Samurai Warriors 2
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| Developers | |
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| Omega Force | |
| Publishers | |
| Koei Tecmo | |
| Russian version | Noviy Disk |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 26, 2008 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 43 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Hack and slash |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Japan |
| Series | Samurai Warriors, Warriors |
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| Samurai Warriors | |
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| 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 was first released in Taiwan[Note 1] on Jun 26, 2008 followed by North America and Europe on the next day and in Japan on July 11, 2008.
It is a port of the PlayStation 2 version despite releasing 2 years after the HD Xbox 360 version.
Availability
Demo/free trial
Playable Demo
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\<Localized Samurai Warriors 2>\inputmap*.dat |
- General settings are stored in save data while keyboard input settings are stored in the above path.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KOEI\<Localized Samurai Warriors 2>\Savedata\save.dat |
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
Controls settings.
Remapping settings.
| 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 |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Generic/other controllers | Only generic DirectInput 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 | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | 2 | |||
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
| Asynchronous multiplayer | ||||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 | |
| Shader Model support | 3 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Windows Media Video |
System requirements
| Windows[3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) | 640 x 480 with 16-bit color resolution Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon x1600 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 1024 x 768 with 24-bit color resolution Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 3850 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ 戦国無双2 WINDOWS版 動作環境 - last accessed on 2021-07-14