Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Samurai Warriors 2 HD (Xtreme legends, Empires)

Koei Tecmo, the company behind the series Dynasty Warriors, has announced plans to release an HD remake of the Dynasty Warriors spin off series "Samurai Warriors"



 Originally released in 2006, Sengoku Musou 2 (Known as "Samurai Warriors 2" outside of Japan) is the sequel to Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors spin off series. Focusing on Japan's "Warring States" period, the game follows many of Japan's famous unification battles. Following its release, Koei Tecmo released an expansion pack "Sengoku Musou Empires" later in 2006 (2007 overseas) The expansion allowed players to create their own warrior as well as added a turn based strategic battle game known as "Empire Mode"
Finally, 2007 another expansion known as "moushouden" was released. Overseas this expansion was released as "Xtreme Legends"  in 2008. This expansion widened the character roster, introduced more battles, and added weapons.




For the first time, Koei Tecmo is doing an HD remake to the Sengoku Musou series. Allowing for fans of the game to customize their game pack.

Starting with the Sengoku Musou 2 Empires pack for 2700 yen, The game is available for the PS3 and the Playstation Vita. The second is Sengoku Musou 2 with moushou (Xtreme Legends). This game is both Sengoku Musou 2 and Xtreme Legends. It is available for 3000 yen for both the PS3 and the Vita.
The final version is "Sengoku Musou 2 with moushou and Empires" All three games come together on one disk for 5045 yen. Or 4500 if you choose to download it.


Before and after photos of the remake. 

The game has received a complete overhaul. Not only getting an expanded screen ratio but getting more features such has higher character levels, fixed weapon system, and expansion on the create a warrior mode. With more options to personalize your warrior. 

With HD, Nobunaga never looked so... evil

Fans of the series are also being treated to the option of buying a "Premium Box". The box includes:
Sengoku Musou 2 with moushou & Empires. (Samurai Warriors 2 with Xtreme Legends and Empires)
3 Soundtrack albums - One for each game. A total of 71 tracks of music
3 Dress up sticker sheets. (Decals. Usually for the console, controllers, or for an iphone)
3 Post cards (Most likely the covers of the three games)
All this for 8190 yen (Roughly about 85.00 USD)

Pending box art 
Despite all the reveals, there is still more Koei Tecmo hasn't told yet. Also, there are currently no plans to release the HD remake outside of Japan at this time. The game goes on sale October 24th.

LINKS: 
Sengoku Musou 2 HD remake official site - http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/sengoku2/hd/


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