Edit:
I thought about it and want to withdraw from the giveaway. While Way of the Samurai 3 is a great game -- and I certainly appreciate your generosity -- I have played it in the past... and... would rather someone new to the game have a chance to experience it!
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Happy Birthday!
I'm in for Way of the Samurai 3 - Deluxe Edition.
There is a simple elegance to Way of the Samurai 3 that doesn't exist in the other over-the-top titles.
As for samurai movies...
they're one of my passions and I've seen (and own) many, but my favorite -- and that I just watched recently -- is the final movie in the Samurai trilogy (Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island). Although wonderful in Yojimbo, Sanjuro, and even Seven Samurai, Toshiro Mifune is the perfect Musashi Miyamoto in the Samurai films. I could watch Duel a million times... and a great thing about Way of the Samurai 3 is that it not only has a character creator "face" that is very close to Toshiro Mifune (albeit his character from Seven Samurai), but the game uses classic sound effects very much like those in the Samurai trilogy -- ie those cicadas are beautiful.
Yeah, 13 Assassin's is a great -- albeit bloody -- retelling of Chuchigura and Samurai Fiction is a strange MTV-inspired trip, but the Samurai trilogy is the best IMHO
ps -- not wanting to be "that guy," but Zatoichi isn't technically a samurai... just a swordsman akin to something like Lady Snowblood... but yes, everybody calls them samurai movies. ;)
Post edited May 06, 2020 by kai2