User Score. Your Score. Rate this:. Log in to finish rating Afro Samurai. Afro Samurai. Share this? The game follows the plot of the original series with added material and background for fans and new comers alike. Blood is beautiful in this hip hop infused action adventure as Samuel L. Jackson reprises his role as Afro and Ninja Ninja.
A striking art style gives Afro Samurai a unique look and feel across animated open environments as he wages war against his adversaries to become number one. Using an innovative gameplay system, enemy AI is affected by the beat of the musical score overseen and inspired by RZA of Wu-Tang Clan fame and composed and produced by Howard Drossin. These dynamic battles ensure stylized encounters throughout the game that affect the overall tone of gameplay.
Slice and dismember opponents as Afro acrobatically leaps from one location to the next, interacting with anything and everything in the environment to help him on his journey. Buy on. Critic Reviews. Score distribution:. Positive: 17 out of Mixed: 48 out of Negative: 5 out of All this publication's reviews Read full review. Extreme Gamer. Xbox Achievements. Afro Samurai provides an entertaining and bloody orgy of death while it lasts, but camera issues, inconsistent checkpoints, and lackluster boss fights keep it from greatness.
Gaming Nexus. But overused if gorgeous set pieces, deep if piecemealed storylines, and epically multi-stage if angering boss fights taint the beautiful blaxploitation brilliance. Afro Samurai stays close to the anime. It has some big flaws, but despite that, the game is still standing. The soundtrack is superb and the slow motion action will keep you entertained. A simple hack n' slash-action title based upon a cool anime comic - a concept that could have led to an equally cool game.
Unfortunately the experience is marred after only an hour or so into the game when numerous bugs and other issues related to an overall lack of polish starts to surface. Along the way he battles and destroys her three henchmen Bin , Michael and Tomoe. Afro soon finds the newly revived Rokutaro is an ungodly, barbaric force and kicks Afro in the abdomen crushing his ribs; partnered with the unwillingness to fight his own Father the clone quickly crushes Afro's throat and is killed by his false father.
After Jinno and Rokutaro's clone fight and Jinno's life support makes contact with the blood spilled by Afro, restarting his Heart. Afro gets up and raises his sword and hears his Father telling him to kill his Clone.
Afro complies and tells the Clone that although he may look like his Father his real Father died a long time ago he then rushes forward and kills his Father's monstrous clone.
Afterwards Afro starts heading to Mt. After racing and defeating almost an endless barrage of Afro Droids he had reached the top and stabbed what he had thought to be Justice only to find out that he was dead a long time ago as he dissipates into dust, Afro is shocked and Ninja Ninja then states that he had become god.
Kotaro then arrives after Ninja Ninja leaves Afro alone, he then bows down prepared to meet his death when his body instinctively dodged Kotaro 's Attack and slicing his head off to which he screams in anger and pain. Outside waits Ninja Ninja and Takimoto asking him what his plans are as god to which he replies. Master Swordsman: Afro is a Highly skilled swordsman able to deflect crossbow bolts and shatter bullets as well as perform lethal sword attacks. Afro can use his subconscious mind to create completely new combat techniques in the middle of battle as taught by his Sword Master.
He was also able to effectively fight during an aerial battle with the Afro Droid. Enhanced Durability :Afro can also survived a dangerous events he also took a few punches from his father clone in the Resurrection before coming back to life and defeating him at the end. Enhanced Strength:He is fairly strong able to cleanly slice through thugs and warriors quickly and effortlessly or pierce a person's throat with his sword sheath.
He is also able to jump quite high and his speed and agility are his only skills that match his strength. He show enough strength to send a guy twice his size flying into a wall with a single punch he strong enough to cut hills in two.
Hand-to-Hand Combat: Afro normally fights with his sword in one hand but when facing stronger opponents or higher numbers he will use two hands for a stronger attack. Afro's only weapon is his sword, previously wielded by his father, Rokutaro. It's a long bladed sword with a square gray guard, and a red colored hilt and sheath.
It also has a string with a small cowrie shell at the end of it on the bottom of the sword. Afro Samurai Wiki Explore. Edit this sidebar! Top Content. Current events Community portal. Recent blog posts. Explore Wikis Community Central. The game is split into chapters each telling the story of a character involved with Afro, characters from his teen years or at least those chapters are explained as flashbacks which are fairly lengthy.
The Daimyo's story : Takes place in Afro's Teens and has Afro break into and ascend to the top of a palace where he seeks to kill the Daimyo believing him to be the Number Two.
The Daimyo sends various warriors to slow Afro down but Afro defeats them all he then has the stairway leading to him flooded with poisonous gas which Afro must run through while still being attacked by more warriors who jump out of the gas before Afro reaches the Top and the Daimyo reveals himself. Afro engages the Daimyo in combat while the Daimyo discusses sword techniques and criticzes Swordmaster's lack of respect for one of his own favourite techniques before being bested and killed by Afro but before he dies he reveals himself not to be the Number Two but his brother Sword Master is the Number Two.
School Invasion : Takes place at the Swordmaster's Dojo where After Afro and his fellow students graduate he asks his Master if he is the Number Two but the school is attacked and Afro must kill the invaders sound alarams and close the gates before saving the orphans with Jinno and fighting off the last of the attackers before he reaches his Swordmaster where Jinno arrives covered in blood holding Otsuru grief stricken about the Deaths of all the students before jumping off the cliff.
Sword Master's Story : Afro and his Swordmaster engage in a duel to the death where he tries to convince Afro still to give up Vengeance but Afro does not listen and after the duel he kills Swordmaster. Ninja Ninja appears just like in the anime and tells Afro to put on the Headband. Okiku's Story : Okiku's story takes place at her house wherein Afro follows her dispatching Cyber Ninja and destryoing a cyber ninja production facility and engages brother 6 in a battle before Okiku is killed and events continue like in the anime where Afro keeps Okikus Comb which is broken in Justices Story similarly to the Anime.
Doppleganger : Afro must do battle with his robotic copy which looks nothing like him and then after defeating his copy must proceed up Mt Shumi. Kuma's Story : Afro must battle the mysterious Bear man who continually asks the question of who he is and whilst fighting him Afro learns he is in fact Jinno before defeating him and continuing onwards, Afro must battle and kill Ninja Ninja to continue onwards and bear his emotions once more.
Justice's Story : Afro reaches the top of Mt Shumi and the Number One's throne room, only to discover that Justice is long dead, leaving only skeletal remains. Upon seeing his nemisis already dead, Afro collapses and kneels on the ground, at which point the Throne Room begins to morph into a hellish plane, with a very much alive Justice sitting on a twisted and bloody throne.
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