Most utilized Asian instruments, such as the erhu, came together satisfyingly though I can’t honestly say I’d pursue the soundtrack.Įverything is wrapped up in a nice package, but what about the contents? The gameplay? I found it pleasant. Gameplay basically consists of combat, material/weapon looting, money collecting and item crafting. The classical pieces though were exceptional. The rock is subpar and not very noticeable, so I guess I have to say I disliked it. The soundtrack consists of a sloppy mix of orchestral arrangements and punk rock numbers. Speaking of music, it really handles itself well in this game. Just about all of the characters possess a certain emo quality that makes them look as though they’re going to break into Japanese grunge rock at any moment, which is cool if that’s your thing. Many of the levels are portrayed finely and it’s enthralling when you’re pitted in battles at exciting locations that actually existed once.Įach playable character is depicted with a nice level of detail, and they all manage to look unique and interesting enough.
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The environments aren’t too technically impressive, but they’re all designed well which makes up for it. The cut scenes in the game are done well and the general rendering of everything is tight, but it isn’t mind blowing. Hordes of samurai fodder aren’t too detailed and all look the same but this isn’t something you’ll be concerned with. It is really long and drawn out, but more on that later. So you’ll spend at least ninety six hours fully completing each characters story. Sixteen times the average of six equals ninety-six. I think that the reason that you unlock things at the actual half way point of the story instead of upon 100% completion is because this would be a long, arduous task that many people would probably not bother completing.
SENGOKU BASARA 2 WII NORTH AMERICA PLUS
You see, when you beat the story mode you unlock a new costume, a new title, a trophy and various other things, but this isn’t technically the end of the story. You can go back, sort of like a new game plus feature, and play through the remainder of the Japanese map, yielding more story completion. It should take about six to seven hours to fully complete each story and when I say fully complete, I mean 100%.
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You should know that each of the sixteen playable characters has their own story mode and they are all long and filled out. I simply took this as the main story, since Ieyasu is clearly the main character and everyone besides Mitsunari seemed to only want to ally with him. Apparently this isn’t exactly how things transpired in literal history, but this is still a video game so who gives a crap? This story is only one of several interweaving stories between the various factions and characters and it all has the propensity to be incredibly confusing. Mitsunari then alleged to gaining vengeance and seeking out Ieyasu and so on and so forth. Ieyasu subsequently killed Toyotomi in an effort to unite the states and stop all the fighting by…fighting.
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Basically, Mitsunari Ishida was the servant of a powerful general known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi. From what I can tell, the “main characters,” should you be able to identify them, are Mitsunari Ishida and Ieyasu Tokugawa. They’re the purple and yellow guys on the games case. That being said, it is very interesting to think that the majority of this stuff is based on actual history and you may find yourself spending several hours on Wikipedia learning about it.
SENGOKU BASARA 2 WII NORTH AMERICA SERIES
The biggest problem, like I said in the beginning, is that this is one of only two games in the series to have ever been released in North America, so how could they have expected us to know anything about the characters’ history? It isn’t too upsetting though. Games like this always have a terrible time conveying story to the players because there are always so many different characters and they often refuse to focus on just one specific character or set of characters or events.