Samurai Warriors 5
Experience exhilarating action set in a dramatic historical setting in SAMURAI WARRIORS 5. As the latest numbered entry in the SAMURAI WARRIORS franchise, the story, characters, and visuals have been…
Samurai Warriors 5 is an adventure developed by Omega Force, released 24 June 2021 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Samurai Warriors 5 is
Samurai Warriors 5 is an adventure game developed by Omega Force and released in 2021. It was published by Koei Tecmo Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Katana Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A fresh reimagining of Japan's turbulent Sengoku period, this tale narrows its focus to two of the era's most compelling figures and the bond between them. On one side stands Nobunaga Oda, a bold and charismatic young lord who rises from an underestimated underdog into an ambitious warlord determined to unify a war-torn nation by any means necessary. On the other is Mitsuhide Akechi, an honorable and principled samurai whose loyalty, friendships, and sense of duty are tested again and again as he serves at Nobunaga's side. Told across both men's perspectives, the story traces their intertwined paths through shifting alliances, fierce battles, and the collapse of the old Ashikaga Shogunate…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action 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 5 is the 53rd of 58 entries we hold in the Dynasty Warriors series. It arrived 2 years after Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate. The next entry was Shin Sangoku Musou Apuri in 2021. Its critic score of 83 is 17 points above the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition at 85.
How it was received
Samurai Warriors 5 holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Samurai Warriors 5 launched on 24 June 2021, within three weeks of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission.
Cheats and codes
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