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Fun, Exciting, Great. What more could you want?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Onimusha Warlords was one of the best games I had played last year, I own, and I love it, now that Onimusha 2 is out, I can't wait for the next one. The gameplay is so solid it could crush a rock, the fighting and the absorbing souls just keeps me so occupied I find myself just going back and killing the enemies again so I can do it all over again. It has a lot of RPG elements, the more enemies you kill, the more souls you'll obtain, you use these souls to increase your weapons powers and even your armor. Although I will say, the voice acting could have been much better, I find myself in the middle of a bad translation of a Bruce Lee movie, but other than that, I can ignore it. It has a very deep story line and picks up right from where the last left off, only ten years later, you plays as Jubei, a new warrior, out to kill Nabunaga a demon lord who destroyed his home, now Jubei seeks revenge. Controls are just like a Resident Evil title, so get used to it. The graphics are nothing short of breath-taking, but the backgrounds are pre-rendured, but it doesn't show, Capcom really tried on this one, and they deserve all the credit for this masterpiece. Good game, fun and you'll want to go through it again, but I'll admit it's a bit short 8-9 hours, but you'll want to go through it again to see other characters and to play as them. I suggest you rent before you buy, but still, I bought it and i'm very pleased, you might want to think and do the same.

Hope!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I hope it is like the last one with one change, MAKE IT LONGER. I know that there was a point to making it that short but come on. Make it worth $49.99 like FFX not $39.99. Looking at the preview in OW1 This could have the making of a great game. I think the game play will be simular to the last one, but not sure. OW1 was the first game that I played on the PS2 so it will always be one of the best in my mind and I hope that capcom will do the same for Onimusha 2, can't wait. Plus I can't give a game that I have not played 5 stars, just if your thinking about it.

onimusha 1 fan

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 29
Date: August 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i like onimusha the 1st i think the second could be cool too

If you can get past this this and this you'll love it

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I wrote a review for this game when i first starting playing it, only after I played it halfway through.

I retracted my earlier statements because I realized how wrong I really was. The BIGGEST flaw in this game is simply some of the Plot. Its a simple undriven seek revenge and save the world type story. I also have to say it starts off quite strong, but from then on it dives at a MADDENING pace. By the time you finish it, you'll be thinking you were a fool to buy it.

The Multi-character system is one of the few real ups of this game. Every so often your in jam, or fighting a boss, or simply trading with one of these guys (or gals), and you find yourself saying, "...you people are awesome". They aren't weak, and they are smart... They work with you, not against you like some games do, and every so often you get to be one of them. They aren't lame in any sense of the word either, theya are well rounded bad... guys that all have their own backgrounds and subplots.

The Controls ARE NOT THAT BAD. I find them actually quite smooth. Every so often you'll do something you didnt want to do, but every once in a while you'll finding yourself do something you did want to do but not in the way you wanted to do it. They are excellent at times, and provide everything you'll ever need.

The Graphics in game are just beautifully. Character designs and facial features are some of the best in games I've ever seen. They depict real people at times, and often times you find yourself thinking "wow that guy looks awesome". The game does tend to regurgitate some previous environments from the first game, but they aren't that bad. You get a sense of nostalgia about it.

The games enemies seem to lack sometimes though. Sometimes they are ultra cool looking, and some times they just are simple lizards that are just plain annoying after a while. Some of the larger enemies are devastating and ruthless, and its fun to devise a method of approaching them.

The Bosses are also lacking. This game heavily rips off Devil May Cry at times, with virtual equivalents of many characters. The reappearance of annoying bosses that are either lame, weak, cheap or just plain annoying is so repetetive at times.

The game's gots some cool points, but none of them are where they should be. Its an ok game for the fans of the genre, and if your looking for a Devil May Cry fix you might just get it. But if your looking for deep insight into an ancient world of demons and swordsmen, you won't find it here, instead you'll find a sad game that with some more patience, could have been so promising.

Average and diverting

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Onimusha series, I've come to realise, is what Capcom uses as Market Fodder. It's a series of totally unoriginal games with uninventive gameplay and predictable twists and turns, but for all of that, Capcom have still managed to make it a best-seller, thanks to a hefty dose of irony, beautiful graphics and an all-round sense of fun.

Onimusha 2 doesn't do anything that the first one didn't do, so if it bored you then steer clear of the sequel. However, for fans of the original, or for those of you wanting to try the hack-em-up genre out. you really can;t do any better than Onimusha 2. The story follows that of Jubei, a warrior lord on a quest for vengeance against the army of demons who destroyed his home and family. Aided in his quest by a host of sometimes-playable secondary characters, he hacks n' slashes his merry way through hordes of colourful demons and tremendous end-bosses.

So far, so ordinary.

Where Onimusha 2 excels is in two very important areas, Graphics and Playability. Capcom have taken a very unoriginal game engine and given its players some absolutely gorgeous visuals to go with it - the reasoning behind this being, I believe, that the genre has its fans already, so they may as well have a visual treat while they're playing. Animation is fluid, the characters are big, detailed and colourful, and the backdrops for this HUGE game are lush and easily identifiable. Playability, too, is fast, easy and lots of fun. There are puzzles (unfairly hard, considering the game's relative simplicity) but you don't have to complete them in order to progress through the game. The game is very fluid and all the better for it.

However, in this market of innovative and affecting adventure games, Onimusha 2 languishes in mediocrity. What it does, it does excellently well, but it could have been a true classic if it had done something original. Beautiful graphics, smooth fast gameplay... and little else. Still, if you're a fan of the genre, you can;t go wrong with this.

More samurai action

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Very fun game with some nice pre rendered backrounds. The plot is OK. The voice acting is awful. Still the gameplay is similar to the first. The levels rock. It is longer than the first taking about 11 hours to beat.

Wonderfull Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I really loved the first Onimusha (I beat it 6 times :P) And I thought this was a great seguel. I recommend this game to anyone who likes survival horror, action games, samurai games, or anyone who would like to play a fun game with a great story. Thoroughly recommended.

Great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game over the holiday weekend and have decided to buy it. It's really fun taking out all the baddies. I love it when Jubei, the main character, stabs the demons as they are lying on the ground and then has to step on the bodies to pull his sword out. I read the review about the way the characters are acting and I have one thing to say about that (think Anime). I think its funny and also come on buddy, its just a game. I'm not going to go into the story because that has already been said all I can is the graphics are some of the best I have ever seen on a console game. The acting is like Anime, the story reminds me of the Anme movie "Ninja Scrolls" and is really a very deep story line. I'm a er... mature, yeah that's it, mature game player and some of the baddies are a little tough for me. The thing I liked was when I died 3 times in a row the game comes back and says that you now have the option of playing the game in easy mode, which of course I do. When this happens you comeback to life with a few herbs, medicine and some ancient medicine. They also give you a talisman that will give you 1 resurecction, I thought that was cool.
I'm not sure on how long the game play is because I normally play for a while until I get tired, or can't get passed a certain obsticle, then return a different day. But the level of play is deep and the music is great and follows along with the story really well. I do agree with some other reviews about the controls. They didn't make them very friendly and they don't give you the option to change them. But after a while I started getting use to them. The monsters are cool and remind me of something you would encounter in the D&D world. Its a bit graphic, blood going all over when you hack and slash, but nothing that will gross you out. One thing I didn't like is if you miss a step in the story you can create a big mess and end up fighting a main bad guy by yourself instead of having one of your buddies helping you.
All in all its a fun game with PC quality graphics. Give it a try.

awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game has the best graphics i have ever seen!!! the gameplay is perfect. its challenging, fun and exciting all at once. you'll be hooked the second you start playing. there are cool special features after you beat the game, but i won't spoil it for you. the downfall to this game is that you have to give gifts to get involved with the other 4 charactes, and if you don't you miss out on a lot of items and completion points. but the dialogue more than makes up for it, its realy very compelling and quite humorous, its also the most fun i've had on the PS2 so check it out.

Beautiful and Violent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Just two words that describe this game, absolutely sick. It's so much fun to play and I think this is easily one of my favorite new games to play. My favorite character in the whole game is of course Kotaro Fuma, that adorable ninja boy that Jubei meets in Imasho. This is such a great video game, the scenery (in Imasho alone) is gorgeous!

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