[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"similar-games-onechanbara-origin":3,"game-onechanbara-origin":5},{"similarGames":4},[],{"game":6,"hasUserReviewed":23},{"id":7,"name":8,"summary":9,"cover_image":10,"header_image":11,"trailer_url":12,"release_date":13,"avg_score":14,"igdb_id":15,"slug":16,"steam_app_id":17,"companies":18,"genres":30,"platforms":32,"reviews":35,"coverImage":10,"headerImage":11,"trailerUrl":12,"releaseDate":13,"criticReviewCount":73,"userReviewCount":179,"previewCount":179,"publishers":180,"developers":181,"userReviews":182,"hasUserReviewed":23,"steamAppId":17},32401,"Onechanbara Origin","Onee Chanbara Origin is the newest addition to the \"Onechanbara\" hack and slash series as its known as in the west. The series is known for some mistranslations from its original Japanese language to western language. The title of the series is portmanteau of the words \"onee-chan\" which means \"big sister\" and \"chanbara\" which means \"sword fighting\" which the story follows the eldest sister Aya from the start of the series accompanied by her younger sister Saki as they attempt to bring back their mother Tsubaki but learn their Baneful Blood clan heritage and the truth behind it. Onee Chanbara Origin is prequel to the events of Bikini Samurai Squad long before the events of Z2: Chaos story long and the ZPF was formed.\n\nOnee Chanbara Origin is a remake of the story from the first two games in the series which were never published to the western audience within a new engine and new art style to accompany multiple returning features from the previous games redone and tailored to the games improved experience on the series formula.\n\nReturning features to the series is:\nWeapon degradation in which they become covered in blood and start losing their effectiveness until wiped clean.\nBlood Lust\u002FBlood Frenzy makes a return with some slight changes that improve character damage and speed when activated but also comes with a draw back that can punish players by lowering their defensive capabilities by increasing how much damage they will take if hit.\nBerserk mechanic which takes the effects of Blood-Lust even further but also bring one more draw back being that your life force drains at a constant rate and can be replenished by dealing damage and spilling the blood of enemies in combat during this enhanced transformation.\nParry mechanic has received some changes since the previous games and becomes far more useful with being able to nullify an incoming attack and potentially stun the target allowing for quick counter attacks if timed well, parrying to soon or to late will result in being put into a recovery state where you become vulnerable for a brief time.\nDodge\u002FRun mechanic has been improved to recover energy when dodging attacks to allow faster charge up of your Special\u002FSignature attack, Running speeds up your movement while allowing you to re-engage enemies with gap closing attacks that blend into your combo chains this also works with dodging attacks to extend combos or modify attacks.\nInfinite Mode makes a return from Bikini Samurai Squad where you can level up and test your skills in increasingly difficult fights as you climb the supposed endless number of floors.\nRe-recorded signature OST tracks as well as brand new tracks just for this release to really put the emphasis on the action for the series.\nFamiliar control scheme that has been very much the staple of the series but with vast improvements with responsiveness and tighter control over movement and combat while keeping this fast and fluid.","32401\u002Fco4kkc_webp","32401\u002Fsc8pds_webp","https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FrExzS104lA0","2019-12-05",61.1,139921,"onechanbara-origin",null,[19,24,27],{"company":20,"developed":22,"published":23},{"name":21},"Tamsoft",true,false,{"company":25,"developed":23,"published":22},{"name":26},"D3Publisher",{"company":28,"developed":23,"published":22},{"name":29},"Clouded Leopard Entertainment Inc.",[31],"Hack and slash\u002FBeat 'em up",[33,34],"PC (Microsoft Windows)","PlayStation 4",[36,52,67,81,94,108,123,137,151,165],{"id":37,"author":38,"outlet":41,"summary":47,"review_url":48,"review_date":49,"original_score":50,"normalized_score":51},708,{"id":39,"name":40},55,"Cody Peterson",{"id":42,"logo":43,"name":44,"website_url":45,"score_format":46},1,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTechRaptor%20Logo.png","TechRaptor","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","10","Onee Chanbara Origin isn't a great game, but it has much more fun combat and smoother visuals than previous entries in the series.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net\u002Fgaming\u002Freviews\u002Fonee-chanbara-origin-review","2020-10-14","6.5",65,{"id":53,"author":54,"outlet":57,"summary":62,"review_url":63,"review_date":64,"original_score":65,"normalized_score":66},62949,{"id":55,"name":56},3920,"Richard Seagrave",{"id":58,"logo":59,"name":60,"website_url":61,"score_format":46},27,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSpew-Logo.jpg","GameSpew","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com","Onee Chanbara Origin is what it is: a remake of a couple of simple and repetitive action games that largely rely on titillation and buckets of gore to keep players’ eyes glued to the screen. Dig beneath its shallow exterior, however, and you’ll find a combat system that’s surprisingly rewarding when the camera isn’t working against you. It’s just a shame that there’s not much content to it. It’s hard to recommend Onee Chanbara Origin at its full price unless you’re really keen to hack and slash zombies as a bikini-clad badass. When that price drops a little, though, it’s worth jumping on if action games are your thing.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com\u002F2021\u002F01\u002Fonee-chanbara-origin-review\u002F","2021-01-11","6\u002F10",60,{"id":68,"author":69,"outlet":72,"summary":77,"review_url":78,"review_date":79,"original_score":80,"normalized_score":66},66922,{"id":70,"name":71},1387,"Chris Moyse",{"id":73,"logo":74,"name":75,"website_url":76,"score_format":46},10,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FDestructoid-Logo.png","Destructoid","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com","Onee Chanbara Origin remains a cathartic, bloodthirsty, and goofy bit of chaos, whose aesthetic charms have been boosted thanks to Tamsoft’s excellent audio\u002Fvisual upgrade. Unfortunately, the passage of time has somewhat dulled Origin’s gameplay, which has been far superseded by other franchises. Offering a short campaign, above-average action, and a slim package, Onee Chanbara Origin is for franchise fans only – and not at its $60 asking price.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com\u002Freviews\u002Freview-onee-chanbara-origin\u002F","2020-11-02","\n\t\t\t6\t\t",{"id":82,"author":83,"outlet":86,"summary":91,"review_url":92,"review_date":49,"original_score":93,"normalized_score":87},76065,{"id":84,"name":85},5786,"Donovan Erskine",{"id":87,"logo":88,"name":89,"website_url":90,"score_format":46},70,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FShackNews-Logo.jpg","ShackNews","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002F","Onee Chanbara Origin is a serviceable remake of a couple classic PS2 titles. Developer Tamsoft does a great job giving the games a visual makeover and a much more modern feel. Combat is solid, though a bit basic at times. The experience is also bogged down at times by some performance problems. That aside, Onee Chanbara is a worthwhile remake of a fun and unique story.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002Farticle\u002F120898\u002Fonee-chanbara-origin-review-back-for-blood","7\u002F10",{"id":95,"author":96,"outlet":99,"summary":104,"review_url":105,"review_date":106,"original_score":107,"normalized_score":66},79513,{"id":97,"name":98},4923,"Eva Herinkova",{"id":100,"logo":101,"name":102,"website_url":103,"score_format":46},38,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FBut-Why-Tho-Logo.jpg","But Why Tho","https:\u002F\u002Fbutwhytho.net\u002F","while I had a fun time mowing down the Undead, I wouldn’t really say Onee Chanbara Origin is a great game. The characters are shallow, obviously designed to be something nice to look at, which doesn’t sit well in a modern context. The story doesn’t make much sense and the small bits of lore the writers tried to toss in doesn’t make an impact on the actual gameplay experience. Onee Chanbara Origin remains stuck in the early 2000s, unable to make the transition to modern audiences with higher expectations.","https:\u002F\u002Fbutwhythopodcast.com\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F26\u002Freview-onee-chanbara-origin-remains-stuck-in-the-early-2000s\u002F","2020-10-26","60",{"id":109,"author":110,"outlet":113,"summary":118,"review_url":119,"review_date":120,"original_score":121,"normalized_score":122},98760,{"id":111,"name":112},8921,"A.J. Maciejewski",{"id":114,"logo":115,"name":116,"website_url":117,"score_format":46},137,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVideo-Chums.jpg","Video Chums","https:\u002F\u002Fvideochums.com\u002F","Tamsoft's quirky zombie-filled action franchise is back with a remake of the first 2 games so get ready to revisit Onechanbara's origins.","https:\u002F\u002Fvideochums.com\u002Freview\u002Fonee-chanbara-origin","2020-10-25","7.1",71,{"id":124,"author":125,"outlet":128,"summary":133,"review_url":134,"review_date":49,"original_score":135,"normalized_score":136},97772,{"id":126,"name":127},223,"Andrew Farrell",{"id":129,"logo":130,"name":131,"website_url":132,"score_format":46},136,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPCInvasion.jpg","PC Invasion","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcinvasion.com\u002F","While the gameplay itself is competent, this is a short, shallow game with very little enemy variety, poor level design, and some egregious price-gouging.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcinvasion.com\u002Fonee-chanbara-origin-review\u002F","4.5",45,{"id":138,"author":139,"outlet":142,"summary":147,"review_url":148,"review_date":149,"original_score":150,"normalized_score":87},101401,{"id":140,"name":141},8956,"Leo Faria",{"id":143,"logo":144,"name":145,"website_url":146,"score_format":46},138,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FWayTooManyGames.png","WayTooManyGames","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F","The Onee Chanbara franchise is a long-running series of hack n’ slash games developed by Tamsoft and published by D3. They started way back in the PS2 era as part of a series of Japanese-exclusive budget titles called Simple 2000. It’s as simple and shallow as a game can be, being all about murdering countless amounts of zombies while controlling a bikini-clad samurai chick wearing a cowboy hat. This franchise spawned tons of sequels, but it had little support here in the West… until no...","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F23\u002Freview-onee-chanbara-origin\u002F","2020-10-23","7.0",{"id":152,"author":153,"outlet":156,"summary":161,"review_url":162,"review_date":49,"original_score":163,"normalized_score":164},135770,{"id":154,"name":155},11149,"Eliot Lefebvre",{"id":157,"logo":158,"name":159,"website_url":160,"score_format":46},148,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgamerescape-logo.jpg","Gamer Escape","https:\u002F\u002Fgamerescape.com\u002F","I want to like this game. I repeatedly come close to liking this game. And I’m probably rating it highly given the technical issues. But those technical issues mean that for any and all of its virtues, the game ultimately fails that basic test of “is this fully playable.” If the issues are fixed in a launch patch, toss on another point to the score.","https:\u002F\u002Fgamerescape.com\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F14\u002Freview-onee-chanbara-origin\u002F","5\u002F10",50,{"id":166,"author":167,"outlet":170,"summary":176,"review_url":177,"review_date":149,"original_score":178,"normalized_score":66},155222,{"id":168,"name":169},12921,"Spencer Legacy",{"id":171,"logo":172,"name":173,"website_url":174,"score_format":175},153,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fmonstervine-logo.png","MonsterVine","https:\u002F\u002Fmonstervine.com\u002F","5","I like the new visual style for Origin, and the blood effects are suitably over-the-top. The voice acting is fittingly hammy, jumping between melodramatic shouting and overly serious delivery of silly lines. Further adding to the B-movie charm is the very inconsistent lip-syncing. Characters cut each other off to the point where I could almost confuse Origin with Sonic Adventure 2. On the other hand, sometimes lines were too short and led to five seconds of silent lip-flapping after a line was done.","https:\u002F\u002Fmonstervine.com\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fonee-chanbara-origin-review-busty-boredom\u002F","3",0,[26,29],[21],[]]