Way of the Samurai 3 - ZTGD Review

ZeroTolerance writes: Over the years the Way of the Samurai series has developed a cult following amongst the gaming community. Most of this stems from the idea that the game allows players to pretty much play it any way they see fit. The game opens up and gives you a sandbox to play in, and it is up to you to choose your own destiny. This enables players to replay the same segments over and over again with various results and endings resulting in hours of replayability. Way of the Samurai 3 is the first foray into the new consoles and for the most part it remains true to the original formula. This is however, also the one thing that sets it back from becoming the next great advancement of the series.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Ouch, harsh score..

I really wanted to try it out.I'll rent it one day.

[Voozi]

I'd ignore the scores tbh. If you were a fan of 1 & 2, then you'll enjoy 3. Though 2 was kinda meh compared to 1, but I'd say 3 is better then 2 though, and arguably 1 due to the amount of content 3 has to offer.

Low scores for this game is to be expected because compared to today's standards, the game isn't going to blow your mind compared to lets say Uncharted 2.

I like how you can hit/fight people with the blunt side of your blade now, and it has the draw stance too (forget if past games had this stance), so you can more or less have a play through like Kenshin lol where you just defeat people with your blunt end of your blade without killing anyone.

Oh yea I love the masks you can buy too (one of them, well the correct way to word this would be...the ANBU masks in Naruto are based off traditional Japanese festival masks or something) and they have those masks in the game you can buy along with ninja head bands, so on my one playthrough I plan on doing going to do a ninja character with ninja sword lol.

My 1 complaint for Way of Samurai games I've had since 1, is I'm still wishing for a more open world type of Way of Samurai game, like big cities, rather then just a small village and road. Like having all of Kyoto or Tokyo (or even both along with villages in between + roads lol, that'd be one massive game haha) to travel too as you play the game with no real day/time restriction thing.

[Godmars290]

Yeah, if you're a fan of the series, of old samurai movies, best to ignore any reviews. Best to rent.

[Serial_EDX]

I'll get it just because I loved the first one. I don't really trust reviews anymore..

you know after I found out my favorite sifi movie battlefield earth has a 2% rotten factor on RT.com

T_T

[Chubear]

Never even knew this was coming out. When it's supposed to launch.. or did it already?

[Uzesgelen_Goo]

already out and i already ordered (^^)

[Godmars290]

Yeah, you might want to keep that one to yourself...

Different tastes and all, but still...

And this is coming from someone who read the book.