Reception
The PS2 release of Samurai Warriors sold a million copies within a month in Japan and reached the Japanese platinum chart with a total of 1.06 million. It was awarded an award of excellence in CESA's 2004 Game Awards and received a 34 out of 40 rating from Famitsu.
The game is met with mixed reviews from Western critics, most reviewers criticize the game's visual and technical similarities to the Dynasty Warriors series as the cause. What earned the most praise was the RPG element added into the game as it deviates from its spiritual predecessor by adding a higher replay value for gamers. The Create a Character mode was received with mixed results. Gameplanet commented that it is "well implemented", allowing players to accurately play a character made for them while Gamespot regarded the option as "a nice touch" but "rather tiresome" in the end. The innovations made were still met with criticism for the genre as a whole, EuroGamer stating, "we’re seriously on the verge of being all warriored out."
The PS2 port holds an average 71% rating at Game Rankings.
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