Onimusha

Onimusha (Japanese: 鬼武者, literally "Oni Warrior") is a PlayStation 2 action-adventure game series by Capcom. Each game features a protagonist along with others that they encounter and befriend. more...

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The protagonist wields the power of the Oni enabling them to fight the Genma, the main enemy of the series. The game makes use of the historic figures who shaped Japan’s history, retelling their stories with supernatural elements. These figures are often allied with a demonic race called the Genma and attempt to take control of the world in some way, their historically spectacular rise to power explained through this influence.

The game is a combination of third person combat and puzzle solving. The game also has a system of absorbing souls from defeated enemies to restore health, accumulate power to infuse within weapons and armor to improve their capabilities, and provide power for the elemental attacks of special weapons. Onimusha is Capcom's 4th biggest franchise, behind the Resident Evil, Mega Man and Street Fighter series respectively (with Devil May Cry as a fifth one). The series has sold 6.9 million copies to date, although these sales may have increased since the U.S. and European releases of Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams.

Gameplay

The gameplay of the Onimusha series is roughly based off of the mechanics from Capcom's horror survival franchise, Resident Evil. In Onimusha, the player is placed in the role of a skilled swordsman who, with the help of an Oni Gauntlet in earlier chapters of the series, sets about slaying various demons during the waning years of the Warring States period in feudal Japan.

The control scheme of Onimusha resembles that found in the Resident Evil series. The player controls their character using the D-Pad (although later games such as Demon Siege and Dawn of Dreams introduced analog stick control) and travels in a fairly linear method, able to rotate slowly with the input of an opposing direction. Characters tend to move slowly and can only slightly increase their speed with the dash maneuver by tapping twice in any direction. Characters cannot perform basic actions that have been taken for granted in other action oriented titles such as jumping and in being able to grab or mantle over obstacles. Adventures take place in a variety of settings, ranging from an enclosed facility, a village, or a forest wilderness.

Unlike the Resident Evil series (with the exception of Resident Evil 4, and possibly Resident Evil 3: Nemesis), Onimusha is very action oriented with a heavy emphasis on combat. This tends to force the franchise out from the survival horror genre, as it is more along the lines of an action adventure with only a few horror inspired elements. The player takes on the role of the hunter and uses a various arsenal of destructive weaponry, ranging from regular katana to elemental-based broadswords. The player does, however, possess a limited supply of spiritual energy which can be used for magical attacks. These magical attacks, which vary depending on what weapon is equipped, and other offensive attributes can be raised throughout the game by accumulation of souls from defeated enemies. By this, the player becomes stronger and stronger nearing the game's conclusion.

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