I prefered the story mode in SW1, it was more challanging and each characters storyline had its unique feeling, and were not almost identical like they are in SW2. I liked the bodyguards in both games, i'm not sure but I think I prefer the ones in SW2. Also in SW1 you could make you're own officer which was exellent. They have seemed to make some character worse in SW2 such as nobunaga, kenshin and keiji. On the other side SW2 has a few amazing new characters such as kotaro, ginchiyio and toshie which are very good characters. Castle infiltration gameplay has also been removed.
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