| Travel back in time to ancient Japan and fight your way through 
                    the ranks of your enemies, bringing death and destruction 
                    wherever you venture. Follow the history of the mysterious 
                    samurai warriors as you fight to bring order where there is 
                    none...
 Samurai 
                    Warriors 2 follows 
                    on where the first game left off. Things have been upgraded 
                    significantly and the gamer is offered a slightly tweaked 
                    fighting system. However, no matter what the press release 
                    says, this is still a hack and slash by numbers; a button 
                    mashing frenzy. There 
                    are a few interesting additions, including the Monopoly style 
                    bonus game called Sugoroku, but to be blunt Samurai 
                    Warriors 2 won't hold the attention of many gamers for 
                    that long. But if you do find yourself hooked you'll be disappointed 
                    to learn that whether you play this game for two minutes or 
                    two days very little changes. All 
                    of your enemy look identical and when you are faced with the 
                    odd boss you soon find that the developers use the same cut 
                    sequence when you defeat them. Yup, every time you beat one 
                    of them senseless they run away holding their arm and threatening 
                    that they will be back. There 
                    are nice touches - like the ability to whistle to the nearest 
                    horse, which will then take you to your destination quicker 
                    than travelling on foot - but there's nothing original here 
                    that you won't have seen before. If 
                    you want another mindless button mashing game then you'll 
                    probably enjoy this. Otherwise try before you buy.    Ray 
                    Thompson  
                     
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