As time goes on, and things progress, so does a great game series. This is my favorite installment of the series, and I must recommend it to all. THe graphix are unreal. The story is engaging, and best of all, they put real life actor jean reano in it... a diffinate hit.

It would now seem that our bloody romps through the Onimusha world have come to an end, the final installment in the series has arrived. And what a game it is. It would seem that our friend Nobunaga Oda is up to no good once again and it's up to Samanosuke to take out this genma lord right? Yes. But the twist is that he won't be doing it alone, or in his own time for that matter. A man named Jaques has been transported to 16th century Japan and Samanosuke is in a present day Paris war torn by genma, no pun intendid of course. This sets up the story and main feature of the game, as Jaques and Samanuske must work together in different times to overcome obsticals. Although it could have been used for some added plot, which is a little lacking, and a few nifty puzzles, it is sadly used the most for the same old 'find the item and insert here' formula. Despite this flaw, the different tactics used between the two characters constantly keeps the game fresh. The game also features fully 3d environments. Which gives the game more form and less anoying camera angles, although boss fights are still a problem, a giant lion like demon dog charging at you from off screen isn't fun. Some of the cg sequences deserve special attention all of their own. Although they aren't very important to plot, they still have brilliantly coreographed fight sequences and visuals that put's Final Fantasy's to shame. And in the move that makes the most sense, the developers dumped the old survival horror default control scheme and went with an anolog control that actually makes sense. Add in a nice orchestral score and less hilarious dialogue from previous installments, and you've got a nice little title with legs. Again, no pun intended.

first one with fully rendered environments which is a nice change. graphics are good as always. the time travel element is a nice addition but the puzzles that require it could have been a little more complex. the little tengu sidekick "Ako" came in handy and was a change of pace, opened up the gameplay style a little bit. more playable characters and different weapons were good too. it's nice to see a game company tinkering with a proven formula a bit. there's also a training program built into the save points, some of those challenges were really hard, made for a good challenge. the game is still fairly short but longer than the earlier games.

This is a perfect swan song for the onimusha series. Finally Capcom broke away from the RE style of moving your character using the left analog stick instead, but you can still used teh d-pad like in the previous titles. I was a big skeptic of the time travel gimmick, because it just seemed stupid to me. Capcom has proved me wrong they incorpated it as a gameplay element quite nice. Enemies have better AI this time working in groups or as a team sometimes makes critical flashes almost essential for survial especially in the darkrealm. The only reason that this game doesn't get a five; is as in most 3d games the camera can become an issue especially in the final boss fights of the game. These instances are far and few between bottom line if you like the other two onimusha games look forward to more of the same.

This game is absublutly spectacular. From beginning to end, this game blows you away. But before a go on into detail about this game, let me congratulate Capcom for putting up the most incredible CG movie I have ever seen. You start off as Samanosuke Akechi, samurai from Onimusha: Warlords. You are heading out to face Nobunaga Oda in the final battle. But as soon as your about to square off with him, a time warp sends you into Paris, France 2004. At the same, a new character, Jacques Blanc played by actor Jean Reno, is transported to 1582 Japan. Now the two must find there way back to their own time. The gameplay is also great. Capcom finally took away the Resident Evil style control and you can now use the left analog stick. You still could use the RE style with the d- pad but I don't know why anyone would. Even though when you play as both Samanosuke and Jacques, they both have the same controls but use them differently. For example, Samanosuke can use arrows while Jacques can grab objects and enemies with his whip. The graphics in this game are beautiful. This has to be the most wonderful graphics I have seen on PS2 thus far. The sound in this game is better than the previous games. The voiceovers are acutally good this time around, even though Jean Reno doesn't give any english voiceover. The extras are also good with multiple endings, mini games, and costumes. This is a must have game for your PS2 collection.