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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.
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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?
Samuel Jackson is a fun guy!
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.
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.
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.
At least I think that's what EDGE said.
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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.
I thought this was a Wii game!
Awesome,will check it out then.
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.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44202.html
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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.
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.
They gave Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 an 8.5.
Though, it was already looking repetitive in that review, didn't really see 'special' moves either.
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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.
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.
Gotta get that demographic!
And while I'm at it, anyone know whats up with the "body part poker" thing?
It wasn't funny the first time, it was badass.
I'm currently trying my hardest to slice both fingers and toes off at the same time for an achievment.
the game looks fun but I don't know how much it'd be worth to me.
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