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forgettable sequel to onimusha

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: September 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i loved onimusha. i hated onimusha 2. an utter waste of time and money, and i bought it for only 9.99. when i got to the final boss battle, i couldn't help but think 'this is it?' then i tried beating nobunaga a half dozen times or so, but couldnt since i used all my healing items and magic replenishers going into the purple phantom realm. if i had known that the final boss was right after i would have skipped it and whipped him good. so i finished the purple phantom realm and was hurt irreparably and only got some dinky sword. what a tur%. since i completed the whole game on normal i wasn't about to drop to easy mode just to beat the last boss. so i tossed the cd-rom in the garbage, something i had thought about doing quite a few times before as the game never started, and never really got going. a game without a soul. but there were a couple of pretty places with some nice graphics, that is the only positive.

avoid

My opinion

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

After playing the first one and really liking it, this takes place in the same exact place with very little difference.Buy the first one for 19.99 and save some money because it's the same thing

Kind of first one, but ending is bad!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

People always said the Onimusha role is more handsome than the second one, but it's not the problem for me. However, I sill like first one more than second one because the item exchange process is [bad] and unstable in this game. The ending is [bad], too!!! You will feel to fight with final boss like demon may cry, but with less challenges. You only need to do the stupid shoot for the final boss, and wait for the ending. If you like such game, buy the first one or demon may cry. Dont' buy this!!!

Best of times, Worst of times...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a very mixed review. This game is the most beautifully appealing game on the PS2 so far. The characters, effects and backgrounds are great! The story is good. These characters have personalities and histories.

HOWEVER, the biggest detractor from the game is its poor control and camera. This is THE WORST game control I've seen for this level of a game. The D-Pad is clumsy and distracting... I grew tired of watching an awesome samurai bump into walls etc. The camera angles make it even worse.

If the controls were better or customizable, this game would get 5 stars!

In order to get through this game, you'll need the patience of a Zen master.

Dissapointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The first Onimusha was a lot of fun but this one is sort of a bust. Half of the playtime is spent retracing the steps of the first game and killing the same monsters. The fighting is just as fun and satisfying, but for some reason, the collection of souls (which if you don't know, levels-up your character) is very tedious--battling these same enemies and recycled bosses quickly becomes boring.

There is an attempt to make the game more dynamic by including the exchange of "gifts". These are items you buy or find and give to other characters for rewards. These rewards can be more gifts to give away, or health items and weaponry, but in the end, this process seems like a drawn-out way of getting the much needed health-boosts and extra items that are in very short supply throughout the game. You also get a lot of junk.

At the very least, this is a nice distraction if you're sitting at home and wanting to veg out, but I suggest that you rent or buy it instead of paying full-price.

The first one is still better

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game suffers from "bad sequel syndrome", failing to match the original's epic feel, while providing a rather chaotic and foolish plot, and spoiling the game's environment with out of place futuristic anachronisms.

The story isn't all that good. Its like almost all games. Your hometown was destroyed and now you want revenge, blah, blah, blah. They could have done better.Onimusha 2 was pointless. The characters (Good guys and bad) were very annoying and stupid. The story, the scenes, the gift exchange, the beginning and the ending were very stupid and cheesy. Samanosuke was a much better main character. Samanosuke acted more like how a Samurai would and should act.

Jubie was dull and acting too much like a badass who just wanted revenge. Where have I seen that kind of character many times before???? And the story has it where he somehow falls in love with someone whom he only know for a few minutes. That's what I hate about video games sometimes. They have characters falling in love with each other way way too fast. The fact that there was nothing like that between Samanosuke and Kaede in Oni 1 made that story all the more better.

Onimusha 2 didn't really do anything. I figured either Jubei was going to be key to this story or at least he would have successfully done away with Nobunaga. But I'm he didn't because the real Jubei never fought or met Nobunaga. When I look at the previews it looks like they could have just skipped 2 and moved on the 3 without any loss of story at all. My question is, was there a know point to Onimusha 2 or will we have to wait until 3 comes out to find out?????

Well after playing Oni 3 I can tell you now there wasn't a point to Jubei or anything that happen in Oni 2. His name is only mention once and that's it.

And I thought this was feudal Japan, what's with the mechanical horse, boat, glider, air ship, lasers bombs etc. I'm sorry not in 1570. With Oni 1 there was a well combine of fact and fiction, but Oni 2 was just crazy.

Thank you Capcom for bringing Samanosuke back!!!!!!! And thank you Capcom for not bringing back Jubei!!!!!

Jubei's story

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Onimusha 2: Samurai Destiny - Circa 2002

GOOD:
- A nicely styled samurai horror/fantasy
- An original story, based loosely on Japanese history
- Cool samurai-sword combat
- Some nice unlockable mini-games
- Play as different characters at certain points of the game

BAD:
- This game is starting to show it's age, from the Luke-warm voice acting to the controls
- Not for those who don't like survival horror games

IF IT FITS YOUR TASTE:
- A Samurai game that plays like a survival horror
- Magic and fantasy are a pretty big part of the story
- Don't really need to play pervious game to enjoy this one, pervious game has very little to do with this game

GAME ITS MOST ASSOCATED TOO:
- Onimusha: Warlords
- Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
- Resident Evil: Code Veronica X

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- There are different paths/choices to make in the game depending on how you play, while the over all story will not change, a lot of the in between story involving the other playable characters will

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.

Better than Onimusha: Warlords, but is is worth it?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is a good game, much better than the first game. While the game started out promising thinking to yourself "this is only the first part" I cant wait til later on in the game. Unfortunatley the later part feels like a rehash of the first game with the same old Capcom Survival Horror elements. SUre the new companions, weapons, Lenght, Replay Value, and graphics are a added plus but the overall feel makes Onimusha 2 so stale that you really consider this game all that great. I can recomend this game for people who are hardcore survival horror fans. (especially people who likes the first Onimusha)

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.

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