Samurai Warriors 2

Samurai Warriors 2 is a hack and slash game and the sequel to the original Samurai Warriors. The gameplay of Samurai Warriors 2 builds on the first Samurai Warriors by adding new characters and new features…

68 24 February 2006

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Action Fantasy Historical

Samurai Warriors 2 is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 24 February 2006 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Samurai Warriors 2 is

Samurai Warriors 2 is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2006. It was published by Koei. It is available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Samurai Warriors 2 is a sequel to the original Samurai Warriors, created by Koei and Omega Force. The game was released in 2006 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360, and ported to Microsoft Windows in 2008. Like the Dynasty Warriors series, an Empires expansion was released as well, and an Xtreme Legends expansion followed on in August 2007, in Japan. The game, alongside its two expansions, Xtreme Legends and Empires also receive a HD-enhanced port for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita under the name Sengoku Musō 2 with Mōshōden & Empires: HD Version.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Dynasty Warriors series

Samurai Warriors 2 is the 14th of 58 entries we hold in the Dynasty Warriors series. The next entry was Jan Sangoku Musou in 2006. Its critic score of 68 is 2 points above the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition at 85.

See all 58 Dynasty Warriors games in release order →

How it was received

Samurai Warriors 2 holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 46 hrs.

What it launched against

Samurai Warriors 2 launched on 24 February 2006, within three weeks of Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter.

Cheats and codes

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