[PS3] Genji 2

Well, confirmed last E3. This year they've shown a playable version at the Sony conference.

Definitely looks like a huge improvement gameplay wise. I love the idea of being able to not only be able to switch weapons on the fly (like DMC3), but also switch characters on the fly as well. It got almost like a fighter tag team quality on an action game, very cool. Though, the combos and overall control of the characters appear to be exactly the same as they were from the first game , rather disappointing. Also there's to be horseback stages, and battle fields with sea of soldiers/monsters on screen.

Check out the demonstration footage at Game Trailers!

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2174

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Offtopic, quickly: stylish avatar. It was inevitable that he'd be a hot property, that Raiden.

The overhead view with all the enemies reminded me of Dynasty Warriors. Hopefully, it's not all button mashing. Even the combo counter looks like DW. As far as the demo of the first one, this seems nothing like it at all.

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Offtopic, quickly: stylish avatar. It was inevitable that he'd be a hot property, that Raiden.

The overhead view with all the enemies reminded me of Dynasty Warriors. Hopefully, it's not all button mashing. Even the combo counter looks like DW. As far as the demo of the first one, this seems nothing like it at all.

Haha thanks. I'm surprised no one else has tapped on the MGS4 ava/sig combo yet.

Yea, the sea enemies on screen definitely gives me the idea of Dynasty Warriors. Hopefully, there'll be more new content to the gameplay than just the new additions of character and weapon switching in real time.

Just checked out the game's trailer. It looks like Shizuna will be playable this time. Also looks like Yoshitsune's brother, Yoritomo, might be playable as well, as the trailer indicates that the brothers joins forces. The music is awesome, once again it sounds like Yasuharu Takanashi is back to compose for the game's sequel. Interestingly, they've dubbed the trailer in english, even though the mouth movements were clearly designed for the Japanese dub. Hopefully they'll keep the Japanese dub in the NA release, though, I see no why both dubs wouldn't be included considering the amount space on a blu-ray disc.

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/761/761160/vids_1.html

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I watched the demonstration and it looked great, though I can't wait to see a good quality video of it rolling.

I loved the first game and more Yoshitsune and Benkei goodness can only be good. The sea of enemies battles looked impressive, but hopefully they will retain what made the first game great instead of ending up with a weak Dynasty Warriors clone. Also, the large scale battles have be moving and evolving, not just a bunch of enemies waiting around for you to get within certain range before they charge at you with simple AI.
In the first game and in general normal battle/exploration sections of the game this works alright, but in order to create a feel of a real large battlefield, you'll need a lot more. Hopefully if they script events, it'll be flowing and adjusting, instead of always repeating the same thing.

That said, I loved how the demonstration had all kinds of hickups because the guy wasn't very good/lucky with it. It gave you a feeling that it was actual playable code they were demoing, instead of just tightly designed ruse.

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As you can tell by my massive pre-order list, I have five PS3 games pre-ordered, and the first one was Genji 2. Any word on what the subtitle's gonna be?

I'm really psyched for Genji 2 though. The artistic style of the first game was incredible and the score was fantastic and appropriate. I can't imagine that they'd change having the original Japanese audio in place -- it'd be weird. "Wow Yoshitsune can speak English! Cool!!"

I haven't seen a PS3-version of Benkei or Shizuna yet, though I haven't looked at the trailer either, just what I saw briefly of the E3 coverage. I need to check that out.

Semi-Ninja Edit: Okay so I watched the trailers. XD And there's Benkei. Whoever that bald guy is playing kinda sucks, especially considering the boss only takes one hit to kill. >_>;

A few frame skips here and there, but those'll be fixed before it debuts. It's skipping in the same places that the PS2 Genji did. And what an awesome spinning salsh Yoshitsune had!

Edit again: Aw damn, I heard the English voices. They're not bad, but not really warranted considering the first game didn't have 'em.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Seen a couple of E3 footage from this game. Looks very promising. I just hope this one is a little longer than the first one. I totally loved the first one.
I hope they have taken all the good elements from the first game and enhanced them even further, like the combat system and the kamui system.

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Just a little update. Genji 2 has been renamed to Genji: Days of the Blade. Which sounds fitting, and better than just Genji 2, first one was Dawn of the Samurai and now they continue with Days of the Blade.

Source: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/726/726145p1.html
http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/ga...il.html?ID=143

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Some new screens, yup Shizuna is playable. Looks like she uses some sort of flail.




Source: http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/...0825/genji.htm

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Some more info:

- Takes place 7 years after Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
- Looks like enemies have weakspots
- Demo hints that puzzle elements will encourage the use of different characters and attacks to defeat bosses.
- Instant swapping of characters present and done via the D-Pad (kinda like Onimusha DoD)

The instant swapping between characters is a very cool concept, which I'm sure they borrowed from Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams. But with Genji 2, it sounds like you get access to the whole cast (Yoshitsune, Benkei and Shizuka, perhaps a 4th unannounced character).

Source: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/730/730391p1.html

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The TGS trailer available for download at GameTrailers.com. Shizuka looking hot, and possibly fun to play as. Plus japanese voice acting with english subtitles. Also, the trailers hints at Benkei's death... Heh, and one of the villains design look like a rip off of Munenori from Onimusha Dawn of Dreams. So, I think it's safe to assume that the final thing with include both tracks. The music sounds great as well, movie epic, I'm guessing Yasuharu Takanashi has returned for the sequel.

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2174

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Oooh I was just rolling around GameSpot and found



And I was faced with a tough decision on where to post it, this thread or the PS3 grab bag thread. So I sat and thought, for hours. Brushing off the dust I typed some image tags in here and pressed the Post Quick Reply button.

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No historic giant enemy crabs this box art isn't true to the game >=(

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

That's some pretty bitchin' cover art though. Disregarding the fact that I'm really anticipating the game, I think it's got the coolest boxart as far as what we've been show.

Now, when the Half-Life 2 cover art gets revealed...

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Ooo, looks great! Best one yet for PS3 games. The style is very similar to that of the first game's. The three star, playable, characters featured on the cover with Yoshitsune taking the center.

Ahh, can't wait... well going to have to, considering that less than 500k units are going to be available.

I was speaking idiomatically.

IGN review, 10.5/10. Apparently basic gameplay is uncool now.

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Bah, they expected way too much out of the gameplay. Especially when the game's a sequel and a launch title (hell, even I wasn't expecting much, just better graphics and more story with the same gameplay). Though at the same time I do agree that there should have been more considering that the PS3 costs $600 a pop. If they weren't gonna use the motion capabilities of SIXAXIS then they should have just released it on the PS2, that way we at least get the rumble.

However, the additions made sound great for the sequel. I like how they're giving us access to all four of the other playable characters by switching em through the D-pad. Weapons that actually give different combos/moves, the ability to upgrade them, and to switch between them on the fly. Heh, though a lot of the additions sound eerily familiar to those from DMC3 and Onimusha DoD. Too bad they didn't add more exploration this time, as that was a feature though. Would have been nice if they mentioned a little more about the audio aspect of the game (eg. if it have dual voice tracks).

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