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Dawn of Dreams
Back in 2006 I picked up Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams for the PS2. I liked the other 3 games from the series so much that as soon as DoD came out I bought it. But for some reason I couldn't get into it at all. I think it's because of the way the game style changed compared with its predecessors, rather than the fact that I bought a Japanese copy, seeing that it can be changed to English in the options setting.
Anyway, recently I'd been tidying the DVD/games collection and found the Onimusha games, and decided to replay. The first game had gone AWOL but I borrowed it off a friend, and finished it in about 4 hours, about the right length for games of that time I guess. The second game I did find, and played it rather crappily (missed loads of stuff), taking about 6 hours. The 2nd one had other characters and additional scenes depending on the route you choose and your compatibility levels with people, etc, but nothing that affects the ending.
The third game is missing too. I might have accidentally sold it? No idea. Need it get a copy somehow, I'm sure I can find it at GAME second hand for £2. Jean Renoooooooooooo!
Onto (Shin-) Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams. I'm 12 hours into it (2 discs game!) and I have no idea why I didn't enjoy it the first time! It did take me forever to get used to the button switch because I played the European versions first so the O and X buttons are switched around. And I do suck at combat - so many buttons to press, I just mash the [] mostly. But it's a good game, mostly because the characters are pretty cool. Soki, as the protagonist, has his cliche failing of not listening to his elders once, but he learns from it fast and generally is a cool bloke with his head screwed on right. Jubei doesn't whine, admits that she likes Soki but also admits that it's just a crush that won't go anywhere. Roberto has a tiny crush on Ohatsu but knows that she and Soki are supposed to be together and doesn't go all angsty-mode and even laughs at how shy Ohatsu is on that topic. Tenkai is just Tenkai, the voice of reason. He doesn't guilttrip anyone for not listening to him and causing him death (not finished the game yet but at this stage I believe he's un-dead), and reminds Soki of the short lives of warriors and that if Ohatsu is important to him then do something about it. Ohatsu, understandably, took a while to leave her old allegiance behind (because she was being controlled and leaving literally meant dying) but still chose her own path and it didn't take her 20 hours of gameplay to get there.
Last night I got to the scene with Yodo. Ohatsu was like, "don't hurt her she's my sister!" And Soki was like, "love ya babe, but this is a monster pretending to be Yodo!" and Ohatsu was like, "no!" but then Soki went ahead and killed fake-Yodo anyway and all was fine. Come on, if this was any other game or anime, they'd drag it out for 20 hours about how devastating this was and how much they suffered first because they couldn't bring themselves to kill the fake one just because she had Yodo's face. I like that. Clean and snappy.
And the obligatory fanservice of Ohatsu getting a new, super skimpy armour. She and Soki are supposed to be childhood friends only, but he didn't hold back. He just stared and said, "oh, honey!" which was brilliant. Long before this, he and Jubei discussed Jubei's small chest size. XD Jubei didn't even care. Apparently if she had any then it'd just get in the way while fighting. XD
And and! Roberto, the big guy with all the brawn, had been quoting Shakespeare a little bit. And there are bits of Shakespeare-related stuff in the game. Then suddenly came this conversation:
Soki: So this book you've been reading, it's got all the foreign language stuff in it. What is it?
Roberto: Oh, it's called "Romeo and Juliet".
Soki: Oh? What kind of story is that? If you're reading it, it must be about great adventures and stuff!
Roberto: Sure, we'll go with that.
XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Good job, Capcom. Need more games like this one.
Anyway, recently I'd been tidying the DVD/games collection and found the Onimusha games, and decided to replay. The first game had gone AWOL but I borrowed it off a friend, and finished it in about 4 hours, about the right length for games of that time I guess. The second game I did find, and played it rather crappily (missed loads of stuff), taking about 6 hours. The 2nd one had other characters and additional scenes depending on the route you choose and your compatibility levels with people, etc, but nothing that affects the ending.
The third game is missing too. I might have accidentally sold it? No idea. Need it get a copy somehow, I'm sure I can find it at GAME second hand for £2. Jean Renoooooooooooo!
Onto (Shin-) Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams. I'm 12 hours into it (2 discs game!) and I have no idea why I didn't enjoy it the first time! It did take me forever to get used to the button switch because I played the European versions first so the O and X buttons are switched around. And I do suck at combat - so many buttons to press, I just mash the [] mostly. But it's a good game, mostly because the characters are pretty cool. Soki, as the protagonist, has his cliche failing of not listening to his elders once, but he learns from it fast and generally is a cool bloke with his head screwed on right. Jubei doesn't whine, admits that she likes Soki but also admits that it's just a crush that won't go anywhere. Roberto has a tiny crush on Ohatsu but knows that she and Soki are supposed to be together and doesn't go all angsty-mode and even laughs at how shy Ohatsu is on that topic. Tenkai is just Tenkai, the voice of reason. He doesn't guilttrip anyone for not listening to him and causing him death (not finished the game yet but at this stage I believe he's un-dead), and reminds Soki of the short lives of warriors and that if Ohatsu is important to him then do something about it. Ohatsu, understandably, took a while to leave her old allegiance behind (because she was being controlled and leaving literally meant dying) but still chose her own path and it didn't take her 20 hours of gameplay to get there.
Last night I got to the scene with Yodo. Ohatsu was like, "don't hurt her she's my sister!" And Soki was like, "love ya babe, but this is a monster pretending to be Yodo!" and Ohatsu was like, "no!" but then Soki went ahead and killed fake-Yodo anyway and all was fine. Come on, if this was any other game or anime, they'd drag it out for 20 hours about how devastating this was and how much they suffered first because they couldn't bring themselves to kill the fake one just because she had Yodo's face. I like that. Clean and snappy.
And the obligatory fanservice of Ohatsu getting a new, super skimpy armour. She and Soki are supposed to be childhood friends only, but he didn't hold back. He just stared and said, "oh, honey!" which was brilliant. Long before this, he and Jubei discussed Jubei's small chest size. XD Jubei didn't even care. Apparently if she had any then it'd just get in the way while fighting. XD
And and! Roberto, the big guy with all the brawn, had been quoting Shakespeare a little bit. And there are bits of Shakespeare-related stuff in the game. Then suddenly came this conversation:
Soki: So this book you've been reading, it's got all the foreign language stuff in it. What is it?
Roberto: Oh, it's called "Romeo and Juliet".
Soki: Oh? What kind of story is that? If you're reading it, it must be about great adventures and stuff!
Roberto: Sure, we'll go with that.
XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Good job, Capcom. Need more games like this one.