Basically, as you defeat genma in battle, you'll automatically acquire a variety of different "genma stones." These may then be transmuted into different items-provided you've found the proper "recipe." Recipes are randomly found when a genma is defeated, and later they can also be stolen from certain foes. There are no shops in Onimusha Tactics, but the item crafting system is functionally identical. Most RPGs or strategy RPGs let you buy and sell equipment by visiting various shops around the world. Later, though, you'll be able take the time between encounters to craft new items or enhance existing items for your troops, as well as to venture into a phantasmal plane, in which you can fight waves of genma for experience points (and a special bonus if you can get all the way through these levels). Initially you have no options but to save your progress or begin the next battle. In between episodes, you'll automatically proceed along a world map to your next destination. The game is organized as a linear series of "episodes," each one revealing a bit of the game's storyline and serving up a fight pitting Onimaru and up to seven of his cohorts against a gaggle of genma. Thus begins Onimaru's series of battles against Nobunaga's forces. In the first few minutes of the game, Onimaru is told that he is descended from a clan destined to vanquish the genma, and he quickly accepts his destiny-along with a gauntlet that can absorb genma souls. Most resistance against Nobunaga is summarily squashed, but one man, Onimaru, stands a chance of vanquishing this evil threat where others have failed. He commands armies of genma, Japanese demons that take the form of the living dead, as well as other, more terrible incarnations. Onimusha Tactics shares the same story as all the games in the series: The evil warlord Nobunaga has risen from the dead and is ransacking feudal Japan in a vengeful act against the living. Onimusha Tactics has the excellent premise of the previous Onimusha games but is quite simple compared to other strategy RPGs. It can be a challenging game, but that challenge mostly comes from having to slug it out through many battles against increasingly strong foes, rather than from having to make complex tactical decisions during those battles. ![]() That's a recipe for success if ever there was one, but while Onimusha Tactics delivers the familiar look and mechanics of other strategy RPGs, it doesn't have the same level of depth. Based on Capcom's popular series of demon-slaying samurai action adventure games, Onimusha Tactics combines the premise, theme, and characters of that series with gameplay similar to other strategy role-playing games such as Final Fantasy Tactics Advance or Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis.
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