There are actually two ranged weapons and five melee, but several of them are variations on a theme. There are some ranged weapons that add a little extra variety, giving you, effectively, a total of four different fighting styles. Either hitting an enemy as it attacks you, as it spawns, or after a perfect block.ĭon’t get me wrong though, that doesn’t mean combat is boring, far from it. But the most advanced gameplay features are a simple, though rewarding, counter system primarily based on timing. Magic attacks add a little more variety, and being able to stab a downed enemy for a quick kill keep it from going stale, as do the different weapons. There are a few more bits and pieces but that’s pretty much the crux of it. You use magic imbued melee weapons to hack at demons until they fall over and die. Given its age, Onimusha is a fairly simple game. Given that it uses a fixed camera system, analogue runs into the age old problem of your player character Samanosuke doing an ADD dance, the moment you shift direction, when you move from one screen to the next. Having spent some time with it both using the mouse and (mostly) keyboard for the tank controls, it just works. The only other options to speak of is that you can use a controller with analogue movement. With no graphical options to speak of, beyond the ability to play in native 16:9. Now, let’s get this out of the way right out of the gate this is a port through and through. Especially with its crisp, upscaled visuals in this remaster. And yeah, it holds up just as well today. I don’t even remember what the other one was, so that, right there, should tell you something.
Originally released right at the beginning of the PlayStation 2’s life cycle, fun fact, Onimusha was one of the two games I bought with my own console. Which brings us to today’s game, which falls into both of those categories, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Onimusha: Warlords. So, remasters and/or re-releases of some of their older games is a surefire way to keep the love alive. We still hold on, knowing that when they are on form, they give us gold. Even if they ultimately fall a bit short of expectations. Over the years, their star has waxed and waned several times, but they have never truly lost that sense of nostalgia, meaning that newer games still get people’s attention. Once upon a time, Capcom were among the most loved and respected names in game development.
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