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Namco Bandai Editor's Day: Out For Revenge with Afro Samurai
Posted by Flynn De Marco at 10:02 AM on April 17, 2008
Fans of Afro Samurai have a treat headed their way in the form of a game based on the show about a renegade African american Samurai seeking revenge on the killers of his father. Armed with his father's trusty katana, he goes forth to slice and dice the evil doers.
In the build that I saw, the slicing and dicing was really the focus du jour. The game utilises a dynamic cutting system that does away with the pre rendered cutting animations of past games. Wherever you cut your enemy, that's exactly where the body part gets lopped off. And there were plenty of body parts flying around believe you me.
The game itself was gorgeous to look at. The art style was an amazing homage to dark anime and manga. The textures were gorgeous and at times looked almost photographic with the exception of the tight, thin lines outlining every object and character. Close up looks at the characters showed a beautiful texturing that mimics the scratchy pen and ink line style of many mangas. The character's skin also had a texture applied that almost made them look like they were carved from a fine grain wood. Sometimes during certain scenes, the image would go split screen, showing approaching enemies and Afro Samurai at the same time in separate sections, adding to the overall anime/manga style of the graphics
Seeing as we just watched the fellow roam through a few of the levels laying waste to the many enemies, it was hard to get a real handle on the gameplay or running story. If the ending gameplay and story matches up to the beauty of the graphic treatment, Afro Samurai will be a game both fans and non-fans of the show will really enjoy when it hits sometime this spring.
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TheCleaningGuy
Posted 11:11 AM 17/4/08
This looks cool! Real time body part removal FTW!
TheCleaningGuy
Agent X
Posted 10:47 AM 17/4/08
@Balance_In_Life (PSN):
From what I read on Gamespot this game is based on the anime but will have new content. From the scene shots, hopefully this game'll be better then the Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo and a few other really good anime series that ended up being crap in game form.
Agent X
Otacon91
Posted 10:46 AM 17/4/08
@Dauragon C. Mikado: Dont feel too bad, they eventually made a desent Naruto game now, im sure you will have your day as well.
Otacon91
Dauragon C. Mikado
Posted 10:42 AM 17/4/08
I hope it's better than the Samurai Champloo game..
*sits in a corner and weeps because there will never be a good Champloo game :(*
Dauragon C. Mikado
Lackshmana
Posted 10:33 AM 17/4/08
This does look really good, but I fera a shallow rental only title.
I would love for it to be more than that and will hold out a secret hope for such.
Also, if I can play as Geno, then fuck yes. Vengeance-fueled, Cyborg, Teddy Bear, Samurai FTMFW!
Lackshmana
MrSatan
Posted 10:33 AM 17/4/08
This looks awesome. The footage I have seen of it looks pretty good too. I just hope they don't mess it up, as I liked the series quite a bit, even though it was short lived.
MrSatan
GHETTO.CHiLD
Posted 10:32 AM 17/4/08
but will it be voiced by Sam Jackson?
GHETTO.CHiLD
Superstar90 UNLEASHED
Posted 10:29 AM 17/4/08
This and Ninja Gaiden will be blood heaven.
Superstar90 UNLEASHED
tomsamson
Posted 10:29 AM 17/4/08
sounds great, i have the dvd box set here and love the look, if the game comes close to that it could be really cool.
tomsamson
okenny :)
Posted 10:28 AM 17/4/08
@SkutSkut: It is indeed awesome.
okenny :)
LittleBigPlaneteer
Posted 10:28 AM 17/4/08
@SkutSkut:
because Flynn is just churning out his reports and news like this is getting buried.
LittleBigPlaneteer
Otacon91
Posted 10:27 AM 17/4/08
@Antlio:
Afro was Samuel Jacksonican
Otacon91
Archaotic
Posted 10:27 AM 17/4/08
I love Afro Samurai. Can't wait for this game to come out, it looks awesome.
Archaotic
Antlio
Posted 10:22 AM 17/4/08
"African American"?
Afro was American?
Antlio
Balance_In_Life (PSN)
Posted 10:22 AM 17/4/08
@Otacon91: Well he is going after the Number 1 headband so I'm guessing it's based off of the original story line.
Balance_In_Life (PSN)
Balance_In_Life (PSN)
Posted 10:21 AM 17/4/08
This will be a day one buy for me. Hands down end of subject. Even if game play SUCKS, the screens look good enough to warrant a buy from me. Afro Samurai freaking rocks.
Balance_In_Life (PSN)
Otacon91
Posted 10:17 AM 17/4/08
Thats great, but is this based on the cartoon or a whole new story? Cause Afro's mini season was very VERY short.
Otacon91
SkutSkut
Posted 10:13 AM 17/4/08
Why are there no comments on this yet? This is awesome news, heathens.
SkutSkut
Skitzoap
Posted 11:31 AM 17/4/08
Absolutely loved the movies..hope the game is just as good!
Skitzoap
cavingman
Posted 11:25 AM 17/4/08
hell yea!
cavingman
Batousi
Posted 11:25 AM 17/4/08
If all the original voice actors are in it too...I'm there
Batousi
TheCheese33
Posted 11:56 AM 17/4/08
Not a big fan of anime or manga, but if Samuel L. Jackson voices the main dude, it's a win for me.
TheCheese33
jackal888
Posted 11:48 AM 17/4/08
I have never watched the anime or read the manga. I really do love games that involve sword play. This game looks great and i will pick it up if it is on the PS3.
jackal888
Onizuka-GTO
Posted 11:44 AM 17/4/08
he's not African-American, but African-Japanese.
:)
Onizuka-GTO
peAr_nectAr
Posted 11:42 AM 17/4/08
I've never seen the show, but based on these images, I think it looks boss.
peAr_nectAr
Jekht
Posted 11:40 AM 17/4/08
It was a terrible anime, and I'm sure the game will be just as good.
Yeah I said it!
Jekht
pandafresh
Posted 11:33 AM 17/4/08
wish they word "afro" was replaced by "way of the" and the entire followed by a "3" because i really want Way of the Samurai 3 for ps3 ='(
pandafresh
bigman88zz
Posted 12:31 PM 17/4/08
so...im guessing theres no wii version?
bigman88zz
VioletArrows
Posted 12:21 PM 17/4/08
@TheCheese33: Thing is, Afro Samurai almost never says anything. The most you hear out of Samuel L is from Ninja Ninja, who is the annoying 'why won't someone kill him already?!' sidekick.
I liked it when Spike showed it in movie form, but not enough to excited over the game.
VioletArrows
Al2x
Posted 12:11 PM 17/4/08
LEAAVE AFFRROOO NINJA ALOOOONEE!!!
Al2x
Absent Blue
Posted 12:57 PM 17/4/08
This game looks beautiful, hopefully the gameplay holds up just as well. Only saw the first ep of the series myself, I thought it was decent, at the least it also looked awesome.
@pandafresh: I'm with ya on that one. The game they made after the second apparently sucked although it sounded cool (a samurai the old west, deflecting bullets with his sword). The problem is those games, despite doing ridiculously well in Japan, don't do well in America. And in my opinion they need to expand on the gameplay... which is already awesome, especially considering the billion swords available.
Absent Blue
YUYU
Posted 12:47 PM 17/4/08
Looks better than SFIV
YUYU
InHumanGamer
Posted 12:46 PM 17/4/08
want on wii... :facesad:
InHumanGamer
fuchikoma
Posted 1:19 PM 17/4/08
Woah. And I thought I was pretty much done being impressed with graphics.
I guess I'm not on a technical level, but that style is something else!
fuchikoma
joelface
Posted 1:11 PM 17/4/08
holy beautiful screens!
joelface
biznatch
Posted 1:31 PM 17/4/08
Man, these guys need to buy the Samurai Champloo so we can do some Mugen style breakdancing/ninja sword fighting.
biznatch
Shin-Kaiser
Posted 6:59 PM 17/4/08
@biznatch: Oh btw, there is a Samurai champloo game, available for the PS2, unfortunately I hear it's a bit sub-standard
Shin-Kaiser
Shin-Kaiser
Posted 6:58 PM 17/4/08
Wow - this looks....impressive. Man, I'm loving this whole 'next gen thing'
please please PLEASE let the game play be good ('O_o )
Shin-Kaiser
Blah8
Posted 12:12 AM 18/4/08
Looks pretty nice, I must say. The graphics aren't as smooth as that new Naruto game, unfourtunately, but what it lacks in sheer polygons, it makes up for with style.
Blah8
Dizzle
Posted 1:16 AM 18/4/08
The graphics are looking great. The show is great and i hope the game lives up and surpasses it. I can't wait for this game.
Dizzle
liquid_kore
Posted 1:13 AM 18/4/08
Wow I cant they are actually putting effort into this. That makes me so happy!
liquid_kore
Poisonous Taoist
Posted 1:07 AM 18/4/08
@Shin-Kaiser: The beats are terrible, the graphics are mediocre, and they got bad soundalikes to replace the anime's voice actors. Don't even look up videos of it on Youtube.
Also, that isn't a wood carving texture. It's the manga shading style.
Poisonous Taoist