Way of the Samurai 4 has stealthily made its way to release in the United States today, featuring a game mechanic heavily inspired by Dark Souls and Demon's Souls—the ability for players to invade the other player worlds as rival samurai.
The game's Localization Director Tetsushi Saito explained the mechanic to Siliconera, “The game is characterized by character customization, but there wasn’t a place to display that personality. That said, it was difficult to make the game completely online-capable.”
“The originality of the asynchronous online system used by Demon Soul’s led us into discussions about creating a simplified version in the form of the wandering samurai feature. It was a technological possibility, and it was the right decision to add it to the game. However, it was difficult because it was a feature we added at the end of development”, Saito said.
Way of the Samurai 4 is exclusive to the PlayStation 3.
