Remember this gem? Great game...or GREATEST game..

[Anonymous No.2609134]

Suck on this

[Anonymous No.2609150]

Remember the superior sequel? I sure don't. I didn't get a chance to play it until recently, but I did indeed enjoy it more than the original.

I don't think the original had unlockable guns, did it?

[Anonymous No.2609198]

>>2609150
I liked the new weapons quite a bit, but getting some of the extra characters was kind of a pain in the ass.

[Anonymous No.2609221]

Underrated game, I don't think it ever realized its full potential since so few people played it. I heard there was a PS2 sequel.

[Anonymous No.2609245]

>>2609221
You heard wrong, unfortunately.

[Anonymous No.2609256]

>>2609150
>I don't think the original had unlockable guns, did it?

It did not.

[Anonymous No.2609531]

>>2609245
he's half right, he's thinking of the kengo games which I think were made by some of the Bushido Blade staff

[Anonymous No.2609550]

Fun game with friends, but single-player left some things wanting. Just getting the 2nd endings was such a pain in the ass.

Besides, how in the hell were people supposed to know they need to flee the 3rd battle and find the well and then cripple their opponent and jump down the well, then fight all the way to the end, knowing that they needed to not only maintain the code of Bushido, but not take a single hit?

Seriously, what the shit Square?

[Anonymous No.2609562]

>>2609150
Bushido Blade 1 is one of those games I'm pull out for a bash with friends once every year or so. Always a good time
Never played 2. How does it differ from 1, mechanics-wise?

[Anonymous No.2609578]

>>2609150
Only played BB2, but it's a load of fun. Thrown weapons are really cheap though.

[Anonymous No.2609584]

Loved this game. Can you get it digitally anywhere? PSN?

[Anonymous No.2609589]

>>2609584
It's on Japanese PSN.

[Anonymous No.2609629]

>>2609134
>Remember when I first found out about this game on YouTube and then started a thread on vr and implied that I was alive when this game came out?

[Anonymous No.2609690]

>>2609550

That was one of those instances that gaming rags were gold. There was a two/three page layout that detailed who was best with what weapon(now THAT was a bitch!), how to defeat the bosses, the code, AND how to get Katze for duel mode(>>2609256 and >>2609150, that was the only 'unlockable gun' you guys might be thinking of).

It was also thanks to that guide that I knew you could actually go straight to the well from the FIRST fight(after crippling the guy, as you say).

Didn't care for the sequel when I came across some DBZ teleportation shit, though...wish I could give it another shot.

[Anonymous No.2609717]

>>2609629
Wut?

[Anonymous No.2609720]

>>2609717
Translation: Youngfag watching LPs online and pretending they're cool by posing as someone who grew up with the game

[Anonymous No.2609731]

>>2609720

That's a lot of conjecture going on nothing

[Anonymous No.2609853]

Hmmm I always forget about this game, does it still hold up, is it worth the asking price today?

[Anonymous No.2609885]

>>2609720
>EVERYONE BUT ME ON THIS BOARD IS A YOUNGFAG WHO NEVER PLAYED THE AWESOME GAMES I PLAYED. SURE THEY MAY HAVE SEEN A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF IT AND MAY TALK LIKE THEY KNOW IT, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY GET IT; THEY WEREN'T THERE FOR IT.
I'M SO UNIQUE BECAUSE I PLAY ALL THESE GAMES BEFORE THEY WERE COOL. I'M SO FUCKING UNDERGROUND, I HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD OF MY SELF!

[Anonymous No.2609918]

>>2609720
The projecting is strong with this one.

Bushido Blade 2 is my all time favorite fighting game. I pulled it out with one of my friends not too long ago and we blew an evening with it, he said it was the most fun he'd ever had with a playstation game, bar none.

I was always interested in the original but I never got around to picking it up. Doesn't it have more of a traditional adventure/campaign mode than the fighting game structure of the second one?

Anyway, my all time favorite part of this game is how it gives you one chance to earn new characters by beating a single level with them. Those were always the most tense fights, and of course it helped that the game itself is already really tense with the 1 hit kills. I have so many memorable near-misses and victories in that game. It really sucks that the gameplay never really caught on with mainstream audiences.

[Anonymous No.2610031]

Game has aged like utter shit.

Poly graphics look terrible. Slow and boring combat. So sad that so many games from this era simple don't hold up.

[Anonymous No.2610035]

>>2609629
I would hate some kid who'd do that, but the OP's post didn't seem to give that message.

[Anonymous No.2610036]

>>2610031

I feel the same way about Ehrgeiz, Destrega, Twisted Metal...

[Anonymous No.2610045]

>>2610031
>Slow
Nothing slow about this game, fights can be over in seconds.

[Anonymous No.2610154]

>>2609562
Instead of a block button, high attack, and mid attack, there is high attack, mid attack, and low attack. You block by matching you opponents attack, so if your opponent is attacking low then you press the low attack button to block. It's pretty cool I think.

[Anonymous No.2610164]

>>2610154
Also you can do that extra stance with sheathed katanas, pretty badass.

[Anonymous No.2610239]

>>2610035
The title of the first post gives it away:
>Remember this gem?

The "great game...or greatest game..." and "suck on this" are thrown in there to make it look like genuine nostalgia flaring up. It's not famous enough to fuel opinionated arguments and circlejerking like FFVII or something, but it's well-known enough in enough circles to the point that it's already been discussed to death and really has nothing more to be said about it.

Someone just bringing it out of the blue in the manner as OP did indicates someone who just barely found out about the game and wants to read others' comments so as to feel special by proxy. If they really liked the game, why not say what they liked about it or how it made them feel? Why not share their memories? It's a classic youngfag-poser ploy to get attention as a distraction from the butthurt of not being born yet when the game was first released.

[Anonymous No.2610363]

>>2610154
>>2610164
So me and a friend had a bash at it tonight. It seemed much more polished that BB1, but we did miss some of the features that didn't make it in the sequel. Specifically, you can't go prone on command, and you can't attack while prone. And legs can't be taken out, which is kind of lame.
Having only one button for switching between stances isn't any good either.
Weapons were in short supply, too.

[Anonymous No.2610392]

>>2610239
Jesus, that is some serious projection and conjecture.

[Anonymous No.2610405]

>>2609150
>throw weapon to win

Or in the rare cases where you don't win instantly:

>throw weapon to stunlock
>use overhead attack to win

There's also:

>use gun to win

[Anonymous No.2610440]

>>2610405
how well would that work against a human player? I'm guessing the weapon throw animation gets telegraphed a mile away

[Anonymous No.2611652]

>>2610440
It's very effective against human players. I've gotten my face speared less than a second into a match before.

[Anonymous No.2611660]

>>2610440
It is almost certainly a guaranteed win against a human opponent if thrown correctly.

>>2611652
I have performed probably hundreds of <1 sec wins.

The best character for this is the guy with the nodachi in overhead stance.

[Anonymous No.2611787]

>>2609134
>>2609150
>throw a sword subweapon
>destroy arm
>charge in and slash. They can't block or strike as fast as you.

Always worked. ALWAYS.

[Anonymous No.2613038]

I love these two games. They were very popular party games among my friends and I was disappointed to discover they are generally poorly regarded online. So I am happy to see this thread.

It's a shame they never continued but I think a lot of people didn't get the appeal of that style of play.

[Anonymous No.2615948]

I'd honestly love to see a reboot on new gen consoles. Fuck lifebars, a death strike is a death strike