Samurai Shodown Reviews
Samurai Shodown on Nintendo Switch suffers some of the common problems to this kind of ports, like longer loading times or an fps rate more unstable. Even with that, you can play almost perfectly and enjoy its fun and defying combat system, altough some newer and fresher modes would be appreciated.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
A confident and assured update of a classic fighting game series
The Nintendo Switch version of 'Samurai Shodown' has been ported with accuracy with the feels and controls of those from other major platforms to be able to enjoy the gameplay at its fullest. Especially with the fact that the game is more based with high damaging singular strikes rather than button-complex combos is the right fit for a portable console like the Switch. While it's unfortunate that the game wont be at it's most entertaining level to be just playing the single player mode, the Wi-Fi battles will suffice due to the console's intentional design and in regards to being conscious of knowing that the d-pad for the Switch wasn't really designed for fighting games when it comes to for character controls, If you're eager to play traditional style of fighting games, Samurai Shodown fits perfectly as a great purchase candidate.
Review in Korean | Read full review
With Samurai Shodown, SNK is making a relatively delayed but substantial upgrade to one of its best franchises.
Review in Greek | Read full review
Just having a one-on-one mind game to see who can punish who first is a lot of fun. Even with its issues, Samurai Shodown is definitely a step in the right direction for the series. If it keeps going at this rate, it can only go up.
Samurai Shodown First of all, it's a good return for an old series, but if we look at this as a struggle with careful analysis and analysis, we find that there are many weaknesses in the game's design structure, most of which are due to backwardness.
Review in Persian | Read full review
A 2D revival in the modern age, fighting game fans will not want to miss out on Samurai Shodown.
Moreover, failure to get that timing right essentially leaves you open to a smart, reactive player capable of truly reading the play.
Samurai Shodown's gameplay is a welcome return, but it lacks a unique presentation that keeps it from standing out amongst the greats of the genre.
This fighting game is nice due to all the swords but has not so much content. Therefore it's not a game you will play for month, more for a couple of weeks. Also the story is a bit weak and outdated.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Not showing up anybody.
After all these years of not playing any of the SAMURAI SHODOWN games, it was really neat to finally get my hands on one. At first, I was playing the game all wrong and didn’t really enjoy playing it. However, after realising the error of my ways, I re-approached the game and had a much better experience. I love that they took the game in a different direction with the cel-shaded graphics and I truly feel like it will do a service to the game’s longevity down the line. I personally didn’t get too much out of the story of the game, but that’s fine for me considering I don’t go to fighting games for epic stories.
It is simple, yet deep in a different sense. It doesn’t require memorization, just good timing and understanding. It felt more user friendly than long string combos and the visceral attacks feel incredible.
Samurai Shodown offers totally different fighting style and it's really easy get caught by its charm.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Although a bit archaic on some of the single player content Samurai Shodown manages to successfully bring its style of combat to the current generation of consoles and deliver a technical fighter that is rare to find these days.
Samurai Showdown is an unique FTG which has few combos. But only using fists and swords is not boring at all. On the contrary, it is fast-paced and fun to play. I am glad that SNK brings this old-school FTG to the latest platforms.
Review in Chinese | Read full review
Samurai Shodown is a great reboot for the series, and one of the most enjoyable beat 'em up produced by SNK of the last years.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Samurai Shodown is a new version of a classic franchise. The new game offers an intricate and unique fighting experience, that requires patience and timing
Samurai Shodown is a great fighting game, with elaborated yet accessible mechanics. The story mode for each character is interesting, as is the variety of the fighters. The system of Ghosts' players is also worth mentioning. Unfortunately, there are some problems, like the online mode that can suffer from lag in many fights.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review