The Onimusha series
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anybody here liked it and played it?
love the four main + extras
it was a great game and has a great plot.
[size=10]unlike some people who said that Capcom milked it, i say they didn't. [/h]
i don't think that another will come out and that saddens me. :|
discuss/contribute please. :)
*note: Ledger was to be Roberto for the upcoming Dawn of Dreams movie,
but now the movie is on a indefinite hold.
love the four main + extras
it was a great game and has a great plot.
[size=10]unlike some people who said that Capcom milked it, i say they didn't. [/h]
i don't think that another will come out and that saddens me. :|
discuss/contribute please. :)
*note: Ledger was to be Roberto for the upcoming Dawn of Dreams movie,
but now the movie is on a indefinite hold.
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i think the games are cool heard of the movie and im waiting for it
i wish they would make another tho. these games do have and interesting story
i wish they would make another tho. these games do have and interesting story
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The Onimusha series is one of my favourites. Oddly, these sorts of 3D (or pseudo-3D in the case of 1 and 2) action games often have better stories than fully-blown RPGs, or at least more involving stories. I feel the same about the Resident Evil series, Metal Gear Solid series and I'm sure there's a few more games that straddle many genres and seem to have a really great way of telling a story and making you feel involved.
I think my least favourite is the first Onimusha but then I did only play it after I'd played 2 and 3. You could really tell that is was one of those games that was created by Capcom trying to reinvent Resi but moving a little too far away from its roots - that's also how Devil May Cry was created and again, it's most apparent in the first game.
Oni2 is my favourite - I think that game has it all:
[list][*]The best characters (mmm, Oyu...)
[*]The most convincing "fake historical" setting, if you see what I mean
[*]I actually prefer it graphically to 3 and 4, but then I am a sucker for pre-rendered backgrounds in games like Planescape: Torment, the Baldur's Gate series, PS1-era Final Fantasy and Resident Evil 1-3, to name but a few
[*]I really like that for the first half or so of the game, you are based in and around the little village. I don't generally like being pushed through a game in a linear fashion and not being able to return to old levels.
[*]The extras were great and the chart showing you which story paths you had taken really added to the game
[*]I prefer the bosses in Oni2, gameplay-wise and personality-wise
[*]The best replayability[/list:u]
Oni3, in my opinion, only really improved on the combat by making it more varied and more fluid but I still like the Oni2 combat. I really liked how Capcom set it half in France, as well. It's nice to see a game set in a part of the real world that isn't Japan or America (or heavily based on one of the two, e.g. GTA).
Oni4 really did feel like a cheap add-on to the franchise, especially after Capcom repeatedly referred to Onimusha as a trilogy (even on the Oni3 box) and said there wouldn't be another one. Then the 4th comes along and feels so different and cheap. I did get to enjoy it in the end and I like how you can revisit all the areas and get to new parts of them as you gain more characters and their abilities.
I also have Onimusha Blade Warriors which I really like. It's obviously not as good as Brawl or even Power Stone, but since I like the Oni characters more than any Nintendo mascot, I have more fun with playing it.
I think my least favourite is the first Onimusha but then I did only play it after I'd played 2 and 3. You could really tell that is was one of those games that was created by Capcom trying to reinvent Resi but moving a little too far away from its roots - that's also how Devil May Cry was created and again, it's most apparent in the first game.
Oni2 is my favourite - I think that game has it all:
[list][*]The best characters (mmm, Oyu...)
[*]The most convincing "fake historical" setting, if you see what I mean
[*]I actually prefer it graphically to 3 and 4, but then I am a sucker for pre-rendered backgrounds in games like Planescape: Torment, the Baldur's Gate series, PS1-era Final Fantasy and Resident Evil 1-3, to name but a few
[*]I really like that for the first half or so of the game, you are based in and around the little village. I don't generally like being pushed through a game in a linear fashion and not being able to return to old levels.
[*]The extras were great and the chart showing you which story paths you had taken really added to the game
[*]I prefer the bosses in Oni2, gameplay-wise and personality-wise
[*]The best replayability[/list:u]
Oni3, in my opinion, only really improved on the combat by making it more varied and more fluid but I still like the Oni2 combat. I really liked how Capcom set it half in France, as well. It's nice to see a game set in a part of the real world that isn't Japan or America (or heavily based on one of the two, e.g. GTA).
Oni4 really did feel like a cheap add-on to the franchise, especially after Capcom repeatedly referred to Onimusha as a trilogy (even on the Oni3 box) and said there wouldn't be another one. Then the 4th comes along and feels so different and cheap. I did get to enjoy it in the end and I like how you can revisit all the areas and get to new parts of them as you gain more characters and their abilities.
I also have Onimusha Blade Warriors which I really like. It's obviously not as good as Brawl or even Power Stone, but since I like the Oni characters more than any Nintendo mascot, I have more fun with playing it.
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Teclo, we have much in common.
Onimusha 2 was my favorite and the first one i played.
i liked the 4th one but i too felt it was an Add-on
[size=10]which made me cry like 4times (-.-)[/h]
the control for Oni2 was weird at first but it got easier as i went along,
the one where you use the directional pad instead of the analog stick.
the storyline and gameplay was well matched
[size=10]sorry i can't find the right words[/h]
like the use of "elemental weapons" to find weaknesses in bosses and
a certain one was needed to pass through a certain area.
[size=10]the Oni mode was awesome too! :][/h]
Onimusha 2 was my favorite and the first one i played.
i liked the 4th one but i too felt it was an Add-on
[size=10]which made me cry like 4times (-.-)[/h]
the control for Oni2 was weird at first but it got easier as i went along,
the one where you use the directional pad instead of the analog stick.
the storyline and gameplay was well matched
[size=10]sorry i can't find the right words[/h]
like the use of "elemental weapons" to find weaknesses in bosses and
a certain one was needed to pass through a certain area.
[size=10]the Oni mode was awesome too! :][/h]
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one thing I like mostly about onimusha is the one-hit kill or the issen(in onimusha 2 they made it into an issen combo which was adopted by 3 and 4)...
I played onimusha chronologically but from the 4, 2 is my most favorite coz of the main character which is Yagyu Jubei(one of my favorite swordsman in the Japanese history)
I played onimusha chronologically but from the 4, 2 is my most favorite coz of the main character which is Yagyu Jubei(one of my favorite swordsman in the Japanese history)