It seems KOEI are the cleverest company in the whole of the video games industry. Six Dynasty Warriors titles, a Bladestorm game, Warriors Orochi and now two Samurai Warriors releases have graced shop shelves. Why exactly does that make them clever? Well, the answer can be deciphered by simply looking at the games. Take one glance and you’ll find it difficult to tell which title you’re looking at. It’s a bit unfair to call them clones, but we’re certainly justified calling them subtle reskins. The concept hasn’t changed since the game’s announcement. Take a melodramatic Asian chap (or woman) into battle, hacking though the hordes that oppose you. It doesn’t come as a surprise that Samurai Warriors 2 is no different.

You pick a character and get chopping. Despite this distinct lack of imagination, they sell ridiculously well. They literally print money for the developers. The unusual question is why? The old phrase “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” comes to mind. Luckily, we’re not easily fooled. Samurai Warriors is stale from the moment you boot up the game. Originally released back in 2006 (yes, that isn’t a typo) on the PS2 and Xbox 360, it’s taken two years to port the game to PC. We’d wished it had stayed there and we won’t hold back as to why.

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their packs social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their packs social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.

Set amidst Japan's most volatile era, Samurai Warriors: State of War give players control of famous samurai and legendary ninja in an ever-unfolding war. Gamers will use classic Japanese weaponry including swords, longbows, and sickles to fight their way through wide-open battlefields and trap-laden castles. Samurai Warriors: State of War comes complete with 19 playable characters, all-new stories, and competitive multiplayer challenges.

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack's social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.

It seems KOEI are the cleverest company in the whole of the video games industry. Six Dynasty Warriors titles, a Bladestorm game, Warriors Orochi and now two Samurai Warriors releases have graced shop shelves. Why exactly does that make them clever? Well, the answer can be deciphered by simply looking at the games. Take one glance and you’ll find it difficult to tell which title you’re looking at. It’s a bit unfair to call them clones, but we’re certainly justified calling them subtle reskins. The concept hasn’t changed since the game’s announcement. Take a melodramatic Asian chap (or woman) into battle, hacking though the hordes that oppose you. It doesn’t come as a surprise that Samurai Warriors 2 is no different.

In Jasper National Park, the wolves, Kate and Humphrey, have known each other since puppyhood, but they are on the oppose ends of the Western Pack's social structure with Kate as the energetic Alpha daughter of the pack leader and Humphrey being the good humoured Omega. That social structure forces Kate to accept an arranged marriage with Garth of the Eastern Pack to unite the packs for peace, regardless of Humphrey's hopeless attraction for her. Before that union can occur, Kate and Humphrey are captured by the park's rangers and sent to an Idaho park as part of a wolf repopulation project. Mindful of her duties, Kate is determined to return to Jasper and Humphrey offers to help with the assistance of two odd geese. However, as this disparate pair struggle through the dangers to get home, a growing mutual appreciation of their talents and then a deeper love threatens to disastrously complicate everything if they make it back.

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack s social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their packs social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack-s social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their packs social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.