Heh, Lyte and I made a roadtrip to watch the live-action movie. It was also played in the NYC Asian Film Festival, proving it to be one of the greatest Asian films ever made. The movie sucked ass but if you turned off your brain and watched it as a comedy, it's gold. I can't wait for the DVD to come out.
Anyway, yeah, I'm a huge fan of the Oneechanbara series. Sure, it's mindless gaming, but it's fun mindless gaming. The combo trees are deep enough, and getting a perfect combo is damn hard. You run around, slashing shit, and leveling up your stats. Level design is nothing special, but it has been improving since the old PS2 games. I find the games fun enough, as long as you aren't expecting the second coming of action games or something. Just run through slashing shit while watching girls. The first few levels are pretty brainless, but as you progress it does get more challenging, and the higher difficulty levels are pretty damn tough. It'll probably be a budget release in the States like EDF was anyway.
Although, the press release is kind of misleading. Free mode is just going through the story levels again but you aren't restricted by which girl to use and there aren't any storyline events. Quest "mode" is an outright lie. It's just a list of achievements to do during the main game, if you complete them you unlock costume pieces for dress-up mode.
