Onimusha: Way of the Sword's phenomenal combat and epic cinematics make it the best entry in the series, even if it's slow at times
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is easily the best entry in the samurai demon-hunting franchise, delivering an immersive, cinematic, and epic experience in both its highly detailed cutscenes and combat encounters. It has a few tedious and repetitive segments, particularly due to the low difficulty of many enemy encounters and repeated boss fights; however, those downsides fail to overshadow any stronger aspects of the game.
Pros
- +Addictive combat
- +Exceptional parry and sword-clash animations
- +Most story cutscenes are beautiful, but...
- +Fantastic sound design
- +Good enemy variety
- +Hard mode difficulty for New Game Plus
- +Strong character development
Cons
- -Many enemy encounters are too easy
- -Too many repeated boss battles
- -... switching back to in-game dialogue moments is jarring
- -Only one primary weapon
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