Samurai Legend Musashi

[Magus]

Played the demo on OPM. This may be because it's just a demo but it's not that thrilling. At all really.

BIG FAT MEH.

GODDAMMIT, SQUARE, GET YOUR **** TOGETHER.

[AbstractOrigin]

Re: Samurai Legend Musashi

Thinking of buying it.
I have the first one.

I don't really like the new look (Musashi), but it's alright.

[IRC]

Re: Samurai Legend Musashi

I don't know if this one has the same spirit of the first game. Brave Fencer Musashi is probably one of the best sleepers on the psx.

[Magus]

Re: Samurai Legend Musashi

It doesn't feel like the original. It feels like a big step back. But maybe the demo just sucks. It didn't even let me finish, I was up to the Vaporoid boss and suddenly the game stopped with a big "COMING SOON!" thing.

What a lousy way to show off your new game though. The hero opens his mouth and the worst dubbing ever is revealed. Not that the original Musashi had great dubbing - it was pretty laughable, but that was part of its Texan/Valley girl/"Hey have you seen Leno?" charm!!

And wow. WHAT LEVEL DESIGN. One long path - a long gauntlet - of the SAME TWO ENEMY TYPES over and over and OVER AND OVER. And how do you beat them? Press Square over and over. And over. AND OVER. You COULD press Triangle for the slower, stronger attack but why do that? Use the faster combo instead and eventually, after four quick hits, he begins using the strong attack. Why bother mapping the strong attack to the Triangle button in the first place?? Oh, you could also use three diversionary special attacks if you wanna see what they look like. Once.

I hope hope HOPE the demo doesn't reflect what the rest of the game will be like but... isn't that kind of what demos are for anyway...?! To see what the game'll be like? From these impressions, Samurai Legend Musashi will be a far cry from the sleeper that Brave Fencer was. At best, it'll probably be just like the original with better graphics. Uh, neat, I guess.

So, yeah. Square. C'mon. Cut this out.

[AbstractOrigin]

Re: Samurai Legend Musashi

I liked Mega Man Legends and the Cel-Shade is great but.....

Musashi had Purple hair, not Brown.

I'll have to hope that I can rent this, I'm broke.

Again.

[Crimson Knight]

Re: Samurai Legend Musashi

Taken from an old IGN interview:

IGN: If the only thing remaining is the name, why did you choose to make a sequel as opposed to a brand new game?

Yoshimoto: We found that the player having two swords to fight is an attractive feature for the game. In order to use the dual sword feature, we decided to use the character.

IGN: Does Musashi always use two swords?

Musashi is a famous Japanese sword fighter called Musashi Miyamoto. He's famous for using two swords.

You can blame unfamiliarity on that.

[archerarmored]

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are the voices the same?

[Kefka Jr.]

Re: Samurai Legend Musashi

You're gonna regret it, pal!

[The_Real_Crunk]

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I like the crazy ass opening. Its all FLCL and everything.

The graphics and everything look pretty, but it just doesnt look all that fun.

[Magus]

Re: Samurai Legend Musashi

Square's typical production values these days.

Presentation: A
Gameplay: C-

[highwind]

Re: Samurai Legend Musashi

I loved Brave Fenser Musashi.


Just wanted to say that.

[RPGD]

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Ditto.

[Omnislash024]

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I was excited but then saw the design for it. Yuck. No way.

[Fushigi na Renamon]

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I <3 Brave Fencer Musashi.

I'll definitely try out the sequel, the design looks cool.

[Magus]

Re: Samurai Legend Musashi

Well, I hope I'm wrong then.