This title includes various eras from this period, including the younger years of Nobunaga, when he was known as “Owari’s Great Fool,” and the period of turmoil and upheaval leading to the Honnō-ji Incident.Īll of the game’s character designs have been completely redesigned and re-imagined to help fit the storyline’s Sengoku time period. Samurai Warriors 5 takes place after the end of the Ōnin War, during the Sengoku period, and tells the story of two of the most preeminent military commanders of this period – Nobunaga Oda and Mitsuhide Akechi.
Here is how Koei Tecmo describes the game:
