What you need to do, is either kill everybody that hasn't fled, go and grab whatever you came for and leave or prevent others from getting what they came for. Realistic, but annoying if you don't calculate them in your actions. Switching between them is slightly annoying as it takes a few seconds. The RPG melee combat puts you in an isometric view and arms you with a bow and a sword. Finally, you can just roam around the main map, waiting for random events to occur so you can gain honor if you succesfully finish them. Get caught and you're the one who's dishonored. Besides that, you can go visit a rival or sneak into his house to dishonor him or reclaim something he stole (your son for example). You can also get some extra land now and then too. When you succeeded in it, you're one step closer to being his favorite and taking his place once he leaves. These missions are things like killing a band of bandits or defending the honor of your superior by taking on a challenge the swordmaster gave you. You can also use it to go to your superior's fief to pay him your tribute, get a mission or ask for a bride. The main map is where you roam around, seeking honor or doing missions. Then there's an RPG-type melee combat, one-on-one kenjutsu combat and a part where you have to do field tactics which I'd call the strategic part. Besides that, there's the menu screen for making decisions. This view changes to the map of Japan when you are Daimyo and are going for Shogun. There's the main map, which's shows your province. The game itself is made out of several parts. When fighting a battle with your troops, even the formation and tactics have their specific Japanese name. While a part of the game is being loaded, it goes Zen and gives you a random piece of wisdom to ponder about. At the sides of menus are drawings that could've been taken from paintings, matching the event or place you are at. It creates a general feeling of feudal Japan. Everything was researched and presented thorough and correct. The feeling of the game, the atmosphere, is perfect. You start out and need to train yourself and your troops, go out on missions, seek honor for yourself, or dishonor your rivals. Starting out, you can choose the province you're living in, what you are best at, leadership, the amount of land you have, honor and a few other things. Sword of the Samurai lets you crawl into the body of a Samurai with one goal only - to become Shogun of Japan. All of you who were born in a wrong time and country, here's your chance to still rise and shine.
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