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http://ps2.ign.com/articles/650/650052p1.html

9.0 Presentation
Sony kept all the original Japanese work intact. This is a very thoughtfully presented game.
9.0 Graphics
Genji features picturesque villages, lovely gardens, excellent animations, terrific particles and a generally fantastic sense of style. If only the slow-time animations were fluid.
9.5 Sound
We're suckers for cinematic orchestral tracks with feeling and so we're suckers for this. Effects are clear and the original Japanese voices sound great, too.
6.0 Gameplay
Genji's primitive hacking 'n slashing incorporates an instant kill mechanic, but that interaction is always preset, so the game feels terribly constraining and scripted.
5.5 Lasting Appeal
Even though it's possible to play through again focusing more on either one of the two main characters, there's little reason to. Genji is also no more than five or six hours long.
7.0 OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average)

 

[jett]

Ouch, sounds like graphics-hoes only game. Okamoto am cry.

 

[ToyMachine228]

Very disapointed. While I didn't keep up with the game too much I was hoping it would garner some great scores to coax me into buying it, but that doesn't seem to be happening.

 

[Reilly]

so the only thing that sucks about this game is that it's a hack and slasher that ends rather quickly

 

[Bebpo]

so the only thing that sucks about this game is that it's a hack and slasher that ends rather quickly

And that it's really shallow and easy :\

It's worth buying when it drops to $10-15 or renting, but not really worth full price at all.

 

[Solid]

7.1 @ Gamespot

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/genji/review.html

This is a decent first effort from Game Republic, but it doesn't do much to distinguish itself from all the other third-person action games. The story isn't particularly engaging, and the characters aren't developed enough to make you really care about them. Genji looks and sounds great, and the play mechanics are solid enough; but the game is way too short to make it worth more than a rental.

 

[Miburou]

There's not much more to say, really. Artistically, the game looks stunning at times, and the music is really good. But the gameplay is merely average and the game is too short. I think 7 is a perfect score for this game.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

the ps2 has like what, a 100 of these mediocre 3rd person, sort of samurai games

 

[belgurdo]

^Didn't Peter Main make a complaint about this when scouting companies for Xbox development?


And the worst thing about this game? This shite is what's keeping OZ held back in the US

 

[Speevy]

Crap.


*scratches one off the list*

 

[Oneself]

Got mine for 26.99$ US (32$Canadian).

Thank you pricing mistake!

 

[Barry Lightning]

edge said pretty much the same things but rated it an 8

 

[ourumov]

I had promised I would buy it...And I'll have to do it...But Okamoto...please...do your homework next time ! You are the king of the gameplay !