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Onimusha: Way of the Sword is one of those rare game previews that made me think 'OK, yeah, I'm going to Platinum this one'
I hope the full game, with its enemy variety and assumedly larger scale, can keep up such powerful momentum.
Those games struck a chord with me: the mythological fantasy setting of Sengoku-era Japan scratches an itch I didn't even know I had, and the fighting-game inspired, stance-based combat that has grown and mutated into something deep and mechanically satisfying represents a high tide in the action-RPG genre only rivalled by FromSoft, in my humble opinion. On paper, the Nioh games and Capcom's reboot of its 10th best-selling franchise are very similar: linear, hardcore action-RPGs with an emphasis on combat and a deft use of horror elements to make the setting of Japan in the 1500s seem even more threatening. In a hands-on preview at Capcom's offices ahead of Gamescom, I got to play a 20-minute demo that pushed Mushashi through a dark, gloomy castle under the control of Musashi's real world rival, Sasaki Ganryu.
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