Fate/Samurai Remnant
Fate/Samurai Remnant is a PlayStation 5 role-playing game developed by Koei Tecmo Games. It centers on combat encounters, story, case, or mission progress, and character progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.8 / 10
About this game
Fate/Samurai Remnant is a PlayStation 5 role-playing game centered on combat encounters, story, case, or mission progress, and character progression. Story beats, exploration, and progression resources support a longer campaign, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Characters, world building, environments, and music carry most of the atmosphere, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, loading, or language dependence can slow progress. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation 5AI review
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A character-led Holy Grail story with patient action design.
Fate/Samurai Remnant gives Iori and Saber a relationship worth following, even for readers unfamiliar with earlier Fate works. Their changing trust makes the Edo fantasy more than a sequence of large battles. Combat between Master and Servant roles develops useful complexity over time, although the opening takes a while to reveal it. Exploration and growth support the story; territory-style strategic segments occasionally interrupt rather than sharpen its momentum. Music and art direction provide a strong period-fantasy identity, while the dated PS5 review also notes visual roughness and frame-rate dips. This is most appealing to players willing to invest in character writing as well as action systems, and less suited to those seeking immediate, uninterrupted hack-and-slash combat.
Strengths
- A compelling central relationship.
- Combat roles and growth gain depth.
Weaknesses
- Overlong strategic interludes.
- Dated PS5 graphical and frame-rate roughness.
Who it is for: Story-oriented action-RPG players, including Fate newcomers.
Play notes: Original 2023 PS5 review, with no later DLC included.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Character growth sustains the adventure; strategic interludes can overstay. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Master and Servant roles build distinctive combat after a slow start. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Art direction and music carry personality beyond graphical polish. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Dated PS5 dips and roughness qualify the attractive art direction. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Koei Tecmo Games
- Publisher
- Koei Tecmo Games
- Release date
- Sep 29, 2023
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Third PersonTurn-based CombatWarLong-term ProgressionExplorationStory-drivenFantasyReal-time CombatSolo-friendlyLevel Progression3D GraphicsMain Story 20–50 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideSep 29, 2023
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