Samurai Warriors 2 Empires Ready to Manufacture

KOEI's action strategy title Samurai Warriors 2 Empires has passed the major debug round and the game is ready to make its way into packages and store shellves by month's end.  If the company announces the shrinkwrap stage, we'll be sure to let you know.

Samurai Warriors 2 is due out by February 28th, but it's not exactly hotly anticipated.  The setting and strategic action formula seem like they should result in a great game, but it rarely turns out to be the case with KOEI.  Is the gaming world missing out on something by letting these games sit in the Costco bargain bin?

Samurai Warriors 2 Empires combines the most exciting aspects of Action, Fighting and Strategy games. At the start of the game Feudal Japan is divided into warring states and it is up to the player to resurrect a nation using equal amounts of strategy and strength! The game’s ultimate goal is to unite Japan’s 25 regions into a single nation under one ruler. Prior to each battle, the player will meet with their war council to discuss military and political affairs; then it’s time for combat.

Samurai Warriors 2 Empires is the first in KOEI’s successful line of “Empires” games to be set in Japan. Accordingly, the game’s deck of 90 policy cards, used to issue military commands and impose political policies, is boosted by 50 new cards inspired by Japanese history, while all-new formation cards are based on historically-authentic samurai attack formations.

Special events in the game chronicle major turning points in Japan’s history including “The Honnôji Incident” where the powerful warlord Oda Nobunaga, met his demise, and “The Battle of Kawanakajima,” considered the largest and most prolonged encounter of the Warring States era.

Key product features include vicious multi-Musou attacks with up to four officers, 5 “Unification” scenarios plus 6 “Regional” scenarios, over 400 playable characters to choose from, a create your own warrior mode, as well as 2-player co-op play.