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Koei Temco Gives Us Another 'Samurai Swords,' But Not The Sequel We Needed

Published Sun, 19 Feb 2017 08:45:47 -0600

On Friday we finally got the release dates for the latest Samurai Swords game, as Samurai Swords: Spirit of Sanada will hit the PS4 and Steam on May 23 in North America and May 26 in Europe. The game was already out in Japan back in late November, but looking at the game itself, it really isn't the Samurai Swords game we need.

The story is a spinoff from the main series with a focus on the rise of Yukimura Sanada, in your standard hack-n-slash trope that they've been doing for years. In a press release sent out on Friday, the company hyped up the storyline as you play as warriors from the Sengoku Era of Japan.

The tale of the Sanada Clan begins with patriarch Masayuki Sanada, a much-requested character who joins the SAMURAI WARRIORS series for the first time. The player follows Masayuki's first battle, trailing the clan's meteoric rise from lowly vassals to powerful lords which led to the birth of the fan-favorite samurai, Yukimura Sanada. Continuing the clan's legacy, players will then journey from boyhood as the legendary warrior, following his footsteps as Yukimura rises to the title of "The Crimson Demon of War." Players will also experience the epic tale of his father's reign and his finest battles, up to his valiant final stand at the Siege of Osaka.

While the game sounds like it may be cool, it would have been a far greater for the company to simply move on with the series after receiving favorable reviews for Samurai Warriors 4, and move on to making the official fifth title in the series. But if their release pattern holds true, they may be saving that surprise for the game's 15th anniversary in 2019.

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