Onimusha Review

Yoshimoto Imagawa, a powerful warlord of Suruga,leads an immense army from Suruga towards

Kyoto(in those days the capital of Japan).Yoshimoto's ambition is to unify Japan and crown

himself its sole king. On the march, the army halts on the plain of Okehazama in Owari to rest

for the night. This changes Yoshimoto's, and Japan's destiny forever.

A troop of only 2000 soldiers, led by Nobunaga Oda, a warlord of Owari, makes a surprise

attackon Yoshimoto's camp. In a desperate battle, Nobunaga's legions defeated the invaders

and slay Yoshimoto(This historical event's known as the battle of Okehazama). Jus as Nobu-

naga is exulting in his victory, an arrow from one of Yoshimoto's soldiers pierces his throat.

He falls to the ground in a death struggle. A young man watches this from a remote hill.

One year later, a strange incidents are occuring in Inabayama Castle in Mina prefecture.

Soldiers and workers are disappearing without a trace. Worried by this inexplicable events,

Princess Yuki sends a plea for help to Samanosuke. At once, he races to the castle. But he

arrives too late. Princess Yuki has been kidnapped! At the same time, enemy troops are attack-

ing the castle. Leading the army - risen from certain death and astride a fierce warhorse -

is Nobunaga! It's time for action! Samanosuke vows to rescue Yuki with the help of his part-

ner Kaede and defeat Nobunaga and his army of demon warriors.

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In this game, you are playing as Samanosuke - a young warrior - who has yet met his worthy

opponents and a female ninja named Kaede. In this story, he's to rescue his cousin with the help of beautiful female ninja named Kaede. The opening movie is superb. It really sets the standard of PS2 games and it's by far the most beautiful CGmovie ever produced for PS2 system.

The in-game graphics are well-done with about 10,000 polygons for the design of Samanosuke

himself, I think it's one of the most detailed character ever produced. The characters really

show the true emotions and reactions when they speak. And the ir gestures are natural and

fluid.Not to mention the magic effects which are undeniably stunning!Samanosuke 's appearance will change as he changes his armors. Sam e goes to changing his weapons. Even

his gaunlets are also different each time it transforms to stronger ones.

The gameplay is similar to Resident Evil series where your characters can run, turn 360 degrees. However, there are tons of improvement over Resident Evil ; your character can do

quick sidesteps to avoid enemy attacks. Blocks are also implemented to add the realism in melee combats. Critical attacks are the most satisfying method to kill your enemies- you'll

know that your attack's critical when you see a flash yellow light on the screen. You can

only execute critical attacks against normal enemies. Kaede's critical attack is one of my

favourite- she will jump over the enemy and she will slash the enemy's throat/ stab in some

enemies with her short blade. Samanosuke can have projectile weapons such as bows which is

very efficient against pestky enemies' archers. Kaede has her trusted kunai which is slightly

Along the course of the game, you will switch characters between Samanosuke and Kaede.

On the overall, you will control roughly 80% of the whole game and Kaede, 20%. Many of the

traps are challenging but the designer make it in such a way that average players would be

able to solve most of them especially the ones that contain key items to proceed.

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	ONIMUSHA WARLORDS: REVIEWS Release Date: 14 March 2001 Genre: Action/Puzzle Solving STORY Yoshimoto Imagawa, a powerful warlord of Suruga,leads an immense army from Suruga towards Kyoto(in those days the capital of Japan).Yoshimoto's ambition is to unify Japan and crown himself its sole king. On the march, the army halts on the plain of Okehazama in Owari to rest for the night. This changes Yoshimoto's, and Japan's destiny forever. A troop of only 2000 soldiers, led by Nobunaga Oda, a warlord of Owari, makes a surprise attackon Yoshimoto's camp. In a desperate battle, Nobunaga's legions defeated the invaders and slay Yoshimoto(This historical event's known as the battle of Okehazama). Jus as Nobu- naga is exulting in his victory, an arrow from one of Yoshimoto's soldiers pierces his throat. He falls to the ground in a death struggle. A young man watches this from a remote hill. His name is marked by destiny... One year later, a strange incidents are occuring in Inabayama Castle in Mina prefecture. Soldiers and workers are disappearing without a trace. Worried by this inexplicable events, Princess Yuki sends a plea for help to Samanosuke. At once, he races to the castle. But he arrives too late. Princess Yuki has been kidnapped! At the same time, enemy troops are attack- ing the castle. Leading the army - risen from certain death and astride a fierce warhorse - is Nobunaga! It's time for action! Samanosuke vows to rescue Yuki with the help of his part- ner Kaede and defeat Nobunaga and his army of demon warriors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In-Game Review: In this game, you are playing as Samanosuke - a young warrior - who has yet met his worthy opponents and a female ninja named Kaede. In this story, he's to rescue his cousin with the help of beautiful female ninja named Kaede. The opening movie is superb. It really sets the standard of PS2 games and it's by far the most beautiful CGmovie ever produced for PS2 system. The in-game graphics are well-done with about 10,000 polygons for the design of Samanosuke himself, I think it's one of the most detailed character ever produced. The characters really show the true emotions and reactions when they speak. And the ir gestures are natural and fluid.Not to mention the magic effects which are undeniably stunning!Samanosuke 's appearance will change as he changes his armors. Sam e goes to changing his weapons. Even his gaunlets are also different each time it transforms to stronger ones. The gameplay is similar to Resident Evil series where your characters can run, turn 360 degrees. However, there are tons of improvement over Resident Evil ; your character can do quick sidesteps to avoid enemy attacks. Blocks are also implemented to add the realism in melee combats. Critical attacks are the most satisfying method to kill your enemies- you'll know that your attack's critical when you see a flash yellow light on the screen. You can only execute critical attacks against normal enemies. Kaede's critical attack is one of my favourite- she will jump over the enemy and she will slash the enemy's throat/ stab in some enemies with her short blade. Samanosuke can have projectile weapons such as bows which is very efficient against pestky enemies' archers. Kaede has her trusted kunai which is slightly weaker than Samanosuke's bow. Along the course of the game, you will switch characters between Samanosuke and Kaede. On the overall, you will control roughly 80% of the whole game and Kaede, 20%. Many of the traps are challenging but the designer make it in such a way that average players would be able to solve most of them especially the ones that contain key items to proceed. On the whole, I give this game a solid 9.3 score . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCREENSHOTS