Doors are locked with mysterious keys, puzzles are there to be solved, while any number of beasts may be lurking around the hidden corners. It uses the same fixed angle and static backdrops that made the early Resident Evil games so effective, retaining that games smart use of a small, but tangled single location. It’s then up to you as Samanosuke to find your way around the castle, rescue Yuki and find the source of the demonic power. Indeed, Samanosuke and his assistant Kaede arrive at the castle to find it under siege from monsters, with many of Yuki’s guards wiped out.
After Nobunaga is killed in battle, Samanosuke is called to the castle of his cousin, the Princess Yuki, who fears that demons related to the Oda clan are responsible for several disappearances. You play as the skilled samurai Samanosuke Akechi, pitted against the feudal lord Nobunaga Oda. In truth, it is an imperfect game that thoroughly shows its age (this is an enhanced port of the 2002 original to PS4, Xbox One and Switch, rather than a full-blooded remake like the upcoming Resident Evil 2), but a singular one that reminds you of its forgotten impact. It is a small delight, then, to be able to replay Onimusha Warlords. Not bad for a short, relatively niche game that blended Resident Evil horror with hack n slash combat and a fantasised reimagining of the historical Sengoku period.
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A series not revisited by the Japanese publisher since 2006, the original Onimusha was the PS2’s first million seller. At times it can feel that Capcom’s samurai adventure Onimusha is one of the PS2’s forgotten classics.
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