New review posted: Samurai Western

QXZ · 08-04-2005, 06:07 PM

For those of you who frequently skip past the front page and just jump striaght to the forums, here's Brad Gallaway's take on Samurai Western:

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Samurai are cool, and so are cowboys and the Wild West. I'm a big fan of both elements. But, with such great material to work with, why is it so impossible to combine the two successfully? Granted, there haven't been very many games to attempt the fusion, but it occurs to me that mixing dusty sunsets with wandering ronin should automatically come preloaded with a certain amount of fun and style. By all rights, Samurai Western by Spike should have been the sort of low-budget-yet-surprisingly-good game that I love to discover, made even better with big hats and sharp swords. But in this case, I'd have to say that this attempt to appreciate an alternative title was a flat-out waste of $40.

Garauei-san further eviscerates Samurai Western in the full review, found here.

P.S.: If you're wondering why I'm the one who started this thread, there had been no previous posts on the subject. Just wanted to help out.

k8to · 08-04-2005, 10:00 PM

Can anyone explain why this thread is marked with a green arrow icon called icon2.gif, marked with the alt text "Arrow"?

legendarypegasu · 08-04-2005, 10:33 PM

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My impression after spending a few days with Samurai Western is that the experience was analogous to watching epileptics having sex—it's a shaky, jittery mess leaving everyone involved unsatisfied.

Classic quote Brad, that had me laughing hard.

QXZ · 08-04-2005, 11:50 PM

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k8to asked:
Can anyone explain why this thread is marked with a green arrow icon called icon2.gif, marked with the alt text "Arrow"?

Because I put it there? Or, at the very least, marked the thread with the arrow icon.

Brad Gallaway · 08-05-2005, 01:00 AM

Thanks for the post, QXZ... i've been so slammed, i didn't notice that there was no front-page blurb or post starter.

garauei... heh heh. i might have to use that in the future. ; )

QXZ · 08-05-2005, 02:17 AM

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GC_Brad wrote:
Thanks for the post, QXZ... i've been so slammed, i didn't notice that there was no front-page blurb or post starter.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I actually stumbled onto the review -- there was a screenshot of the game in the "new reviews" box, but no other mention of it here or on the front page.

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garauei... heh heh. i might have to use that in the future.

Glad you like it.