As was foretold, we've added advertisements to the forums! If you have questions, or if you encounter any bugs, please visit this thread: https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/240191/forum-advertisement-faq-and-reports-thread/
We're funding a new Acquisitions Incorporated series on Kickstarter right now! Check it out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pennyarcade/acquisitions-incorporated-the-series-2
The Genji Series: Worth it?
Katchem_ash
__BANNED USERS regular
__BANNED USERS regular
Having bought Genji: Dawn of the Samurai based on the same friends that told me about God of War, I reluctantly picked it up. From the back it seems like God of War and Prince of Persia and the cover seems cool. Not having played yet, could anyone tell me if it will be like God of War (which I didn't like very much) or more like Prince of Persia (which I did like) or a mixure of both?
Katchem_ash on
0
Posts
Also, finish your 40K army. My trouser remain piss free, which means I havn't laughed hard enough today.
Haha, oh you are nasty.
Dude, it's Katchem_ash. It's his style.
His style with ease.
Incorrect way
IT'S REALLY BLOODY SIMPLE!
GIANT ENEMY CRAB!
REAL TIME WEAPON CHANGE.
Had to be done boys. With charisma (caps).
Pokémon HGSS: 1205 1613 4041
That's it.
Not even the most loyal PS3 fans would ever put Genji as a reason to buy a PS3. It's decidedly meh.
In what way is it Meh? Storywise? Gameplay wise?
It's just flat out mediocre in all respects. Gamespot gave it a 6.4.
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/adventure/genji/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review
If you like beat-em-ups with swords and some timing based slow motion stuff, you'll enjoy them, but they're not absolute must plays in my opinion. I own both of them, and enjoy them, but they're not so amazing that I have to play them all the time. PoP and GoW are both more technically sound, and more aesthetically interesting to me. And most importantly, more memorable.
All that said, just try the game! It doesn't suck horribly...and you might have some fun.
PSN ID : Xander51 Steam ID : Xander51
Onimusha was fun and I did like it, so I guess is Genji is like that I wouldn't mind playing it. Thanks for you help.
No problem. Onimusha and Genji are quite similar in many gameplay aspects...however when it comes to story Onimusha's is a little more over-the-top and chaotic. Genji's is loosely based on an ancient Japanese story, and I quite like it actually. If you liked Onimusha, you will indeed have some fun.
PSN ID : Xander51 Steam ID : Xander51
And I might as well post this here again.
Make up your mind!
God forbid a kid likes something that isn't cool.
i thought Katchem_ash was a Knob alt. Maybe i was wrong.
What does whether or not he likes it, or if it is or isn't cool have to do with my post? I was commenting on the fact that the kid went out and bought a game off a friends recommendation. Then instead of putting it in his machine and giving it a try he came here to ask for some sort of validation of his purchase. I wouldn't have said a word if he would have made a thread saying, "I just got game X and it sucks/is cool because of Y. What do you shitheads think?"
I never saw the video that spawned the giant enemy crab phenomenon, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were supposed to say the game was based on an actual japanese legend, or something like that, but accidentally said "history" instead. And people would rather think that Sony honestly claims there were giant crabs in ancient Japan because, well, "lol sony!"
What they actually said was "Genji is based on actual, historical battles in ancient Japan. And now, here's a giant enemy crab!"
Even if you're not lol Sony, you gotta admit that's funny.
And Rigor, to be fair, the topic title is "the Genji series," not Genji 1 or 2 specifically.
The PS3 sequel though? It seems like they fixed the game length but then decided to completely ruin the camera.
BiggNife: Uh, most of the people I've heard from say the PS3 version is one of the best looking games on the system.
Who told you that? EB Clerks?
"oh maaaan, also, this game Genji. The graphics is crazy."
Actually I sem to recall from some earlier SE post tha he's like, 23.
Making him older than the mean average here (at a guess)
Have you actually played the game? Or are you basing your comments on "zomg crabs in japan olol"? Seriously, while I have heard the game has problems (namely, the atrocious camera), the graphics is one thing I've heard a lot of good things about (from a lot of people with PS3's).
I was pretty much agreeing with you. Why the hell WOULD you play a game and then ask if it was good unless you were making sure your own opinion agreed with the popular masses?
Having played the PS3 version quite a bit, I'll say that yes the graphics are nice, both aesthetically and technologically. The camera however, is pulled in much closer most of the time in order to show off the graphics, and as such makes things a little more difficult than they need to be sometimes. The camera in the first game, in general, has a wider angle on the action.
PSN ID : Xander51 Steam ID : Xander51