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For lack of better words, what games can you guys recommend that take place in medieval Japan? I'm guessing they aren't common

>> No.2533626

Getsu Fūma Den

>> No.2533627

>>2533615
I assume you mean Feudal Japan? Nobunga's Ambition is the only retro game that comes to mind.

>> No.2533639
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2533639

You have to take it' interpretation of "medieval" japan with a grain of salt. But one part of the game, Mother & Child rocks, looks so much like OP's pic, right down to the sunset.

>> No.2533646

>>2533615
Goemon

>> No.2533682

There was this Shogun: Total War esque game from like 1989 for DOS but it's name evades me

It's on GOG and Steam nowadays, this I know

>> No.2533684

Heiankyo Alien
11th century Japan.... WITH ALIENS!!@!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFF_ZqO_6MQ

>> No.2533714

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins takes you to feudal Japan at night. It has a nice fitting soundtrack.

>> No.2533760

Goemon, Goemon, Goemon and more Goemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmv19VzLfW0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isvAXyMfvxg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWClU1hk7iA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Ul3nCGfeo

>> No.2533769
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2533769

The Tengai Makyou games take place in a sort of fantasy version of Japan, somewhat similar to the Goemon series.

>> No.2533782
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2533782

Guwange is a gorgeous shooter that takes place in fuedal Japan.

>> No.2533786
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2533786

River City Ransom/Kuniokun got a sequel set in Edo era Japan, it's actually better than RCR.

>> No.2533805

The Pocky and Rocky/KiKi KaiKai games, without a doubt.

>> No.2533807

Musya: The Classic Japanese Tale of Horror
Sengoku Blade
Genpei Touma-den 1 and 2
Ninja Spirit
Mercenary Force
Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugou!
Entire Goemon/Mystical Ninja series

>> No.2533840
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2533840

The Mysterious Murasame Castle on the Famicom Disk System

>> No.2533880

>>2533782
When you think about it, Guwange is basically a grimdark version of Pocky & Rocky.

>> No.2533926

>>2533615
Inindo - Way of the Ninja
Nobunga's Ambition
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja / Goemon
Samurai Shodown (I think?)
Pocky & Rocky maybe?

>>2533786
Not with all that slowdown it fucking isn't.

>> No.2533927

>>2533926
Oh, and these:

Mercenary Force
Ninja Spirit

>> No.2533932

>>2533615
Keio Flying Squadron? Although it takes place in the Keio era (1865-1868) but it's right before the Meiji era and it's Meiji revolution so technically still feudal Japan.

>> No.2534007

How about East Asian in general? Legend of Sword and Faerie is a Taiwanese game that takes place in a fantasy-element-filled version of the Three Kingdoms period. I think it's been fan-translated into English by now.

Also, balloons are now street signs because Captcha.

>> No.2534125

>>2534007
>East Asian
Most Chinese RTS/strategy games take place in historical times, both Warring States and beyond.

>> No.2534163

>>2534007
OP here. East Asia in general is gud

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2534172

I wish the game and it's sequel got more talked about. The first one has such an interesting concept

>> No.2534182

>>2534172
What's it about anon?

>> No.2534231

>>2534182
"The leading character is a historical Japanese samurai, Taira no Kagekiyo (also known as Akushichibyōe Kagekiyo) who fell in the Battle of Dan-no-ura at the end of the Genpei War. In Genpei Tōma Den, he was resurrected and fights Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Saito Musashibo Benkei over the Imperial Regalia of Japan, as well as to defeat his enemy Minamoto no Yoritomo.

The game also features the Sanzu River, a place believed in Japanese Buddhism to separate "the current life" and "the afterlife", resembling the concept of the Underworld or Hell (The river is often identified with the river Styx in Greek mythology). Therefore, some mythological characters like Emma-o (閻魔大王; literally "Enma Dai-o"), god of the Underworld, and the Sun Goddess Amaterasu appear in the game"

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2534235

>/vr/ were never involved in the troubles
>they never tried to make their skill ultimate

>> No.2534238

>I'm guessing they aren't common
>the Japanese made the lion's share of these games
>they also romanticize their feudal era and refer to it in all their media

Did you even look at the library?

>> No.2534841

Last blade
Ganbare goemon

>> No.2534886
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2534886

Kenseiden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEp-eODfYcA

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>>2534172

I fucking love Genpei Toumaden and how completely unrestrained it is with its level design/enemy layouts. I wish more platformers were like this.

>> No.2534892

>>2533786
came here to post this. been playing it recently. started a game a few months ago, but was kind of confused as to how the cities were laid out. then i found out there's a map screen.

fucking fun game, slowdown or not. feels like you can mercilessly beat the shit out of dudes even more than in RCR. just wish the stats were more in depth, and there more varied items in the shops like in RCR.

>> No.2535341

>>2534887
>>2534172
There's truly nothing else like the first Genpei Toumaden. Most reviews out there claim that it's ruined by the controls and the nonlinear nature of it, but once you learn to adjust to its rules, it's fucking amazing. Quite possibly Namco's magnum opus.

The sequel, while a more accessible and more polished game overall, lacks the originality and the atmosphere (not to mention the brutal difficulty) that made its predecessor so memorable.

>> No.2535891

Sword of the Samurai, it's a 1989 Sid Meier game for DOS. You play as a vassal to one of the clans and eventually aim to become Shogun and control Japan. You can either do this honorably or just get rid of your competition or, say, kidnap their family to blackmail them.
The game's like a mix of Pirates and simple wargaming, very fun.

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2535918

You could go Tenchu: Stealth Assasins on the playstation.

Sometimes gets a bad rep. Early 3D, controls, camera issues.
But like a lot of those older 3D games, you had to learn to work in the limitations. Once you do it's quite an enjoyable stealth game.

ps. I'm not sure how the sequel fares.

>> No.2536119

>>2535918
Yes for this.
One of the best ninja games ever.

>> No.2536121

>>2535918

MINISTER KATAOKA SURE LIKES HIS MONEY... 2 is one of the best games on PS1 but I think it lost that japanesey architecture feeling from the first one.

>> No.2536163

>>2533615
Psychic assassin taromaru
Play this one in an emulator unless you have a Saturn and 550$ extra. Otherwise it's a good game, not really worth the price but ye

>> No.2536582

>>2535918
Love that game but the detection glitches drove me fucking crazy trying to get grand master. I feel like two was definitely an improvement in almost every category.

>> No.2536648

>>2533682

this is the game i was thinking of

>>2535891

>> No.2536668

>>2533615
throne of darkness

>> No.2536704

>>2535918
It's too bad that the English voice acting is so goddamned atrocious. I hope they were trying to mimic the badly dubbed Hong Kong action movies of the 80s and 90s, because that's exactly what it sounds like.

Skip to 50 seconds in:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WTL4Nx_FJc4

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2536783

James Clavell's Shōgun (Infocom):
http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=3054

Lords of the Rising Sun (Cinemaware):
http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=693

Conquest of Japan:
http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=1887

>> No.2537673

>>2533615
I don't know for sure, but there was a japan-exclusive game series for the turbo grafx 16 (I think) called the Far East of Eden. I've never played it, but I'm like 99 percent sure I remember it being set in Feudal Japan.

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Ready to go full weeaboo Op ?!

The early Goemon games.
The first game, Mr.Goemon for arcades is pretty cool and japanesey, it even fucking looks like an old japanese painting. The first 2 famicom games are still set in a somewhat "normal" feudal japan. The rest of the series is full of wacky anacronistic shit, so I don't know if that's what you are looking for or not.

There are other cool nes/famicom games too; Ikki, Legend of Kage ,Demon sword, Nazo no Murasame Jō, Yokai club and Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi.
There's also a Dragon Quest clone where you play as the son of Musashi and have to defeat Kojiro's ghost but I can't remember the name.

There's also Ninja masters for arcade and psx, and Kabuki Z for arcade.

Then there's Bushido Blade, wich doesn't really take place in feudal japan but lots of the stages and the "kill 100 ninjas" minigame could pass off as feudal japan shit, so you might want to give that one a try.

Have fun !!

>> No.2539186

The gege no Kintaro games and also Nobunaga's ambition

>> No.2540970

Jade Empire Humpy Pumpy Edition or whatever the title is

>> No.2540994

Cosmology of Kyoto?

>> No.2541294
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This one has an interesting blend of Space Harrier and Japanese folklore.

>> No.2541484

Was there a PS1 samurai game with tank controls? From Konami?