Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes cover art

Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes

A stylish Sengoku-era crowd-melting action game with over-the-top samurai heroes.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    5/10

    Flashier combo system rewards tighter play

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Rival generals run fixed patterns

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    1/10

    Weapon drops add light randomness

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    6/10

    Route choices on campaign map, gem builds

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2010
Developer
Capcom
Franchise
Sengoku Basara
Platforms
PS3, Wii
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
IGDB critics
73/100
IGDB users
70/100
Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventureActionHistorical