Onimusha: Way of the Sword

个人认为这游戏最大的几个问题 1) 首日崩溃 2) 数不清的boss复用（是的就是百秽和那个双刀哥，我统计了一下直到通关我百秽差不多共打了15次），最后爬塔更是演都不演了，我觉得boss rush这种东西放在可选支线应该比放在主线合适吧？ 3) 数不清的地图复用，一张清水寺地图算上蝴蝶任务、射箭任务至少会去四次，一张图内还要反复爬上爬下，也不给个快速回到鬼灯的功能 4) 防退款设计很多人都提过，我一般不倾向恶意揣测有这种设计存在但这作会不会太符合了：开头的播片占比偏高，基本没几分钟是自己在操作的；然后清水寺的两个boss战斗都很精彩，但是过完这一段到大地图立马变成清据点通马桶模式，前后落差是不是太大了？ 如果没有这些问题，如果这游戏像卡婊其他游戏那样纯线性带点有趣的小支线，我会认为这是个很完美的游戏。至少这游戏的动作系统和主线boss设计都很有意思，化劲、闪避、远程三种应对方式各自都有发挥关键的作用，点名表扬义经、佐佐木和两兄弟的战斗了，尤其是两兄弟连携技的表现很有新意，可惜这些都是主线比较后期的内容，不知道有多少吃家能坚持到这里。然后这游戏的养成系统也还不错，至少比隔壁PRAGMATA好。 （说起PRAGMATA，感觉和鬼武者一样也是很可惜的一部作品，它的战斗系统和养成系统简直是一坨大的，但是在当我坚持通完关，击败了最终boss，享受着通关剧情和bgm的时候，再怎么恨这个游戏也不舍得真的给出那个差评了） 卡普空今年的游戏都或多或少的有些瑕疵呀……

Fun and flawed. The combat system and the bosses fights were so good, but the other elements were made to stretch this game longer, not more fun. It is understandable that in the year of 2026, having any game shorter than 15 hours could be seen as a sin for a AAA game, but this game is really bloated with stuff that made pacing quite awkward. It is especially ironic when Musashi himself has complained all the time about all the lackluster opponents. I will be blunt, the normal enemies are too easy. And it's not just one flaw that comes with that design. Despite the easy = boring that pretty straightforward, the lack of aggressiveness in the trash mobs made the defensive flow of the combat system feels awkward. You tend to staring enemies awkwardly, waiting for them to attack you. It was cinematic as hell doing the staring down with bosses, but for trash mobs, it was annoying. The open world is... serviceable, it was not much of a substance, more like a leisure that giving you an illusion of a living world. There are something to do to expand the protag's arsenals and skills. But compared to the other Capcom's lately amazing streak so far, this feels like it was not needed. The healing items could be handy for the most part, but something like timed buffing items are feel totally unnecessary. Mostly because this game isn't that hard, you can solve most of the problem with combat alone (and it felt amazing.) The idea of you needing the help from all the items you gather comes from the difficulty that push you to feel the necessity to use said items to even the odd. But for all the normal (action) difficulty, it was not that useful. I don't know why Capcom is too afraid of giving players a "Hard" difficulty from the start. Also, the UX in this game is very handholding, it was like the dev was not trusting players as much as the other games. All I can put into a sentence is it was a great game that was designed awkwardly. Okay, what about good parts? The animations are chef kiss. Capcom has been cooking hard on the animations part lately, this is no exception. Musashi's fighting style is raw, unorthodox, and expressive. You feel each cut, each stab, little additional movements like he has to use his foot to help pull the sword out of the enemies is such a small detail but give a huge impact to the feel of the combat alone. All the glazing of the beautiful animations and the control of the fight has been nicely balanced (not taking too long, but still giving a satisfy shot and a nice breathing room.) I find the more generous timing windows for parry, deflect, issen, dodge, grab reversal, ETC are fitting the new combat mechanic well. It's not one-shot high-risk-high-reward like the old games, the new system is more like a classic Onimusha, Sekiro, and Metal Gear Rising blending together. It was more engaging, with more back and forth trading blow than ever! It such a dynamic mechanic that reminded me of a fighting game (which Capcom is excel on.) This system alone could carry the whole package together with amazing bosses design, which is not as hard as Sekiro but the dynamic of the combat making it not just a parry-until-win game. You can have fun with so many tools this game gave you. All I can say is, I love this combat system to the point that I forgive everything that I have mentioned in the con section. Still, this also ironically fitting the vibe of Musashi that was so annoyed about his subpar opponents, that's because the real fight with bosses feel so good! In conclusion, a great game! It has an amazing combat system as the core, surrounded by some fat and bloats, but when you get to the good part, it's a fricking great fight after great fight!