Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time

 Xbox One
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Windows Central
    Aug 21, 2020
    70
    Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time is a hack and slash adventure with a few platforming elements. If you like taking on punishingly difficult hordes of enemies and proving your fighting prowess, you'll enjoy this game.
  2. GameSkinny
    Aug 21, 2020
    70
    Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time occasionally stumbles, but it often manages to be a strong showcase for the TV series.
  3. Video Chums
    Aug 28, 2020
    64
    Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time definitely doesn't offer anything particularly groundbreaking but it does feature satisfying old-school hack and slash fun that's hard not to enjoy. Throw in some RPG elements and you're left with a solid albeit lackluster experience.
  5. Finger Guns
    Aug 24, 2020
    60
    A perfectly serviceable game that would be more fitting on last generation’s consoles, the only real investment in this will only come from being a fan of the source material.
  6. GameSpew
    Aug 21, 2020
    60
    It’s just a shame that Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time‘s combat hasn’t been given a little more care and attention to ensure that it flows better. With there being so much of it, its clunky nature drags the game down a fair bit. Still, if you’re a huge Samurai Jack fan who wants to spend some more time with the character, it’s worth a play. But if you have experience with the likes of Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden, you will find its gameplay lacking.

Awards & Rankings

70
#70 Best Xbox One Game of 2020

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User Score
8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Xbox_Alive
    Aug 26, 2020
    7
    Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time : For those who weren’t tuning into Cartoon Network in the early 2000s, Samurai Jack is about the titularSamurai Jack: Battle Through Time : For those who weren’t tuning into Cartoon Network in the early 2000s, Samurai Jack is about the titular warrior fighting to return to the past and slay the evil wizard Aku. Battle Through Time cleverly posits that Aku had one more trick up his sleeve: he interrupts Jack’s trip back through time and forces the samurai to relive his most exciting battles. This retro action style is fitting for a TV show that emerged during the same period as a deluge of licensed products imitating gaming’s greatest hits. If we look into the game mechanics Weak and strong attacks can be weaved together for light combos, along with a dash (which evolves into a roll), a block mechanic (which can be altered to parry and counter) and a double-jump. There's also multiple options for you to change between melee and ranged weapons but I need to say that weapons really break easy Well to be honest the game giving me the vibes of the old action-RPG games era it's really fun to play yet it's nothing more than a side kick for your game library. It might be really fun with a cup of coffee than you'd probably forget about it .
    But It's absolutely fun and worth a look for your Xbox One.    … Full Review »
  2. Mister04
    Nov 17, 2021
    10
    Good game
  3. Enzo2TheGame
    Aug 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. This the worst hack n slash Samurai Jack game ever. I don’t understand why they need another Samurai Jack game? Why? Because it sucks and boring that none people who wants to buy this game,so you must know there is nothing special at ALL. Nothing any good and fantastic,it just a generic licensed game that nobody care about terrible game anyway! I believe one off those developers called Soleil games (a Japanese games) are small company that they made the previous worst game called Naruto to Shinobi Striker. After was release in 2018,Adult Swim Games wants to make a new game: Samurai Jack Battle Through Time just for a new story before the season 5 ends and they probably no choice because it is a cash grab game that nothing is going to escape. which that’s not true that Soleil Games didn’t know the show which are big fans of because they problem didn’t watch the popular cartoon show and they must know what are they talking about. Anyway I can say it’s fell like the developers have truly bad ideas to bring back Samurai Jack in to the video game because licensed video games based of TV cartoon show are considered one off the worst 1990’s and 2000’s games of all time, but they can be at least good or decent games like BFBB or Asterix and Obelix XXL or Jaws Unleashed. Don’t buy this game is very horrible,tedious,boring and piece of garbage that nothing going to get best-selling of all time if the show is end and the movie was really cancelled for a years ago. Please don’t buy this. I repeat: DON’T BUY THIS GAME is AWFUL.… Full Review »
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