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Havin' Oni withdrawls

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I haven't enjoyed a game like this in a longtime. The graphics are great, skill levels wonderful and hours of fun. I love the alternate endings.

Well if you haven't played Oni, you're missing out on what should be one of the best games of the year.

Crack Monkey

a must-have for anime fans

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

...This game is great! the graphics are sweet, control system is unparalleled, levels are awesome, and you dont even need the cd in your computer to play it!!!

if the reason i like this game so much is not the graphics,control,story,characters, or feel. it's the allure of anime, i'm an avid anime fan... and to me this game is a messiah, now, for once, I... ME... can be the anime character!!!

do not think twice about purchasing this game, especially if you love japaneese animation.

The game of the year with a few messups

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Face it. You've always wondered if girls would come out and kick some male buts(or blow them off), but was to afraid to tell. Well, here's your answer to your prayers:Oni. It's set in the future where people like Jane Goodall probaly lost there jobs because of all the polution. You're Konoko (cool name), a police agent sent to stop a crime Syndacite,but finds out about herself in the later levels. In Oni, you learn moves every level, and ther's lotsa guns and death. The wierd thing is, you wouldn't die if someone punched your shines 17 times. But in Oni, you can. The game shows health level with tiny colored explosions, and you can heal yourself with a drug called Hypo Sprays(no, it's not an inhaler.) The only bad part: The levels are SO HARD !!!!! I mean, it's hard as [...]!!!!! But if you can struggle through it and kick some booty, it's all good.

poor game, but great combat

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The combat system is great. It's so nice how a fairly simple number of controls can be combined in so many ways. It's incredible to be surrounded by enemies, and be able to just work through them like in a movie, using the right combinations of moves to put them against each other and yourself out of danger.

That's why I gave this game an extra star, for the combat system alone. Hell if this even had multiplayer, that alone might warrent it another star. Too bad.

The story is very standard fare, no character development. But this is okay, I can deal with this in action games.

But the level design is horrible. Every level is the same exact thing: fight some guys, flip a switch, open a new door, repeat. No reason to explore, no puzzles or obstacles, nothing. I got so bored. For a pure action game, level design is critical.

In terms of strict realism, I guess the levels are pretty good, but then I look at Deus Ex, which had very realistic levels, but they were also extremely fun to play. In Oni there were constantly empty rooms that did absolutly nothing.

The save feature is bad, but you probably know this by now. To just barely get through a fight and be looking for health, to open a door and suddenly hit a new save spot (with no indication that it was there), where the only way to go is foward through a load of enemies is NOT fun.

In short: Great combat. Boring levels. Fustrating play. No multiplayer.

Outstanding game, but it has problems

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Oni is a revolutionary game as far as hand-to-hand combat goes, but other aspects of the game are lacking. The gameplay is magnificent with the huge array of hand-to-hand combat moves mixed in with superb gun-play. Oni has Tekken 2 like moves, only much much more elaborate. On top of the hundreds of hand-to-hand combos, there is a wide variety of guns, each with their own little quirks. The mercury bow, for example, is a silent, sniper gun that can take down just about any AI with one shot, but takes 5 seconds to reload. Whereas, the machine gun reload very very quickly, but it takes a clip and a half to kill someone. The downside to Oni are the levels. They are quite bland and many look a lot alike. Most of the time, you are finding a console, opening a door, then finding another console to open another door which gets very repetetive after the first few levels. One thing that I was disappointed in was the fact that there is no multiplayer for Oni. Apparently, there were too many bugs in the game to allow for multiplayer to work. If they make a sequel, they should definately put multiplayer in. Overall, it's worth buying the game despite it's obvious shortfalls. The gameplay more than makes up for the bland levels, so go out and enjoy!

Cool game, but tough to learn

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: February 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I've played a LOT of games, but this one is complicated to learn all the features and commands in order to execute smoothly. The game also lacks some better graphics in areas you'd expect. PASS on this one!

Best 3rd person game I've ever played (all genres included)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has it all: passable graphics (for its time), good voice acting, engaging plot, and addictive gameplay. The only drawback that I have detected is the "Save Point" system it uses...it is not always fun to have to replay almost an entire level because you took your eye off the screen for a moment and fell to your death. But it is a minor obstacle and does not diminish the coolness of this game. Innovative, addictive, and FUN, Oni is a must-have!

**Side Note: If I have been properly informed, then in Japanese, an "oni" is a monstrously small possibility; a 1 in 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000 chance, or something like that...

Great fun--some flaws

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the first game that has every attempted having hand-to-hand combat as well as shooting. So far, the product is amazing. The fighting is awesome, there are tons of combos and power moves, and it's very, very easy to learn. That said, there were a few flaws for this game. First, because this game was released on both consoles and the PC, there are fixed save points. That in itself is not that bad, but the save points are very spread out. Another thing is the game is told in anime form. This means that the acting is pretty cheap, and the plot doesn't make a whole lot of sense. But don't play this game for the plot. Play it for the fighting. The camera control can be kind of iffy sometimes, because a guy can sneak up behind you and you wouldn't know it. Also, the levels look a lot a like, you'll take full advantage of your compass.

Awesome game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

First, this is GREAT game! Love the story, the character, and the action.

Second, you CAN remap the keys. Inside install folder, look for key_config.txt file. Alter the keys listed, save, remapped!

Third, the save point system is fine ats the beginnin, buts later the save points are too far aparts.

Fourth, and the BIGGEST complaint is thats weapons on ground slowly vanish. Once one weapon is used ups, me would like to swap out to weapon over their... oops, it gone now. *slaps Bungie for BIG design flaw*

Fifth, me would likes to carry two weapons.

Me nots have game this much fun to play since Syndicate Wars.

Innovative in spots - It really gets 2 1/2 stars...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I purchased Oni with high expectations and in some respects I am not disappointed. The idea of a 3rd person shooter where the player could pull off fighting game style moves is a great idea. The anime-style character design wasn't a bad idea either. I just never believed that the game's developers could do such a mediocre job with this material. Go figure.

The main problem is that the game quickly turned into a "find the switch" style shooter. I expect this in older games like "Duke Nukem", not something like Oni. I was expecting to be kicking, chopping, body-throwing and shooting my way through the games levels, not going on "the great switch hunt". I'm getting tired of this, the developers should have found another way of moving this game along. Especially since there are so many cool fighting moves that your character can perform.

Another point: the save game system. It stinks! What made me stop playing this game (maybe I'll try it again someday) is that you load saved games from the level's "chapter" points, not where you saved it. So you can wind up playing the same thing over and over again. ZZZZZZZZZZzzzz... Why on Earth would any developer incorporate a "Daikatana" style save game feature into any game is beyond me. What's worse, I saved the game on the 2nd level before I unlocked a door. When I reloaded the game I was trapped in a corridor because the game re-locked the door I opened before I saved the game. The switch to the other door was behind the re-locked door! I had to start the entire level all over again. Ridiculous!

My recommendation: Buy this game if (a) You have a high tolerance for frustration and "switch hunting" or (b) You can get this game at 1/2 price and you have the cheat codes handy.

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