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Ishmael
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"Tsurugi"
, posted Sat 20 Dec 21:25
I don't know why, but an arcade near me recently installed the game Tsurugi. It's a first person sword swinging game from Konami with a foot pedal to move you forward, a stumpy sword controller that you waggle at the screen in order to stab or block enemies, and a button on the sword that seems to serve no function whatsoever. Does anyone know anything about this game? Is there anything you're supposed to be doing in the game other than randomly waving the sword around? Is it even worth playing? From the brief time I played it I felt foolish for swinging a toy sword around in public but otherwise I wasn't sure what to make of the whole thing.
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Gen
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"Re(1):Tsurugi"
, posted Sat 20 Dec 22:55
quote: I don't know why, but an arcade near me recently installed the game Tsurugi. It's a first person sword swinging game from Konami with a foot pedal to move you forward, a stumpy sword controller that you waggle at the screen in order to stab or block enemies, and a button on the sword that seems to serve no function whatsoever. Does anyone know anything about this game? Is there anything you're supposed to be doing in the game other than randomly waving the sword around? Is it even worth playing? From the brief time I played it I felt foolish for swinging a toy sword around in public but otherwise I wasn't sure what to make of the whole thing.
I played it. The actual movements of the sword don't correspond to the movements on the screen. There are a few basic positions for attack and defend and stuff in different parts of the screen. If you figure them out it makes the game easier. I got somewhat far after some practice...costs a lot though. The idea of a sword fighting game with a 'virtual' sword is cool though, maybe Konami can make an updated version in a future game.
Ishmael
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"Re(2):Tsurugi"
, posted Mon 22 Dec 13:11
quote: I played it. The actual movements of the sword don't correspond to the movements on the screen. There are a few basic positions for attack and defend and stuff in different parts of the screen. If you figure them out it makes the game easier. I got somewhat far after some practice...costs a lot though. The idea of a sword fighting game with a 'virtual' sword is cool though, maybe Konami can make an updated version in a future game.
You're right, fighting with a sword controller is sort of a neat idea but the execution seemed a bit off. For now I think I'll stick with the Police 911 games for arcade games that make me jump around foolishly in public.
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