Onimusha: Warlords

Onimusha: Warlords is an epic saga of 16th century Japan inspired by the battle scenes of famed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. It takes place in a world of darkness and magic when power hungry warlords…

70 25 January 2001

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Action Fantasy Historical Horror

Onimusha: Warlords is an adventure developed by Capcom Production Studio 2, released 25 January 2001 on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6.5 hrs to finish.

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What Onimusha: Warlords is

Onimusha: Warlords is an adventure game developed by Capcom Production Studio 2 and released in 2001. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Onimusha: Warlords is set in 16th century Japan during the period of the civil war dominated by Nobunaga Oda. You play Samanosuke Akechi, who dies during an attempt to stop the kidnapping of young princess Yuki, the sister to Yoshitatsu Saito. However, Akechi is given another chance at life, and is handed the gauntlet of the Ogres.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Onimusha: Warlords holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 102 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 6.5 hrs.

What it launched against

Onimusha: Warlords launched on 25 January 2001, within three weeks of Oni, Louvre: The Final Curse and Gunbarich. It reviewed better than 2 of the 3.

Released around the same time: Oni, Louvre: The Final Curse, Gunbarich.

Cheats and codes

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