Onimusha - Resident Evil in Feudal Japan
Mar 20, 2019 2:43:45 GMT -5
Post by edmonddantes on Mar 20, 2019 2:43:45 GMT -5
So in between Fatal Frames I tackled Onimusha (of which I own the first two titles on PS2)
So... the first one (I haven't beaten the second yet) is... interesting. By that I mean "holy hell this is awesome, but damn, why it so short?"
It's tough to explain, but like... Onimusha 1 took me four hours to beat, and that was finding all 20 Fluorite. Which, I should note I played the game years ago and back then I took notes, but this time around I didn't even refer to them and I still found all 20 Fluorite.
The game not only feels like a budget release, but at the same time I feel like it was shortened on purpose. Lots of parts of the game gave me an impression that the writer had far more of a story crafted out than was actually put in the game (in particular I kept feeling like there was something more to Samonosuke and Kaede's relationship, but in the actual game you only see them as partners). I'd honestly like to know the development history of this game.
Its length is to its credit though... a lot of PS2 games have the problem of having thin gameplay that overstays its welcome to the point of getting tedious (I call this the "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" problem), which thankfully can't be said for Onimusha. And anyway, there are four games in the series after all (not counting the fighting game and strategy game spinoffs).
But here's something I always found odd.
... Did anyone else ever read magazines or hear people describe Onimusha as a horror game?
Because I did, and this is actually why I bought it. But then I actually played it, and its only "horror" in that it involves demons... which, well, so does Ghosts n' Goblins. Or for that matter, the later installments of Resident Evil.
EDIT By the way, someone please clear this up for me.
Early on, you meet a servant of Nobunaga's called Tokimichi or something like that, and the narrator then informs you "this man will eventually conquer the world under the name Toyotomi Hideyoshi."
Errr... what? That's a real name from the Feudal Era (At least, I'm pretty sure I saw it mentioned in the Nobunaga's Ambition games), but I was under the impression that the guy who wound up unifying Japan was Ieyasu Tokugawa. So what's this crap about Hideyoshi "conquering the world?" (Yes I've read that apparently he's the enemy of a later game, but I doubt Capcom had already planned a four-game series, so my default assumption is that this line must have some bit of historical truth to it... but it conflicts with what I know, so I'm a little confuzzled).
I mean, I'm glad I have it, but I do wonder why people called it a horror game. Or did I just happen to know a bunch of liars?
Anyway, those be my thoughts. I never got particularly far in the sequel, but maybe its time to fix that.
So... the first one (I haven't beaten the second yet) is... interesting. By that I mean "holy hell this is awesome, but damn, why it so short?"
It's tough to explain, but like... Onimusha 1 took me four hours to beat, and that was finding all 20 Fluorite. Which, I should note I played the game years ago and back then I took notes, but this time around I didn't even refer to them and I still found all 20 Fluorite.
The game not only feels like a budget release, but at the same time I feel like it was shortened on purpose. Lots of parts of the game gave me an impression that the writer had far more of a story crafted out than was actually put in the game (in particular I kept feeling like there was something more to Samonosuke and Kaede's relationship, but in the actual game you only see them as partners). I'd honestly like to know the development history of this game.
Its length is to its credit though... a lot of PS2 games have the problem of having thin gameplay that overstays its welcome to the point of getting tedious (I call this the "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" problem), which thankfully can't be said for Onimusha. And anyway, there are four games in the series after all (not counting the fighting game and strategy game spinoffs).
But here's something I always found odd.
... Did anyone else ever read magazines or hear people describe Onimusha as a horror game?
Because I did, and this is actually why I bought it. But then I actually played it, and its only "horror" in that it involves demons... which, well, so does Ghosts n' Goblins. Or for that matter, the later installments of Resident Evil.
EDIT By the way, someone please clear this up for me.
Early on, you meet a servant of Nobunaga's called Tokimichi or something like that, and the narrator then informs you "this man will eventually conquer the world under the name Toyotomi Hideyoshi."
Errr... what? That's a real name from the Feudal Era (At least, I'm pretty sure I saw it mentioned in the Nobunaga's Ambition games), but I was under the impression that the guy who wound up unifying Japan was Ieyasu Tokugawa. So what's this crap about Hideyoshi "conquering the world?" (Yes I've read that apparently he's the enemy of a later game, but I doubt Capcom had already planned a four-game series, so my default assumption is that this line must have some bit of historical truth to it... but it conflicts with what I know, so I'm a little confuzzled).
I mean, I'm glad I have it, but I do wonder why people called it a horror game. Or did I just happen to know a bunch of liars?
Anyway, those be my thoughts. I never got particularly far in the sequel, but maybe its time to fix that.
