Genji: Dawn of the Samurai

I have not played this, so I cannot comment on the gameplay.

But I hate Metrosexual male character designs.

The game moves so fast, you won't have time to be bothered by them. Also, that giant swinging weapon thingy shown in the first screens rules in the demo. There's something oddly enjoyable about wiping out a room full of enemies in one swing.

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Originally Posted by kingoffighters

But I hate Metrosexual male character designs.

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Sigh. And it seems like every game from Japan these days has designs like that. It makes me sad.

Genji seems interesting, though. I hear that it really has very little to do with the novel it's based on. Supposedly, the novel (the first novel ever written, apparently) is more about how pretty a man Yoshitsune is than anything else. I believe there's very little swordplay in the book, if any.

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Originally Posted by Ex Ranza

...it seems like every game from Japan these days has designs like that...

...the novel (the first novel ever written, apparently) is more about how pretty a man Yoshitsune is than anything else...

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Emphasis added. ^____^

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Originally Posted by kingoffighters

But I hate Metrosexual male character designs.

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I love it. Keep it coming Japan!

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Originally Posted by animegirl

I love it. Keep it coming Japan!

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Now why did I know that you would say that?

I put in another hour of Genji tonight, and I'll call it my last. The boss battles range from near impossible to pathetically easy, all because of the Kamui system. You really have to guess which bosses are immune to the magic and which aren't. Some are, but just aren't at certain moments, making you waste most of your magic trying to figure it out.

There's a boss fight against a rotating gold house (don't ask) that has a pattern of not taking any damage for 2 minutes, then leaving an open window of damage for 20 seconds. 2 minutes again, 20 seconds, repeat.

So it looks pretty good, and the battles with common enemies are fun, but everything else is pretty wack. This goes right up there with Bujingai, another hack n slash Jap action game that has a lot of style and an effeminate main character that is just, boring.

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Originally Posted by Rocca

I haven't had the chance to play BWT yet? What were your impressions of the game? Did the combat get boring after a while? The idea of adding limbs seemed interesting but I never had a chance to even rent a copy.

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Don't even bother with BWT unless you hate yourself. You can find a review of it on a site I will not mention.

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Originally Posted by Ammadeau

Don't even bother with BWT unless you hate yourself. You can find a review of it on a site I will not mention.

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Ha, it'd be best to leave that work uncredited. Thanks for the warning.

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Originally Posted by Rocca

You really have to guess which bosses are immune to the magic and which aren't. Some are, but just aren't at certain moments, making you waste most of your magic trying to figure it out.

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The only boss I remember not being affected by Kamui right away is the shrine you speak of. On the shrine boss, destroy the four pillars, move to the center of the arena, trigger Kamui, counter the beams and--if you're close enough--you'll hit the shrine with your counters. You can take it out in one or two rounds.

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Originally Posted by sethsez

Emphasis added. ^____^

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Yeah, point taken. The effeminate style does seem to be a lot more prevalent in games and anime during the past few years, though. Of course, the 80's games I like so much often had Rambo-esque bodybuilder types as the main characters, so I guess I shouldn't talk.