Genji: Dawn of the Samurai

Genji: Dawn of the Samurai (2005)

by Game Republic Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment
Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Themes:Action, Fantasy
Game modes:Single player
Story: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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user avatar@Cacctus32user avatar@Cacctus32
February 06, 2025
This game was awesome!!! relatively short and simple but it looked so good visually and jumping on enemies was so much fun!!! it's way too overlooked for how solid of an action game it is (*^_^*)
user avatar@zohanbruser avatar@zohanbr
February 12, 2025
I think this game is in the top 10 ps2 best games in my personal list! the graphics and gameplay were excellent, the music was incredible! This game has soul! I think it would be a great addition to gog, not to mention it could revive a good franchise that has been forgotten!
This is an extremely obscure game but it is an absolute hit. My father got it for me one day, randomly picking it out from a bargain bin at Circuit City. Little did I know I would play this game so much in my rotation of all my favorite PS2 games. The art style calls upon Japanese art from the period (mid-1700s to 1800s), when the story of Minamoto no Yoshitsune was becoming a part of pop culture with the adaptation to Kabuki plays. It's a great parallel to the art direction in Ghost of Tsushima where almost every landscape is a gorgeous painting or movie set piece. This game was a gift I never knew I wanted. Years later, I found out it was based on a fictional story of a real person and I was so excited to learn about the history of Japan. This is an awesome action-adventure game that ironically has some educational value. Love, love, lovveee this game.
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