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Summary: Slightly unpolished, but a strange and enjoyable blast from Japan's (fictional) past

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The prevailing image of Japanese culture in Western society is an incongruous blend of two aspects: the badass, as underpinned by romanticised notions of ninja and samurai; and the bizarre, as evidenced by strange game shows and the assumption that all anime involves tentacles. These two ideas create a shoddy, imprecise stereotype that allows people to write off Japanese culture—past, present, and future—as beyond understanding; the culture is ‘othered’, beyond understanding for any who aren’t of this mystical, unusual Asian persuasion.

What is truly confusing, for me, is to see Way of the Samurai 4 utterly embrace this notion. Dispel any notion of a gritty samurai simulator, because this game is far more slapstick comedy than it is serious. The characters are divided equally between the anachronistic and the stereotypical: a pre-teen, female, English ambassador with a female knight bodyguard (whose plate armour has breast decorations); a 19th Century English count named Jet Jenkins, with emo hair and a dozen piercings; a sleepy, scatterbrained, and lazy Japanese public official; three attractive, succubi-like sisters; and a main villain who looks and acts so evil that he might as well be a literal oni. With all this ridiculousness, it’s easy to get distracted and miss the underlying thematic tension that was, historically, one of great importance for Japan: do the Japanese reverse their isolationist policies and open their borders to foreign trade at the risk of their culture and heritage?

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2. While Way of The Samurai 4 is primarily a single-player title, Acquire has taken cues from other single-player action-RPGs with online features, and implemented a persistent online mode.

But, of course, exploring this theme requires the player—a nameless samurai—to navigate three major factions with occasionally conflicting events. For instance, at one point an English lecturer comes to Amihama to teach: side with the Shogunate forces, and you must protect him; side with the Pranja anti-foreigner group, and the mission is now an assassination. There are plenty of events, building up to ten different endings, but actually determining how to achieve an ending other than ‘only do missions for one group’ is complicated. Indeed, there are two different endings per faction, but figuring out the actual triggers is something I might never master.

As a game about samurai, combat takes a central role. The player character can collect swords and spears, as well as manuals on different fighting styles, which provides an enormous amount of customisation potential. The problem is that there is no real incentive: mastering the default sword style taught my samurai a single move that I could abuse to win every fight easily; suffering through any of my other twenty or so sword styles felt pointless. This also made spears and unarmed combat styles equally useless.

Those who love to experiment are in luck, however, as the encounters ramp up exponentially. The opening tutorial fights are against three or fewer fighters; shortly after, I had to cut my way through thirty plus men in a single mission. By the time I reached an ending, the body count trailing in my wake was probably double that of Amihama’s actual population. As satisfying as the combat is, I would have preferred fewer but harder fighters.

This is a recurring trend in Way of the Samurai 4—quantity is favoured more than quality. Stores offer loads of clothing items and accessories, but these offer no tangible benefit; they are purely cosmetic. The side quests are all ‘deliver this item/message’ or ‘kill this guy (and all his friends)’. The mini games include a handful of simple gambling, some disturbing pseudo-BDSM torture (performed on the player), and an equally disturbing series of ‘mini games’ to secure sex. This excess of shallow, meaningless content attempts to paint Amihama as busy and populated, but instead reveals a hollow emptiness. Even running your own dojo, one of the more interesting diversions, limits your actual interaction to beating up visually indistinct NPCs to recruit them as pupils and killing the same handful of dojo challengers that you’ve seen before.

Way of the Samurai 4 also suffers from its low fidelity port. The animations and textures look dated, and while some of these contribute to the ‘80s cheesy B-grade movie quality, it is otherwise bland and flavourless. It is a curious and quirky piece of art painted in washed out, muted colours; still interesting, but certainly lacking.

For all its shortcomings, Way of the Samurai 4 manages to be captivating. It taps into that collective interpretation of Japan as mysterious comedic badass, which—while terrible for various reasons—is incredibly appealing. Be a wise-cracking, reed-chewing, half naked, sword-wielding master of destiny. Be the change you want to see in the world, or go out in a blaze of glory a la The Last Samurai (only with less Tom Cruise). Or just eat a lot of onigiri and then take the first boat back out of there: the choice is yours.

Game Details

Way of the Samurai 4
Developer: Acquire
Publisher: Ghostlight
Genre: Action adventure
Platform(s): PC
Rating: MA15+
Reviewer: Dakoda Barker

Way of the Samurai 4 (侍道4, Samurai Dou 4) is a video game developed by Acquire and published by Spike for the PlayStation 3.^[3] It was released in Japan on March 3, 2011.^[3]

An English version was announced on January 19, 2012 by Rising Star Games. The release of the game in Europe was on October 5, 2012.^[4] On April 4, 2012, XSEED Games published the game for the U.S. as a downloadable title on PlayStation Network with a release date of August 21, 2012.^[5] The game was initially PlayStation 3 only, however the game was later released for Microsoft Windows by Ghostlight on July 23, 2015.^[6]

Plot[edit]

The game is set in a fictional port town called Amihama during the last days of the Shogunate. Players can create their own samurai^[7] and choose to align themselves with one of three factions: the pro-government forces, the anti-government rebels seeking to repel foreigners, or the British Navy stationed in the city to negotiate a peace treaty. When the negotiations between the local government of Amihama and the British goes wrong after a Prajna attack at the meeting point, the Tokugawa Shogunate sends one of their Tairō to quash the revolt.

The main story takes place over the span of five days. The character's decisions and actions will shape his/her path, and ultimately, his/her fate.

Gameplay[edit]

Endings, Events, and Customization

Acquire promised that 4 would be much longer than previous games, and there are 10 endings. The game also features flexible events and cutscenes such as deciding whether you want to explore a cave or just turn around and walk away.^[8] Events are easier to follow, compared to previous games. There are more customization options than in the last game, allowing to choose features such as face, hair, clothing, footwear and accessories.

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Health and Energy

An energy meter is added in this installment. It regenerates life points (which are set at 1000) if the player is stationary or moving away in combat, and depletes when your samurai fights, nightcrawls, or is regenerating health. Food and sleep regenerate the energy meter. There are straw blankets in set locations outside (or in) the dojo, inns around Amihama where you pay to sleep in, and any bed you can stand on can be used to sleep and recharge energy.

Combat

There is a wide variety of fighting styles and skills that a player can master. Swords can now be switched to any stance; and skills, once learned, are bound to the player, not the swords. Players then can assign learned skills to their own 'school' of fighting style.

The 'push and pull' mechanics in the first and third games are kept. A new special mode is introduced, in which the samurai enters slow motion for a limited duration and can slash enemies repeatedly, then he sheathes the sword and all dead enemies fall down at the same time.

The sword 'heat' mechanics was removed and replaced by 'durability points', which will drop gradually with use, and eventually weapons will break. This forces players to visit the blacksmith regularly for repairs, unless their weapons are 'unbreakable'.

Sword Enhancement/Creation

Players can go to the blacksmith and choose to enhance their weapon's attributes (attack, defense, durability), repair it, or appraise it. Player can also ask Dojima to melt a sword and then use the metal to recast another sword.

The custom sword-making system introduced in Way of the Samurai 3 returns. In addition to normal parts like blade, hilt and grip, players can also add a charm that will give a special effect. Beside swords and spears, pistols and muskets have been added as weapons. Muskets are primarily used by British soldiers.

New features[edit]

Proof of Life

Player's actions will affect the game world in the next replay. For example, if players killed a lot of town people in the last game, there will be more guards to hunt them down.^[9] There are many foreigners in the game; but unlike the previous game, at the beginning the protagonist will not be able to understand what they say (the texts will appear as '?????'). Players can convince the Shogunate to open a school to teach foreign languages, and later the player will be able talk to foreigners.^[9]

Night Crawling

There is a minigame called 'Yobai' in which a samurai can romance a NPC by sneaking into their home at night, avoiding or knocking out family members, and pulling out the right futon to find them.^[10] Even then, they will offer playful resistance, and player must try to throw them into bed. A turtle head will guide the samurai to their target. The player can practice 'night crawling' with most male and female characters in the game, as long as the requirements are fulfilled.

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Torture

Once arrested for doing bad deeds, the player's character will be sent to the torture room, to play some hellish minigames with the three beautiful Kinugawa sisters.^[11] The tortures include riding a flaming wooden horse, being tied to a water wheel, and being pelted by huge stones. If the samurai survives the torture, the sisters will be impressed, and he can then practice 'night crawling' with them.

Minigames

Beside various jobs that the samurai can get from different sources, players can earn money by going fishing, working as an assassin, delivering love letters, or by flirting with foreign women.^[12] The samurai can also play poker at the casino, and hanafuda at the gambling parlor.

Dojo

Players can open their own dojo, take on apprentices, and fend off challengers. The reputation of the dojo depends on the number of apprentices, and their quality. The player can tell any of the apprentices to 'follow me', and they will fight alongside him.

Crossroads Killing

When connected to PSN, character data will be automatically uploaded and transferred into other players' game worlds, where he would appear as a wandering samurai (NPC), and players can defeat him to obtain the custom sword that another player created.^[13][14] This is called online tsujigiri.

Downloadable content[edit]

A Shinsengumi costume DLC pack was offered for free from March 24 to April 27, 2011. After that, it was priced $6. Players need to apply a patch before using any downloadable content.^[15]

Hijikata Toshizō and Kondō Isami are among the downloadable Shinsengumi characters.

Dona Dona from the original Way of the Samurai and a grown-up version of the character Sayo from Way of the Samurai 2 are also available for download. Sayo will appear in the road and offer rice balls.

Reception[edit]

Upon the release the game received mixed reviews, with PlayStation 3 version scoring 58 out of 100 on review aggregator site Metacritic.^[17] Many critics praised the story, customisation options, various non-combat activities and multiple endings,^[18][19][20] however, the gameplay, bugs and technical issues were criticised.^{[18][19][20][21]}

PC port received mixed to positive reviews, scoring 72 out of 100 on Metacritic.^[16]

Plus version[edit]

On January 26, 2012, Way of the Samurai 4 was repackaged, bundled with all DLCs, and re-released as 'Way of the Samurai 4 Plus' (at half price). Sakamoto Ryōma is available as playable character in this version.^[22]

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References[edit]

1. ^'Way of the Samurai 4 Pushed Back'. 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
2. ^Rising Star Games announces 2012 release schedule
3. ^ ^ab'First Look: Way of the Samurai 4'. 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
4. ^Two New PlayStation 3 Exclusives Confirmed for Europe
5. ^[1]
6. ^'Way of the Samurai 4 is out today'. Gamasutra. 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
7. ^Your First Look At Way of the Samurai 4
8. ^Way of the Samurai 4: PS3 Exclusive
9. ^ ^abYour Actions In Way Of The Samurai 4 Affect Your Next Life
10. ^Way Of The Samurai 4′s Stealth Scenes Have A, Well, Different Goal
11. ^Way Of The Samurai 4′s Mini-Games Are Truly Torturous
12. ^Ways To Make A Living In Way Of The Samurai 4
13. ^How To Create Your Own Sword (Or Steal Another Player’s) In Way Of The Samurai 4
14. ^Barge Into Another Person’s Game And Kill Them In Way Of The Samurai 4
15. ^Way Of The Samurai 4 DLC Starts Off Free, A Month Later It’s Paid DLC
16. ^ ^abhttp://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/way-of-the-samurai-4
17. ^ ^abhttp://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/way-of-the-samurai-4
18. ^ ^abhttp://www.hardcoregamer.com/2012/08/24/review-way-of-the-samurai-4/
19. ^ ^abhttp://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/egm-review-way-of-the-samurai-4/
20. ^ ^abhttp://www.destructoid.com/review-way-of-the-samurai-4-234358.phtml
21. ^'Review: Way of the Samurai 4 (PC) - Digitally Downloaded'. www.digitallydownloaded.net. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
22. ^Way Of The Samurai 4 Finds Path Back To Retail With 'Plus' Edition

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