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PS2
S2000 Vol. 118: Ochimusya - Dokakubu Samurai
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Game Synopsis
«©NCS» Originally under the employ of Oda Nobunaga where he
ascended to the rank of General, Akechi Mitsuhide
was an educated warrior who had a falling out with
his former liege. Mitsuhide eventually marched
against Nobunaga and forced Oda to commit seppuku.
In D3P's latest Simple 2000 game, Tamsoft revisits the story of
Mitsuhide where the shiny-pated warrior faces off
against hordes of swordsman all by his lonesome.
Think of it as D3 Publisher's interpretation of
Sangoku Musou... without the Musou. At the outset of
the game, Akechi is alone but two objects on the map
may be visited and shattered to reveal the bonuses
within. Soon afterwards, menacing samurai appear
with swords drawn and everyone seems to have a yen
for Akechi's blood. Our hero is armed with only a
sword in the beginning but he may upgrade to dual
blades, a spear, or a club by taking them from
defeated enemies. Projectile weapons are also
available to use including a rifle with a freakishly
elongated barrel and a bow to hit foes lumbering in
the distance.
The enemy AI in Ochimusya hearkens back to the later Sangoku
Musou games in that the crowd is fairly aggressive
and attack in concert whenever Akechi draws near
their ranks.
This makes for a challenging game.
Jan
Code: 4527823994355
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Game Notes
» Tamsoft developed the game for D3 Publisher.
» There's a warning message detailing explicit
violence and gore at the outset of the boot
process.
» Start a NEW GAME and three options are
available:
Start Game: Begin a new slashing adventure
Color: Change the tint of Akechi's armor
from four available choices
Options: Adjust sound volumes, toggle Dual
Shock vibration, Save/Load Data, etc.
» After selecting START GAME, text scrolls from
the left to the right as a voice-over sets up the
background of the storyline and why there must be
death and why gallons of blood should be spilled.
» The game starts amidst rain and dusk. A map on
the upper right corner shows your current position
and two white dots represent a basket and a
boulder that may be hacked open to reveal the
goodies within them.
» When the hero runs, a jingling jangling sound
may be heard as if his armor was made of coins.
» The Dual Shock 2 CONTROLS are as follows
L-Analog / Movement
R-Analog / Camera
SQUARE / Hack
TRIANGLE / Energize
L1-TRIGGER / Switch weapon
R1-TRIGGER / Target enemy
R2-TRIGGER / Block or Guard
» The game's name is similar to Onimusha but it's
more of a Sengoku Musou type game. The enemies are
fairly active and attack as if their lives
depended on it. If two enemies are at the
forefront, they will press the offensive against
Akechi but most enemies are easily slashed down
with a couple of strokes.
» The blood runs thick and ruddy. Every sword
slash that connects causes splatters of blood to
splash onto the ground and jet into little
circular pools.
» When the enemy ninja attacks, he'll jump a few
feet into the air and throw a gaggle of stars at
Akechi.
» Enemies with swords or bows will blunt your
first blow but your second blow inevitably
connects and does damage.
» Objects in the environment are interactive and
can be slashed. For example, we splintered a bunch
of trees during our bloodthirsty carnage run this
morning.
» In addition to Akechi, a redheaded heroine in
revealing attire may also be used to slash up
foes. She sort of walks like Aya from the Oanechan
games and sashays like a super model while wearing
hosiery, red thigh high boots, and a very long
ponytail that reaches down below the backs of her
knees. One difference between her and Aya is that
her clothing actually matches and is symmetrical
» Akechi is apparently superhuman. If you face off
against archers and their arrows connect, you can
see them pierce Akechi and stay inside his body.
For example, in one mission, the pathway ahead was
lousy with samurai, archers, and assorted ninja.
Two arrows whizzed right through our hero's head
and got stuck. It was there that the arrows stayed
until the end of the level. Enemy swords may also
be impaled on Akechi but he'll just run around
like nothing happened. Now, that's a man.
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