Way of the Samurai III turned out to be a dissappointment. The first problem was the interface was severely outdated. There wasn’t character generation to speak of. No female avatars were offered either. I’ve played other games and seen Asian martial arts films that had female samurai, it isn’t unusual so they should have included some. The menus for the inventory and map are clunky to use. Cutscenes are unremarkable. There were several times when the characters were saying “What should we do?” An early sign of how completely uninteresting this game turned out to be. Dialog boxes are a weird beige color with white writing that you can’t see. There will be many points deducted for terrible and broken controls. Much of the engine is outdated, the mechanics are rougher than a PS2 game. Nostaligia for old games like Tenchu is wasted on this mud.-
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Way of the Samurai III PS3 Review
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Way of the Samurai III turned out to be a dissappointment. The first problem was the interface was severely outdated. There wasn’t character generation to speak of. No female avatars were offered either. I’ve played other games and seen Asian martial arts films that had female samurai, it isn’t unusual so they should have included some. The menus for the inventory and map are clunky to use. Cutscenes are unremarkable. There were several times when the characters were saying “What should we do?” An early sign of how completely uninteresting this game turned out to be. Dialog boxes are a weird beige color with white writing that you can’t see. There will be many points deducted for terrible and broken controls. Much of the engine is outdated, the mechanics are rougher than a PS2 game. Nostaligia for old games like Tenchu is wasted on this mud.The motion controls are aweful. He is foiled easily by ladders and boards that he can’t climb on. Small hills are insurmuntable. He can’t jump up a foot high, and the jump button is disabled randomly. The camera wafts in and out focusing randomly. He is marvelous at gathering the collection of old radishes, mushrooms and fish. There isn’t much of any loot. The drops are all lackluster, if realistic.
The game is dull, the environments are monotone. While you may be supposedly free to do whatever missions you want, the map is so tiny that you’ll run into dead ends right away. You can only pick one mission at a time. The kills all seem similar and fighting is repetitive. Your character can only carry three weapons at a time. The one funny moment was when he picked up a long green onion and equipped it. The game is so unblanced that he won a fight with it.
The game is far too limited. Way of the Samurai 3 seems to be unfinished. There is about as much territory as you could drop into the corner of a village in Assasin’s Creed. I’ve played DS games that have larger levels. I don’t know why they didn’t finish the game off and modernize it, someone must have run out of money. Don’t waste any of your green on this game. It isn’t even worth the rental. I give Way of the Samurai 3 old radishes out of 10.
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