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Way of the Samurai 3

2008 68 / 100 Adventure Fighting Role-playing (RPG)
Honour, sacrifice, betrayal… Your choices make you who you are. How will history remember you? You must wield the sword of a mysterious lone samurai during Japan's turbulent Sengoku era, in one of the most atmospheric action RPGs ever created. Explore the villages, body-strewn battlefields, bandit fortresses, immense castles and local town of Amana, in an open world bustling with a rich cast of colourful characters t Show full summary

Honour, sacrifice, betrayal… Your choices make you who you are. How will history remember you? You must wield the sword of a mysterious lone samurai during Japan's turbulent Sengoku era, in one of the most atmospheric action RPGs ever created. Explore the villages, body-strewn battlefields, bandit fortresses, immense castles and local town of Amana, in an open world bustling with a rich cast of colourful characters that you can help, ignore or victimise.

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Honour, sacrifice, betrayal… Your choices make you who you are. How will history remember you? You must wield the sword of a mysterious lone samurai during Japan's turbulent Sengoku era, in one of the most atmospheric action RPGs ever created. Explore the villages, body-strewn battlefields, bandit fortresses, immense castles and local town of Amana, in an open world bustling with a rich cast of colourful characters that you can help, ignore or victimise.

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Studio & publishing

Developer
ACQUIRE Corp.
Publisher
Rising Star Games, Agetec, UFO Interactive Software, Ghostlight Ltd., Spike
Franchise
Standalone
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Modi
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action, Historical, Open world, Sandbox
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PlayStation 3 Nov 13, 2008
  • Xbox 360 Nov 13, 2008
  • PlayStation 3 Mar 12, 2010
  • Xbox 360 Mar 12, 2010
  • PlayStation 3 Oct 13, 2009
  • Xbox 360 Oct 13, 2009
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Mar 23, 2016

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