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Afro Samurai (PS3) | 
| From: Namco
Category: Video Games
List Price: £44.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 7157
Format: Unknown format
Platform: PlayStation 3
Genre: action-games
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Media: Video Game
Edition: Normal
Operating System: No Operating System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 3296580805655
ASIN: B001I91KQK
Release Date: March 27, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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• Afro Samurai won't load on PS3 - Futuremark / YouGamers Forums
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22 Aug 2010 at 10:06am
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4 Feb 2009 at 2:00am
Average Review Scores. Overall, Afro Samurai garnered an average score of 64 percent on the Xbox 360 and 63 percent on the PS3 according to Metacritic.com. These scores are described as being ?mixed or average.? ...
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• Afro Samurai won't load on PS3
by SirLonewolf
22 Aug 2010 at 10:06am
I just bought a PS3 slim 250 Gb a few weeks ago and I played the Afro Samurai Demo and liked it a lot, so I bought the game but the game will not load. When I put in the disk or (if it's already in the machine) start the game, ...
• Afro Samurai: Face-Splitting Screens - News (PS3/Xbox 360)
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13 Oct 2008 at 8:30am
See them here - Here at SPOnG we didn't realise that what our lives were missing was a dude with an afro using a sword to cut folks' faces in half to the sound ...click for more.
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14 Aug 2010 at 9:00pm
I have a few games i want to get rid of. god of war iii - 25.00 ** final fantasy xiii - 25.00 ** afro samurai 5.00 ** incredible hulk 2.00 ** ratchet and clank future a crack in time - 20.00...all in original cases with manuals. all for ...
• Afro Samurai brings hip hop swordfighting to PS3 | Joystiq
by Andrew Yoon
16 Apr 2008 at 11:30pm
Spike TV's original anime featuring Samuel L. Jackson is heading over to PS3, as revealed in a Namco Bandai event today. The Afro Samurai game, scheduled for a Fall release later this year, promises to bring an "elegant violence" with ...
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24 Aug 2010 at 2:52am
It was made by HardhatPSP.But on the drums, the guy is playing on the Expert Plus level. It looks like he has to kick pedals, but it looks really hard. * 2Days to Vegas (PS3, Win, X360) * Anno 1404 (Win) * Afro [...]
• New Afro Samurai screens slice into our gallery | Joystiq
by Majed Athab
5 Jun 2008 at 5:30pm
Yes, new Afro Samurai images slice into our gallery ... and apparently into the poor fellow in the picture above. Poor guy; he is now nothing more than a pile of meat -- courtesy of our gaijin warrior friend Samuel L. Jackson Afro. ...
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Product Description
The Story Unfolds
Set in a futuristic, yet feudal Japan, this story follows a samurai named Afro after his hair. Afro has set out to try and avenge his father's murder by a man named Justice. Justice murdered Afro's father to claim the 'Number One' headband, giving himself the chance to rule the world with powers akin to a god. The only one allowed to challenge Number One is the person with the 'Number
Two' headband, but unfortunately for Afro, the current owner of the headband, anybody and everybody can, and does, challenge Number Two. But never fear, as this new title includes brand new material and background for fans of the series and newcomers alike to enjoy.
Loads of Stylized Action
Afro Samurai brings gamers a balanced experienced, with stylistic combat and acrobatic platforming combined with the ability to dynamically slice and dismember enemies in unending ways. While gamers can hack and slash their way through many foes by combining heavy and light attacks with just two buttons, accomplished players will master moves like the Deep Throat Killer, where they pierce their opponent's neck and rip everything loose in a crimson splash.
Players will also need to learn the Focus maneuver with its bullet-time effect. This allows the user to slow down time and designate a specific strike zone, which with the right timing and skill can allow Afro to cleave an enemy in two or slice a limb completely off. And since characters are not pre-rendered you don't just get a canned scene when you cut through your enemy, giving you endless ways and means to cut your enemies down to size. This ethos is applied game-wide, as Afro is allowed to interact with anything and everything in his environment to help him on his journey.
Star-Studded Supporting Cast
Samuel L. Jackson reprises his role as both Afro and Ninja in the game, and the same striking art style
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A faithful adaption September 6, 2009
Stevie G (Manchester, England)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Afro Samurai is a tale of retribution. As a young boy, Afro witnesses his father's murder at the hands of Justice, who happens to be the #1 fighter in the world. Consumed by revenge, Afro vows to earn the #2 headband needed to challenge the world's best fighter. However, many covet this headband for themselves. The fusion of traditional Japanese culture and hip hop created a brutally fresh experience, and the game retains much of what made the anime unique. However, it isn't without problems.
The cel shaded graphics are a suitable match to the shows visual style. Characters are immediately recognisable, with some nice texturing bringing them closer to the source material. Generally, the plot feels like deleted scenes from the original quest, but standout moments, like the freefall battle sequence, are beautifully recreated. New characters feature, and certain plot gaps are filled in, as well as flashes to Afros childhood. Yet it can feel disjointed, switching locations without much explanation. In addition, the finer points of the story will be lost on newcomers. Music is supervised by Wu Tangs RZA, and remains of a high standard. Afro & his chatty 'sidekick' Ninja Ninja are still brilliantly voiced by Samuel L Jackson, lending the game humour and attitude. To date, it's possibly the best use of voice acting in videogames.
Nudity, violence, and sexual content are everywhere, battles against topless female ninjas in particular. Combat is highly stylised, visceral and furious, although it treads closely to generic hack and slashers. Afro Samurai has always been bloodthirsty, and the game piles on the gore, including slow motion dismemberments. Strong attacks build up focus moves, where environmental colours wash away, and make decapitations an even grislier sight. Wide sweeping, focus attacks decimate everything on screen, which superbly conveys the raw power of Afro Samurai.
Level design is fairly standard. However, the environments feel surprisingly empty, and barring a few simplistic puzzles, and hidden items, are completely void of interaction. Clumsy platform sections only have a detrimental effect on gameplay. There's a level up system, which doesent seem to do anything. Elsewhere, there are some minor but noticeable frame rate drops, especially during split screen moments. Later bosses are full of cheap moves, and threaten to ruin the experience (Brother No.6!). Animation is jittery in places. The camera is the games biggest problem, forcing the use of inverted controls, and with a complete lack of customisation.
An entertaining and thoroughly gory affair, Afro Samurai is a successful videogame adaptation. Yet newcomers won't find anything to match the depth or sophistication of Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden. Probably one for the fans.
Incredibly good voice acting, amazing sound track! May 2, 2009
Thomas Hagen (Pinneberg)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Graphics: beautyful cell shading look, allmost consistant framerate, no tearing.
Sound: The game has one of the best voice actings ever! The voice acting of Samuel L. Jackson alone makes the game worth playing. The soundtrack is excellent and allways accompanies the action properly without being penetrant.
Story: entertaining from the beginning to the end!
Gameplay: (Button mashing!) The game is so much fun, but: sometimes I've had the feeling, the game let me alone, e.g. you have to use a certain move, to beat an opponent that you really never had to use before in the game, and some bosses are frustrating. Therefore only 4 stars in the overall rating.
If you like the genre, buy this game! you won't regret
Excuse any bad language, I'm not a native speaker.
excellent if you like hack and slash March 29, 2009
A. M. Murray (uk)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Graphics very good though cartoon like. Excellent sound and music. Camera a little annoying could be better. Gameplay excellent very straightforward perhaps some people would like a greater depth but still excellent. Gore level huge, body parts everywhere.
Overall having only played the first few levels this is a fab game if you like swordplay and a japanese style. Yes its a button basher but it is what it says it is. It will tide you over till ninja gaiden sigma two.
 some good stuff February 22, 2009
T. Fink (Schwabach)
1 out of 16 found this review helpful
just played the demo. it's a really nasty gory and fun game. only the enemies who look like someone painted one or two and duplicated them a thousend times, bored me after a while.
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