Review: Onimusha: Warlords - A Classic Action Title Gets Resharpened For Switch

Way of the blade.

While Capcom is busy remaking the Resident Evil series’ first and most memorable entries, one of its lesser-known (or perhaps less commonly recalled) series is also getting the revival treatment. Sure, it's more of a HD rez-up than a full-blown recreation, but Onimusha: Warlords is a faithful port of a PS2 classic that benefits from some much-needed improvements to its control scheme and more. The result is the subtle restoration of a semi-historical action adventure that still plays as well as it did way back in 2001.

While it might take a few cues from the Resi series – well, quite a few really in the form of fixed camera angles, the use of environmental puzzles and the occasional dips into survival horror – the Onimusha games have always walked their own path with a greater emphasis on hand-to-hand combat and exploration. By embracing actual figures from Japan’s long history of feudal politics and weaving in a supernatural thread inspired by Japanese myths and folklore, Capcom produced a game that dipped into multiple genres without ever feeling thinly spread.

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