SPECIALIST DATA:Ĭapcom modeled the Jacques character after French actor Jean Reno (The Professional, Godzilla, who is quite the celebrity in Japan and Europe. The two tough guys work separately and side by side in both time periods to strike down Nobunaga once and for all. Since Samanosuke can't be in two places at once, Frenchman Jacques Blanc arrives on the scene, packin' handguns and a whip-like sword. No longer set entirely in feudal Japan, Oni 3also takes place in.modem-day Paris? Looks like Capcom is involving France in a war whether they vote for it or not. The evil Nobunaga Oda returns for one final invasion, but fortunately, the sword-wielding, soul-sucking Samanosuke-the hero from the original Onimusha- is also back to stop him. Even the presence of Gallic charmer Jean Reno can't save this one. Onimusha 3 has a half-decent storyline and the devil-vanquishing is satisfying enough, but seriously -low-res textures and no multiplayer?īuy a PS2 version on eBay for three quid and play that. The Onimusha series centres around hacking your way through a succession of monsters and demons in a fantasy-laced feudal Japan while solving rudimentary puzzles, and this third title drags you again down that well-worn, scripted path. You need a decent gamepad if you don't seriously want to end up smashing your keyboard and mouse with your teeth. Before the shoddy Capcom/Ubisoft conversions of Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry emerged, Onimusha 3 was released to a largely indifferent PC gaming public.įortunately a few patches have since fixed most of the glaring cock-ups (including a framerate that slowed the game down to a desperate crawl), but this third-person samurai battler is still very much more at home on a console than a PC.

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