- For Play on Your PlayStation 2.
- Puts you in the difficult position of having to save a kipped princess from an evil General..
- Published by Capcom.
- Game Genre: Action/Adventure, Game Sub-Genre: Survival/Horror.
Product Description
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Set during the medieval period, Onimusha: Warlords is a survival
horror game that puts you in the difficult position of having to
save a kipped princess from the evil General Nobanaga. Enter
Nobanaga's castle and use a variety of blade weapons as well as
the Demon's Head, which acts as both a shield and a weapon,
against his foul minions. More than just fighting, Onimusha:
Warlords presents a number of puzzles that must be solved if
you're to get to the princess. The game also boasts both
real-time polygonal backgrounds and characters.
.com
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PlayStation2 owners with a passion for Resident Evil's
genre-launching gameplay are in luck: Capcom delivers the same
world-famous gameplay style (sans zombies) in a beautiful
action-adventure set in a mystical medieval Japanese kingdom.
Onimusha: Warlords probably won't win any awards for
groundbreaking gameplay, but the fast-paced action promises to
overload the senses with more than enough stimuli to notice.
The experience is set in 16th-century Japan, a fantastical era
in which warlords clash for control of the country. As the
samurai Samanosuke, players volunteer to rescue the kipped
princess Yuki. No surprise that the ultimate goal (and the entire
story line, for that matter) falls by the wayside as hordes of
demons converge on the player hour after hour. The weapons system
benefits from the flashy graphics--as players discover and add
gems to a gauntlet, weapon upgrades increase firepower with
increasingly dramatic effects.
Graphically, the game is stunning. Carving through the
levels--forests, tunnels, and the requisite dark, dank castle
environment--isn't anything less than a spectacular experience,
thanks much in part to the game's unusually high production
values. Character models are built from up to 10,000 polygons
each--high detail, even for a PS2 game. Subtle environmental
effects--the wind flowing through the trees, for instance,
ripples the fabric in characters' clothes--furthers the game's
realism. The game's backgrounds are painstakingly detailed and
nicely enhanced by dynamic lighting effects.
The talent behind the aural effects is just as impressive.
Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro lent his voice to the main
character, and a 200-piece orchestra delivers a dramatic score.
Call over any PS2 skeptics in your neighborhood, then load up
Onimusha: Warlords. A few minutes with this game may turn any
zombie gamer into a next-generation gaming system fan. --Eric
Twelker
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Review
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Onimusha for the Sony PlayStation2 plays quite similar to its
cousin, the Resident Evil series. The game uses 3D polygon for
the characters and 2D pre-rendered graphics for the background.
Although it would have been much better if the whole field
was generated in 3D polygon graphics like Dino Crisis or Resident
Evil Code Veronica, it may be asking for too much since the game
was originally developed for the original PlayStation console.
Although not entirely 3D, parts of the field are - and these
are part of an interactive environment. You can slash onto a
wooden shield into pieces, or cut a rope to drop lumber onto
enemies. s are now replaced by katana as weapons, so even
though it feels like playing Resident Evil, players will have to
take a different approach since you will have more close-ranged
combat in the game. The enemy AI was not yet complete in this
version, but it was visually satisfying to see the main character
hack and slash enemies, and gush of red blood splatter all over
the screen. The attack differs depending on how you execute the
buttons and the D-pad. For example, if you press forward while
pressing the attack button, your main character will attack by
stabbing forward. If pressing up and attack, the main character
swings the katana from bottom to above. Pressing the attack
button in succession also renders a chain combo. There is one
chain combo where you slash and knock the enemy onto the ground
and finishing off by stabbing the enemy down the ground. Like
Resident Evil, there will be puzzle elements integrated into the
game. So far overall, Onimusha has superb graphics but not a
dramatic leap in terms of gameplay since Resident Evil. We hope
that the final version will offer more, since it is one of the
big titles for the PS2 coming this summer in Japan.--Ike
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