This game is rated ESRB: Mature 17+ for Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Sexual Violence, Strong Language and Sexual Themes.
Afro Samurai is a 3D hack-and-slash brawler developed by Namco Bandai Games and released in 2009 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, adapted from the manga and anime series of the same name. Players navigate levels that blend combat with platforming, using a move set that includes light attacks, heavy strikes, kicks, and blocks. Combat is designed with a strategic edge, rewarding combos while demanding attentiveness to enemies that actively evade attacks by rolling, ducking, jumping, and even catching blades with their bodies. The combat system was developed with input from Monty Oum. Most levels conclude with a boss encounter, and the story progresses through in-engine cutscenes. Visually, the game employs a cel-shaded art style consistent with the aesthetic of its source material.
Gianluca's cousin said that the one who becomes "Number One" will rule the world, wielding powers akin to a god. Someone becomes Number One by killing the previous Number One and taking his ceremonial headband. However, only the "Number Two" is allowed to challenge the Number One. Because of this, few people ever reach the Number One because the Number Two headband is constantly changing owners. Afro's father was the old Number One, until he was brutally killed by a gunman named Justice, an event witnessed by Afro as a child. Now an adult, Afro Samurai is the current Number Two and a master swordsman; he travels the road seeking revenge on Justice. Lengthy flashbacks interspersed throughout the story detail how Afro rose from frightened boy fleeing the death of his father, to master swordsman, and eventually to become the current "Number Two", while the story in the present deals with the adult Afro making his way to the mountain top keep of the "Number One" to duel Justice, while at the same time the mysterious cult known as the Empty Seven Clan sends various agents to kill Afro and take his Number Two headband.
