This game was absolutely awesome when it came out. In terms of being innovative in terms of realism, bushido blade destroys all.

Someone in this world was actually smart enough to realize that one strike to the vitals by a sharpened katana could kill you.

I remember playing the first one a lot.

I never got bored of killing everyone as they were doing the pre-fight bows. The hammer was my weapon of choice.

The only thing i didn't like was that you pretty much had to learn the code of bushido on your own. You wouldn't find out you did something wrong until about the fifth guy or so.

Yeah, this game was amazing.