Genji: Dawn of the Samurai (2005)
- Developer
- Game Republic Inc.
- Publisher
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
- Rating
- 3.8 of 5, 16 player ratings
- Main story
- about 5.0 hours
How it feels
A weighty, serious brawler steeped in feudal Japanese drama where you cut through enemy samurai with deliberate, cinematic combat.
cinematicaction-focusedmethodicalhistorical fantasydramaticcombat-drivenseriousdeliberate
About
It is 1159 AD, and a brutal samurai clan called The Heishi have stepped in to take power after the old nobility fell. With their mystical stones, they rule the land through fear and violence.
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