A Purposefully Harsh Review for the benefit of previous Onimusha players

User Rating: 7 | Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams PS2
By Donoho | Review Date:
As someone who's played the previous Onimushas, I played this one with certain hopes and expectations. I really can't speak on the game without consideration of it's predecessors. In previous games, Samanoske, Jubei, and even Jacques kicked ass but never felt the need to point out they were "saving the world". That's cool. Being openly labeled as humanity's last hope... not so much.

There's alot going on in this game. War, demon invasion, mystery, comedy, love triangles, melodrama... Maybe, a bit too much.

Cons:
- The control scheme has been changed ever so slightly as to screw you if you've recently played any of the previous games. (I played through 3 before playing this, having already beaten 1 &2.) X now consumes souls instead of O and O initiates interactions, but still acts as cancel in menus.
- FORCED Replay value... You'll see.

Toss-Up:
- Stages?!?
- The camera is Movable... sometimes.
- Although its suggested you use the R3 to recenter the camera, I found myself using R1.
- The Dark Relm doesn't get much deeper...

Pros:
- Keys are automatically used on the appropriate door if in your inventory.
- Cool end boss?

On it's own, this can be considered pretty huge, but as an Onimusha, it strays a bit too far from the beaten path.

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