Search results for "Koei Games"

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• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

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The Bottom Line: The core game is still much the same as it has always been, and as such, Samurai Warriors remains a game primarily for those already enamored with the Warriors franchise. Read review

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  Overall score: 6.8 (3.0 stars)
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The Bottom Line: You're probably better off waiting until Koei announces the inevitable first Dynasty Warriors 5 spin-off. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, Beat-'Em-Up, 1-2 Players

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  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: For extreme fans of the series, Xtreme Legends is a pretty big value with a solid block of new gameplay. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, Beat-'Em-Up, 1-2 Players

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  Overall score: 6.8 (3.0 stars)
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The Bottom Line: A little effort is required on your part, but if you play the game on its own terms, there's a good chance you'll enjoy it. Read review

Specs: Teen, Micro Cabin, Simulation, Ship Sim, Fantasy, 1 Player

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  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)
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The Bottom Line: While ROT3K6 won't win anyone over with its graphics, it is a solid and intricate simulation title. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Koei, Strategy, General Strategy, 1-8 Players

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  Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Dynasty Warriors 2's beat-'em-up gameplay is simple enough to make it easy to get in to, and the game is interesting enough to keep you entertained for a while. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, Beat-'Em-Up, 1 Player

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  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: The biggest problems are its level of challenge and puny replay incentive. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, General Action, 1-2 Players

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  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: It can be a tough order to make a strategy game that's easy to just pick up and play, but Kessen III is both accessible and enjoyable. Read review

Specs: Teen, Koei, Strategy, Action - adventure, 1 Player

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  Overall score: 6.2 (3.0 stars)
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The Bottom Line: The game offers an experience that's different enough from the competition to warrant some attention, but is still quite similar in that only horse racing enthusiasts will get much out of it. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Koei/Inis, Sports, Other Sports, 1-2 Players

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  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Dynasty Warriors 3 is a good, solid beat-'em-up with enough variety to stay fresh throughout. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, Beat-'Em-Up, 1-2 Players

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Specs: Koei, Strategy, General Strategy

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Specs: Strategy, General Strategy

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  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII won't win any new converts to the strategy genre, but it's a good game that ought to please devotees of the series. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Koei, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Historic, 1-8 Players

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  Overall score: 8.1 (4.0 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Despite its age, the title is well executed and possesses enough merit to compete in the market in 2001. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Koei, Role-Playing, General Role-Playing, 1 Player

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  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Thanks to some solid strategy, the Empires expansion to Dynasty Warriors 5 turns out to be the bright spot amid the doldrums of endless button-mashing. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Historical, 1-2 Players

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  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Ultimately, this version of Dynasty Warriors 5 feels like too little, too late. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, 1-2 Players

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  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.4 (2.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Like just about every other sequel in Koei's Warriors franchises, Samurai Warriors 2 offers an overly familiar and ultimately mundane hack-and-slash experience. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, 1-4 Players

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  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: All weapon-based and contains no punches or kicks. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force

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  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.9 (2.0 stars)
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The Bottom Line: From its bland, generic premise to its one-note gameplay, WinBack 2 does nothing that another third-person shooter hasn't already done better. Read review

Specs: Teen, Cavia Inc., Action, Action - third person shooter, 1-4 Players

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Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Koei, Strategy, 1 Player

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Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, 1 Player

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Specs: Games - adventure, Adventure - first person adventure

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Specs: Koei, Role-Playing

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Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, Action - fighting, Historical

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Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, Action - beat-em up, 1-2 Players

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Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, 1-4 Players

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Romance IX is more of what you already love--that is, assuming you loved it to begin with. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Koei, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Historic, 1-8 Players

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  Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: With its intuitive interface, pared-down strategy elements, and complex cinematics and storyline, Kessen II is designed to appeal to a more mainstream audience than any of Koei's previous strategy games. Read review

Specs: Teen, Koei, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Historic, 1 Player

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  Overall score: 6.8 (3.0 stars)
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The Bottom Line: While it possesses great overall depth, P.T.O. IV is by no means an unqualified success. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Koei, Strategy, Turn-Based Wargame, 1-2 Players

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Crimson Sea's unusual style and characters and its effective blend of action elements make it stand out. Read review

Specs: Teen, Koei, Adventure, Fantasy Action Adventure, Fantasy, 1 Player

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Specs: Everyone, Strategy, General Strategy

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  Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: If you're looking for a game in which you can shoot up or cut up hundreds of ugly aliens for hours on end, you've come to the right place. Read review

Specs: Teen, Koei, Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-Fi, 1-2 Players

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  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: If you liked the pacing and mechanics of Gauntlet or the old Final Fight style of side-scrolling beat-'em-ups, then Mystic Heroes is a great expansion and is an improvement on that sort of gameplay. Read review

Specs: Teen, Koei, Action, Beat-'Em-Up, 1-4 Players

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Specs: Everyone, Koei, Strategy, General Strategy

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  Overall score: 5.0 (2.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Fresh ideas can't save Bladestorm from mediocrity. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Historical, 1 Player

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  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.9 (2.0 stars)
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The Bottom Line: From its bland, generic premise to its one-note gameplay, WinBack 2 does nothing that another third-person shooter hasn't already done better. Read review

Specs: Teen, Cavia Inc., Action, Action - third person shooter, 1-4 Players

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  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Xtreme Legends features several additions to the original game, but it also exists as a playable stand-alone product--albeit one that isn't as interesting on its own as it is when combined with the original. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, 1-2 Players

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  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)
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The Bottom Line: Dynasty Warriors 6 plays it safe with the series' standard button-mashing formula, and as such is little more than a prettier version of every other game in the series. Read review

Specs: Teen, Omega Force, Action, 1-2 Players