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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: Ryu on March 18, 2001, 12:18:01 AM
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I know a lot of the people on this forum prefer to reply to posts rather then read posts so I\'m going to condense my reviews from now on to plain old categories and give it a score for each category as well as a final score (not an average). If you want intracacies on battle systems or the backstory, feel free to look up a decent PREVIEW on the net and then come back here and read about the good and bad sides of the game. Anyways, on with the "review"...
Onimusha Warlords
Presentation:
The menus are pretty sweet in the beginning with some pretty authentic Japanese music and sounds and the menus in game are pretty friendly as well. I\'m not too much of a fan of the puzzles on the locked by "Japanese Kanji" phrases in the game. I even found myself passing them from time to time because I was too lazy to look at all the notes that you collect to figure them out. I\'ll answer their questions with their answers if they answer mine. On the other hand, the CG sequences are breath taking. So far, I have yet to see anything better from anyone, even Squaresoft, as far as CG goes, especially the ending. 9.5/10
Graphics:
The graphics are utterly amazing. Every character model, both villains and heroes, are animated and textured extremely well. The lighting effects and shadows are brilliant and outstanding. Smoke poors from lit candles which light the room appropriately and setup the atmosphere perfectly. Although the backgrounds are 2D, there are many objects that you can interact with that look equally as stunning as the backgrounds around them. Sticks and swords protrude from dead human bodies and structers collapse to reveal hidden rooms in the static backgrounds. Even the mouths and faces of the characters accurately protrude both speech and emotion artisticly. It\'s too bad the mouths and voices for the dubbed versions are not as accurately portrayed. 9.5/10
Sound:
Amazing. Breathtaking. Jawdropping. (Ed. Note: I would like to thank thesaurus.com -Ryu) There just isn\'t enough positive adjectives to appropriately describe this games music, japanese voice acting, and sound effects. If I ever find the Japanese soundtrack at my importer, I\'m buying it on the spot. My only gripe, which is a big enough gripe to drop the score by a few points, is the English voice overs. As I write this review and my friend begins to play the game, the first word that comes to mind is a simple quote from Kaeda: "Understand." That right there made me scratch my head and scream bloody murder from that point on. 9.0/10
Gameplay:
Some of the camera angles are pretty poor, but bearable. Nothing is worse then fighting a huge boss that obstructs your view. Occasionally, I couldn\'t even tell which direction i was facing until it was too late thanks to the obstructions. Another poor point is the control. Come on, the RE scheme blew the first time I used it and yet the trend continues with Onimusha. Otherwise, it\'s pretty solid. Level up your weapons for stronger attacks and those attacks vary based on the direction you press with the attack move. Both Kaeda and Samanosuke have pretty varied moves and Kaeda, the chance syou get to use her at least, is a breath of fresh air after Samanosuke\'s brute strength. It takes a player with some finess to use her though and she\'s not for everybody. 8.0/10
Lasting Appeal:
It\'s pretty bland for replayability, much like the RE series since the story is the same each time. However, just to see Samanosuke, for once, in a panda suit is hilarious. I nearly fell on my ass laughing when I saw that and I applaud Capcom for the humor on such a serious effort. I suppose getting a great rank is something to shoot for, but nothing that isn\'t massively desired. It deserves two sittings in all, but since the game, in it\'s longest first play, is only about 8 hours long, the second play will be even shorter. If the characters took note of your panda suit in a comical way when you go through it again, it would be gold. I can only imagine the last boss\' face when you show up to save Princess Yuki in a panda suit. 7.0/10
Final score: 9.5/10
Not an average
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nice post Ryu, always appreciate one of your reviews, even if it is a condensed version
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yea i have to agree with all you points...
especially the voice overs and the mouths that don\'t match up - that constantly got on my nerves but you get used to it i guess
other than that i agree and think the game is great
thanks for your opinion and review
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Thanks for the review.
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Presentation:9.5/10
Graphics:9.5/10
Sound: 9.0/10
Gameplay:8.0/10
Lasting Appeal: 7.0/10
Final score: 9.5/10
Not an average [/B]
If your final score is not an average, then shoudn\'t Gameplay get weighted the most?
I don\'t quite understand how you came up with the final score of 9.5 when that was the highest score, only given to two categories.
Do graphics and presentation count the most? Please exaplain.
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duh, it is NOT an average, which means every point given in any category does NOT affect the final score
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Does nothing affect the final score? I interpreted "not an average" as in, gameplay is weighted higher then sound, and perhaps graphics higher then presentation. {Similar to what videogames.com and IGN do}.
Anyway, since it is not an average, I am asking for an explanation. Is that so wrong.
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no, nothing wrong with that, don\'t think I wanted it to sound like I offended you, I just though that it was a bit obvious, never mind then
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My final score is based on how much I enjoyed the game. A game can score any type of mark I choose even though it doesn\'t rate highly in specific categories in which I have chosen to rate. For example, if I hate a game with great gameplay and sweet graphics, although I can\'t imagine why I would do that, then the game would get a low overall score but high marks in said categories. In this instance, Onimusha has a few issues that really need to be dealth with, but when I played the title, I felt as if I was having a great time hacking away demons and solving puzzles, enough so that I loved the game enough to look beyond its faults. Even though, in my opinion, its faults were very little, in others opinions, IE: the casual gamer, the faults may ruin the game.
Each category guages exactly what the casual gamer might look for in said game and I give it a score according to guidlines laid out by each category. It\'s almost like a "tilt" feature I use for the final score. I personally enjoyed Onimusha tons more then most games, yet its faults can not be overlooked from a reviewers stand point. Each fault is mentioned and gone over in detail in the categories, as well as the pluses, but the final score is based on all of those categories and how much I enjoyed the title.
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Thanks for the review....it reeks of awesomeness....Now i guess i will be getting the game later today....since everyone is prasing it....:D
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ok ryu, i must say trhat i am really jealus of you now, i posted the exact same review but long and more in detail, but knowone posted in it, like 100 peeps looked in it but nope i didnt even get clkeose to nine post, only cause YOU wrote the review everybody likes i, cuase YOU write the best reviews and thats what you known for, everywas saying ryu reciew this, ryu\'s review that, before it even came out, but its good none the less, if you canmake me go and buy the bouncer, then you really are a good writer, but jeez you get the members attention when you post a review, i have already beat onimusha and started a new game with the smanosuke speial, wich i like, and it was a special trailer, of what im not saying but i will give you a hint...2..... there. well ryu, you tha man good review.
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ok ryu, i must say trhat i am really jealus of you now, i posted the exact same review but long and more in detail, but knowone posted in it, like 100 peeps looked in it but nope i didnt even get clkeose to nine post, only cause YOU wrote the review everybody likes i, cuase YOU write the best reviews and thats what you known for, everywas saying ryu reciew this, ryu\'s review that, before it even came out, but its good none the less, if you canmake me go and buy the bouncer, then you really are a good writer, but jeez you get the members attention when you post a review, i have already beat onimusha and started a new game with the smanosuke speial, wich i like, and it was a special trailer, of what im not saying but i will give you a hint...2..... there. well ryu, you tha man good review.
haha, high praise, thanks Unknown. I just wish I got the review up sooner like I had planned, but there was so many issues involved. Here, let me list them:
- I beat the game Thursday in 7 hours (although my game read it as 4 hours 3 minutes) with a C ranking. That night, I spent an hour writing a review in the forum. When the review was done, I hit the post button and was given some wierd error message. So, ignoring it, I hit the back button to get back to my post and low and behold, the post was gone and there was no post on the forum. That sucked.
- After that, I did 2 other reviews of the game, but none of them were anywhere near the calibur of the first one so those attempts failed.
- Afterwards, people from GamesNEXT messaged me and told me that the reviews I was doing for forums need to be much shorters because the similarities between the content of the forum review and site review were far too similar. So, I was told to shorten the reviews tremendously.
- Finally, I came up with this new format which you see above, which is actually pretty neat if I do say so myself. In any case, it was only a 2-day wait, but it was a pain in the ass nonetheless.
I just hope everyone takes a peek and gets something out of it, but most people bought the game anyways on the first day. Hehe, just like when I review ZOE, everyone will buy it, but the review will be up anyways.
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bump
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I agree with the review. I just wish there was analog movement.... :( Oh well, I\'m used to the digital directionals now anyways...:)
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That\'s true, but as you said, you get used to it. It\'s odd though, everyone would have and has to have a dual shock 2 to play the game, yet it used to D-Pad... I wonder why.
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That costume thing that Samanasuke wore. Haven\'t gotten there yet. Oh well....
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Sorry about that, but it\'s not like I gave away the ending, especially since the costume is just an extra, not integral to the story. I always thought spoilers entailed anything that made the game not worth playing, knowing of the costume doesn\'t necesserily mean you know what it looks like when you get it. It\'s truly a sight to behold.
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I\'m convinced that I need this game now.
I just won $45 on a scratch ticket and I\'m going to the store after work to pick this game up.
Thanks for the review.
Ace
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Well, it\'s still a spoiler since I had no idea it would be there. Especially when something like this is least expected even though not really part of the story.
Just my opinion.