And unfortunately you can see that in the game. Because: Anyone born at the time of release will be of legal age in Germany in a few months. Onimusha: Warlords isn’t a particularly complicated game, but it doesn’t have to be. Onimusha: Warlords is not just about action, there are also some puzzles to solve. In between you can also take over Samanosuke’s ninja colleague Kaede in a few moments, who doesn’t like to meet demons in open battle, but prefers to stab them from behind.

With stronger weapons you can also open certain doors that would otherwise remain closed to you, which makes for a nice feeling of progress. This, in turn, is needed to trigger special abilities: lightning or flames, for example, depending on the weapon currently equipped. Weapons can be improved with red souls, yellow areas restore health and blue so-called oni energy. They leave behind killed enemies – they disappear after a short time, but until then he can grab them and use them in his favor. It is a celebration to massacre these h**l creatures and the rest of the gameplay basically still works well: Samanosuke has a gauntlet with special abilities, namely he can suck in souls. As Samanosuke you will explore a castle overrun by demons, solve puzzles, but also lead your katana confidently through soft demon meat again and again, later you will even get additional firearms, even if not with a lot of ammunition. The story of Onimusha: Warlords may not go beyond that of an average Super Mario platformer, but the scenario always creates a great atmosphere. It is very satisfying when enemies break apart into their individual parts through explosions, even if the graphics are otherwise rather outdated. Why am I telling you this? Because Capcom has reissued Onimusha: Warlords for the PC and the popular consoles. In Onimusha: Warlords, however, the historical background hardly plays a role, because for protagonist Samanosuke, the fight against a bunch of demons who kidnapped Princess Yuki is much more important than the fight against rival generals. So why not apply this recipe for success to other scenarios as well, they thought and created Onimusha: Warlords, a game that takes place in the Sengoku period of Japanese history, a time when several generals fought for supremacy in Japan.

Rigid, pre-rendered backgrounds and animated characters that move in front of them – that was a potent formula for success for Capcom for a long time, especially of course because the Resident Evil series worked that way at the beginning. New edition of a PS2 action adventure game in which the action and puzzles still work well, but which the ravages of time have gnawed too much.

Onimusha: Warlords – Test: Fresh cell treatment for a PS2 classic

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