Product ReviewsOnimusha 3: Demon Siege (Sony PlayStation 2, 2004)

Onimusha 3 Demon Siege -Review by seishomori

I've been a long time Onimusha fan ever since I picked up the first one that came out for Playstation 1 several years ago. I've always liked the highly detailed graphics, and more importantly, the unique and original storyline and character concepts.

Onimusha 3: As the game begins you start right off the bat by being hurled into the middle of combat! An exciting way to start the game off! You gradually during the fights learn the basic controls: movement, blocking, using your sword, shooting the arrows with your bow and the Demon Gauntlet which absorbs the souls of Demons (and when the right number is reached Samanosuke transforms into Onimusha)!

The game starts off at a fair difficulty level, what threw me off for a loop was when Samonosuke gets transported into THE FUTURE IN PARIS, FRANCE!?! O_o That was a shocker, since the game normally takes place in the Sengoku Jidai of Japan. I have to say that I didn't like it too much, with the story jumping into a very strange direction. The character Jacques Blanc from modern day France that you play as a co-op mode along side Samonosuke, that idea was cool, but didn't he look oddly familiar? Like the American-French actor who played as the "cop" in Godzilla perhaps? I'm talking about Jean Reno, doesn't Jacques look identical? I thought that was interesting, odd though.

It flows out pretty smoothly, after the main samurai hero is in France and is battling the Demon horde that have attacked the humans. As well as using Jacques to use his handgun firing at the many Demons. You'll never know who shows their butt-ugly face again, Guildenstern...gah, that freakish Demon is back after a long time! To make matters worse he brought, or should I say made, a new "toy".

Brainstern is one nasty peice of work...it fires relentless rounds of bullets at Samanosuke right in the start! Then it attacks with super charged attacks and missels. I still haven't beaten that character yet . it's wayyy harder than it looks. I certainly didn't care for that character!

All in all the game isn't that bad, it just started off really hard. I didn't care to much for the transportation to modern day France though, I prefer the game to take place in the Sengoku Jidai. The graphics are great, the story is interesting, the added bonuses are always cool, the characters are unique and it's nice to see Samanosuke back again in action.Read full review...

A couple hours of fun

After playing Onimusha 3, there are several readily apparent good and bad qualities to the game. The gameplay was good, although comparing it to games like Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden especially, it's not the best. The story, although containing some interesting quirks, like being able to affect puzzles in the present by changing something in the past, isn't all that interesting. The emotional "side story" between Henri and Michelle (Jean Reno's character's son and wife-to-be) is too predictable and had me bored. However, the character designs and backgrounds were well-detailed for a ps2 game, and the music, while predictable, was well-done. Although I've done not much besides nit-pick, I'm going to finish by saying that this was, as my rating suggests, a good game. If you've already played Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry 40 billion times and are itching for something to play before their next-gen brothers come out, you can have a couple hours of fun with this title.Read full review...

Onimusha 3 Demon Siege Review

So if you have played onimusha 1 and 2 and are looking for the next thing in that line to fill your satisfaction for you, this will be the one you want. If you have played Onimusha Dawn of Dreams, however, I wouldn't move to this game next as it will feel like a major downgrade. I'll keep it simple and do a pros and cons.

Pros:
Unlike 1 and 2 you get two characters to control, though you still control them at separate times, (pun intended)
Both characters function differently enough to be compelling
There is a new mechanic called Ako vests which are a majorly awesome upgrade on how to play, though they function similarly to the necklaces in 2 but with more variety to their effects.
At a certain point you can warp across characters and use a store system to transfer items, in case you are having a hard time with one character over another.

Cons:
The plot is very confusing, but hey it's Onimusha.
The weapons and armors only upgrade to level 3 which, like 2, makes the reason to explore the game/grind at a certain point completely worthless.
Enemies are varied but some are seemingly unfair against one or the other character

Overall it's a very decent buy if you are looking for something to pick up.

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Review: Onimusha 3: Demon Siege

playing onimusha 3 may feel like seeing a classical movie for the first time. it seems so cliched that it makes you wonder what makes this game so great. until you realize that this is one of those movies where the cliches started. many hack n' slash games (i.e. DMC and ninja gaiden) all have some mechanics that root back to the onimusha series. and since onimusha 3 is a sequal to this series it risks seeming very cliche itself.

but if you don't let the old-hat style of gameplay bother you,then onimusha 3 well serves it's purpose as a sequal by improving on the first two games. capcom truly shows their skills with the polygonal backgrounds that can literally stand toe-to-toe with a beautiful prerendered environments.

the gameplay in onimusha 3 can vary depending on how you play the game. what you get out of the combat system depends on how much you put into it. it can be a simple repetitive hack n' slash, or you can mix it up with issens and charge attacks. the pacing of the game also helps keep the combat fresh. the weapons and attacks of samanoske and jacques differ enough to keep the game from getting repetitive. The occasional chance to play with Michelle's rifle- and SMG-based style also goes a long way toward keeping things fresh. jacques' long range weapons gives the player a more catious fighting style approach. while samanoske who mostly weilds swords and blades gives the player a more up close and personal fighting style. not to mention jacques being able to do certian ablilities like hooking on to mechanical fireflies to gain access to different parts of areas.

the story sadly,is pretty monotonous. the voice acting for the most part is decent but the dialog at times can feel really cheesy and cheap(and cliched). onimusha has never had the best storylines but between all the time traveling and the paradoxes,it can be kinda difficult to keep up with what's going on at times.

the replay value is moderaly high with loads of content to be unlocked which can only be achieved by fulfilling ranks after completing the game which helps add a challeng to the game.

onimusha 3 can feel like your standard run-of-the-mill action game. but only if you let it be.Read full review...

A Frenchman in a Samurai Game?

A hack and slash with an RPG like story? Impossible? Not with this game. This is a phenominal game that combines survival horror with a hack and slah of a ninja game with a comples story line and CGI movies of an RPG. You MUST get this game if you are a fan of arcade style hack and slash and love RPG's.

The only weird thing is you get to control a Frenchman as you jump back and forth through time. As if spending time to power up one person isn't enough... now you have to power up both.Read full review...

Onimusha 3

I played part 1, 2, and now 3. This game is really interesting after watching ending. There is another demon that will try rule again. Yeah Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is next, and since it's new I think I'll wait because it's a new game. Well, about Onimushe: Demon Seige, I love slaming demons with Jacques' whip. This game is really intersting like watchin the story. The intro of the game when Samanoske Akechi ambushed the demons. Oh, I love the fighting Nobunaga at the ending, especially when I had to fight him twice with Jacques, and Samanoske was even better when they both transform into their powerful levels.Read full review...

A+ game

Gameplay is as good as ps2 games get.
There were no skips or freezes on disc one sadly my roommate tossed disc two before I Coldplay it a+ quality game.

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Waited years to play. Amazing Game

Happy to score this title for cheap. Happier to game out for hours now.

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ok so far

It's nice to see Samanosuke again, even if the story is Kooky with a capital K. The ability to flash back and forth across hundreds of years is pretty cool and adds to the feeling that you have to have some sort of strategy for optimum results. The look of it is beautiful, though I did not like the Paris world at all. I wanted more Japanese medieval village and less modern crap. Absolutely loathed the little kid.Read full review...

Great game

The game came like it was described and is a great old school game that reminded me of my childhood.

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