A hallmark of the Sengoku Basara series is its skill floor and ceiling for enjoyment. Anyone can pick up the game, pick the strongest skills and immediately feel the thrill of being a one-man army. Even if one didnt understand Japanese, the gameplay was simple enough for even 10 year olds (like myself) to spend countless hours happily mowing down every stage. But then you add in all the other mechanics: Combo Fever, Sengoku Drive, S-String Cancels, Priming Skills, Parrying, Air Juggles, so on and so forth and you come to realize how extremely in-depth Sengoku Basara's gameplay can be and that isn't even counting the equippable items and their multitide of effects. Future entries like 3 and 4 would further emphasize this, to the point you can basically make DMC-style combo MADs for all the characters. It goes to show Capcom's design philosophy throughout their games of having a really easy to enjoy skill floor, while giving veterans enough depth to experiment and find out the craziest things you can do with some characters. Meanwhile DW6 made me farm for Red Hare for 1 months straight with obscure luck mechanics.
I had a blast playing it back in the day. But sadly, Musou games don't have much of a following in Brazil. Remeber buying Dot hack//G.U. thinking it was like Sengoku Basara judging by the cover and that end up being my introduction to JRPGs.
@@Profar26 You right lol I’ve just been trying to get people to play this series for roughly 20 years. The lore, the characters, the games, just everything. BASARA is so special to me. ❤️
Honestly, i kind of wished some of 2 Heroes' moves would return in 4 Sumeragi onwards Like Kojuro's multi hit and Charged Dash, Fuuma's Airborne Assassination, Motochika's Charge, Tadakatsu's Drone Buff etc. I still trying to compile what didn't return to 3 Onwards other than the obvious such as Oichi's Naginata or Ieyasu's Spear, but i wanted to try incorporating these old moves into the new ones.
I still remember back in the days when I discovered musou games through DW5, then devil kings, then jumped to basara 2 heroes. What a difference between each other.
I always loved Sasuke's death animation. Like he's saying "Whatever man, I'm done with this shit, I'm getting out of h-uuugh..." Then you've got Motochika's, where he basically congratulates you and walks off before collapsing suddenly. And who can forget Hisahide's, where true to his character, he dies by his own hand, blowing himself up with his own gunpowder.
Funfact: if we play sengoku basara 2 heroes at the beginning of the game but have the original sengoku basara 2 save game that is 100% finished, the progress will transfer to sengoku basara 2 heroes such as - 22 characters are max level - 22 characters have all weapons and all max levels - 22 characters have all armor and all max levels - 22 personal items already have at the beginning of the game - 22 characters already have a second costume - there are already many title fans at the beginning of the game So we just need to focus on the 8 characters who are still level 1.
A friend of mine, who is a Monster Hunter fan said this about Koei and Capcom: "It's funny how Capcom can make a better musou game than Koei, but Koei struggles to make a better Monster Hunter-like game than Capcom."
13:03 a tiny bit of explanation You can get the 2nd armor from armory/weapon box from Conquest mode EXTREME difficulty. The more item lv you get the higher chance you will obtain. Usually lv 3 or lv 5. You can also obtain from golden armory in Conquest stages. OR you can obtain it from armory/weapon lv 10 in Conquest mode HARD difficulty (drop around 30% chance). But that means, *A LOT* of soft resets (press select button + start button simultaneously) until the enemy who has the armory/items defeat another warlords before you choose their territory You can get the 3rd armor by completing floor 50 in Tournament mode
This video is exactly what I needed today. Thank you for this entertainment, I hope you’ll be covering more BASARA games soon. BASARA 2 HEROES is indeed the best one in the series. However, BASARA 1 (Devil Kings) is the best in nostalgia for me
Don't worry, I plan to cover all of the Sengoku Basara games on this channel. It's something I have been wanting to do for a while, and I am glad I get the chance to do it.
It doesn't shock me that this is considered the best musou style game on ps2 given how the rest of the series is. I do wonder though how it holds up with the newer entries though, I feel as if I've been spoiled by Basara 4.
You should give Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes a shot. This game is how I got into the series. The combat is not as complex as Sengoku Basara 3 and 4, but it still has substance. Furthermore, as I said in the video, this game is the richest Sengoku Basara game to date in terms of content.
I think it's SB2H is the better game. 4 let's you use the whole move set but it has the worst level design in the series, annoying inscription system, needless inventory management, and gimmicky enemies at every corner as opposed to earlier entries where they're more spread out. The modes and unlockable content is superior in SB2H as well.
What a game back then! I think just like you, I started the series with this one... combined with Cross and the anime few months later... What a joy it was to be a fan of the risinf license at that time... And knowing a follow up was coming later then with a new hero face was so thrilling! Ahhh... A tear in my eye... My right eye !
I love that in most of Sengoku Basara content including the Anime, There is always Takanori Nishikawa who sung the theme song whether it's the opening or the ending
This is the basara that I played when I was a kid. I remember me and my friends max leveled all the characters, unlocked all weapons, costumes and armors. We also unlocked the thing on the shop that gives special thing on each characters.
God yes. I love Basara so much, and along with Darkstalkers, it's My favorite Capcom series that will likely never get another entry. Blade Chord has been on the MP3 player in My car for almost two decades now.
Yes, I love Sengoku Basara and Darkstalkers. Some people call those series dead, but they ain't dead for me. As long as I play these games, and make content out of them, they are the furthest thing away from dead. Blade Chord is an absolute banger, always has, and always will be.
@@blackhole.9226 it has its serious moments but it's also always best not to take everything seriously at face value bc it's not that deep as well. Great animation & legitimately enjoyable action scenes though. Would do anything to have CAPCOM revive the anime adaptation project with Production IG (though we can always imagine for MAPPA or Ufotable Sengoku BASARA animation)
Had no idea you're indonesian! Basara 2 heroes is so so damn good i remember playing this thing day and night with my dad and sister and it was BIG here in Indonesia like everyone knows basara 2 heroes, most don't even know the vanilla version exist lmao
The game is f-ing popular in Philippines just like how you told us how popular it is in indonesia. we have a place called "Videohan" or arcade in english and each kids who plays Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes has one each character to own :v it was just a rule that every kids and in every places make whenever a SB game exist in a PS2 coin operated machine. Musou games is nonexisted in our minds back then because no PS2 coin operated system has it. in fact they didn't knew a Musou game until the xbox 360 coin operated machine exist and it was i who introduce it to them and even kids foolishly tought i was playing SB4 :v I was playing DW8 that time. i have the HD collection now on my ps3 but i rarely play it now lol. but Sengoku Basara becomes a part of my childhood :3
It's good to know that you gays have a native term for Arcade. Here in Brazil we call them "Fliperama" (the ones with fighting games cabinets). The equivalent for Videohan we have it's called "Locadora" or Lan House, but the last one was more often used for Cyber Cafes, where Level Up was a really big deal back in the day With Ragnarok and Grand Chase.
Sweet memories of having my best friend sleepover for coop. Kinda wish Capcom brought back the series or atleast localize them. I played SB2 Heroes without knowing what the items do aside from the character exclusives since it has their face on it 😂
Mas!! Kontennya daging banget, berkualitas tinggi! Makasih udah bahas game ini, ini game PS2 favoritku ❤ Setuju banget sama semua penjabaran di video ini. Sebagai seorang perempuan, aku dan adik perempuanku ketagihan banget main game ini. Favoritku Oichi. Selain versi co-op yang seru karena ada opsi revival kalau salah satu karakter K.O, pilihan karakternya juga bervariasi. Kalau sudah lengkap semua kostumnya, kami paling suka pake set kostum ketiga soalnya biasa set ketiga itu baju+senjatanya jadi agak 'nyeleneh' gitu, misalnya kepingan CD; sapu ijuk; item2 makanan, dll wkwkwkwk. Anyway setelah cek video2 RUclips-nya, ternyata ada banyak game yg kumainkan dibahas sama mas. You just gained a new subscriber and I will make sure to watch all of your videos! Keep on creating high quality contents kaya gini ya mas, semangat❤
Thank you for making this video. I learned a lot. I am an American that only understands English but that hasn't stopped me from enjoying the Basara games. I use translation guides. My favorites are: • Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi - The Best (Japanese Ver.) I play on the PS5 with a Singapore account. • Sengoku Basara 3 Utage I play on PC with RPCS3 emulator • Sengoku Basara HD collection I play on PC with RPCS3 emulator I do have Basara for my PS3 but emulation is so good now that i just play on PC. Also, these games run off the DISC on PS3. It's nice to run on an SSD instead. I also have Sengoku Basara Sanada Yukimura-Den on my PS5 but haven't played it much since Sumeragi seems to be a much better game.
If I can make just a small constructive criticism, you repeat the name of the games way too much, I noticed this in the past 2 entries to the retrospective too. Try to cut a little bit in saying the full name of the game all the time. In the intro of this video for example I think you said "sengoku basara 2 heroes" almost in all sentences you used. Try using more "this game", "this franchise", "on it", etc. Aside from that, I'm loving your videos and this retrospective in special, super awesome stuff!
@Profar26 thank you for bringing more attention to this awesome series of games. I always watched this franchise from afar, since I don't speak Japanese and most of them were never translated to English. As a fan of musou games in general I always wanted to really get into this series. When samurai heroes released in the west I couldn't find a single store selling it (I live in brazil), and since I was a teenager at the time I had to ask my dad to buy it for me on the psn, he didn't trust it to put his credit card information on a video game. Crazy stuff in his mind at the time, so no game. Nowadays I play mostly on pc, so at some point I need to try emulating it, since my old ps3 is long gone. I really wanted to play sengoku basara 4, but no English version and no pc release made it impossible for me. Crossing my fingers Capcom makes a 5th game someday and it comes to pc, since I'm assuming nowadays a game by Capcom is guaranteed to have a western release, right?..... right? Hahahaha
@@carlosferreira2676 I do play Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi a lot, using RPCS3 emulator. I even stream that game on my channel, currently doing a marathon of every character. You can play Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi using the RPCS3 emulator on PC, and it works really well, depending on your PC specs of course. Speaking of English version, there is a dedicated community and Discord server, for creating an English translation mod for Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi on RPCS3.
@Profar26 that's awesome! I remember seeing something about a fan translation for 4 but at the time they were just beginning, I'll need to have a look now, because playing the 4th entry, the enhanced version on top of it, in english, will be like a dream coming true to me, no joke
Kojuuro being left handed might also be a nod to his voice actor, Toshiyuki Morikawa; he is Sephiroth after all. As for Oichi's likeness, it's from famous 70s-80s japanese singer Asaoka Megumi. She's a dead ringer to Oichi in Basara, same way that I-NO is Shiina Ringo, Fei Long / the Law family are Bruce Lee, Lei Wulong is Jackie Chan with Jackie's official japanese voice actor etc.
What I find funny about the Five Spears (The Super Sentai spoof), is that it is heavily implied that Nagamasa Azai is supposed to be the Sixth Ranger (the White one specifically) because he has the same kind of flashy moves that a Sentai Ranger/Kamen Rider has.
I honestly think this game is goated but it's not the best warriors game on ps2, warriors orochi 1&2 are the best, specially the wo2 you have more characters with different move set, unique weapons, skins and wallpapers, you can bring 3 characters into a fight and change them on a whim, and interactions of the characters might not be as good as the w03, were still fun, and weapon upgrade system is freaking awesome you also have the versus mode, survival mode and dream mode but at the end of the day I can absolutely see why would someone say sb2h is the best warriors game by the way great video
Oh, I love Warriors Orochi 2 on the PS2. Both Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes and Warriors Orochi 2 are the top 2 musou games on that system. Both games have a lot of replay value. I put Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes higher than Warriors Orochi 2, is because the production value of the prior is better than the later, at least for the PS2. I usually go for Musou Orochi Z, when I want to experience Warriors Orochi 1 and 2, rather than playing those games individually on the PS2. Musou Orochi Z is the definitive version of Warriors Orochi 1 and 2 combined.
@@Profar26 well yes the z version is better for sure, but production value of wo2 alone is amazing, and I would argue it's higher, more level themes and more varied levels with unique scenarios and team ups the sb2h characters have more individuality because of character theme songs and animations but if we compare the wo2 levels production value with sb2h characters production value you can understand why to someone like me wo2 is the best warriors game on ps2 but I completely understand your mindset brother.
I'm an indonesian as well but funny enough i knew Dynasty Warriors 5 first before Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes. And my first exposure to SB as a whole (Also funny enough ) is Devil Kings. Tho i still think Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes is like the PEAK of hack n slash/musou game.
I knew Samurai Warriors 2 and Warriors Orochi 2 first before Sengoku Basara 2. In terms of gameplay, Sengoku Basara was the goat. But storytelling and immersion-wise I think Samurai Warriors was better.
@@Vincent-ev4qe definitely. Samurai warriors have more "grounded" approaches towards the history while Sengoku Basara is all anime and style. Makes me wish theres an empires game (the turf management and create a warrior) stuff with gameplay or combat of Sengoku Basara.
Am i the only one who didn't like the anime styled in character select and battle dialogue? i think the 3D render just like in SB2&3 looks better. But still, great game tho. They made an expansion that has very different feel. (Which KOEI can't do until SW4II lol)
Man, the more I watch these SB reviews, the more I want to play them as a newer Musou fan, now if only I could understand what the heck I'm doing in them or find a copy of 3 on Wii or PS3, (I have both of those consoles) but I guess that's what I asked for when trying to get into series's like this or Kamen Rider when there's barley anything you can get in English, heck I bet the English Manga and Anime releases aren't even in print anymore cuz that just my luck. These also are kind of ruining Starcrossed Soul's SB videos for me as well, not because those are bad, but I'm learning so much about these games from these videos, while his are kinda barebones, and when I watch a review, I'm there to be informed, (Like I had no idea about the unique death animations, those are so cool! why would you not mention those!) plus, you kept most of your biases out of the video, (If you've seen the first games video than I'm sure you can guess which part I'm talking about) those videos just feel more like talk pieces than reviews/retrospectives now that I think about it.
I did watch StarCrossed Soul's retrospective on Sengoku Basara 2 and 2 Heroes, when I was brainstorming for mine. I didn't like how most of the video is him talking about the characters historical lore, instead of actually covering the game. In short, he didn't structure the video well. This is why I like to use chapters in my videos. I can focus on certain sub-topics, while keeping the main topic relevant. That's what I did for both my Sengoku Basara 2 and 2 Heroes retrospective videos.
@@Profar26 Yeah that's pretty much what I'd say, I did say that I liked the video in the comments but thinking about it, it's just kinda average. And to reiterate, I didn't really like the segment talking about Samurai Warriors 1 in his video on the first game, all his comparisons felt fairly harsh and biased, ("The character designs are decent but uninspired compared to Basara") and felt a little pretentious as well. Along with the comparisons being very apples to oranges, it also feels like he just said it's a decent game to get SW fans off his back, like I get it, you prefer the anime disguised as historical fiction over the historical fiction disguised as an anime, just say you don't like the game compared to Basara and move on, it isn't that hard to say you don't like a game, you can say you think it's an okay or decent game, but you still don't like it, it's that easy man.
So Capcom decide to sue Koei for “copying” their remix system when Koei have been doing this all the way back since DW3XL before Capcom claimed it as their own, yet they decide to completely rip-off Koei by literally copying their main game series. I like this game, and other Capcom titles, obviously Street Fighter among others, but I’ve lost respect for what they did to a much smaller company, a very dirty move.
What i most love on basara was how the officer characters feels like officers, they have intros, they have theme songs, they have importances On koei games i dont like so much how like, u see zhao yun there ans he looks like another npc, thw only characters who really has somethjng was tadakatsu and lubu, and i dont like this thing
Legendary game, I'm still waiting for an official translation or at least one made by fans. Also, an adult version of Itsuki in the new entry would be neat.
Amazing video, I sort of wanted to make a retrospective of the whole series, specially knowing Japanese I can explain the entire lore for every game and character, and a lot of stuff from behind the scenes during development that I've got to learn, also trivia like the whole drama with the game producer, or the Basara vs Musou fanbase war... but it would be like a 6h long video, and not only would it take an awful lot to source everything up, but writing it and editing it all together would be painful also I'd probably want to buy the few manga that I am yet to read from Basara, and the stageplays (Only watched the Basara x DMC one, the others never interested me much), so I'd have to spend quite a lot of money for it, I'll stick with translating the openings and endings for the games/anime
I mean if you want to do retrospective videos of Sengoku Basara, then go for it. In regards to the drama with Kobayashi, and the Basara vs. Musou fanbase war, it's not worth talking honestly. What is there to talk about? You're just going to ramble for 6 hours, about what people say on online forums, and nothing more. It's just emotionally draining. As for the Kobayashi drama, like I said, what is there to talk about? A lot of them are just speculations with no evidence, based on "he says, she says". There is no end to it as well, because there is no legit case to begin with.
@@Profar26 a lot of it is useless and not worth being mentioned past the fact that it gave basara a not so good image with musou fans and some Capcom fans in Japan, which kind of made it harder for the game to grow more over there (and maybe getting more budget for new games)... No point in going in-depth after stuff like internet fights and someone being weird 14+ years ago. Like I've said its mostly trivia, and trivia tends to be trivial (hence why they come from the same word), it's not demonizing the game that I love, just fun facts that I've personally never seen being discussed, though I don't know if the fanbase for these games in the west even exist after Koei Warriors forums sort of died Same for things development stuff, e.g why kotaro is mute, why some characters never returned, etc... Its all just fun facts Assuming I would "ramble" about that sort of stuff for 6 hours is just funny lol
Kenshin is my favorite I just beat all 64 stages using only his divine speed skill lol and both of the tournaments too BTW I bought sb4 sumeragi some months ago. Know any good translation guide? Seems like this one has more menus
Hi me do you know how to fix the camara of SB 4 its reserved for me which makes that combat very diffucult is there anyway to fix it and also how to equip weapons to
Hmm, as a new player, would you say this mostly replaces the original Sengoku Basara 2? Wondering what I should give my time to. Thank you by the way for this video. I would also appreciate a video of practically how you play these and engage with the story, without speaking Japanese.
i dont understand is it snegoku bsara 2 or new game? because you talk about story and anime cutscene. is It not same sengoku basara 2 game? just definitive editions like other games? or its a new game with new story missions and cutscene?
As I said in the video, Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes is like a sub-sequel to Sengoku Basara 2. It is mostly the same game as Sengoku Basara 2, but with improvements. The only thing they cut in the game is the most of the characters story mode from original Sengoku Basara 2, which you can still play them on Free Mode. Other than that, Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes is the better game than Sengoku Basara 2.
IMO sengoku basara 2 heroes and musou orochi 2 are the top musou games I've ever played but unfortunately, both series also went downhill after those respective titles, along side the musou beat em up genre as a whole. I've played ps3 era musou games and subsequent titles just doesn't seem to be able to capture the fun and excitement of musou games in the ps2 era.
Musou Orochi 2 as in Warriors Orochi 3? I disagree with Sengoku Basara series going downhill after 2 Heroes. If anything, the games gotten better, especially in terms of combat
havent, and will very likely never get tired of this game, SB2H has been with me for 16 years at this point
Absolutely, Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes is a GOATed game.
A hallmark of the Sengoku Basara series is its skill floor and ceiling for enjoyment.
Anyone can pick up the game, pick the strongest skills and immediately feel the thrill of being a one-man army. Even if one didnt understand Japanese, the gameplay was simple enough for even 10 year olds (like myself) to spend countless hours happily mowing down every stage.
But then you add in all the other mechanics: Combo Fever, Sengoku Drive, S-String Cancels, Priming Skills, Parrying, Air Juggles, so on and so forth and you come to realize how extremely in-depth Sengoku Basara's gameplay can be and that isn't even counting the equippable items and their multitide of effects.
Future entries like 3 and 4 would further emphasize this, to the point you can basically make DMC-style combo MADs for all the characters.
It goes to show Capcom's design philosophy throughout their games of having a really easy to enjoy skill floor, while giving veterans enough depth to experiment and find out the craziest things you can do with some characters.
Meanwhile DW6 made me farm for Red Hare for 1 months straight with obscure luck mechanics.
Most famous musou games in Indonesia is here
I had a blast playing it back in the day. But sadly, Musou games don't have much of a following in Brazil. Remeber buying Dot hack//G.U. thinking it was like Sengoku Basara judging by the cover and that end up being my introduction to JRPGs.
Same in the Philippines.
Great video man. Makes me want to play more Basara.
You should, Sengoku Basara (at least after 2) is steps ahead of Dynasty and Samurai Warriors in my opinion.
Seeing more BASARA fans in the wild makes an old man tear up. Great video.
Dude, we ain't that old!
@@Profar26 You right lol
I’ve just been trying to get people to play this series for roughly 20 years. The lore, the characters, the games, just everything.
BASARA is so special to me. ❤️
Honestly, i kind of wished some of 2 Heroes' moves would return in 4 Sumeragi onwards Like Kojuro's multi hit and Charged Dash, Fuuma's Airborne Assassination, Motochika's Charge, Tadakatsu's Drone Buff etc. I still trying to compile what didn't return to 3 Onwards other than the obvious such as Oichi's Naginata or Ieyasu's Spear, but i wanted to try incorporating these old moves into the new ones.
I still remember back in the days when I discovered musou games through DW5, then devil kings, then jumped to basara 2 heroes. What a difference between each other.
Same dude. DW5 was my first musou game, then I gave devil kings a try. I could never forget basara 2 heroes. Good times.
I remember importing the collection for ps3. Took over my life for months lol! I sold all my ps3 games minus the Basara's cause I love them so much.
I always loved Sasuke's death animation. Like he's saying "Whatever man, I'm done with this shit, I'm getting out of h-uuugh..."
Then you've got Motochika's, where he basically congratulates you and walks off before collapsing suddenly.
And who can forget Hisahide's, where true to his character, he dies by his own hand, blowing himself up with his own gunpowder.
Funfact: if we play sengoku basara 2 heroes at the beginning of the game but have the original sengoku basara 2 save game that is 100% finished, the progress will transfer to sengoku basara 2 heroes such as
- 22 characters are max level
- 22 characters have all weapons and all max levels
- 22 characters have all armor and all max levels
- 22 personal items already have at the beginning of the game
- 22 characters already have a second costume
- there are already many title fans at the beginning of the game
So we just need to focus on the 8 characters who are still level 1.
"Musuo? Oh yeah, we can do that *too*" - Capcom
Insanely overlooked series
A friend of mine, who is a Monster Hunter fan said this about Koei and Capcom:
"It's funny how Capcom can make a better musou game than Koei, but Koei struggles to make a better Monster Hunter-like game than Capcom."
@@gentismenace the same can be said to basara series over the top running but slow af.
YES THANK YOU! Bring this to steam already jeeez
This Game Sounds Legit, Gonna Go Emulate It, Thank For The Recommendation 🙏🏻
What made sengoku basara great? DATE MASAMUNEEE
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13:03 a tiny bit of explanation
You can get the 2nd armor from armory/weapon box from Conquest mode EXTREME difficulty. The more item lv you get the higher chance you will obtain. Usually lv 3 or lv 5. You can also obtain from golden armory in Conquest stages. OR you can obtain it from armory/weapon lv 10 in Conquest mode HARD difficulty (drop around 30% chance). But that means, *A LOT* of soft resets (press select button + start button simultaneously) until the enemy who has the armory/items defeat another warlords before you choose their territory
You can get the 3rd armor by completing floor 50 in Tournament mode
This video is exactly what I needed today. Thank you for this entertainment, I hope you’ll be covering more BASARA games soon. BASARA 2 HEROES is indeed the best one in the series. However, BASARA 1 (Devil Kings) is the best in nostalgia for me
Don't worry, I plan to cover all of the Sengoku Basara games on this channel. It's something I have been wanting to do for a while, and I am glad I get the chance to do it.
It doesn't shock me that this is considered the best musou style game on ps2 given how the rest of the series is. I do wonder though how it holds up with the newer entries though, I feel as if I've been spoiled by Basara 4.
You should give Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes a shot. This game is how I got into the series. The combat is not as complex as Sengoku Basara 3 and 4, but it still has substance. Furthermore, as I said in the video, this game is the richest Sengoku Basara game to date in terms of content.
I think it's SB2H is the better game. 4 let's you use the whole move set but it has the worst level design in the series, annoying inscription system, needless inventory management, and gimmicky enemies at every corner as opposed to earlier entries where they're more spread out. The modes and unlockable content is superior in SB2H as well.
What a game back then! I think just like you, I started the series with this one... combined with Cross and the anime few months later... What a joy it was to be a fan of the risinf license at that time... And knowing a follow up was coming later then with a new hero face was so thrilling! Ahhh... A tear in my eye... My right eye !
I love that in most of Sengoku Basara content including the Anime, There is always Takanori Nishikawa who sung the theme song whether it's the opening or the ending
This is the basara that I played when I was a kid. I remember me and my friends max leveled all the characters, unlocked all weapons, costumes and armors. We also unlocked the thing on the shop that gives special thing on each characters.
God yes. I love Basara so much, and along with Darkstalkers, it's My favorite Capcom series that will likely never get another entry. Blade Chord has been on the MP3 player in My car for almost two decades now.
Yes, I love Sengoku Basara and Darkstalkers. Some people call those series dead, but they ain't dead for me. As long as I play these games, and make content out of them, they are the furthest thing away from dead.
Blade Chord is an absolute banger, always has, and always will be.
The DW3XL of Basara games 🔥🔥🔥 great video brother
Thank you, Smiley. It is the DW3XL of Basara, but better.
@@Profar26 only because it got an HD collection on PS3 ;)
FINALLY, it's our time to shine!!!!👍👍👍
Actually been rewatching the anime after only catching it casually like 10 years ago. Just finished watching Kojuro's arc so this is funny timing.
It's not funny timing. You came at the right time. 😊
is it any good ? the anime ..
@@blackhole.9226 it has its serious moments but it's also always best not to take everything seriously at face value bc it's not that deep as well. Great animation & legitimately enjoyable action scenes though. Would do anything to have CAPCOM revive the anime adaptation project with Production IG (though we can always imagine for MAPPA or Ufotable Sengoku BASARA animation)
Had no idea you're indonesian! Basara 2 heroes is so so damn good i remember playing this thing day and night with my dad and sister and it was BIG here in Indonesia like everyone knows basara 2 heroes, most don't even know the vanilla version exist lmao
Man what a great video, i feel like u didnt missed anything. Great job mate
Babe, wake up! New Profar video just dropped!
The game is f-ing popular in Philippines just like how you told us how popular it is in indonesia.
we have a place called "Videohan" or arcade in english and each kids who plays Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes has one each character to own :v
it was just a rule that every kids and in every places make whenever a SB game exist in a PS2 coin operated machine.
Musou games is nonexisted in our minds back then because no PS2 coin operated system has it.
in fact they didn't knew a Musou game until the xbox 360 coin operated machine exist and it was i who introduce it to them and even kids foolishly tought i was playing SB4 :v I was playing DW8 that time. i have the HD collection now on my ps3 but i rarely play it now lol. but Sengoku Basara becomes a part of my childhood :3
It's good to know that you gays have a native term for Arcade. Here in Brazil we call them "Fliperama" (the ones with fighting games cabinets). The equivalent for Videohan we have it's called "Locadora" or Lan House, but the last one was more often used for Cyber Cafes, where Level Up was a really big deal back in the day With Ragnarok and Grand Chase.
best childhood memory ginagaya ko pa si Masamune sa six claws nya 😂
Sweet memories of having my best friend sleepover for coop.
Kinda wish Capcom brought back the series or atleast localize them. I played SB2 Heroes without knowing what the items do aside from the character exclusives since it has their face on it 😂
well i didnt knew after all this time that this game was an expansion
Nice analysis video.
Mas!! Kontennya daging banget, berkualitas tinggi! Makasih udah bahas game ini, ini game PS2 favoritku ❤ Setuju banget sama semua penjabaran di video ini. Sebagai seorang perempuan, aku dan adik perempuanku ketagihan banget main game ini. Favoritku Oichi. Selain versi co-op yang seru karena ada opsi revival kalau salah satu karakter K.O, pilihan karakternya juga bervariasi. Kalau sudah lengkap semua kostumnya, kami paling suka pake set kostum ketiga soalnya biasa set ketiga itu baju+senjatanya jadi agak 'nyeleneh' gitu, misalnya kepingan CD; sapu ijuk; item2 makanan, dll wkwkwkwk.
Anyway setelah cek video2 RUclips-nya, ternyata ada banyak game yg kumainkan dibahas sama mas. You just gained a new subscriber and I will make sure to watch all of your videos! Keep on creating high quality contents kaya gini ya mas, semangat❤
Aaaah lupa bahas juga, karena opening scene-nya, aku akhirnya jadi nontonin animenya dan jadi tau jalan cerita dan aliansi2 karakter di Basara
Thank you for making this video. I learned a lot.
I am an American that only understands English but that hasn't stopped me from enjoying the Basara games.
I use translation guides.
My favorites are:
• Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi - The Best (Japanese Ver.)
I play on the PS5 with a Singapore account.
• Sengoku Basara 3 Utage
I play on PC with RPCS3 emulator
• Sengoku Basara HD collection
I play on PC with RPCS3 emulator
I do have Basara for my PS3 but emulation is so good now that i just play on PC.
Also, these games run off the DISC on PS3. It's nice to run on an SSD instead.
I also have Sengoku Basara Sanada Yukimura-Den on my PS5 but haven't played it much since Sumeragi seems to be a much better game.
If I can make just a small constructive criticism, you repeat the name of the games way too much, I noticed this in the past 2 entries to the retrospective too. Try to cut a little bit in saying the full name of the game all the time. In the intro of this video for example I think you said "sengoku basara 2 heroes" almost in all sentences you used. Try using more "this game", "this franchise", "on it", etc.
Aside from that, I'm loving your videos and this retrospective in special, super awesome stuff!
Hey, thank you for the feedback Carlos. Yeah, it's kind of a bad habbit of mine to repeat names over and over again.
@Profar26 thank you for bringing more attention to this awesome series of games. I always watched this franchise from afar, since I don't speak Japanese and most of them were never translated to English. As a fan of musou games in general I always wanted to really get into this series.
When samurai heroes released in the west I couldn't find a single store selling it (I live in brazil), and since I was a teenager at the time I had to ask my dad to buy it for me on the psn, he didn't trust it to put his credit card information on a video game. Crazy stuff in his mind at the time, so no game.
Nowadays I play mostly on pc, so at some point I need to try emulating it, since my old ps3 is long gone. I really wanted to play sengoku basara 4, but no English version and no pc release made it impossible for me. Crossing my fingers Capcom makes a 5th game someday and it comes to pc, since I'm assuming nowadays a game by Capcom is guaranteed to have a western release, right?..... right? Hahahaha
@@carlosferreira2676 I do play Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi a lot, using RPCS3 emulator. I even stream that game on my channel, currently doing a marathon of every character.
You can play Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi using the RPCS3 emulator on PC, and it works really well, depending on your PC specs of course. Speaking of English version, there is a dedicated community and Discord server, for creating an English translation mod for Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi on RPCS3.
@Profar26 that's awesome! I remember seeing something about a fan translation for 4 but at the time they were just beginning, I'll need to have a look now, because playing the 4th entry, the enhanced version on top of it, in english, will be like a dream coming true to me, no joke
Kojuuro being left handed might also be a nod to his voice actor, Toshiyuki Morikawa; he is Sephiroth after all. As for Oichi's likeness, it's from famous 70s-80s japanese singer Asaoka Megumi. She's a dead ringer to Oichi in Basara, same way that I-NO is Shiina Ringo, Fei Long / the Law family are Bruce Lee, Lei Wulong is Jackie Chan with Jackie's official japanese voice actor etc.
What I find funny about the Five Spears (The Super Sentai spoof), is that it is heavily implied that Nagamasa Azai is supposed to be the Sixth Ranger (the White one specifically) because he has the same kind of flashy moves that a Sentai Ranger/Kamen Rider has.
Great video profar !! ❤👏👏👏
i love and miss this series
despite the language barrier i play this game till this day for hours. one of my Childhood games.
I honestly think this game is goated but it's not the best warriors game on ps2, warriors orochi 1&2 are the best, specially the wo2
you have more characters with different move set, unique weapons, skins and wallpapers, you can bring 3 characters into a fight and change them on a whim, and interactions of the characters might not be as good as the w03, were still fun, and weapon upgrade system is freaking awesome
you also have the versus mode, survival mode and dream mode
but at the end of the day I can absolutely see why would someone say sb2h is the best warriors game
by the way great video
Oh, I love Warriors Orochi 2 on the PS2. Both Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes and Warriors Orochi 2 are the top 2 musou games on that system. Both games have a lot of replay value.
I put Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes higher than Warriors Orochi 2, is because the production value of the prior is better than the later, at least for the PS2. I usually go for Musou Orochi Z, when I want to experience Warriors Orochi 1 and 2, rather than playing those games individually on the PS2. Musou Orochi Z is the definitive version of Warriors Orochi 1 and 2 combined.
@@Profar26 well yes the z version is better for sure, but production value of wo2 alone is amazing, and I would argue it's higher, more level themes and more varied levels with unique scenarios and team ups
the sb2h characters have more individuality because of character theme songs and animations but if we compare the wo2 levels production value with sb2h characters production value you can understand why to someone like me wo2 is the best warriors game on ps2
but I completely understand your mindset brother.
Revive this franchise fer god sake!
You have no idea how much I want that.
Production I.G is the producer of Kaiju No 8 btw
Which is coming to my watchlist.
I'm an indonesian as well but funny enough i knew Dynasty Warriors 5 first before Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes.
And my first exposure to SB as a whole (Also funny enough ) is Devil Kings.
Tho i still think Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes is like the PEAK of hack n slash/musou game.
I knew Samurai Warriors 2 and Warriors Orochi 2 first before Sengoku Basara 2. In terms of gameplay, Sengoku Basara was the goat. But storytelling and immersion-wise I think Samurai Warriors was better.
@@Vincent-ev4qe definitely. Samurai warriors have more "grounded" approaches towards the history while Sengoku Basara is all anime and style.
Makes me wish theres an empires game (the turf management and create a warrior) stuff with gameplay or combat of Sengoku Basara.
Sengoku basara
Warriors gam3s were my childhood
never thought back then when i was kid can beat this game without knowing the language 😅
Am i the only one who didn't like the anime styled in character select and battle dialogue? i think the 3D render just like in SB2&3 looks better.
But still, great game tho. They made an expansion that has very different feel.
(Which KOEI can't do until SW4II lol)
The multiplayer looks amazing.
Man, the more I watch these SB reviews, the more I want to play them as a newer Musou fan, now if only I could understand what the heck I'm doing in them or find a copy of 3 on Wii or PS3, (I have both of those consoles) but I guess that's what I asked for when trying to get into series's like this or Kamen Rider when there's barley anything you can get in English, heck I bet the English Manga and Anime releases aren't even in print anymore cuz that just my luck.
These also are kind of ruining Starcrossed Soul's SB videos for me as well, not because those are bad, but I'm learning so much about these games from these videos, while his are kinda barebones, and when I watch a review, I'm there to be informed, (Like I had no idea about the unique death animations, those are so cool! why would you not mention those!) plus, you kept most of your biases out of the video, (If you've seen the first games video than I'm sure you can guess which part I'm talking about) those videos just feel more like talk pieces than reviews/retrospectives now that I think about it.
I did watch StarCrossed Soul's retrospective on Sengoku Basara 2 and 2 Heroes, when I was brainstorming for mine. I didn't like how most of the video is him talking about the characters historical lore, instead of actually covering the game. In short, he didn't structure the video well.
This is why I like to use chapters in my videos. I can focus on certain sub-topics, while keeping the main topic relevant. That's what I did for both my Sengoku Basara 2 and 2 Heroes retrospective videos.
@@Profar26 Yeah that's pretty much what I'd say, I did say that I liked the video in the comments but thinking about it, it's just kinda average.
And to reiterate, I didn't really like the segment talking about Samurai Warriors 1 in his video on the first game, all his comparisons felt fairly harsh and biased, ("The character designs are decent but uninspired compared to Basara") and felt a little pretentious as well.
Along with the comparisons being very apples to oranges, it also feels like he just said it's a decent game to get SW fans off his back, like I get it, you prefer the anime disguised as historical fiction over the historical fiction disguised as an anime, just say you don't like the game compared to Basara and move on, it isn't that hard to say you don't like a game, you can say you think it's an okay or decent game, but you still don't like it, it's that easy man.
So Capcom decide to sue Koei for “copying” their remix system when Koei have been doing this all the way back since DW3XL before Capcom claimed it as their own, yet they decide to completely rip-off Koei by literally copying their main game series.
I like this game, and other Capcom titles, obviously Street Fighter among others, but I’ve lost respect for what they did to a much smaller company, a very dirty move.
What i most love on basara was how the officer characters feels like officers, they have intros, they have theme songs, they have importances
On koei games i dont like so much how like, u see zhao yun there ans he looks like another npc, thw only characters who really has somethjng was tadakatsu and lubu, and i dont like this thing
Legendary game, I'm still waiting for an official translation or at least one made by fans. Also, an adult version of Itsuki in the new entry would be neat.
Amazing video, I sort of wanted to make a retrospective of the whole series, specially knowing Japanese I can explain the entire lore for every game and character, and a lot of stuff from behind the scenes during development that I've got to learn, also trivia like the whole drama with the game producer, or the Basara vs Musou fanbase war... but it would be like a 6h long video, and not only would it take an awful lot to source everything up, but writing it and editing it all together would be painful
also I'd probably want to buy the few manga that I am yet to read from Basara, and the stageplays (Only watched the Basara x DMC one, the others never interested me much), so I'd have to spend quite a lot of money for it, I'll stick with translating the openings and endings for the games/anime
I mean if you want to do retrospective videos of Sengoku Basara, then go for it.
In regards to the drama with Kobayashi, and the Basara vs. Musou fanbase war, it's not worth talking honestly. What is there to talk about? You're just going to ramble for 6 hours, about what people say on online forums, and nothing more. It's just emotionally draining.
As for the Kobayashi drama, like I said, what is there to talk about? A lot of them are just speculations with no evidence, based on "he says, she says". There is no end to it as well, because there is no legit case to begin with.
@@Profar26 a lot of it is useless and not worth being mentioned past the fact that it gave basara a not so good image with musou fans and some Capcom fans in Japan, which kind of made it harder for the game to grow more over there (and maybe getting more budget for new games)... No point in going in-depth after stuff like internet fights and someone being weird 14+ years ago. Like I've said its mostly trivia, and trivia tends to be trivial (hence why they come from the same word), it's not demonizing the game that I love, just fun facts that I've personally never seen being discussed, though I don't know if the fanbase for these games in the west even exist after Koei Warriors forums sort of died
Same for things development stuff, e.g why kotaro is mute, why some characters never returned, etc... Its all just fun facts
Assuming I would "ramble" about that sort of stuff for 6 hours is just funny lol
Kenshin is my favorite I just beat all 64 stages using only his divine speed skill lol and both of the tournaments too
BTW I bought sb4 sumeragi some months ago. Know any good translation guide? Seems like this one has more menus
great game, part 2, I'm sad that i didn't know that it wasn't region locked sooner on my ps3 or I would have tried it sooner than last year.
Classic
It's very sad that SB4S never got an official english release.
Hi me do you know how to fix the camara of SB 4 its reserved for me which makes that combat very diffucult is there anyway to fix it and also how to equip weapons to
I am not sure what the issue here is. I don't have any camera issues when I play Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi.
@@Profar26 hey do you know how to get your second and third R2
Hmm, as a new player, would you say this mostly replaces the original Sengoku Basara 2? Wondering what I should give my time to. Thank you by the way for this video. I would also appreciate a video of practically how you play these and engage with the story, without speaking Japanese.
I have the HD collection on ps3 along with kamen rider battride war Genesis
I would love to play these games but sadly im still learning Japanese
@@Deadpoolthemighty Honestly, if you are familiar with musou games in general, you'll adapt easier in Sengoku Basara.
@@Profar26 alright ill start playing the series when i get the chance to
Great intro
i dont understand is it snegoku bsara 2 or new game? because you talk about story and anime cutscene. is It not same sengoku basara 2 game? just definitive editions like other games? or its a new game with new story missions and cutscene?
As I said in the video, Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes is like a sub-sequel to Sengoku Basara 2. It is mostly the same game as Sengoku Basara 2, but with improvements. The only thing they cut in the game is the most of the characters story mode from original Sengoku Basara 2, which you can still play them on Free Mode. Other than that, Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes is the better game than Sengoku Basara 2.
@@Profar26 thx for answer😍🌹
@iranarmy9023 You're welcome.
what is the name of the first music used
Sengoku Basara 2 OST - Maeda Toshiie's Theme
game over when 1 player dies despite of coop? sounds like battletoads.
Remember N3 Ninety Nine Nights?
Not even a fan english patch till this day. What a shame
IMO sengoku basara 2 heroes and musou orochi 2 are the top musou games I've ever played but unfortunately, both series also went downhill after those respective titles, along side the musou beat em up genre as a whole. I've played ps3 era musou games and subsequent titles just doesn't seem to be able to capture the fun and excitement of musou games in the ps2 era.
Musou Orochi 2 as in Warriors Orochi 3? I disagree with Sengoku Basara series going downhill after 2 Heroes. If anything, the games gotten better, especially in terms of combat
Since you consider this game perfect. Did you ever consider that the game not being localize in english to be a "con" for the non Japanese market?
the next one will be a doozy
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes? It's actually a pretty good game. They improved the combat mechanics from Basara 2 to Basara 3.
@@Profar26 it's also the next western flop I guess, so it will fun, and sad, to watch
It also was my first and last Sengoku Basara game
@@Badbufon It's a flop in the West, but it's actually the best selling Basara game in Japan.
@@Badbufonbro you should play 4 as well, it really is a party to play it.
i can't play this games they are not in english..
This Game Sounds Legit, Gonna Go Emulate It, Thank For The Recommendation 🙏🏻