Afro Samurai
(NAMCO BANDAI)
XBOX 360, PS3
Rating: 
When this was a star-studded manga series on Spike TV, it delivered a protagonist with a take-no-shit attitude (and the voice of Samuel L. Jackson) and a block-rocking sound-track, courtesy of Wu-Tang’s RZA.
Rocks:
As seen in games Killer 7 and Prince of Persia, when developers experiment with nontraditional art styles, the results can be spectacular. The game captures the spirit of the show and features a ruthless hero, who can slice enemies in half with ease and tear out throats with a nasty finishing move.
Flops:
The hack-and-slash genre is starting to wear a little thin. Game makers should know that, no matter how strategic they try to make things, button mashing is getting old.
