Red Crayon Aristocrat
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It's always cool to see Capcom bring back an old ip, but this gives me hope we'll see the return of Haunting Ground.
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Onimusha Way of The Sword Announced | The Game Awards 2024
Danjin44
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I hope they do without changing the story, these days people too fucking oversensetive about everthing.
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peronmls
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I love Onimusha. Unfortunately, this just looks like another indie feudal Japan game in UE. The souls look like floating PNGs with hard keyframes. Onimusha 1-2 were amazing. 3 was absolutely fantastic going through Paris and having different versions of the levels. Playing as 3 different characters. 3 was very engaging. 4 was fun but unfortunately forgettable even after beating it 1-3 times. Onimusha Blade Warriors had all characters that can fight each other like super smash bros including items. The animations are still very good to this day!
Gamerguy84
Member
Damn I was preying for a sequel back when. Day 1 .
bender
What time is it?
Maximo duology first.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
One of the best surprises @Thee show.
Please have online coop.
Please have online coop.
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Thicc Enigma
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E3?
N0S
Al Pachinko, Konami President
UE? This doesnt run on Capcom's own engine?
You know what I mean. Release a trailer during that time period.
Thicc Enigma
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Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
After Okami and Onimusha they just announced, I think these 3 are most likely to come back during the PS6 life cycle, not earlier. Lost Planet has a shit ton of potential which not a single game in the series released up until now actually fully realized and if they're smart, they're going to take a long hard look at what BioWare did with Anthem, mechs there and movement system.
The first game was way too slow and clunky when it comes to combat and movement in and out of mechs, so there's plenty of ways they can fix that, as well as write and actuall story, characters you care about, not to mention modern level design not restricted by outdated hardware and so on.
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CompleteGlobalSaturation
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A game with a male protagonist? I don't fucking believe it
The artful mincer
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Dino Crisis is an absolute commercial no brainer.
The video game industry has yet to have it's Jurassic Park moment.
There 's a huge gap in the market yet to be filled...Once it's filled every other publisher will be kicking themselves
Nickolaidas
Member
Pretty sure this game was conceived and started development way sooner than this year's poll, but yes, this bodes well for a Dino Crisis remake. At least ONE entry in the IP would be a godsend.
Nickolaidas
Member
MUH FIXED CAMERA ANGLE AND PS2 TEXTURE NOSTALGIA, BRUH
95% of the trailer is cutscenes and close-up camera kills. The game is made with the RE Engine (which is all about realistic graphics) - there was no way this game would have its characters look like something half-cartooney from the PS2 era. And the camera angle is 99.99% going to be identical with DmC 5's.
What exactly looks like an indie game here? The enemies in the trailer look disturbing, like samurais fused with a jellyfish and a cyclops. The engine supports dismemberment like in the classic Onimusha games, the music fits, the action looks over the top but lacks the snarkyness of the DmC IP, and the thing you decided to bitch about was ... the texture of the floating souls?
... is this what it feels when Naughty Dog fanboys hear people bitch about the female protagonist's looks?
Huh.
Nickolaidas
Member
My 15 year old cousin hates fixed camera - a lot of younger gen players do. Not to mention that fixed camera angles prevent you from having kill-cam cutscenes and the like. It's very restrictive and isn't worth the nostalgia nerdgasm that old dogs like you and me will have.
Sharius
Member
i don't say they make game fixed, just make a mode with fixed for whoever want to play with it, just like some game make different color filter for people to try it out
Badlucktroll
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Mister Apoc
Demigod of Troll Threads
are both the new onimusha and okami sequel developed by capcom internally?
Nickolaidas
Member
Onimusha definitely, not sure about Okami.
Danjin44
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but it’s not simple, you have to make the combat and encounters that’s designed around fix camera. It’s like having first person game like Bioshock and trying add 3rd person view but it wouldn’t work because that was designed around first person.
Sequel in being developed by Clover studio and directed by Hideki Kamiya.
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NeverYouMind
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I want the Way of the Whip next!
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Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
The original game is what made me buy a PlayStation 2.
HYDE
Member
Are you seriously excited by a fixed camera? I don’t get it, difficulty shouldn’t be introduced by frustrating the player imo.
I can’t wait for an OTS perspective of a rumored reRemake 1 and now Onimusha.
March Climber
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You should by the PC version just in case. Modders did this with RE 2 Remake.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
I wonder if this will be on continuity with the old games?
I hope so, that'd be a lot more interesting than a reboot.
I hope so, that'd be a lot more interesting than a reboot.
peronmls
Member
I didn't say anything about fix camera angles or PS2 graphics. There are so many samurai games it doesn't look like anything different or new.
Nickolaidas
Member
God, no. Onimusha was and always should be a hardcore hack and slash game with horror vibes. It was basically half Resident Evil and half Devil May Cry.
Sharius
Member
uhm...no, onimusha not really that hardcore compare with ninja gaiden sigma or tenchu, game was fun because of loveable character, great story, multiple weapon to try out, and critical slash which deal massive damage to enemy or 1 shot them and if you can chain it for multiple enemy it's feel even more awesome, the timing is enough for midcore player to enjoy it, not really intense like sekiro parry
even if you are really bad at critical hit timing you can just bruce force you way through final boss with enough of potion and spam attack, just like resident evil
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Nickolaidas
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Sorry, by hardcore I meant 'all about'. There's no sneaking or exploring - just your character slashing as they run through the stage.
kevboard
Member
so... did you not play the first 2 games or something?
they were called Resident-Evil-likes by some for a reason. you have mild exploration in an interconnected map with some mild puzzle elements and backtracking.
the combat was also relatively slow by design, where you had to wait for enemy attacks to do optimal damage and stuff.
the tank controls also made it feel pretty methodical
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Nickolaidas
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Haven't played them for 20 years now, but I don't recall half of the stages being optional content. I seem to remember virtually everything in terms of side quests (like the gift system in Onimusha 2) being done as you run through the main game. And backtracking is hardly exploration. For example, about 70% of Symphony of the Night is optional content if you beat the game for the 'bad' ending. Stages which can be ommitted altogether.
I don't recall the Onimusha games being like that. Where was the exploration? Because running through obligatory screens in order to pass a stage is not exploring - it's what the game tells you to do in order to beat it.
sainraja
Member
I guess, then, what do you think made it hardcore?
They are all hack and slash, anyway. Tenchu emphasized stealth a bit but I am not really asking for that. I just want a new game that is closer to Tenchu in spirit.
GymWolf
Member
Half devil may cry?
The combat was basically RE with sword, very slow and kinda clunky feeling, the opposite of dmc gameplay.
Nickolaidas
Member
Yeah, I mean ... both had tank controls, both had your basic 3-4 slash combo ... but Onimusha didn't have a jump button and had less combos. It was half the stuff that dmc could do. But if you think about it, the basic slash combo of dmc is the same speed with Onimusha's.
GymWolf
Member
Nah dude, in dmc you are way more agile, it felt nothing like onimusha, sorry.
Nickolaidas
Member
I always considered Onimusha the middle ground between RE and DmC.
At any rate, I do not want Onimusha to become a Tenchu ninja simulator like that poster suggested some posts ago. That's not what the IP was.
GymWolf
Member
Sure, i just want another game like onimusha 1, arguably still the best out of all 4 games.
(although i loved oni2)
How does what's shown suggest it's a Souls Like?
All the Onimusha games were quite different from each other especially 4. 4 was like game from a game from a different series.
TonberrysKnife
Member
It would be nice if Capcom would remaster the other 3 titles already. I know they said that probably won't happen due to the sales of the 1st one. But, the other games are bigger and more expansive than the 1st. So.....I can only hope. The demand is obviously there. And if they really wanna stoke the fire here, especially since Capcom stated they want to revive their dormant IP's, it would be wise for them to do it.
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