Genma Onimusha?
01-29-02 | 02:20 PM
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Gamespot seems to like it. They gave it a 8.7.
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...843278,00.html
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...843278,00.html
01-29-02 | 03:32 PM
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It would be nice if they mentioned how much the new areas added to the game. It doesn't sound like it's any less a renter than the PS2 version, anyway.
01-29-02 | 08:16 PM
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I pre-ordored it.
I love ONIMUSHA so this verson on XBOX will be cool. I would love to upgrade all my games to XBOX.
I love ONIMUSHA so this verson on XBOX will be cool. I would love to upgrade all my games to XBOX.
05-27-02 | 01:30 AM
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Man - I can't stand this game. Awful controls, incomplete subtitling, terrible gameplay, weak story and really really short. Takehashi Kaneshiro is a famous actor and I've got a few movies with him in it. It's pretty cool to see him turned into a game character. One thing they did right is make sweet looking graphics. They look extra impressive on the Xbox version. The controller options are a, b, and c. Switching between these different configurations yields a change of function in only two buttons on the controller - all other buttons and triggers and d-pads stay the same. Truly pointless. It takes some time getting used to moving your character around because up is always forward for where the character is facing. Works well for an overhead perspective, but on a game where the camera changes quite often it can get confusing... at least for me - I'm sure it's because of what games I had been playing previous to that. The thing that irks me more is that you have to use the d-pad instead of the analog stick to move him around.
The intro movie is really great, but you either have to endure a poor english dub or listen in Japanese without subtitles. Once in the game, most things said are subtitled. Most things are not said though - it's like playing an old RPG game where you walk up to a character and you get to read what he said to you instead of hear it. Took me out of the game every time. The gameplay isn't very good either IMHO. You walk around a really restrictive map and everything is scripted to the point that they might as well have just made it a movie and called it a day. Monsters teleport out of thin air for you to fight about every other scene and none of it is exciting or interesting. The gameplay is really not compelling at all and since the story is so weak (save the princess - save her again - save her again) there isn't much that made me want to continue on. The game can be beaten in under 2 hours and you'll never want to play it again - ever... so a rental might be in order if you plan to pick it up. Shenmue is a much deeper game and takes much longer. Hell, Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark are much deeper and longer games. Capcom created a wonderful atmosphere with the cinematics and the sound is fantastic on a 5.1 system... they just didn't focus enough time on gameplay or story to make this something a gamer would want to play... at least not over and over. Many people liked this title, so I'm probably once again in the minority with my distaste for it. Those who loved it on the PS2 will probably want to pick it up used for Xbox since the graphics and sound are enhanced. Being that it's so short of a game to begin with, I don't think anyone should have to pay 50 bucks for it.
Here's my take on it using GameSpot's rating system:
Gameplay - 4
Graphics - 8 (9 for cinematics and 7 for in-game)
Sound - 8.5
Value - 3
Tilt - 4
Overall - 5 (using the average of all scores and giving tilt more weight as they do on gamespot)
The intro movie is really great, but you either have to endure a poor english dub or listen in Japanese without subtitles. Once in the game, most things said are subtitled. Most things are not said though - it's like playing an old RPG game where you walk up to a character and you get to read what he said to you instead of hear it. Took me out of the game every time. The gameplay isn't very good either IMHO. You walk around a really restrictive map and everything is scripted to the point that they might as well have just made it a movie and called it a day. Monsters teleport out of thin air for you to fight about every other scene and none of it is exciting or interesting. The gameplay is really not compelling at all and since the story is so weak (save the princess - save her again - save her again) there isn't much that made me want to continue on. The game can be beaten in under 2 hours and you'll never want to play it again - ever... so a rental might be in order if you plan to pick it up. Shenmue is a much deeper game and takes much longer. Hell, Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark are much deeper and longer games. Capcom created a wonderful atmosphere with the cinematics and the sound is fantastic on a 5.1 system... they just didn't focus enough time on gameplay or story to make this something a gamer would want to play... at least not over and over. Many people liked this title, so I'm probably once again in the minority with my distaste for it. Those who loved it on the PS2 will probably want to pick it up used for Xbox since the graphics and sound are enhanced. Being that it's so short of a game to begin with, I don't think anyone should have to pay 50 bucks for it.
Here's my take on it using GameSpot's rating system:
Gameplay - 4
Graphics - 8 (9 for cinematics and 7 for in-game)
Sound - 8.5
Value - 3
Tilt - 4
Overall - 5 (using the average of all scores and giving tilt more weight as they do on gamespot)
