Onimusha 3: Demon Siege for PlayStation 2 Reviews by Gamers

As a fan of the first two Onimusha videogames, I greatly looked forward to this third edition. I was especially intrigued by the time-travel aspect to the game that was promised. The action is everything one would expect from an Onimusha game; great slashing, destructive magic attacks, and plenty of enemies to defeat. The user even gets to use new weapons than from the previous additions. The story, although a continuation and supposed conclusion to the series, is a bit odd and at times confusing. The Samanoske of 16th century Japan gets warped into present day Paris and a parisian named Jacques gets sent to 16th century Japan, and yet there is a Samanoske there as well. The dialog also suffers from a massive amount of cheesiness, namely towards the end. Story aside, most of the elements of the previous games are back - most notably the puzzle boxes and phantom realms and plenty of secrets await those who defeat the game. One thing I really did not like about the game was that we got maybe a ten second explanation of what happened to Juyge from the last game. I think Capcom could have found a better way to tell us of his fate. I was supprised by how much Jacques is actually used as a playable character in the game; I used him only slighly less than Samonoske the first time through the game according to my stats. Overall, Onimusha 3 is more of what you would expect from the series, great action, interesting characters, well over ten hours of gameplay the first time through, and many things to uncover.