Samurai Warriors sold a million copies within a month in Japan and reached the Japanese platinum chart with a total of 1.06 million. It was awarded an award of excellence in CESA's 2004 Game Awards and a 34 out of 40 rating from Famitsu. The game was met with mixed reviews from Western critics. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 73% and 73 out of 100 for the PS2 version, and 71% and 71 out of 100 for the Xbox version. Most reviewers criticized the game's visual and technical similarities to the Dynasty Warriors series as the cause. What earned the most praise was the RPG element added into the game as it deviates from its spiritual predecessor by adding a higher replay value for gamers. The Create a Character mode was received with mixed results. Gameplanet commented that it is "well implemented", allowing players to accurately play a character made for them while GameSpot regarded the option as "a nice touch" but "rather tiresome" in the end. The innovations made were still met with criticism for the genre as a whole, with Eurogamer stating, "we’re seriously on the verge of being all warriored out." Xtreme Legends Xtreme Legends was met with average reception; GameRankings gave it a score of 72%, while Metacritic gave it 72 out of 100. State of War State of War was met with mixed reception, as GameRankings gave it a score of 65%, while Metacritic gave it 64 out of 100. Legacy The game's success led to numerous sequels released under the Samurai Warriors title. The series has sold 7.7 million units worldwide as of January 22, 2021. References External links The Official Samurai Warriors Home Page Samurai Warriors at Neoseeker Samurai Warriors XL at Koei Samurai Warriors: KATANA (Europe) Geki Sengoku Musou at Gamecity Sengoku Musou KATANA at Gamecity Sengoku Musou Anime 2004 video games Samurai Warriors Koei games Electronic Arts games Koei Tecmo franchises PlayStation 2 games Xbox games PlayStation Portable games Crowd-combat fighting games Split-screen multiplayer games Video games developed in Japan Video games set in feudal Japan Video games about samurai Sengoku video games Cultural depictions of Oda Nobunaga Cultural depictions of Hattori Hanzō Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu Multiplayer and single-player video games