Onimusha: Way of the Sword

First Onimusha in 20 years and they mostly nailed it. Worth the wait. The swordplay is the star. It's all about reading your opponent, timing your parry, and then that one clean strike that ends the fight. It clicks so hard once you get it. Blocking, countering, popping Oni abilities when things get hairy, it never got old for me. Kyoto looks unreal. Lanterns, rain, blood on the streets, demons crawling out of everywhere. I kept stopping just to look around. Musashi is a great lead too. Grumpy, quiet, absolutely lethal. And the story actually pulled me in instead of just being an excuse for boss fights. Now the not so great part. It's too easy. I was expecting to get humbled and it just never really happened. Even the bosses go down without much trouble, which is a shame because they're cool fights that deserved more bite. The other thing is the tutorials. Four hours in and it's STILL popping up to explain enhancements and how to upgrade your character. Come on, let me play. All of that should've been wrapped up in the first hour or so.

Amazing video game. The story and combat alone makes it worth it. Only thing I dont like is the british voice acting for English. Hearing the famous Japanese samurai musashi miyamoto sound like a smug british dude really takes me out. If you can handle it probably best to play with Japanese voices with subtitles.

I cannot believe this game exists. It does everything I always wanted. Onimusha sets a new benchmark for animation quality. And perfects the sub genre of "Chanbara Flexor Simulator" that Tsushima pioneered. I am barely scratching the surface, but it's instantly obvious this is an excellent game.

I love this game! It makes me feel like I’m watching an anime. It’s absolutely 10/10! Even though the story is not the best, the combat is 10/10 and the gameplay is amazing.

Боёвка классная, сюжет приятный. Очень приятная игра, без современных тенденций с повесткой.

8.5/10 打完再看看

This game is really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring, 40 minutes of intro cutscenes with barely any gameplay to explain the most basic mechanics. The combat is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring. the story is even more boring. honestly just a really boring game with the most half baked close evil circles plot. 4/10 game at most i see why AMD gave it away for free. Thinking about it, the combat is witcher 3 levels of bad.