<s>
is	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
of	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Koei	O
's	O
Omega	O
Force	O
team	O
based	O
closely	O
around	O
the	O
Sengoku	O
(	O
"	O
Warring	O
States	O
"	O
)	O
period	O
of	O
Japanese	O
history	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
sister	O
series	O
of	O
the	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
series	O
,	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
this	O
game	O
called	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
:	O
State	O
of	O
War	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
includes	O
additional	O
multiplayer	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
360	O
,	O
then	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
officer	O
in	O
battle	O
and	O
must	O
fend	O
off	O
hordes	O
of	O
enemy	O
soldiers	O
and	O
defeat	O
the	O
enemy	O
commander	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
contains	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
changes	O
to	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
 '	O
combat	O
system	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
perform	O
free-style	O
combo	O
attacks	O
during	O
Musou	O
attack	O
mode	O
,	O
during	O
which	O
the	O
game	O
enters	O
bullet-time	O
;	O
common	O
soldiers	O
move	O
very	O
slowly	O
,	O
however	O
officers	O
are	O
unaffected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
introduces	O
an	O
in-battle	O
mission	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
gives	O
players	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
characters	O
via	O
the	O
officer	O
training	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
:	O
Hideyoshi	O
Hashiba	O
and	O
Yoshimoto	O
Imagawa	O
were	O
unique	O
NPCs	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
made	O
playable	O
in	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
:	O
Xtreme	O
Legends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lu	O
Bu	O
of	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
fame	O
,	O
also	O
appears	O
as	O
an	O
unplayable	O
boss	O
of	O
Survival	O
Mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
traditional	O
Chinese	O
music	O
and	O
rock	O
collaborations	O
in	O
the	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
combines	O
traditional	O
Japanese	O
instrumentals	O
with	O
techno	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sounds	O
of	O
both	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
and	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
are	O
combined	O
in	O
their	O
crossover	O
game	O
,	O
Warriors	B-Application
Orochi	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
:	O
Xtreme	O
Legends	O
(	O
or	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
XL	O
for	O
short	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
expansion	O
disc	O
for	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
like	O
the	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
these	O
expansions	O
is	O
solely	O
to	O
add	O
more	O
content	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
:	O
Xtreme	O
Legends	O
extended	O
this	O
further	O
,	O
by	O
adding	O
even	O
more	O
powerful	O
sixth	O
weapons	O
to	O
earn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exclusive	O
to	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
:	O
Xtreme	O
Legends	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
special	O
tasks	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
earn	O
Bonus	O
Points	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
purchase	O
special	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
called	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
:	O
State	O
of	O
War	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2005	O
and	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
2006	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
slot	O
machine	O
based	O
game	O
featuring	O
Yukimura	O
Sanada	O
,	O
Hanzo	O
Hattori	O
and	O
Keiji	O
Maeda	O
as	O
playable	O
characters	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
stories	O
using	O
character	O
models	O
from	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
characters	O
who	O
make	O
non-playable	O
appearances	O
are	O
Kunoichi	B-Application
,	O
Shingen	O
Takeda	O
,	O
Okuni	O
and	O
Goemon	O
Ishikawa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PS2	B-Device
release	O
of	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
sold	O
a	O
million	O
copies	O
within	O
a	O
month	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
reached	O
the	O
Japanese	O
platinum	O
chart	O
with	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
1.06	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameRankings	O
and	O
Metacritic	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
73%	O
and	O
73	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
,	O
and	O
71%	O
and	O
71	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
reviewers	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
visual	O
and	O
technical	O
similarities	O
to	O
the	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
series	O
as	O
the	O
cause	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
success	O
led	O
to	O
numerous	O
sequels	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
title	O
.	O
</s>
