Sengoku Basara

Sengoku Basara is a crowd fighting game with a playful take on Japan Warring State period and basically runs on the rule of cool (case in point: It has gundam and machine gun) I like its playfulness and for a fighting game, the character are surprisingly complicated and interesting. The strong theme of loyalty is also what attracts me here. My current favourite relationships are Date Masamune/ Katakura Kojuro and Ishida Mitsunari/Ōtani Yoshitsugu.

In Sengoku Basara, Date Masamune is energetic, ambitious and confident young ruler of the Date Clan. However, he also has a quiet and thoughtful side outside the battleground and heed the counsel of his serious retainer Katakura Kojuro, who's a quiet, reliable and intelligent strategist. Date Masamune trusts Katakura Kojuro enough that Katakura Kojuro is called the Dragon's Right Eye. (Date Masamune lost his right eye when young due to disease and thus despised by his mother.) They have a great rapport with each other and there's a lot of hurt/comfort fodder between them. Katakura Kojuro vows to never let Date Masamune regret anything and only he can stop Date Masamune in a fury.
Further Reference:
Historical personality:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_Masamune
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakura_Koj%C5%ABr%C5%8D
Sengoku Basara 3
Sengoku BASARA 3 All Date Masamune Cutscenes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBeb5MN7PUE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGIhKYtJCv0


Ishida Mitsunari appears in Sengoku Basara 3 and is a determined avenger of his lord. He 's tragic in a sense that he's so driven by his revenge that he has nothing other than that. Ōtani Yoshitsugu is his friend and often takes command of the West Army for him. He's dying of leprosy, which causes him to be shunned and rejected by the others, and leads him to say that he wishes misery upon everyone (including himself) equally. However, Ōtani Yoshitsugu cares about Ishida Mitsunari deeply and protects him. There's a historical incident that at a tea party, after Ōtani Yoshitsugu drinks from a cup of tea, no other people drinks from it as customary except Ishida Mitsunari. Ōtani Yoshitsugu is touched. It's said to be one of the reasons he joined Ishida Mitsunari's cause.
Further Reference:
Historical personality:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ctani_Yoshitsugu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishida_Mitsunari
Sengoku Basara 3
Ishida Mitsunari (English cut scenes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTEvgd9plc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTEvgd9plc0
Otani Yoshitsugu (English cut scenes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FGJvkFJAnU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijcOeo8SN4Y
Personal Blue Route (Japanese and Chinese dubbed)
http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_5071144.html