Welcome to our review of the remaster of the original Onimusha Warlords game, out now on Playstation 4, PC, Xbox One and Switch. We played it on PS4!
Capcom’s riveting Samurai adventure returns! experience the story of Samanosuke – a brave Warrior facing a Legion of demonic foes. Wielding his deadly katana and a relic of demonic origin, Samanosuke captures the souls of his defeated enemies to upgrade his arsenal of elemental weapons to new levels of power. New features include high-definition visuals, intuitive control Options, an accessible difficulty option unlocked from the beginning, and more. Experience One of the best-selling games of its generation with this improved version of Onimusha: Warlords.
Originally released way back in 2001 on PlayStation 1 as the first in its series, Onimusha was a trendsetter back then and the budget this game had, for the time being, was stellar. Sadly this also meant the game faced some very serious expectations and while it did score brilliantly and its 80+ Metacritic score is proof of that. The sole issue I often heard, the short time it takes to beat the game.
Now fast forward to this iteration of Onimusha Warlords. Brilliantly updated and while the very short interactions between walking, there are a lot of scenery changes and they did bug the heck out of me, walk 2 seconds and change scenery again… What really did catch my attention was how fluid the fighting was. This is a 15+-year-old game in its core and the fighting is quite brilliant.
The game is typical for the era, a shorter base storyline and a lot of action for a typical action adventure game. Go into the feudal castle and try to rescue the princess. While you get going, you meet the ogres who grant their powers upon you so you can defeat the enemies at hand.
The action is swift and once you get the special powers like the lightning and so, that is when the game really takes off. Those skills really come in very handy along the way and well, I will let you experience them first hand when you buy the game.
When companies remake games like these, all you really want to know is how they aged? Have they aged well or are they not worthy of your time? Well, I am here to answer your questions.
Quite frankly the game is short but powerful, but that is about where it ends. The game did play nice, but it is nothing more than a trip to a brand new experience on a console long in the past.
The camera point of views and the quick scenery changes made me a little reluctant to even give this game a positive score. Graphically, it shows this is an updated version of an older game.
In conclusion, this review is short much like the game time needed to get through it. It will take a mere 5 hours to finish most things and half of the time, I was barely feeling any sort of challenge. Onimusha was great 18 years ago, but this new iteration felt a little bland to me.
