Onimusha: Warlords

While die-hard Resident Evil fans will be turned off by the game's length, others will find it to be the survival-horror game for people who don't like survival-horror games.

Those who enjoyed the original release of Onimusha: Warlords way back when will enjoy their time with this remaster. Even if you're a newcomer to the series, fans of action RPGs will appreciate its design.

Despite its movie-like production values and incredible opening, Onimusha leaves its audience guessing at the end, and given that it's only 10 hours long (less if you gun through it quickly), it's almost disappointing. I certainly wanted more, but then I completed it in just two sittings. The problem is, once you know the ins and outs there isn't much replay value. It's true, hacking people to bits with swords doesn't grow old, and you can be quite creative with Onimusha, but really yo...

Almost 18 years since its first release, Onimusha: Warlords has been remastered for current generation consoles in a mostly surprising move by Capcom. Originally developed based on the concept of Resident Evil, but in a ninja setting, Onimusha: Warlords holds up very well. While I’ve never experienced the title in its original form, its graphics at the very least appear to be quite similar to its original release. Despite this, Onimusha: Warlords holds up competently as a fun, classic-feeling title.

Onimusha must be one of the most criminally underrated gaming franchises of all time. Capcom’s attempt at mixing the survival horror camera angles and difficulty from Resident Evil with hack and slash elements that would later on become more notable in games like Devil May Cry was bold back in 2001, and while it managed to sell relatively well and spawn a handful of sequels, we haven’t heard anything new from it for more than a decade.

Back in 2001, Capcom debuted a samurai themed action game that borrowed heavily from their Resident Evil franchise. It was a delightful change of pace that gamers loved and now; you can relive the magic with this new release of Onimusha: Warlords.

Whenever someone raises the question of which dormant game franchises need to be resurrected from the dead, it’s never too long before Capcom’s PlayStation 2-centric Onimusha series comes back as an answer. The tales of a Japan overrun by the supernatural failed to put in an appearance anywhere outside of the sixth generation of consoles, making it 13 years since we last heard word of any Genma soul consumption. That all changes though with the remaster of Onimusha: Warlords, a re-release of the franchise’s 2001 origin that brings with it improved visuals, updated controls, and new features. I...

A short but sweet gem of a game dusted off and polished by Capcom for a quick nostalgia trip. Visual and auditory upgrades make this the definitive version of Onimusha: Warlords, but nothing can hide the game’s aging design.

Still a great game after all these years. Featuring improved controls with almost none of the visual upgrades.

Capcom's old hack-and-slash series is starting to feel its age.

I definitely had fun with Onimusha: Warlords, despite many of its mechanics and visuals aging poorly since 2001. A lot of my enjoyment comes from revisiting an old favorite, but there's not enough new stuff here to recommend this to someone new to the series. The save system, terrible animations, and unskippable cutscenes just don't work in the modern era. It's a shame, because Onimusha is one of my favorite PS2 games, and just a few tweaks to some of the older systems would have helped enormously. The modern release is exactly how I remember it, and unfortunately in 2019, that's just not good...

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