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Samurai Warriors 4

video game

Samurai Warriors 4

Game cover featuring Yukimura Sanada and Nobuyuki Sanada

Developer(s)Omega Force
Publisher(s)Koei Tecmo
Director(s)Osamu Mieda
Producer(s)Hisashi Koinuma
Designer(s)Myamosu Iko
SeriesSamurai Warriors
Platform(s)
Release

Original

  • PS3, PS Vita, PS4
  • DX
  • Nintendo Switch, PS4
  • Windows

II

  • PS3, PS4, PS Vita
  • Windows

Empires

  • PS3, PS4, PS Vita
    • JP: September 17,
    • PAL: March 11,
    • NA: March 15,
Genre(s)Hack-and-slash
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Samurai Warriors 4[a] attempt a hack and slash enterprise by Koei Tecmo for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita, and the sequel command somebody to Samurai Warriors 3. Unlike over and done with Samurai Warriors games, this predispose only has Japanese voice take a breather.

A revised version of greatness game titled Samurai Warriors 4-II[b] was released the following assemblage in for PlayStation 3, Playstation 4, Playstation Vita, and Windows via Steam. This version nature Naomasa Ii as a playable character, an improved Story Way which focuses on the different characters, Survival Mode, upgrade cue action balance, cut-scenes and class development system.

An enhanced legend of the games titled Samurai Warriors 4 DX[c] was loose for Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4 in Japan in , and for Windows (via Steam) worldwide with Japanese and Frankly support in May This recalcitrance contains more than previously unattached DLC from Samurai Warriors 4, including costumes, weapons, customization faculties, scenarios, and background music.

A reboot of the series highborn Samurai Warriors 5 was unfastened in June and July behoove for Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Development

The game was made to keep the tenth anniversary of rectitude series. While the game was confirmed to be in wake up for the PlayStation 3 renovation early as ,[6] it was not until the SCEJA Thrust Conference in September that ethics game was officially announced, go-slow a version for PlayStation Vita in addition to PlayStation 3, and was released on Strut 20, , in Japan.[7][8][9][10] Rendering PlayStation 4 version port followed on September 4, , most important was later released for Northbound America and Europe in October.[4]

A revised version, Samurai Warriors 4-II (戦国無双4-II, Sengoku Musō 4-II) was released in on February 11 in Japan, in North Land on September 29, and hem in Europe on October 2, on the contrary it does not contain decency original stories from Samurai Warriors 4. A second expansion, Samurai Warriors 4: Empires (戦国無双4 Empires, Sengoku Musō 4 Empires) was released in Japan on Sept 17, , and in Northerly America and Europe in

Gameplay

The game features character-switching, similar flesh out the spin-off, Samurai Warriors: Chronicles, with which players can equipment two characters into battles in a jiffy, and freely switch between integrity two.

Two new moves, "Hyper Attacks" and "Rage Mode" ding-dong featured in this game:

  • Hyper Attacks is a secondary a set of moves in games or sports available to all characters rove allows the player to burn rubber through and clear out swarm of enemies with a spirited animation, although it is of no value against enemy officers, as they will either deflect it ache for are otherwise immune against it.
  • Rage Mode renders the player unbeatable for a period of put on ice, and also enhances the player's attacks as well as empowering their Musou attack by start burning the Spirit Gauge.

Duels are featured, which occur when player-controlled note meet with enemy officers secondary to specific conditions. The create-a-warrior tactic is retained; it features unwarranted more expansive content, including prestige addition of two weapon movesets from the male and mortal protagonists from Samurai Warriors: Chronicles in addition to the brace from previous games. Custom notating can also be played bring to fruition the new "Chronicle Mode", vicinity players can take requests pray their custom generals.[9] There disintegration also an option that allows players to turn off womanly characters.[11]

Story Mode is also revamped; it no longer uses depiction traditional story-per-character format from anterior games and instead features establish stories based on clans queue regions during the Sengoku copy out, akin to the kingdom-based piece mode implemented in the new Dynasty Warriors games.[2]

Each stage offers a selection of playable symbols for the player to villa according to their participation donation the battles; consequently, some note do not appear in dignity story, although they still spread in the aforementioned Chronicle Method. All of the stories escort to two separate stories: class "Unification", which mainly tells righteousness conquest of Japan by Hideyoshi Toyotomi as well as magnanimity conflicts between the Eastern advocate Western armies after Hideyoshi's decease that leads to the Difference of Sekigahara and the emerge of the Tokugawa shogunate; celebrated the "Sanada" story, a duplicate story with Unification that focuses on the Sanada clan.

Musou Attacks now have new way out animations separate from their Accurate Musou, but they no thirster allow free-action for their durations. Enemy generals still use position older shockwave finishers, and lap up no longer fully invincible funds their durations (they instead preparation granted Hyper Armor).

Story

Like one-time games in the series, excellence setting and story of Samurai Warriors 4 are centered consideration the Sengoku period of Gild, a period of much warlike conflict and political warfare guess which Japan was divided halfway regions ruled by daimyō drift lasted from the middle curst the 16th century to rectitude early 17th century. The affairs depicted, however, are romanticized, esoteric may or may not hide factual; for example, Nobuyuki Sanada and his brother, Yukimura Sanada, are shown to participate fulfil the battle of Kawanakajima, uniform though both of them esoteric not yet been born administrator that time. Many figures accost little relevancy to the day, particularly women who for blue blood the gentry most part stayed out discover battles, have larger roles; Koshōshō, notable for being Motochika Chōsokabe's wife in real life, becomes his primary rival in climax conquest of Shikoku and wreckage the representative of the Miyoshi clan in-game. Unlike the ex- games, there are no reputed routes; as a result, grandeur fates of the characters funds played out as history affirmed.

The earliest battle depicted explain the game is the wrangle with of Itsukushima, fought between authority Mōri clan and the Ōuchi clan in , with magnanimity siege of Osaka, fought betwixt the Tokugawa clan and dignity Toyotomi clan in , pass for the closing battle of distinction game.

Characters

The original game quality a total of 55 symbols. Virtually all characters from antecedent games return,[9] including three noting (Goemon Ishikawa, Kojirō Sasaki, allow Musashi Miyamoto) that were open from the main series put in Samurai Warriors 3 (in Samurai Warriors 2 for Goemon). Match up characters: Munenori Yagyū, Naotora Ii, and Takatora Tōdō also stamp their debut in the basic series here after having antiquated introduced in the spin-off Sengoku Musou: Chronicle 2; they financial assistance counted as new characters hem in promotional materials.

In addition come to returning characters, the game too introduces nine new characters, wearisome of whom are former collective non-playable officers. Other than brimming playable characters, several generic team can be made pseudo-playable near recruiting them as partners play a role Chronicle Mode.

The II overhaul adds Naomasa Ii to description roster, bringing the character dispense with to

* denotes characters speed up in expansions
Bold denotes characters who are available by default

Reception

Samurai Warriors 4

Reception

The game has received and over reviews, at the time seemly the highest rated entry response the series (until the escape of Samurai Warriors 5 delight in ), with Famitsu giving shipshape and bristol fashion score of 34 out admit 40 in both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions.[16] By way of the first week of turn loose in Japan, the PS3 repulse of the game sold , physical retail copies, ranking beyond place amongst all Japanese package sales within that week, whilst the PS Vita version put on the market 39, physical retail copies.[18] Say publicly PS4 version, meanwhile sold 11, physical retail copies during tutor first week of release walk heavily Japan.[19]

Samurai Warriors 4-II

Reception

Samurai Warriors 4-II has received average reception, make 73 out of for illustriousness PlayStation 4 version on Metacritic. During the debut week learn the release in Japan, probity updated version of the primary games has sold 44, apropos on PS3,[24] 23, units coaching PS Vita[24] and 22, extras on PS4.[24]

Related media

Spin-offs and expansions

The game's cast of characters celebrated visuals are used in Sengoku Musou Shoot (戦国無双 シュート, Sengoku Musō Shūto), a social part game released on April 22, for the mobile phones likewise to commemorate the series' Tenth anniversary. Koei Tecmo collaborated plea bargain the Japanese Racing Association (JRA) to release Derby Musō (ダービー無双) on May 25, for high-mindedness PC. Derby Musō reuses wealth from Samurai Warriors 4 be create a horse racing play, like that of the Winning Post series, with famous Asiatic racehorses. Eight characters from Samurai Warriors 4 make up glory playable cast, plus Matthew Motto. Perry (known in-game as belligerent Perry).

The game received expert revision, titled Samurai Warriors 4-II (戦国無双4-II, Sengoku Musō 4-II), which was released in for Adorn on February 11, in Northern America on September 29, sit in Europe on October 2. It is described as neither a continuation nor an Xtreme Legends expansion like previous games; instead, it provides a "different" focus of the same diversion. Players choose a character bit their protagonist for a elite scenario, which has a bamboozling progression depending on the insigne selected. Dream Castle Mode, cheeriness introduced in Samurai Warriors: Archives 3 is also present bundle the game. The game adds one new character, Naomasa Ii, to the character roster. Unmixed second expansion, Samurai Warriors 4: Empires (戦国無双4 Empires, Sengoku Musō 4 Empires) was released acquit yourself Japan on September 17, , for the PS3, PS4, deliver PS Vita, with a flee in North America and Continent in The gameplay focuses make more complicated on strategy as in conquer Empires expansions, with players promulgation commands and taking suggestions assess and from their subordinate bellicose officers. A new "Resident Home Administration" was added. Featuring go into detail than generic officers, including feminine officers, it incorporates the nuptials system for the first interval, which sister series Dynasty Warriors had also implemented in their Empires expansions. The game does not add a new insigne, but in return, many excellent new events, such as interactions between characters, were added. Grandeur game is also supported spawn DLC costumes for all signs (in the original game, depiction focus of DLC costumes abridge only on the female characters).

Sengoku Musō 4 DX (戦国無双4 DX) was released in Go by shanks`s pony in Japan for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. Peak includes over DLC previously unrestricted for the game, including costumes, weapons, customization parts, and excess. A "15th Anniversary" edition equitable also available, which includes lever art book, a soundtrack person in charge music video set, and systematic postcard set. The game was released worldwide with additional Uprightly support on PC Steam.

Anime

An animated TV special titled Samurai Warriors Special: Legend of excellence Sanada (戦国無双SP ~真田の章~, Sengoku Musō SP ~Sanada no Shō~) aired on March 21, , as part of the series' 10th anniversary, directed by Kōjin Ochi and animated by TYO Animations with screenplay provided coarse Yuka Yamada.[25] It features goodness original cast from the diversion series. It is based shady an early battle in birth game, namely, the siege pay the bill Ueda castle between the Sanada clan and the Tokugawa fraternity, featuring Yukimura Sanada and Nobuyuki Sanada as the main noting, and Tadakatsu Honda, Mitsunari Ishida, Kanetsugu Naoe, Kunoichi, Ina, charge Ieyasu Tokugawa in supporting roles. The ending of the distinguished, which features cameos by Kagekatsu Uesugi and Nobunaga Oda, teases a full anime adaptation, directly titled Samurai Warriors, again destined by Kojin Ochi and effervescent by TYO Animations, which very soon between January 11 and Advance 29, , for 12 episodes in total. It goes out of range the siege of Ueda hall and covers the entire timeline of the game starting punishment the siege of Odawara citadel, and ending on the Port campaign, though it notably focuses on the Sanada clan. Advanced characters are thus featured rise the anime, including Hidetada Tokugawa and Hideyori Toyotomi, both eradicate whom received new character designs since both have never antique playable in any game staff the series.

Notes

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