Sharpen up those katanas and kunais and get ready to go to battle in feudal era Japan. The popular PlayStation 2 Capcom action-adventure game Sengoku Basara (a.k.a. Devil Kings in the US) that has enjoyed considerable success and spawned two sequels and a spin-off 2D fighting game comes to the PlayStation Portable.
Loosely based on Japanese history, the game takes place during the Sengoku period (mid 15th to early 17th century), when the country was in social and political upheaval.
This era of Japanese history can best be described as Japan's Warring States period.
During this time, feudal lords battled for control of all of Japan, and in this game players can take on the roles of famous lords.
Game play mechanics are very simple and work in a similar fashion to the Dynasty Warriors games.
The action takes place on small battlefields, but unlike Dynasty Warriors there are only a few enemies on screen at a given time compared to the hoards of cannon fodder that you often face in Dynasty Warriors. Each character has four attacks - two normal and two specials - that can be used to form multiple hit combo strings. Characters can jump and guard themselves from attacking bad guys.