The player primarily controls swordsman Samanosuke Akechi in his fight against demons. Onimusha: Warlords features pre-rendered backgrounds. It was followed by two direct sequels for the same console and another three games within the franchise. The game has been well-received by video game publications and has been recognized as one of the best titles on the system. Its sales eventually surpassed two million units worldwide. Capcom originally wanted to release the game for the original PlayStation but the close release of its next generation version resulted in the project being scrapped.įollowing its release, Onimusha: Warlords achieved high popularity becoming the first PlayStation 2 game to reach one million sales.

While the game borrows elements from Capcom's own Resident Evil survival horror series, such as solving puzzles and a fixed camera, the game is focused more on the action game genre with Samanosuke possessing multiple weapons that can be upgraded by defeating several enemies. The player controls Samanosuke and his partner, a female ninja Kaede, in their fight against demons. After Nobunaga's death in battle, Samanosuke goes on a quest to save Princess Yuki from demons working alongside Nobunaga's forces. The game's plot is set in the Sengoku period and focuses on the samurai Samanosuke Akechi who fights against the forces of Nobunaga Oda. A remaster for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One was released in 2018. The original Warlords version was ported to Microsoft Windows, although it was only available in China and Russia. An updated form as Genma Onimusha ( Japanese: 幻魔鬼武者) for the Xbox was released in 2002. Onimusha: Warlords, known in Japan as Onimusha ( Japanese: 鬼武者), is a hack-and-slash action-adventure video game and the first entry of the Onimusha series, released for the PlayStation 2 in 2001.

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