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Onimusha: Way of the Sword brings Japanese cinematic royalty to the samurai fantasy series


The Onimusha series span four mainline games on PS2, between 2001 and 2006. We’ve since seen remastered editions of the first two entries, but a true sequel was long overdue.

Still, a true sequel was long overdue, especially after games like Sekiro and Ghost of Tsushima showed a renewed appetite for feudal Japan swordplay. This is interesting, but the more compelling wrinkle is that his face is modeled on the legendary (but historically real) actor Toshiro Mifune, who passed away in 1997. Absorbing sinister dark masses will let Musashi relive harrowing scenes from the past, powered by his cursed gauntlet.

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