Samurai Warriors 2

Samurai Warriors 2

Developers
	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

Samurai Warriors
Subseries of Warriors
Samurai Warriors 2	2008
Samurai Warriors 4-II	2015
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada	2017
Samurai Warriors 5	2021
Samurai Warriors 4 DX	2024

Warnings

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

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 on June 26, 2008 followed by North America and Europe on the next day and in Japan on July 11, 2008.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 4 DRM

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

Demo/free trial

Playable Demo

Available in English and Japanese.

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		4:3 resolution only, available option depend on how large the monitor you have.
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)		Only available in full screen mode. When enabled, Dynamic Shadows and Dynamic Lighting will automatically disabled and turned off.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		High refresh rate may caused game speed issue.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is tied to game speed, more than 60 FPS will caused game speed increased.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Controls settings.

Remapping settings.

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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Use XInput Plus.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller support

Use XInput Plus

Use XInput Plus for XInput controller support. Run XInput Plus, click Select on Target Program and select SW2.exe. Go to the DirectInput tab and tick the Enable DirectInput Output. Click the drop-down button beside GUIDE and select Button 13. Click Customize then do the following: Left Trigger: Button7 Right Trigger: Button8 A: Button3 B: Button4 X: Button1 Y: Button2 LB: Button5 RB: Button6 BACK: Button11 START: Button12 Click on Apply button, confirm everything and close XInput Plus. New files will appear in the game folder. Run the game and B will be the Confirm Button and A will be the Cancel Button. OPTIONAL: Click Setting tab then go to Others tab and disable the Enable Init Beep to turn off the beep sound when launching the game. This preset is the equivalent to the default PS2 controls.

Audio

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				All Europe version releases use English voices.
Traditional Chinese				Only available in Taiwan retail release.
French				Only available in France retail release.
Italian				Only available in Italy retail release.
Japanese				All Asian version releases use Japanese voices, only available in Japan retail release.
Russian				Only available in Russia retail release.
Spanish				Only available in Spain retail release.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Windows Media Video

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
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon x1600 640 x 480 with 16-bit color resolution 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible		Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 3850 1024 x 768 with 24-bit color resolution 128 MB of VRAM