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Afro Samurai the game based on the anime based on the manga.

ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up.MichiganRegistered User regular
edited February 2009 in Games and Technology
Man, you really are a cold-blooded motherfucker.

http://www.bloodisbeautiful.com/index2.html

So this week Afro Samurai comes out for the PS3 and 360, And apparently its good... like real good. The Play review gushes over everything from the controls and story to the art and voice acting. The reviewer saying he hasnt had a gaming experience like this since Symphony of the Night.

This game should have it all. Samuel L Jackson, Kelly Hu, a soundtrack inspired by the RZA, buckets upon buckets of blood, and Body part poker.

Anyone else thinking of picking this up?

Edit: Jesus i fucking forgot to mention it has Ron Pearlman too.

Picture time!
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Videa's!!! These are rated NSFW due to strong language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TLjmKJsbHs

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJmHmRNXrv0

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    CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Motherfuckin' ninjas :x

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I'll wait for other reviews. Play doesn't fill me with hope exactly.

    Also, never seen the show. And I wasn't aware it was a manga first?

    EDIT: I mean, come on. As good as Symphony of the Night? Some random licensed game? Really?

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    CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Snakes on a Plane, The Boondocks, now this.

    Samuel Jackson is a fun guy! :D

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    ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The show was pretty darn good yeah. Samuel L. Jackson really did a bang up job, and apparently from the video's i've seen does a fantastic job in the game too.

    So its basically a hack and slash. With no interface to speak of. The sword play looks fairly engaging and the dismemberment and gore is completely over the top in the greatest of ways.

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    ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    naturally the IGN review gives it a much more... shall we say pessimistic score.

    http://ps3.ign.com/articles/948/948213p2.html

    i think i'm still going to pick it up since i think i'll enjoy it quite a bit.

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Damn, IGN gave it below a 7. I didn't know their scale went that low.

    On the other hand, I knew that Play reviewer had to be full of shit. If he hadn't "had a gaming experience like this since Symphony of the Night" then Symphony of the Night was probably the last game he played.

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    ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    yeah the play review he reallly deepthroats the developer..... but i was hoping that itd score a little better than 6.6 :/e

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    DomhnallDomhnall Minty D. Vision! ScotlandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Apparently its a first in that you can cut the enemy to pieces at any angle at any time. It's not pre-determined death slice cuts.

    At least I think that's what EDGE said.

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    ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    yeah the enemies can be sliced in any which way.

    The differences in these reviews is freaking me out. The Play review mentions nothing about the camera. They do mention difficult boss fights though. (i'm holding out some sort of hope that the ps3 version is the weaker version since it looks like the Play review is based on the 360 and IGN obviously did it on the PS3 not that the differences would be that much :/)


    I have a feeling this may just be a polarizing game one of those love it or hate it. Well see i guess.

    Gorsh though the art style is awesome.

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    urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I have this in my queue, but since I have Chrono Trigger I'm sure I won't get to it for a little bit. Game looks awesome though.

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    KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    360 and PS3?

    I thought this was a Wii game!

    Awesome,will check it out then.

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    ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Some more pretty pictures spoilered for HUGE.

    I'm trying to find more of the dynamic cutting. I saw one somewhere a guy was cut right down the middle top to bottom and falling apart at his 2 halves.
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    ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Wow, this video 1:13 in.
    http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44202.html

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    descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Wait what. I didn't even know this was coming out. Buying it tomorrow.

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    TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Glad I watched that trailer, Zephos. The Youtube links made the game look terrible.

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Play is always full of shit. Always. Their reviews aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

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    ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    the game trailers videos are much better, for the OP i dunno what i was thinkin

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    SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Also, never seen the show. And I wasn't aware it was a manga first?

    You're not missing out.

    Trust me.

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    JameswaysJamesways Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Couscous wrote: »
    Play is always full of shit. Always. Their reviews aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

    I don't know if I've ever seen a bad review from them.

    Of course I don't really read every issue, but the ones I have it seems they really like every game.

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    Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    this looks cool, but not $60 cool. definitely more of a random used pickup a year from now for $20 kind of thing. sharp graphics though. the part in that GT preview trailer where he slices the top of a guys head off was neat too.

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    Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Also, never seen the show. And I wasn't aware it was a manga first?

    You're not missing out.

    Trust me.

    Not missing out on the manga or the show? I can't speak for the manga, but the show kicked ass. Weird, brutal, and some serious style. The soundtrack was great, too. Unless you like the ever-growing mountain of anime shows that either take themselves way too seriously or are childish crap, Afro Samurai is some great entertainment.

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Jamesways wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    Play is always full of shit. Always. Their reviews aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

    I don't know if I've ever seen a bad review from them.

    Of course I don't really read every issue, but the ones I have it seems they really like every game.

    They gave Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 an 8.5.

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    ElementalorElementalor Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I think this is worth my expanding my gamefly 1 more game this month...

    Though, it was already looking repetitive in that review, didn't really see 'special' moves either.

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    SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Ninja Snarl P wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    Also, never seen the show. And I wasn't aware it was a manga first?

    You're not missing out.

    Trust me.

    Not missing out on the manga or the show? I can't speak for the manga, but the show kicked ass. Weird, brutal, and some serious style. The soundtrack was great, too. Unless you like the ever-growing mountain of anime shows that either take themselves way too seriously or are childish crap, Afro Samurai is some great entertainment.

    Show.

    Don't know anything about the manga. The rest? It's just as generic as the junk we already get.

    You're right about the soundtrack, and I will praise it's animation and art style. As far as actual setting/plot/substance? Practically nil to gratuitous.

    Game looks good though, and if it's fun, hey. Grab it. I can play Afro Samurai. Watching it is something else though.

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    Ninja Snarl PNinja Snarl P My helmet is my burden. Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Ninja Snarl P wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    Also, never seen the show. And I wasn't aware it was a manga first?

    You're not missing out.

    Trust me.

    Not missing out on the manga or the show? I can't speak for the manga, but the show kicked ass. Weird, brutal, and some serious style. The soundtrack was great, too. Unless you like the ever-growing mountain of anime shows that either take themselves way too seriously or are childish crap, Afro Samurai is some great entertainment.

    Show.

    Don't know anything about the manga. The rest? It's just as generic as the junk we already get.

    You're right about the soundtrack, and I will praise it's animation and art style. As far as actual setting/plot/substance? Practically nil to gratuitous.

    I have to respectfully disagree. I found the show to be utterly and wholly unlike anything else on TV, particularly the average anime. Afro Samurai is well aware of how over-the-top it is and absolutely revels in it instead of trying to justify itself. Also, sci-fi tech versus being simply awesome? How does that ever get not fun? Great VA work by Ron Pearlman, too. Hell, pretty much all the VA work is great.

    Can't say that game looks too hot, though. It just seems lacking to me. Maybe a rental.

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    mastriusmastrius Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Ill probably gamefly this if just because the graphics look sexy and whenever reviewers say a game has a bad camera and stupid hack n slashing I tend to like those games. Now I just need to send my 360 in and wait 2-3 weeks. *shakes fist*

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    SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Ninja Snarl P wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    Ninja Snarl P wrote: »
    Sheep wrote: »
    Also, never seen the show. And I wasn't aware it was a manga first?

    You're not missing out.

    Trust me.

    Not missing out on the manga or the show? I can't speak for the manga, but the show kicked ass. Weird, brutal, and some serious style. The soundtrack was great, too. Unless you like the ever-growing mountain of anime shows that either take themselves way too seriously or are childish crap, Afro Samurai is some great entertainment.

    Show.

    Don't know anything about the manga. The rest? It's just as generic as the junk we already get.

    You're right about the soundtrack, and I will praise it's animation and art style. As far as actual setting/plot/substance? Practically nil to gratuitous.

    I have to respectfully disagree. I found the show to be utterly and wholly unlike anything else on TV, particularly the average anime. Afro Samurai is well aware of how over-the-top it is and absolutely revels in it instead of trying to justify itself. Also, sci-fi tech versus being simply awesome? How does that ever get not fun? Great VA work by Ron Pearlman, too. Hell, pretty much all the VA work is great.

    Can't say that game looks too hot, though. It just seems lacking to me. Maybe a rental.

    I'll admit that I'm not a huge anime fan, but just everything about Afro Samurai just came off as typical to me.

    The last anime I watched and really enjoyed was Samurai Champloo. I got to see a dubbed version of it before the US release, and the US release really ruined the two characters.

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    KetherialKetherial Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    the anime was pretty terrible, i agree. i wanted to like it so much, cause well, it's samuel l jackson and it's a fucking afro samurai. but it turned out to be just cliche after cliche after cliche. the only cool character was kuma, just cause he looked so goddam silly.

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Afro Samurai is well aware of how over-the-top it is and absolutely revels in it instead of trying to justify itself. Also, sci-fi tech versus being simply awesome?
    Anime that is aware of how crazy they are isn't that uncommon. Technology vs. pure determination is really cliche by now. John Henry has been a part of folklore forever.

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    ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The anime was great. Where else can you see rocket launcher robot clones attack a samurai with a giant afro?

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I am no longer amused by the stuff where you add a bunch of random supposedly cool shit together in order to make "wacky" stuff. It was funny the first few hundred times, but now it is just old .

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    SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    I like how they throw a random boob in there from time to time.

    Gotta get that demographic!

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    GraycoinGraycoin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    When does this come out, again? This actually looks like fun...not sure if its "60 bucks" fun, but fun nonetheless. Maybe there'll be a demo?

    And while I'm at it, anyone know whats up with the "body part poker" thing?

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    XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The show was shallow, overstylised junk with a couple of good ideas hiding somewhere in it. It adapts obviously to video games, but that's not a good thing.

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    ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    *Shrug* I liked the show, and i'll let ya'll know how the game plays.

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    ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Couscous wrote: »
    I am no longer amused by the stuff where you add a bunch of random supposedly cool shit together in order to make "wacky" stuff. It was funny the first few hundred times, but now it is just old .

    It wasn't funny the first time, it was badass.

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    ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    An hour in i can say i belive this game to be quite a bit of fun. The camera's not perfect, but its more than manageable to make it function, the graphic style is quite awesome as well as the SLICE anywhere is amazing. Soundtrack is pretty damn good too.

    I'm currently trying my hardest to slice both fingers and toes off at the same time for an achievment.

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    VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I think I'd love this show.

    the game looks fun but I don't know how much it'd be worth to me.

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    FaffelFaffel Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I refuse to trust IGN ever since their God Hand review. Staying optimistic for this.

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    mastriusmastrius Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Faffel wrote: »
    I refuse to trust IGN ever since their every goddamn thing review. Staying optimistic for this.

    Fixed.

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