BeefJack: "Shogun: Total War is my comfort game. When Devil May Cry 4 didn’t live up to my expectations, Shogun was there. When Dawn of War refused to work on my computer for three months, Shogun was there. When my sister went on a rampage and held an orphanage hostage by mining the building’s superstructure, Shogun was there for me – okay, one of those things never happened. I think. It’s hard to be sure with Shogun keeping you company."
VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "As I've previously alluded to several times in this article series, it's quite difficult to separate the history of real-time strategy into specific periods of time based on any one criterion. Much of this is because there are always several different directions the genre is pushing towards, and even when I label this particular period as 'the peak', there are once again arguments that can be made for several other points of time as the real high point of the genre.
All this depends on the point of view one takes, whether it's looking strictly at commercial success, critical acclaim, the number of high profile franchises, or taking any number of other perspectives. For the purposes of this article the peak is taken to be the years during which most of the high profile RTS series received their most successful and beloved entries. In that sense it can be argued that the beginning of this period was the release of the original StarCraft in 1998, but we're beginning just a little bit later, at the start of 1999, as multiple different series had now established themselves and were pushing the genre forward, each in their own unique way."
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.
Do video games have the potential to teach kids more than classrooms and tutors? Games like Medieval: Total War and Age of Empires tend to be packed with historical information.