Samurai slice-and-slash-and-dash Time Waster

Filed under: Fun, Games, Time-Wasters

Straw Hat Samurai 2 is, unsurprisingly, a sequel -- and like all good sequels there's MORE of everything. More slashing! More slicing! More hopping around like a crazed, oriental lunatic -- more samurai-ing -- and in this case, that's a good thing. Because this is a beat 'em up Flash game -- quite a skilful one, but still! There's a lotta killing.

in Straw Hat Samurai 2 you rush horizontally into oncoming foes (other samurai, I think, or Vietcong, I don't know) and repeatedly slice them up into small pieces. The primary game mechanic is something I've never seen before though: mouse gestures! To attack, you paint a 'slash' over the enemy. An upwards slash sends them flying, while a downwards slash on a fallen enemy performs a coup de grace.

There's even the requisite 'bullet time' mode where you can slash up everyone on the screen without fear of reprisal. Don't worry if it all sounds a little complicated: there's a great tutorial that leads you through the first few minutes of the game.

Go and slash 'em up!

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