Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
An Adventure game for the PlayStation 2, developed by Capcom and published by Capcom.
This game was released on 9th July 2004.
Overview
Onimusha 3 is a third person action adventure game set in ancient feudal Japan and modern day Paris. Akechi Samanosuke makes a breathtaking return to the Onimusha universe as he takes his place alongside his partner through time French Cop, Jacques Blanc. Once again the part of Samanosuke is played by famed Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro with the exciting news that his co star is to be played by Gallic action hero Jean Reno. Nobunaga the vicious warlord behind the Genma hoards of the first two titles is back and more powerful than ever with a host of demonic creatures bent on the destruction of all things honourable and pure at his command. The game is a graphical masterpiece with scenery that has to be seen to be believed and in a bold step forwards, environments are now fully 3D without any loss of the detail attained in the previous pre rendered games. This combined with an improved control mechanism and finely tuned gameplay makes Onimusha 3 one of the smoothest most immersive video game experiences on Playstation 2.
Review by Anna Ghislaine
This game gets off to a good start before one's even opened the box - Capcom are well-known for producing stellar titles (barring a few exceptions like Glass Rose and Devil May Cry 2), and Onimusha 3 is sourced from vintage stock: a duo of games which possessed gorgeous graphics, frankly astonishing FMV sequences, joypad-throwingly hard puzzles and slick combat. Onimusha 3 could have been just more of the same - and Capcom would have been safe in the knowledge that it would sell well - but this game goes the whole ten yards (oh yes!) and elevates itself well above its predecessors.
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