I remember playing Onimusha when I was in middle school. The first game was such an experience man. I was an avid RE fan as a child due to my father’s influence. So when I played this game over that summer it was foreign to me but familiar all in the same token. This was a great video, an awesome retrospective and a great trip down memory lane.
@Shin Shaman I disagree. DMC 2 was TRASH. And seeing as how Onimusha 3 came out later I would EXPECT it to be better than the FIRST DMC. BUT ALL of the Ninja Gaidens are a lil...unwelcoming. Most people probably give up by the 3rd stage.
One thing you missed is when you collect all 20 Flourites (collectible) and complete the game, you unlock an extra game mode called "Oni Spirits". Once you complete this game mode successfully, you unlock the "Ultimate Mode" for your main game. In this mode you have unlimited, all your weapons are maxed out when you receive them and you start the game with the "Bishamon Sword" in your inventory (the sword you meantioned at 12:00 mark). It is also the strongest weapon in the game. This was an amazing video and I hope to see you cover the the other three Onimusha games. Thank you.
Feudal Japan, demons, amazing soundtrack, kickass weapons, okay you convinced me. I have seen this many times from other people and now, this is the nail in the coffin. First chance I get, I will try out Onimusha for myself! Thanks Jared.
If you like the Warlords game, try out Onimusha 3: Demon's Seige - Your Hero gets a badass dual sword weapon, and there's another Hero introduced that gets a sorta Light-Whip that's both a weapon and a sorta puzzle solving/mobility mechanic! :D (It's got a PC release, but that release kinda sucks, I would say just play the PS2 version via Emulation)
Honestly the story would be enough to warrant a playthrough, but combine that its a classic resident evil survival horror type game set in feudal japan and allows for upgradeable weapons that also act as keys rather than solving multiple fetch puzzles.
@@bogartwilley ive played onimusha 1 & 2 infinite times as a kid but never got the chance to play 3, why is the pc version not recommended? is there anything bad with it?
I was thinking the same thing, like a nice new game+ mode or even an out of the games difficult mode ready for selection. It's the master quest version for warlords certainly
It seems like the RE games (yes I'm calling Onimusha RE), tends to have the least amount of effort put into them for Capcom remasters. Like REmake has a strange filter on the backgrounds and crushed blacks. And RE4, 5 and 6 on the switch are pretty bad. 4 having no gyro aiming. 5 and 6 having a pretty bad frame rate. 5 and 6 should either lower the resolution or lock the frame rate to 30
This game in particular sticks out to me a lot, because it kept showing up in my childhood for as long as i can remember. There were times in my family where i can tell money was tight, so every so often we had a PS2 that we ended up selling, but then a year later we would get a new PS2, and everytime we had a PS2, this game for some reason was always one of our first games we got, and i don't really know why. So all of my PS2 memories revolve around this game by some cosmic coincidence.
YES! The Onimusha Retrospective is here! This is the ultimate gift Jared you have no idea. This series is so very underappreciated today. Makes me wanna give you my original Microsoft Xbox component cables lol.
@@BlottaMcTablets Capcom isn't exactly known for giving two shits about exclusivity deals when breaking said deals benefits them. See RE4's ps2 port souring their relationship with Nintendo for years, a relationship so good that Capcom is still the only third party company to ever make an original mainline Zelda title (not counting remakes), which they've made three of. DMC was a Sony exclusive franchise until 3 SE got a PC port and the series went multi platform. Now the Ps2 era games are available on all platforms. REmake and RE0 are both on all platforms after years of being locked to the GameCube and Wii, which killed both commercially. CV was supposed to be Sega exclusive and then Sony got an improved port. Even Nemesis was supposed to be Sony exclusive iirc and it sure didn't stay that way. Considering their history of breaking such deals and the legal complications that needed to be adressed releasing Onimusha ports at all, there was no reason the Genma features couldn't have been included as an option. There was no reason it even had to be Warlords or Genma when it could've been both for a truly definitive release of Onimusha 1. Especially considering they sold it as a single game rather than a collection and it was the weakest game in the franchise mechanically (all 4 are equally fantastic in their own unique ways imo, with Warlords probably having the best level design due to being designed as an RE game but Warlords/Genma is undeniably the weakest entry mechanically and the shortest as well) they really didn't do themselves any favors porting the vanilla version of that single game. The 3/DoD style controls were a nice option though. On that note I do have to find it hilarious that I've never liked the controls in classic RE (more the way that factors into aiming when combined with the perspective but that's beside the point) but Samurai's Destiny is my favorite Onimusha game and is now the only game in the series that is locked to the traditional RE tank control style. They've never bothered me in Onimusha but it's still kinda funny to acknowledge when they put me off classic RE for so long and now my favorite Oni title is the only one to remain tank control only. Probably gonna stay that way too, as it would seem the series has been shelved again sadly.
@@zeroattentiongaming820 I was really moreso saying that they based the port off of the ps2 version, so no extra content. They used ps2 bones for lots of their ports to modern consoles. Take Code: Veronica for example. They just ported the ps2 version instead of doing the HD ps3 edition. I'm assuming it was easier for some reason?
I first played this on Steam right after I finished Sekiro. I found it very interesting how comparable the two games were even though they were made very far apart from each other and had different goals in mind for the feel of the game. I was pleasantly surprised how modern the combat felt in Onimusha. Capcom really should have done more with this series, especially with the recent popularity Samurai/Ninja games have received. Seems like a no-brainer but we all know Capcom makes very, VERY, strange business decisions.
The more I look at this game the more I see how much inspiration Sekirō took from this game, hell his guarding stance is pretty much just Samanosuke's ready stance. Loving these 2 games for having the coolest and cinematic fantastical Japanese sword combat.
One of my favorite series, I’m currently replaying it again. It’s crazy that they wanted to make it on the N64DD but switch to ps1 at the end. I hope this series comes back one day.
YES an Avalanche Onimusha retrospective!! I just rewatched both RE and Dead space retrospectives and was wondering what were you up to for the next retrospective series.. as a massive onimusha fan I can only say GREAT CHOICE
@@AvalancheReviews looking forward to the next videos! Actually, I can't wait for you to reach 3, always had a blast with that one I think because of Jean Reno, back then that was such a crazy move by Capcom but I always felt it shaked things up gameplay wise :) Thanks for the hard work you put in doing these amazing videos!
This retrospective is absolutely awesome! I love the Onimusha series. I have all 4 games! Would love to see more like this! Much love from West Virginia!❤️👍
I love this series of games I was always so confused at how un-known it is in general by gamers I dont think i've ever heard another person ever mention the onimusha series. I think every single one of the games was fantastic and I had a blast playing them.
Good call on covering Onimusha.. such an underated game, I replay the entire series every odd year, they are not even that long yet memorable, the best kind of game to be.
Darn, this channel is a treasure trove. Thanks for making me buy and experience forgotten games like Obscure and Eye of Isis, I'll be adding the remaster of this game to my list (I have no consoles, so PC it is)!
I think there was an old PS2 game called Way of the Samurai that introduced me to the high risk high reward high skill one hit kill mechanic, and I was in LOVE. Just recently, I discovered what to me is probably the most beautiful game ever made, which has a similar mechanic or two, and with DLC equipment has that exact mechanic. Most satisfying thing ever, to this day, IF you pull it off in the chaos of multiple opponemts. If you like this kind of stuff, and have mever played Ghost of Tsushima....just stop what you're doing right now and go get it.
I adore Onimusha, and I'm so glad you're covering this series! And I'm glad it's on literally every modern platform, and for a mere $20. The Switch version in particular goes on sale for $7.99 fairly often, which is just a steal for a game this good. Go play Onimusha, folks!
@@Nergalsama01 had they done all 3 it probably would have sold better and they could have got away with making it more expensive but oh well still got a ps2
I LOVED this game as a teenager. I remember just experimenting with the game mechanics, even one shotting enemies with the basic katana using the timed evades and parries. Good times
It’s really great to see your retrospective video again. I really love watching your reviews of any game you’ve played. You really give me some recommendations to play these games you play. And I don’t know which one I should start.
You don’t understand how happy I am you did a video on these games, In my opinion Onimusha 1,2, and 3 make up one of the best video game trilogies there is. I recently played the remastered version of Onimusha 1on my PS4 and loved it just like I did back when I was a teen.
At long last, the Onimusha RETROSPECTIVE! This was one of my favorite game series ever. IMHO the crown jewel of the PS2. I am so happy about this. The good news Avalanche is that there will still be new Resident Evil content for you to look at in the coming months between RE:Verse, RE:Village DLC, the Netflix TV series, the Netflix animated series, and the new live-action movie.
You are the GOAT for going into a retrospective for Onimusha. I recently played through Warlords and Samurai's Destiny after having getting freemcboot and HDD setup for my PS2. Will be going through Demon Siege soon. Thanks for the hard work you put into these videos.
Funny that people will talk about 15-16th century Japan as "ancient," but it's really not that long ago. The Sengoku period coincides with the Renaissance in Europe, so it's hardly what I'd consider "ancient."
This is why I subscribe to your channel. Every game you cover is a game near and dear to my heart. I literally know 2 people who have played this game. Me and my 17 year old son.
Side note on an old vid, wow that PS1 Onimusha build looked amazing. Reminds me of the Shenmue Saturn build, I watch those clips of it longingly from time to time 😂. Great video!!
I'm glad you made a video about this game. I always felt like this was Capcom's most overlooked series. I can't comment on the others, but Onimusha 1-3 were badass games.
Another quality retrospective from the man with a plan, to soon live in Japan! ...although I do have to wait for a certain somebody to get off work before I can hit play on this...
This is awesome! So glad Genma Onimusha is getting some love. I also was a massive fan of the original PS2 version. But after playing it so much and realizing how easy it was, I pretty much exclusively play Genma now. Still aggravated they didn't remaster Genma instead. Gameplay tip: you can combine level 1 charge attacks with normal attacks to make long combo strings. This makes it much easier to cut down enemies trying to get green souls. Can't wait to see the rest, especially part 3. Thank you!
Very excited for Onimusha 3 and Dawn of Dreams retrospective. I remember one of the games has a difficulty that you can only kill the enemies by using crit attacks.
I'm not going to lie when I finish watching your beautiful work I straight got to getting the game and I love this game soooooo much more then RE its crazy but man truly a perfect storm of a game as you put it nicely
This was a fantastic video! Genma Onimusha was the 1st game I streamed on Twitch, and the day the remaster came out, I got affiliate with that same stream, so it holds a special place in my heart. I didn't know that about the soundtrack for the remaster. The remasters weapon switch was quality of life improvement for gameplay's sake, but the one thing I wanted to see The Ogre Tower be in the remaster. Still, it didn't need to be in the remaster for me since it's a fantastic game. I look forward to the rest of the Onimusha games.😄
I absolutely adore the Onimusha series, and now I see you have also done retrospectives on Max Payne, Resident Evil and Dead Space you have another subscriber.
If you've got a PS4 or PC or Xbox there's a remaster. They originally said that if there was enough interest there would be a trilogy remaster and if that sold well they'd consider revisiting the series. And yet here we are a little more than 2 years later and still no Oni 2 and 3 at all or any word on the rest of the series being remastered.
21:11 - I firmly believe that the Retrotink 5x has some color balance issues and i noticed that in videos from Digital Foundry and My Life in Gaming as well. The image on the bottom has a greenish tint to it.
I have been so curious about this series. I loved RE growing up and this was a series I never tried. Definitely gonna pick up this remaster. Great video!
I felt very excited when I saw this in my notifications as the Onimusha games, at least for 1 and 2 since I didn't played 3 much, are my childhood games and what got me to be very interested in history growing up. It is very very unfortunate that I no longer owned any of the three games because I always wanted to replay them in a more adult mindset. I remember owning Onimusha 1 on the PS2. But it was unfortunate that I could never beat the game because of the... water trap puzzle that kid me couldn't solve; which is a bit a common situation I had with the older resident evil games from RE1 down to Code Veronica, with the exception of RE: Outbreak 1 and 2, I played but couldn't beat lol. In a later time I remember owning Onimusha 2 and beaten it. Onimusha 2 is still one of my favorite Onimusha games out of the three that I was experienced with. I am very excited to see your next retrospective on the rest of the Onimusha series. Oh, there is a fun little exploit that I remembered discovering in PS2's Onimusha 2 is that when you do have your first fight with Ginghamphatts, the boss in the mine, is that you can get extra souls if you let your companion fight against him and it can work pretty well if you charge your weapon since your companion will do the same thing and being able to do combos for the extra orbs. Which is even greater that it won't kill the boss at all unless you decide to attack him one last time. But ofc I am trying to rely from memory here so that exploit may or may not exist. I just often remember that when I had enough dmg on him for the companion to show up that I just hide in the corner far away from the boss that I let my companion do the fighting and get the extra orbs lol.
Always liked these games better than DMC, much more. I miss this franchise. I was there day one and it blew all of us away with how fast the combat was. Fast and ferocious. I must have beat this game and did everything there is to do a half dozen times at least lol. As a teen we had limited funds and played games over and over, oh and then came the trading games amongst friends. Good times!
Oo man I'm super stoked u did this retrospective. Another amazing video bro.i loved onimusha even as it got wierd with that actor in the 3rd one but it was great. I never played thee spinoff one I forgot the name but honestly the tank controls worked for swordplay and rpg like elements very well
The last thing you said in the video, about liking the RE form, but not the combat, sums up things almost perfectly for me. Onimusha was such a joy to play, that after I beat the first game, went and played the rest of the trilogy (not counting the others that are in a different style). Only thing about Warlords is that while I think had a perfect length, the 3 and a half hours that I spent just surprised me.
Finally, been waiting for Onimusha content. I'm not a survival horror fan, never got into Resident Evil but I thoroughly enjoyed this series mainly because I enjoy beat em ups and this series is one of the best in the genre for me personally. I think Onimusha Warlords might be my least favorite in the main series though since the combat was improved in later entries, I also absolutely detest that water puzzle too but I did enjoy the rest of it. I still think that it ages better than the first Devil May Cry personally. Samanosuke and Jared are the only two people in existence who reverse age
I hope you do a video on the sequels of Onimusha! you do great work in your narrative and I enjoy listening to your pros and cons of the games you do. Keep it up
Little tip for getting the Ogre Armor in Genma Onimusha: wait for it to get a red glow around it and use a special attack. It's vulnerable when charging that attack and only uses it when in close enough range to use any of your special attacks. On top of that it's weak to the Shippuu so keep that in mind.
I remember I randomly played this game at a friends house and immediately buying the first 2 games that next weekend. This is one of my favorite series and I can't wait for the rest of the retrospective to be dropped.
I love resident evil. Especially the classic games. Never played Onimusha and had no idea it was RE inspired or played like the classics a bit. Def gotta try it out Thank you man
The second game is my favorite too! I felt that it was a perfect expansion and improvement of the first game, because of not just the route system and additional characters, but even more variety in the weapons that you could use.
I personally want to thank you for your retrospective on Onimushia: Warlords, it was the first game that introduced me to tank controls even before Resident Evil entered my life, it took me a few months to get used to it but when I did I loved this game, the story, characters, combat and graphics all were great, my only problems with Onimushia is Tokichiro Kinoshita was really annoying and demons kept respawning, other than that game is good, if I had never played Onimushia I probilly wouldn't have gotten into Resident Evil, Thank you Avalanche for a nice retrospective on Onimushia:Warlords great job ✊
Actually you can use the Bishamon Sword in the entire game you just have to beat the Oni Spirits mini game which unlocks the Ultimate mode. Also this video was fantastic and I can't wait to see you video on Onimusha 2 aka my favorite game in the series!
@@AvalancheReviews Onimusha has slways had notoriously difficult mini games so I can't say I'm really surprised about that. I struggled for years trying to beat it.
Before watching this retrospective, I would never even have considered picking this game up, since I thought the mechanics would clash in a way that I wouldn't enjoy. After watching your take on it however, I decided to pick it up asap ($7.99 on the PSN store right now btw) and give it a try, and I gotta say it's really really fun, like way more fun than I could have expected it to be. I'm only a few hours in, but the gameplay has me absolutely hooked, thank you for putting this game on my radar, this is fun as hell so far.
Hell Yeah Dude! I have both the PS2 and PS4 version, but I didn't know about the quick weapon change so thank you! I also have an old PC version of Demon siege so can't wait about this one
Some of the enemy spawns seem affected by what side of the room you enter like enemies won't spawn when entering from south heading north but will heading south from north for example
I bought all the Onimusha games for PS2 this year actually and have played Onimusha 1 and 2 so far (for the first time) and fell in love with the franchise. I'm a huge fan of the sengoku jidai period and I love the atmosphere, story and lore of the games. Maybe its because I'm old but the 2d backgrounds of the first two games still looks so stylized and amazing and it feels very unique. The gameplay is also brilliant and I don't mind that the games have fixed camera and are a bit short with smaller aereas to explore and revisit at all. Its refreshing with a game that doesen't overstay its welcome and drag out time with tons of filler content as too many AAA games does nowdays. Exploration is fun, but not at the expense of the pacing and story. Both Onimusha 1 and 2 are relatively short games but I was hooked from beginning to end, and I'm really looking forward to playing the third game:D
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The most underrated game series of all time. I would cry tears of joy if Capcom remade this trilogy with the RE engine.
dont know if i would say most underrated but it definitely isnt very popular(not that that is a bad thing though)
Like SEGA with Yakuza Kiwami: improved graphics but no RE Engine, its an weird thing that scan real people, animated CG style its more capcom style!
>Trilogy
Same
Hope you see TGA 2024
This franchise deserved more titles or a remaster for all four main titles and not just the first title. This franchise is a hidden gem.
I remember playing Onimusha when I was in middle school. The first game was such an experience man. I was an avid RE fan as a child due to my father’s influence. So when I played this game over that summer it was foreign to me but familiar all in the same token. This was a great video, an awesome retrospective and a great trip down memory lane.
This, DMC1, and Ninja Gaiden Black are all you need for happiness in life.
Ninja Gaiden 2 running on Xbox One X and Xbox Series X is great too. Frak Sigma 2 and its removal of the gore and dismemberment.
Not warlords tho. It didn't age as well. It's fun don't get me wrong but it's too short and easy.
Switch Ninja Gaiden for God of War for me,and we got a deal.
@Shin Shaman I disagree. DMC 2 was TRASH. And seeing as how Onimusha 3 came out later I would EXPECT it to be better than the FIRST DMC. BUT ALL of the Ninja Gaidens are a lil...unwelcoming. Most people probably give up by the 3rd stage.
*Gemna
One thing you missed is when you collect all 20 Flourites (collectible) and complete the game, you unlock an extra game mode called "Oni Spirits". Once you complete this game mode successfully, you unlock the "Ultimate Mode" for your main game. In this mode you have unlimited, all your weapons are maxed out when you receive them and you start the game with the "Bishamon Sword" in your inventory (the sword you meantioned at 12:00 mark). It is also the strongest weapon in the game.
This was an amazing video and I hope to see you cover the the other three Onimusha games. Thank you.
Feudal Japan, demons, amazing soundtrack, kickass weapons, okay you convinced me. I have seen this many times from other people and now, this is the nail in the coffin. First chance I get, I will try out Onimusha for myself! Thanks Jared.
If you like the Warlords game, try out Onimusha 3: Demon's Seige - Your Hero gets a badass dual sword weapon, and there's another Hero introduced that gets a sorta Light-Whip that's both a weapon and a sorta puzzle solving/mobility mechanic! :D (It's got a PC release, but that release kinda sucks, I would say just play the PS2 version via Emulation)
A Dual Sword, a Dai Katana, and an Axe. an AXE. With the crisp sounds and blood, well you are in for a treat.
Honestly the story would be enough to warrant a playthrough, but combine that its a classic resident evil survival horror type game set in feudal japan and allows for upgradeable weapons that also act as keys rather than solving multiple fetch puzzles.
I hope that you enjoy it! I feel like Onimusha is the halfway point between the classic-style Resident Evil games, and the Devil May Cry games.
@@bogartwilley ive played onimusha 1 & 2 infinite times as a kid but never got the chance to play 3, why is the pc version not recommended? is there anything bad with it?
The remaster should have included a game mode called Genma that unlocks Onimusha Genma once you finish the game for the first time
that would be so cool brother, here's to hoping✌
@@Killer-hy9ly *brother since the day i was born 😂
I was thinking the same thing, like a nice new game+ mode or even an out of the games difficult mode ready for selection. It's the master quest version for warlords certainly
It seems like the RE games (yes I'm calling Onimusha RE), tends to have the least amount of effort put into them for Capcom remasters. Like REmake has a strange filter on the backgrounds and crushed blacks.
And RE4, 5 and 6 on the switch are pretty bad. 4 having no gyro aiming. 5 and 6 having a pretty bad frame rate. 5 and 6 should either lower the resolution or lock the frame rate to 30
What's an onimusha genma? Like a demonic hero? Or the hero turned into a demon? Lol I have no idea
This game in particular sticks out to me a lot, because it kept showing up in my childhood for as long as i can remember.
There were times in my family where i can tell money was tight, so every so often we had a PS2 that we ended up selling, but then a year later we would get a new PS2, and everytime we had a PS2, this game for some reason was always one of our first games we got, and i don't really know why. So all of my PS2 memories revolve around this game by some cosmic coincidence.
YES! The Onimusha Retrospective is here! This is the ultimate gift Jared you have no idea. This series is so very underappreciated today. Makes me wanna give you my original Microsoft Xbox component cables lol.
If Onimusha ever gets a revival I’ll be insanely happy
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They could have added the Genma Onimusha difficulty as an arrange mode type of thing in the HD remaster
Exactly this!
Not when Genma was Xbox exclusive content.
@@BlottaMcTablets Was, and the version I played was Xbox One, so yeah...
@@BlottaMcTablets Capcom isn't exactly known for giving two shits about exclusivity deals when breaking said deals benefits them. See RE4's ps2 port souring their relationship with Nintendo for years, a relationship so good that Capcom is still the only third party company to ever make an original mainline Zelda title (not counting remakes), which they've made three of.
DMC was a Sony exclusive franchise until 3 SE got a PC port and the series went multi platform. Now the Ps2 era games are available on all platforms. REmake and RE0 are both on all platforms after years of being locked to the GameCube and Wii, which killed both commercially. CV was supposed to be Sega exclusive and then Sony got an improved port. Even Nemesis was supposed to be Sony exclusive iirc and it sure didn't stay that way.
Considering their history of breaking such deals and the legal complications that needed to be adressed releasing Onimusha ports at all, there was no reason the Genma features couldn't have been included as an option. There was no reason it even had to be Warlords or Genma when it could've been both for a truly definitive release of Onimusha 1. Especially considering they sold it as a single game rather than a collection and it was the weakest game in the franchise mechanically (all 4 are equally fantastic in their own unique ways imo, with Warlords probably having the best level design due to being designed as an RE game but Warlords/Genma is undeniably the weakest entry mechanically and the shortest as well) they really didn't do themselves any favors porting the vanilla version of that single game.
The 3/DoD style controls were a nice option though. On that note I do have to find it hilarious that I've never liked the controls in classic RE (more the way that factors into aiming when combined with the perspective but that's beside the point) but Samurai's Destiny is my favorite Onimusha game and is now the only game in the series that is locked to the traditional RE tank control style. They've never bothered me in Onimusha but it's still kinda funny to acknowledge when they put me off classic RE for so long and now my favorite Oni title is the only one to remain tank control only. Probably gonna stay that way too, as it would seem the series has been shelved again sadly.
@@zeroattentiongaming820 I was really moreso saying that they based the port off of the ps2 version, so no extra content. They used ps2 bones for lots of their ports to modern consoles. Take Code: Veronica for example. They just ported the ps2 version instead of doing the HD ps3 edition. I'm assuming it was easier for some reason?
The soothing voice of the bearded warrior returns
Nice, hyped for the 3rd game featuring Leon the Professional
It was great
Jean Reno elevated that games story,classic.
I first played this on Steam right after I finished Sekiro. I found it very interesting how comparable the two games were even though they were made very far apart from each other and had different goals in mind for the feel of the game. I was pleasantly surprised how modern the combat felt in Onimusha. Capcom really should have done more with this series, especially with the recent popularity Samurai/Ninja games have received. Seems like a no-brainer but we all know Capcom makes very, VERY, strange business decisions.
God, let's hope this series gets a little modern love
They’ll make a pachinko Onimusha
@@KampucheanDemon that’s Konami…
@@acerome1595 i know that, but take it as a running joke where great game franchises turn into a pachinko slot machine.
The more I look at this game the more I see how much inspiration Sekirō took from this game, hell his guarding stance is pretty much just Samanosuke's ready stance. Loving these 2 games for having the coolest and cinematic fantastical Japanese sword combat.
One of my favorite series, I’m currently replaying it again.
It’s crazy that they wanted to make it on the N64DD but switch to ps1 at the end. I hope this series comes back one day.
YES an Avalanche Onimusha retrospective!! I just rewatched both RE and Dead space retrospectives and was wondering what were you up to for the next retrospective series.. as a massive onimusha fan I can only say GREAT CHOICE
Happy to hear that! I'm stoked to be working on this series now.
@@AvalancheReviews looking forward to the next videos! Actually, I can't wait for you to reach 3, always had a blast with that one I think because of Jean Reno, back then that was such a crazy move by Capcom but I always felt it shaked things up gameplay wise :)
Thanks for the hard work you put in doing these amazing videos!
This retrospective is absolutely awesome! I love the Onimusha series. I have all 4 games! Would love to see more like this! Much love from West Virginia!❤️👍
I love this series of games I was always so confused at how un-known it is in general by gamers I dont think i've ever heard another person ever mention the onimusha series. I think every single one of the games was fantastic and I had a blast playing them.
This is one of my fave channels. Awesome. Resident evil, dead space, onimusha, etc…my favorite series growing up and beyond
Good call on covering Onimusha.. such an underated game, I replay the entire series every odd year, they are not even that long yet memorable, the best kind of game to be.
Darn, this channel is a treasure trove. Thanks for making me buy and experience forgotten games like Obscure and Eye of Isis, I'll be adding the remaster of this game to my list (I have no consoles, so PC it is)!
I think there was an old PS2 game called Way of the Samurai that introduced me to the high risk high reward high skill one hit kill mechanic, and I was in LOVE. Just recently, I discovered what to me is probably the most beautiful game ever made, which has a similar mechanic or two, and with DLC equipment has that exact mechanic. Most satisfying thing ever, to this day, IF you pull it off in the chaos of multiple opponemts. If you like this kind of stuff, and have mever played Ghost of Tsushima....just stop what you're doing right now and go get it.
I adore Onimusha, and I'm so glad you're covering this series!
And I'm glad it's on literally every modern platform, and for a mere $20. The Switch version in particular goes on sale for $7.99 fairly often, which is just a steal for a game this good.
Go play Onimusha, folks!
I second that command.
Its incredibly unfortunate they havent done the rest
@@dodger7896 Yeah. Way I heard it, the remaster didn't do too well commercially.
@@Nergalsama01 had they done all 3 it probably would have sold better and they could have got away with making it more expensive but oh well still got a ps2
i’m so happy you’re doing this retrospective man, love your content!
I thrilled to be doing it! Just a good excuse to play a bunch of games I wanted to play anyways.
This franchise doesn't get enough love it's one of my favorites
I just played through Nioh 2 and if you told me this was a demake of that game I would have believed it
I just got NiOh2 on STEAM myself its awesome. Will keep me occupied a bit I hope.
What are you doing awake so late, Indeimaus? Go home, you're drunk.
it's part of why I love the Nioh games so much
Do you mind clarifying the term demake for me ?
@@wanicki3575 A downgraded remake.
I LOVED this game as a teenager. I remember just experimenting with the game mechanics, even one shotting enemies with the basic katana using the timed evades and parries. Good times
Man I love Onimusha, chain issening across an entire room from blocking, dodging or countering is pur nffffff
It sure as hell is
This series was my jam as a teenager. Love the nostalgia. Panda Samanosuke is life.
It’s really great to see your retrospective video again. I really love watching your reviews of any game you’ve played. You really give me some recommendations to play these games you play. And I don’t know which one I should start.
This Series will always be my absolute favourite Games. Brings me tears of joy just seeing Samanosuke and the Genma
This game is a damn masterpiece, go play it if you didn't, Jared is totally right!
That f..king slide puzzle with the crest will haunt me forever.
You don’t understand how happy I am you did a video on these games, In my opinion Onimusha 1,2, and 3 make up one of the best video game trilogies there is. I recently played the remastered version of Onimusha 1on my PS4 and loved it just like I did back when I was a teen.
Dude I just beat this game yesterday. STOP STALKING ME
At long last, the Onimusha RETROSPECTIVE! This was one of my favorite game series ever. IMHO the crown jewel of the PS2. I am so happy about this.
The good news Avalanche is that there will still be new Resident Evil content for you to look at in the coming months between RE:Verse, RE:Village DLC, the Netflix TV series, the Netflix animated series, and the new live-action movie.
You are the GOAT for going into a retrospective for Onimusha. I recently played through Warlords and Samurai's Destiny after having getting freemcboot and HDD setup for my PS2. Will be going through Demon Siege soon. Thanks for the hard work you put into these videos.
Fastest click ever. Thanks so much, Jared.
You sir have gotten yourself a new sub looking forward to you doing the rest of the games in the series.
Doing one of my favorite games justice. Thanks Jared 😁😁
Funny that people will talk about 15-16th century Japan as "ancient," but it's really not that long ago. The Sengoku period coincides with the Renaissance in Europe, so it's hardly what I'd consider "ancient."
Damn that lady bug eye scene... That still just gives me the creeps..
Heck yeah man, love me some Onimusha. Can't wait to watch this! :D
I would expect nothing less from a man of such refinement.
30:15 well that was defenitely more work then the backgrounds square did with FFVIII Remaster XD
that water puzzle stomped me for so long , when the water is rising , took me over a week when i was young
Nice! I remember playing this when I was ten and loving the first two games. Excited for this series!
This is why I subscribe to your channel. Every game you cover is a game near and dear to my heart. I literally know 2 people who have played this game. Me and my 17 year old son.
Side note on an old vid, wow that PS1 Onimusha build looked amazing. Reminds me of the Shenmue Saturn build, I watch those clips of it longingly from time to time 😂. Great video!!
I would give anything to be able to check it out actually running on a PS1!!!!!
Just the other day I was wondering when an Onimusha review would be uploaded. Great to see you back, Jared!
Cool to see you move on to other projects, keep up the good work Jared !
I'm glad you made a video about this game. I always felt like this was Capcom's most overlooked series. I can't comment on the others, but Onimusha 1-3 were badass games.
Another quality retrospective from the man with a plan, to soon live in Japan!
...although I do have to wait for a certain somebody to get off work before I can hit play on this...
These videos are definitely best enjoyed in a group.
This is awesome! So glad Genma Onimusha is getting some love. I also was a massive fan of the original PS2 version. But after playing it so much and realizing how easy it was, I pretty much exclusively play Genma now. Still aggravated they didn't remaster Genma instead. Gameplay tip: you can combine level 1 charge attacks with normal attacks to make long combo strings. This makes it much easier to cut down enemies trying to get green souls. Can't wait to see the rest, especially part 3. Thank you!
Very excited for Onimusha 3 and Dawn of Dreams retrospective. I remember one of the games has a difficulty that you can only kill the enemies by using crit attacks.
Yes g! This is the one of the few series I missed out on. Looking forward to this.
I'm not going to lie when I finish watching your beautiful work I straight got to getting the game and I love this game soooooo much more then RE its crazy but man truly a perfect storm of a game as you put it nicely
Finally someone can hopefully do Onimusha justice. Excited for part 2 and 4.
This was a fantastic video! Genma Onimusha was the 1st game I streamed on Twitch, and the day the remaster came out, I got affiliate with that same stream, so it holds a special place in my heart.
I didn't know that about the soundtrack for the remaster.
The remasters weapon switch was quality of life improvement for gameplay's sake, but the one thing I wanted to see The Ogre Tower be in the remaster. Still, it didn't need to be in the remaster for me since it's a fantastic game.
I look forward to the rest of the Onimusha games.😄
onimusha warlords protagonist is awesome with that facial capture he has a real soul behind him made me more invested
I absolutely adore the Onimusha series, and now I see you have also done retrospectives on Max Payne, Resident Evil and Dead Space you have another subscriber.
I've been eagerly waiting this Retrospective! Absolutely loved these games and fingers crossed we get a reboot, remake or sequel!
If you've got a PS4 or PC or Xbox there's a remaster. They originally said that if there was enough interest there would be a trilogy remaster and if that sold well they'd consider revisiting the series. And yet here we are a little more than 2 years later and still no Oni 2 and 3 at all or any word on the rest of the series being remastered.
It sold pretty well too so idk why they haven't said anything about it yet
I grew my beard longer because of Avalance Reviews. I feel better for it.
Gay !
@@captaintony1227 wtf?
When simps need to STFU and realize it's goddam RUclips
i'll never forget that 'NOBUNAGA O-DA' from the beginning. Nice work thanks again!
21:11 - I firmly believe that the Retrotink 5x has some color balance issues and i noticed that in videos from Digital Foundry and My Life in Gaming as well. The image on the bottom has a greenish tint to it.
I just discovered this channel on a whim and I'm already hooked! Love your work
I have been so curious about this series. I loved RE growing up and this was a series I never tried.
Definitely gonna pick up this remaster. Great video!
You've made the right choice!
I was just 6 years old when I was playing Onimusha on PS2. This brought back the feels!
Don't lie about the nostalgia you have for this game people, we all know none of you passed the water trap puzzle
I felt very excited when I saw this in my notifications as the Onimusha games, at least for 1 and 2 since I didn't played 3 much, are my childhood games and what got me to be very interested in history growing up.
It is very very unfortunate that I no longer owned any of the three games because I always wanted to replay them in a more adult mindset.
I remember owning Onimusha 1 on the PS2. But it was unfortunate that I could never beat the game because of the... water trap puzzle that kid me couldn't solve; which is a bit a common situation I had with the older resident evil games from RE1 down to Code Veronica, with the exception of RE: Outbreak 1 and 2, I played but couldn't beat lol.
In a later time I remember owning Onimusha 2 and beaten it. Onimusha 2 is still one of my favorite Onimusha games out of the three that I was experienced with.
I am very excited to see your next retrospective on the rest of the Onimusha series.
Oh, there is a fun little exploit that I remembered discovering in PS2's Onimusha 2 is that when you do have your first fight with Ginghamphatts, the boss in the mine, is that you can get extra souls if you let your companion fight against him and it can work pretty well if you charge your weapon since your companion will do the same thing and being able to do combos for the extra orbs.
Which is even greater that it won't kill the boss at all unless you decide to attack him one last time. But ofc I am trying to rely from memory here so that exploit may or may not exist. I just often remember that when I had enough dmg on him for the companion to show up that I just hide in the corner far away from the boss that I let my companion do the fighting and get the extra orbs lol.
I would argue the opening of Onimusha 3 is still one of the greatest CG openings of all time
I agree 100% I'm going to watch it right now
Always liked these games better than DMC, much more. I miss this franchise. I was there day one and it blew all of us away with how fast the combat was. Fast and ferocious. I must have beat this game and did everything there is to do a half dozen times at least lol. As a teen we had limited funds and played games over and over, oh and then came the trading games amongst friends. Good times!
Excellent retrospective. And your microphone is worth every penny.
Oo man I'm super stoked u did this retrospective. Another amazing video bro.i loved onimusha even as it got wierd with that actor in the 3rd one but it was great. I never played thee spinoff one I forgot the name but honestly the tank controls worked for swordplay and rpg like elements very well
Hype! Never played this series but heard good things, was waiting for the Jared video on it to see if it would be for me
I remember playing this back on ps1/ps2 such a nostalgic game
The last thing you said in the video, about liking the RE form, but not the combat, sums up things almost perfectly for me. Onimusha was such a joy to play, that after I beat the first game, went and played the rest of the trilogy (not counting the others that are in a different style). Only thing about Warlords is that while I think had a perfect length, the 3 and a half hours that I spent just surprised me.
Been waiting for this since you stream Onimusha like a couple weeks ago. Time to get the drinks and snacks for this one!
Finally, been waiting for Onimusha content.
I'm not a survival horror fan, never got into Resident Evil but I thoroughly enjoyed this series mainly because I enjoy beat em ups and this series is one of the best in the genre for me personally.
I think Onimusha Warlords might be my least favorite in the main series though since the combat was improved in later entries, I also absolutely detest that water puzzle too but I did enjoy the rest of it. I still think that it ages better than the first Devil May Cry personally.
Samanosuke and Jared are the only two people in existence who reverse age
Love Onimusha! Happy to see you cover it mate!
I hope you do a video on the sequels of Onimusha! you do great work in your narrative and I enjoy listening to your pros and cons of the games you do. Keep it up
Little tip for getting the Ogre Armor in Genma Onimusha: wait for it to get a red glow around it and use a special attack. It's vulnerable when charging that attack and only uses it when in close enough range to use any of your special attacks. On top of that it's weak to the Shippuu so keep that in mind.
I remember I randomly played this game at a friends house and immediately buying the first 2 games that next weekend. This is one of my favorite series and I can't wait for the rest of the retrospective to be dropped.
I love resident evil.
Especially the classic games.
Never played Onimusha and had no idea it was RE inspired or played like the classics a bit.
Def gotta try it out
Thank you man
So stoked, been so excited since you hinted at this one!
The second game is my favourite it has a really cool route system and multiple playable characters that gave it incredible replay value
The second game is my favorite too! I felt that it was a perfect expansion and improvement of the first game, because of not just the route system and additional characters, but even more variety in the weapons that you could use.
I personally want to thank you for your retrospective on Onimushia: Warlords, it was the first game that introduced me to tank controls even before Resident Evil entered my life, it took me a few months to get used to it but when I did I loved this game, the story, characters, combat and graphics all were great, my only problems with Onimushia is Tokichiro Kinoshita was really annoying and demons kept respawning, other than that game is good, if I had never played Onimushia I probilly wouldn't have gotten into Resident Evil, Thank you Avalanche for a nice retrospective on Onimushia:Warlords great job ✊
I can't wait for your onimusha 2 review. That was a childhood favorite of mine.
Yeeesssss
Been waiting for you to cover this!!
So glad you made this video. Now I want to replay the first one on the Switch.
I'm glad you're doing this series.
Actually you can use the Bishamon Sword in the entire game you just have to beat the Oni Spirits mini game which unlocks the Ultimate mode. Also this video was fantastic and I can't wait to see you video on Onimusha 2 aka my favorite game in the series!
After all this time, I still haven't beat that mini game. How crazy is that.
@@AvalancheReviews Onimusha has slways had notoriously difficult mini games so I can't say I'm really surprised about that. I struggled for years trying to beat it.
Hell yes! Been waiting for this since I found your channel! 👹
Before watching this retrospective, I would never even have considered picking this game up, since I thought the mechanics would clash in a way that I wouldn't enjoy. After watching your take on it however, I decided to pick it up asap ($7.99 on the PSN store right now btw) and give it a try, and I gotta say it's really really fun, like way more fun than I could have expected it to be. I'm only a few hours in, but the gameplay has me absolutely hooked, thank you for putting this game on my radar, this is fun as hell so far.
When this came out, middle school weeb me couldn't resist. I really wish the HD version sold better.
Hell Yeah Dude!
I have both the PS2 and PS4 version, but I didn't know about the quick weapon change so thank you!
I also have an old PC version of Demon siege so can't wait about this one
Onimusha 2 dawn of the samurai was my first PS2 game ever, and Damn was it a great one
2 and Demon Seige were excellent games.
Dawn Of The Samurai is Genji's subtitle lol.
Samurai's Destiny is Onimusha 2's subtitle
A remake of this with the RE engine would be so awesome!!!
Ahhhhh, I’ve been waiting for this!
Some of the enemy spawns seem affected by what side of the room you enter like enemies won't spawn when entering from south heading north but will heading south from north for example
I bought all the Onimusha games for PS2 this year actually and have played Onimusha 1 and 2 so far (for the first time) and fell in love with the franchise.
I'm a huge fan of the sengoku jidai period and I love the atmosphere, story and lore of the games. Maybe its because I'm old but the 2d backgrounds of the first two games still looks so stylized and amazing and it feels very unique. The gameplay is also brilliant and I don't mind that the games have fixed camera and are a bit short with smaller aereas to explore and revisit at all.
Its refreshing with a game that doesen't overstay its welcome and drag out time with tons of filler content as too many AAA games does nowdays. Exploration is fun, but not at the expense of the pacing and story. Both Onimusha 1 and 2 are relatively short games but I was hooked from beginning to end, and I'm really looking forward to playing the third game:D