems to have little effect.
* Level environments are bland and you're often forced to retread old ground.
* The layout of these levels is often confusing and never exciting or grand.
The Ugly
* Changes the story but expects you to know the original telling off by heart. The game makes no effort to explain itself so newcomers will be totally baffled by the end.
John GodGames Emus has released some new videos, showing Haze, Afro Samurai, Armored Core V and Clash of the Titans running in 4K on the PC thanks to the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3.
Whatever happened to Afro Samurai 2? After they took it off the digital store I thought they’d come back with an improved product
The framerate and rending were more of the concern over resolution for me, and I can see they are making solid strides. Haze runs pretty well and doesn't seem to have many graphical or audio glitches (one cannot say the same for Ghost Recon lol). Given Sony hasn't provided any real backwards compatibility options, this is something I might consider. I still have my PS3 hooked up if I have a hankering for some last gen goodness, but I also wouldn't mind playing those games with either increased resolution or frame rate, whenever the emulator gets to that point :-)
Banner Saga publisher Versus Evil are going to be releasing an Afro Samurai game, they announced this morning. The game is being developed by Redacted Studios for PC and next-gen consoles.
This is something unexpected! I loved the show and the first game was decent. I hope RZA does the music again for this game like he did the last one.
First one was cool
INtroduced the free cutting mechanic used in games like Metal Gear Rising
Love anything Afro Samurai. Wish they would make another film with soundtrack by RZA again.
Hope they've got RZA and Samuel L. Jackson (or at least a damn good impersonator). Just wouldn't be Afro without those guys behind it
Samurai games are fun to play because players are able to play as one of not only history's greatest warriors.
I appreciate the comments, negative and positive. Since its an opinion piece, everyone's opinions are different and not everyone is going to agree. Kessen was also a good game too. The list could go to Top 6, Top 10, Top 20, Top 50 and so on. There are many samurai games to decide from and could be difficult to choose for the top 5.
Please add your own Top 5 Samurai Games to the comments.