Fate/Samurai Remnant is looking to be amazing and we know who Saber is

 

Lots of exploring, monster fighting and food to be eating.  

By Ethan Gurr

Koei Techmo has released three short but interesting gameplay videos for the upcoming
Fate/Samurai Remnant giving us a better look at how the games combat functions. For the
unaware the main character Iori Miyamoto and his servant saber. Swapping between Sabers
powerful elemental attacks to open up enemies for Iori’s devastating combos and combined
super attacks

The emphasis on crowd control against larger enemy groups has drawn a lot of comparisons to
the Warriors series of games what with the large sweeping attacks that can hit whole groups at
once, but with the presence of larger mini boss-esque opponents the player will be forced to
dodge and counter attack using Saber and Iori’s various strengths to take them down.

The third and most recent video focuses on exploration around the Edo era, showcasing how
you can explore landmarks, enjoy meals and spend time with Saber, we know for other
prerelease material the bond you have with saber will be important as well as you explore
multiple cities.

Everything shown so far has been met with positive reactions from all corners of the fate
fandom, with fans from reddit and twitter all commenting how smooth fights look, wondering how
the recutable rouge servants will play into everything, and enjoying Sabers cute reactions to
things.

 

 Iori and Saber take a moment to pet a cute dog. Something other interviews have confirmed

 also heal the player

While many future players have been discussing the upcoming game with a lot of excitement there has been an equal amount of speculation about the identity of one of our main duo, Saber and thanks to a manga short released in a Japanese Typemoon magazine at the end of July there's enough evidence to make an informed guess as to who they are, this evidence being a single panel. 

The panel in question is of Saber releasing their Noble phantasm; a powerful object or technique related to who a servant was in life normally they are kept secret because if someone knows their world myth and history it can make guessing a servants real identity much easier. And proving this is the fact many fate fans across the internet saw this and instantly set to work identifying the sword. Eventually landing on the Kusanagi-no-tsurugi (pictured on the right) to be the most likely match, which would make Saber one of the blades two most prominent users ether the Japanese god Susano or the far more likely Prince Yamato Takeru from Japanese myth and history. Regardless of who Saber is eventually revealed to be, it is evident they are a welcome addition to this franchise. 

Fate/Samurai Remnant launches on  Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows in a little over a month on September 29th.