Samurai Warriors 2

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Samurai Warriors 2

Developers
	Omega Force
Publishers
	Koei Tecmo
Release dates
Windows	June 27, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	43
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Hack and slash
Themes	Japan
Series	Samurai Warriors, Warriors

Samurai Warriors
Subseries of Warriors
Samurai Warriors 2	2008
Samurai Warriors 4-II	2015
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada	2017
Samurai Warriors 5	2021

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Samurai Warriors 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person hack and slash game in the Samurai Warriors and Warriors series.

It is a port of the Xbox version despite releasing 2 years after the HD Xbox 360 version.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 4 DRM

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

The Japanese demo is available here.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 (Japanese and Traditional Chinese version, EU version) improves the frame-skipping feature.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\KOEI\SAMURAI WARRIORS 2\
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\KOEI\SAMURAI WARRIORS 2\Savedata\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\KOEI\SAMURAI WARRIORS 2\Savedata\

Video

Graphics settings.

Advanced graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x960 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Labeled as Texture filter in-game. High, Medium, Low settings available.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		On/Off toggle. Disables Dynamic shadows and Dynamic lighting.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Capped at 60 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse support.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		Only generic DirecInput controllers are supported.
Button prompts		Keyboard button prompts even when using a controller.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		BGM, Effects, Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Japanese				Not available in Western releases.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM	128 MB of VRAM