shame such games like this were severely overlooked back then,today this would have been a surprise hit game like Sifu

Your videos are the reason I’ve restarted building my ps2 collection. Also the Ghost Rider game is better than most people think I personally like it.

When you see that "Japanese calligraphy styled English" font you know you're in for some Acquire goodness.

Holy moly, didn't think this game would get covered on this channel. It's such a hidden gem, and I almost had a copy for a good price but lost the auction 😭😭

Got a copy of this game when I was really young on a holiday once. I kept reading the instruction manual over and over, excited to get home to play it. I wasn't disappointed. Still one of my favorite games. I replay it every couple of years.

I got into this game because I was a big fan of the way of the samurai games. They go into much deeper detail with the sword styles and each of the games had some great storytelling.

Insanely good combat for a PS2 game, shit was cash and I’d definitely buy a remake for that alone

Every PS2 katana game he talks about gets us one step closer to a 'Blood Will Tell' review.

My first thought seeing this was that it looked like Way of the Samurai. Good to know they are related! I look forward to seeing what you think of the original game. I got that one used as a kid not expecting it to be any good, and ended up playing it over and over again for weeks essentially trying to 100% it.

am still pissed there was never a sequel to this or somehow a remake, the game was way too unique and the amount of times i finished it were too many. its even more funny how i got it solely by the name and the cover and actually ended up really liking it.

I picked this up at gamestop way back in the day. I was blown away by how amazing it was. Glad more people are enjoying this game.

this game shares a lot of DNA and assets with Way of the Samurai 1 and 2

Great Review! You perfectly encapsulated what makes the game such a joy to play. I would like to note that the game actually does have a dedicated lock on button, its just mapped to R2. The game doesnt tell you about it at all, which is dumb, but it is there

I had a lot of fun with this game as a kid. I was stupid to have sold it for dirt cheap only for years later to rebuy it when it was a lot more expensive. Either way I'm glad it's back in my collection.

God, this whole fucking channel is such a vibe. Your essays are legitimate time machines. Love your work.

Hearing those Wild Guns songs in the background is making me grin like an idiot. Thanks for the nostalgia trip :D

This was a nice watch. Thanks for making these videos. I loved the games I've experienced first hand on the PS2 and its pretty interesting learning about these games I've heard little to nothing about before/

Absolutely loved this game and I'm pretty sure I've mentioned it in comments on previous videos here. Love the representation of these absolute gems

Woo another cvit banger, I've been looking forward to when you'd cover this game after mentioning it in a previous video, as it looked so cool

I was literally just thinking about this game again after playing Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman for the first time last night. GET OUT OF MY WALLS! This game is criminally underrated. It may not be the best made game of all time, but once you get down the rhythm to play Samurai Western on the higher difficulties, it's an absolute blast. It may be a 6-7/10 in terms of how well it's developed, but it has been on my list of GOAT games for over 10 years now. It's just so frigon fun.

God your use of the Wild Guns OST and matching the beat with the camera cuts at the end of the video? Powerful as fuck. Playing this game literally yesterday.

Honest of god thank you for making some of these videos. These videos are so helpful on me getting into games I never knew existed.

played this game cause it was on your 6th gen action game list on backloggd and it was a pretty fun game to go through in an afternoon, also it was pretty cool to find out it was a spinoff of way of the samurai as i'd played the first one a bit before this, great video as always cvit

Omg you keep doing videos on games from my childhood. The dodge and deflect is straight up anime and the customization is great. My favorite stances were sheathed and dual swords

I absolutely love your videos and i hope you never stop talking about hidden gem of games! Thank you

I played a lot of different PS2 back them and after that until this day and never heard about this game or it's producer. Thank you for share it

Ok you madman. Hitting us with the wild guns ost at the start of the video

always a pleasure when I get your upload notification.

I'm a die-hard fan of the Way of the Samurai series, and it kills me that I overlooked this hidden gem back in the day. Thanks for rubbing it in with this awesome review! 😋

Gonna be getting a Japanese PS2 and a SEGA Saturn when I fly to Japan later this month. It's thanks to you that I'm starting to get back into collecting PS2 games. Dunno how the SEGA Saturn is, but I can't wait to play the games it has on there. Loved your Obscure Action PS2 Games Vol. 1 video. Can't wait to see another one like it.

I remember playing this in the co-op mode it has way back with friends. It's one of the gems that I remember even having had limited time with it.

I love this game. Bought it on a whim at a used game store for.... more than I'd have liked (about 80 USD), but was worth every penny once I got into it. It's Devil May Cry meets Red Dead Revolver, and it got me to pick up Way of the Samurai as well which I need to get more into (thankfully that one was a lot cheaper lol). The dress up and sheer variety of stuff in the game was delightful, and it absolutely nails that sort of weird 90s/00s alt-Western anime vibe. Glad to see it getting love.

Thought your name was Clit for a second. I definitely subbed

At 5:11 the Parting track is basically the Way of The Samurai theme which is another Acquire series.

The intro was awesome! Never heard of this game for some reason, which is too bad because it looks like Way of the Samurai which I really liked. This looks even better possibly. Some of the music is the same.

I swear there was another game about a samurai going through a western world and cutting everyone with their katana but on PS1 instead of PS2. I think it was called 'Samurai Gunman' or something.

This is a truly underrated game on the PS2. I don’t know why I didn’t play this, cause I’d enjoy this a lot as a kid. Like who doesn’t want to play a samurai fighting outlaws in the old west.

YES!!! What makes the combat even more satisfying is that while you're deflect ability hits enemies sometimes, hitting the bullets with regular attacks hits them every time, so there's a great risk vs reward mechanic there. It even works when you're using the DT ability which allows you to reflect everything regardless of the firing speed like Jean's Gatling Gun. Also, the unlockables have stats boosts which aren't super interesting on lower difficulties, but really help on higher levels and on the challenges like finishing with taking no damage, or in record speed which can all be done in different attempts. You can level them up with the coins you get on the levels and there are set bonuses "like the one that makes you look like a locomotive that increases your movement speed). You can unlock basically every character in the game to play as a skin of your character, including the children and there's even a few secret levels you can get that have story related cutscenes. It's a great game to come back every now and then and find something new.

Still have this game on ps2. Such an amazing game. My older brother had gotten this and he eventually upgraded to an xbox 360 and i got stuck with the ps2. I spent many nights playing this game

You posted about this game a while ago on Twitter and me and my brother really enjoyed playing it together

I had downloaded this on a whim to try out, but hadn't gotten around to it yet. It has now become a must-play.

You posted this the same day my friend got me to play it. Blessed

You could totally make a great video on Shinobi and Nightshade. Oh, you did. Awesome.

It's like as if Rising Zan got a sequel. I need it, now.

its 3:00AM and I just randomly remembered this game so I searched it . What are the odds I'd find a NEW video ?! i haven't heard anyone mention this game in years 🤯🤯🤯

the logo checks out. definitely a way of the samurai spinoff. same with kamizawa. they all feel similar yet unique.

Check out "Shinobido: Way of the Ninja" by "Acquire" sometime, as for me, despite some unsuccessful decisions, this is the right evolution of the PS1 "Tenchu" dilogy. At the beginning, the game will seem very cheap and unfinished, but as you catch the pace of gameplay, the thought will come that it has an interestingly constructed gameplay basics with good and solid ideas.

These dives into these games are always refreshing.

Was hoping you’d discuss the hidden multiplayer feature with this game, overall very fervent video!

This looks really neat! Also, you're gonna do Way of the Samurai? Oh man, I remember loving 2.

not only did you know what a happy birthday is but you included yipes? you my ninja. :D

Having just played the Kamiwaza PS4 port I'm so glad they used that same dodge mechanic in a combat focussed game. This looks so rad although it's unfortunate that the bosses seem to suffer from the same issues as Kamiwaza - bad/no telegraphing and hit stunning

I’m excited to see the video on Way of the Samurai

I remember picking this game up on a whim when it released, and I ended up doing a full playthru that night. Wished I held onto it.

Acquire was the original creator of Tenchu but somehow other developer (K2) took over the series in PS2 days. Then Acquire created their own not-Tenchu called Shinobido. I haven't play Kamiwaza nor I know which one released first but from brief moment I see it looks like Kamiwaza was based on Shinobido's engine and assets. I think Shinobido itself is an interesting series, because it's very familiar yet has its own unique take on Tenchu's formula. And it lived long enough until PS Vita era too.

Another Great video from Cvit

way of the samurai is pretty underrated as well.

I can’t wait for you to talk about the other games in this video

am glad this game got covered i discovered it couple years back, genuinely feels like a hidden gem

After watching this video, I must say I love your content and I think you will enjoy the Way of the Samurai series

East meets Spaghetti West. I'm surprised it hasn't been done more often

Damnit, how the hell am I supposed to get a hold of this game. Looks frickin' sweet, man! I'd love to see it on GOG one day.

Super excited cause no one ever talks about Way of the Samurai! That game is quite dated now, but for its time I swear it was so amazing. I still fire it up today sometimes.

Ah, with the mention of Way of the Samurai, it makes sense: the bits of music shown in the video reminded me a lot of that game, which is to be expected to an extent for the setting, but some of the flair and the instrumentation of that music was too similar for me to ignore. I was wondering if it was the same composer, I haven't checked, but if it's a spin off of sorts, then that'd make sense.

Seems like a game in the same vein as Godhand. I think I might try my hand with Samurai Western. Good video too!

Yes. I played this game SO MUCH as a kid. Its seriously a hidden gem. It's so good, the combat is so fun.

*Chaos Legion* (has a secret character with their own play style and levels too, that most people miss out on) *Ring of Red* it's a strategy game akin to Front Mission, but any fan of mech and/or tactics games needs to try it *Onimusha 4* the lesser known, bastard child of the Onimusha series, it's probably not in anyone's top ten, but it's Onimusha with two player couch play, which puts it up their in my book. PS2 will forever be my favorite system and yes, once I get another one I will definitely try this too.

Huge fan of way of the samurai and this game love them all !! Dont forget to do shinobido as well !!!

The way of the samurai series is hilarious, cant wait to hear your thoughts on it

Maaaan, Acquire was such a great developer, not afraid to try new things

This is my childhood game! Used to play this with my father

this looks so cool. i recently played 'Like a Dragon: Ishin' there's a lot of similarities between these too and i really enjoyed that game and wanted to play more games like this :D

The entire time I was watching this video I kept thinking "This looks like Way of the Samurai. Those models look familiar, this game is faster paced but the font and menus look straight from it." So I was very happy to learn it's a spin-off. Definitely need to track this one down because I know it'll be a ride.

I loved this game as a kid! Me and my friends would play the co-op mode, it was total chaos since whoever was playing Ralph (the cowboy who doesn't really do anything in gameplay in single-player) didn't get any camera control. You were just blindly firing bullets around the stage, which unlike enemy bullets were capable of chunking player-one's health. We had a running joke where we would get far into the stage and the Ralph player would just suddenly run up and pop Gojiro, leading to an instant loss. This is made exponentially worse when you finish co-op mode and unlock *shotguns* for Ralph. We also used Action-Replay (since we didn't want to unlock it for real) to access the character model swapper, letting you replace Gojiro with literally any NPC model in the entire game. Our favorites were either Goldberg wielding a sword that looked like a cool stick he found in his giant hands, or one of the little kids, dodging bullets and slicing men in half diagonally. Bronze medal was Ronald, finally becoming "samurai Ronald"

The title reminds me of a currently ongoing manhwa that is a mix of western wild west and Murim

Be like Cvit and play these cool ps2 games, and be like me and share his videos everytime you see a new one

i looked this one up on eBay as i do with most ps2 games you cover. this will be a good emulated experience

I started this game like a month ago and thought to myself "how has he not made a vid on this yet?" Haha

nice game, I wonder if the opening battle of Blade of the Immortal was inspired from this game. It shows Manji fighting a couple of cowboys during the old west.

They had a game on ps1 called rising zan samurai gunman ...this reminds me of it

Thanks. I'm gonna play it Reminds me of God Hand

Really want to try this one now. There a duo of trio a goodness on the PS5 that you may like: Wanted Dead, Evil West and Like a Dragon/Yakuza Ishin

Cvit coming in clutch ❤

The aesthetic of the world and the whole dodge combat thing VERY much reminds me of God Hand

Omg hearing spiral rhythm in 2023 just gave me such a nostalgia flashback

While I haven't played this I have played Way of the Samurai and I will say Way of the Samurai 4 is still to this day so so amazing

I totally forgot about this game; feels like a fever dream to have played it when I was younger

Waiting patiently for the Genji Samurai video

i beat this game last month , man you should try rising zan the samurai gunman (ps1) too, is amazing

Here's another underrated PS2 action game Blood Will Tell aka Osamu Tezuka's Dororo You'll be hacking and slashing demons and yokais as Hyakkimaru 48-ish boss fights Fun final boss The combat's pretty satisfying to play Several unique mechanics The story is kinda neat as well More people need to play this

Thanks for the vid

i just love games from spike acquire. Also check out Wots (way of the samurai) and shinobido if it suits your taste.

First a reference to Accent Core, then adding in Yipes losing his mind to mix during gameplay. Is Cvit a fan of fighting games?

oh yes! another fine addition to my PS2 list.

Knowing Cvit's tastes I'm surprised he hasn't reviewed Hi-Fi Rush yet, seems right up his alley.

I used to plyay this back in my college days but never finished it because I cannot find the disk. I love this. and my friends watching says its gory lol

Way of the Samurai is goated, I love 3 and 4 and yeah, this has all the sword styles of Way of the Samurai, as well as the same accessory settings as it

I don't know how you keep discoring all these hidden PS2 character action games, but keep covering them!! This game looks like a fun ride, hope I can track it down somewhere

I play this game when i still middle school.. good times and badass!! You can deflect bullets, dodging bullet, and rewarding !! Recommended if you like fun!!

Wow! I can see Nioh drew lots of inspiration from this game towards its combat mechanics! Its almost identical in some cases!