Any informed gamer that were to look at the box for this little gem would immediately pick up on the fresh manga-like art style blended with the art team of Square Enix's skills.
However upon playing, viewers will notice that this art style is carried into the game into something much more Capcom like. Players may see that characters bear a great resemblance, design and style wise, to ones found in Dark Chronicle ( Dark Cloud 2 ). Also, the scenery takes on a look very similar to that of MegaMan X Command Mission.
The game's soundtrack is nothing to rave about, many of the level themes are lacking and not very catchy and the main theme Samurai Struck is rather out of context but is pulled of in the right moments.
One of the clear themes to Musashi is almost everything has to be 'over the top'. Rather than rescuing a princess Musashi must bring back maidens that correspond to the 5 great swords, even then Musashi's work is cut out for him by the sword of fire having two maidens.
On a similar note, Square may have taken the chance to take the mickey out of their previous games and other known games. Musashi rescues the princess 3 times before saving her, much like that of Mario. Also, Musashi's mentor Master Mew speaks in broken English, a reference to poor translation in games from Japan to English.
The gameplay experience is tremendous however, Squares innovation into the platforming and hack and slash adventures with an RPG flare comes out nicely. Nearly all of the in-game conversation is voice acted and Musashi breaks the mould from other video-game heroes.
What's also a great feature is the move duplication system, I can't name how many times I've been sitting and watching the enemies and saying 'Why can't my character do that?'. Musashi answers the question with 'Because those characters aren't as good as Musashi'.
The game doesn't appeal to everyone's tastes however, I recommend you hire this before you pick it up.
However upon playing, viewers will notice that this art style is carried into the game into something much more Capcom like. Players may see that characters bear a great resemblance, design and style wise, to ones found in Dark Chronicle ( Dark Cloud 2 ). Also, the scenery takes on a look very similar to that of MegaMan X Command Mission.
The game's soundtrack is nothing to rave about, many of the level themes are lacking and not very catchy and the main theme Samurai Struck is rather out of context but is pulled of in the right moments.
One of the clear themes to Musashi is almost everything has to be 'over the top'. Rather than rescuing a princess Musashi must bring back maidens that correspond to the 5 great swords, even then Musashi's work is cut out for him by the sword of fire having two maidens.
On a similar note, Square may have taken the chance to take the mickey out of their previous games and other known games. Musashi rescues the princess 3 times before saving her, much like that of Mario. Also, Musashi's mentor Master Mew speaks in broken English, a reference to poor translation in games from Japan to English.
The gameplay experience is tremendous however, Squares innovation into the platforming and hack and slash adventures with an RPG flare comes out nicely. Nearly all of the in-game conversation is voice acted and Musashi breaks the mould from other video-game heroes.
What's also a great feature is the move duplication system, I can't name how many times I've been sitting and watching the enemies and saying 'Why can't my character do that?'. Musashi answers the question with 'Because those characters aren't as good as Musashi'.
The game doesn't appeal to everyone's tastes however, I recommend you hire this before you pick it up.
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